6 The Franklin Bi-Centennial 



Evening Session — 8 o'clock 



At Witherspoon Hall 



ADDRESSES 



Franklin's Researches in Electricity 



By Prof. Edward L. Nichols, Ph.D., of Ithaca 



The Modern Theories of Electricity and their Relation 

 to the Franklinian Theory 



By Prof. Ernest Rutherford, F.R.S., of Montreal 



Thursday, April 19TH 



At the American Academy of Music 

 II A. M. 



The University of Pennsylvania 

 Conferring of Honorary Degrees 



Oration 



By the Hon. Hampton L. Carson, Attorney General of the 

 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 



At Christ Church Burying Ground 

 Fifth and Arch Streets 

 4 P. M. 

 Ceremonies at the Grave of Franklin 



The delegates and members assembled in the Hall of the Society at 

 4 o'clock and proceeded to the Grave of Franklin in the Christ Church 

 Burying Ground at Fifth and Arch Streets. 



The American Philosophical Society had requested permission of the 

 Christ Church authorities for the designated representatives of the 



