July 15, 1904.] 



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in the development of educational theory and 

 practise this university confers upon you its 

 degree of doctor of laves. 



William Gilson Faelow — For your funda- 

 mental contributions to the morphology and 

 classification of cryptogamic plants, in which 

 you have advanced our knowledge of the evo- 

 lution of plant life; for your valuable studies 

 in applied botany, and because of your dis- 

 tinction as a representative of all botanical 

 enterprises of international scope, the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin confers on you the degree 

 of doctor of laws. i 



Grove Karl Gilbert — ^Deep interpreter of 

 nature, scientist of balanced jiidgment, geolo- 

 gist of the first rank, preeminent in the de- 

 velopment of physiography; upon you, espe- 

 cially for the masterly formulation of the 

 principles of erosion, by the authority of the 

 regents I confer the degree of doctor of laws. 



Franklin Paine Mall — Foremost investi- 

 gator in anatomy in America, leader in recent 

 advance in medical education, you have estab- 

 lished productive departments of anatomy in 

 three universities. Tour teaching has in- 

 spired a strong group of disciples doing im- 

 portant work at this and other universities. 

 You are well worthy the honor of all, for your 

 aim is to decrease human suffering. This 

 university, therefore, confers upon you the 

 degree of doctor of laws. 



Edward Laurens Mark — This university 

 confers upon you the degree of doctor of laws 

 in recognition of your profound researches 

 upon embryology and the animal cell, and of 

 your services, for more than a quarter of a 

 century, as the head of a great laboratory in 

 which many of the zoologists of this country 

 have been trained in the methods of fruitful 

 research and inspired with the highest ideals 

 of their science. 



Eliakim Hastings Moore — Teacher stimu- 

 lating the study of the higher mathematics in 

 America; leader accomplishing much for the 

 betterment of mathematical instruction in 

 schools of all grades; mathematician, whose 

 erudite labors and fruitful research in an 

 ancient science have made the world your 

 debtor, upon you, for mathematical investiga- 



tions, by authority of the regents, I confer the 

 degree of doctor of laws. 



Alfred Noble — I confer upon you the de- 

 gree of doctor of laws on account of your 

 eminence as an engineer, a scientist and a 

 man of affairs. Your skill in large construc- 

 tion, your broad views and sound judgment, 

 and your knowledge of applied science, have 

 made you an eminent expert and enabled you 

 to make important contributions to the solu- 

 tion of the great problems of transportation. 



Samuel Lewis Penfield — Your determina- 

 tion of the molecular structure of complex 

 minerals and researches upon the relation of 

 crystal forms to chemical composition have 

 advanced the knowledge of the constitution 

 of matter. For determinative mineralogy you 

 have written the authoritative text. Worthy 

 successor of your illustrious predecessors Silli- 

 man and Dana, you have won fresh laurels in 

 science for Yale University. In recognition 

 of this work we confer upon you the degree of 

 doctor of laws. 



AuGUSTE Eateau — In recognition of your 

 achievements as a mechanical engineer, as a 

 contributor to the science of the flow of fluids ; 

 as a distinguished inventor of steam turbine 

 engines and as an author of standard books 

 in engineering, upon the recommendation of, 

 the faculty, by the authority of the regents, 

 I confer on you the degree of doctor of laws 

 of the University of Wisconsin. 



Edgar Fahs Smith — For piorieer work in 

 the electrolytic separation of metals ; for valu- 

 able researches upon the compounds of tung- 

 sten, molybdenum and uranium ; for the train- 

 ing of a large number of scholars devoted to 

 the advancement of the science of chemistry, 

 this university confers upon you the degree 

 of doctor of laws. 



Edward Bradford Titchener — Through 

 your skill in experimentation and your inde- 

 pendence and sanity of judgment, you have 

 become a leader in modern psychology. In 

 many ways, and especially by your laboratory 

 manual of experimental psychology, you have 

 contributed to the creation of a new depart- 

 ment of university study. For this work, the 

 university confers upon you the degree of 

 doctor of laws. 



