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SCIENCE, 



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sciences were admirably represented ; math- 

 ematics by Prof. Felix Klein, of Gottin- 

 gen; physics by Prof. J. J. Thomson, of 

 Cambridge, and zoology by Prof. A. A. "W. 

 Hubrecht, of Utrecht. Lectures in philol- 

 ogy, literature and philosophy, were given 

 by Prof. Karl Brugmann, of Leipzig ; Prof. 

 Edward Dowden, of Dublin, and Prof. An- 

 drew Seth, of Edinburgh. Many American 

 men of science and scholars were present 

 at Princeton during the week to attend the 

 lectures and the meeting of the American 

 Mathematical Society on Saturday. 



The ceremonies last week extended 

 over three days. On Tuesday morning 

 the President of the University, Dr. Pat- 

 ton, preached a special sermon, and in 

 the afternoon official receptions were given 

 to the delegates. On "Wednesday Prof. 

 Woodrow Wilson made an oration choos- 

 ing as his theme '■ Princeton in the National 

 Service,' and Eev. Dr. Henry van Dyke 

 read a poem entitled ' The Builders.' On 

 Thursday President Patton made the formal 

 announcement of the change in the insitu- 

 tion's title from The College of New Jersey to 

 Princeton University, and announced the 

 gifts that had been contributed in honor of 

 the Sesquicentennial. These amount to 

 more than $1,300,000. The two largest 

 sums, $600,000 for the library building and 

 $250,000 for a purpose not yet announced, 

 were given by donors whose names are still 

 withheld. The library building is already 

 in course of erection and will be one of the 

 finest university buildings in America. 

 Several fellowships have also been founded, 

 and it is expected that the graduate depart- 

 ments will be otherwise enlarged. 



President Cleveland made an address in 

 which he dwelt on the importance of the 

 universities and of educated men in their 

 relation to the national life. 



The degree of LL. D. was conferred on 

 36 of the delegates, including the Presi- 

 dents of Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Penn- 



sylvania and other universities and the fol- 

 lowing men of science : 



A. A. W. Hubrecht, professor of zoology in the 

 University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Holland. 



Felix Klein, professor of mathematics in the Uni- 

 versity of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. 



Henri Moissan, professor of chemistry in the Uni- 

 versity of Paris, and member of the Academy of 

 Sciences, Paris. 



Edward Baynall Poulton, Hope professor of zoology 

 in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. 



Andrew Seth, professor of logic and metaphysics in 

 the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 



Joseph John Thomson, Cavendish professor of 

 physics in the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 

 England. 



J. Willard Gibbs, professor of mathematical physics 

 in Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 



George Lincoln Goodale, Fisher professor of natural 

 history and director of the botanical garden in Har- 

 vard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



Hon. William T. Harris, United States Commis- 

 sioner of Education, Washington, D. C. 



George William Hill, President of the American 

 Mathematical Society, West Nyack, N. Y. 



Professor Herman von Hilprecht, professor of Assyr- 

 ian and comparative Semitic philology and curator 

 of Babylonian antiquities in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



William James, professor of psychology in Harvard 

 University, Cambridge, Mass. 



George T. Ladd, Clark professor of moral philosophy 

 and metaphysics in Yale University, New Haven, 

 Conn. 



S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, Washington, D. C. 



Joseph LeConte, professor of geology and natural 

 history in the University of California, and president 

 of the American Geological Society, Berkeley, Cali- 

 fornia. 



John W. Mallet, professor of chemistry in the Uni- 

 versity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 



Silas Weir Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Simon Newcomb, mathematical astronomer, Nauti- 

 cal Almanac, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 



Ira Eemsen, professor of chemistry and director of 

 the chemical laboratory in the Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, Baltimore, Md. 



Henry A. Eowland, professor of physics and di- 

 rector of the physical laboratory in the Johns Hop- 

 kins University, Baltimore, Md. 



The degrees of Doctor of Divinity and of 

 Doctor of Letters were also conferred on a 

 number of delegates, and the degree of Doc- 



