THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 



Conferring of Honorary Degrees 



[In The American Academy of Music, Thursday, April 19.] 



After the Academic procession had entered the Audi- 

 torium, prayer was read by Rev. Dr. Alexander Mackay- 

 Smith, Episcopal Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese of 

 Pennsylvania. 



"Alma Mater" was then sung. 



The Class of 1906, College, through its President, 

 Mr. A. R. Ludlow, presented a memorial tablet to 

 Franklin, to be placed on the wall of the Houston Club, 

 and it was received by Vice-Provost Edgar F. Smith, 

 in behalf of the University and the Houston Club. 



" Ben Franklin " was then sung. 



Conferring of Honorary Degrees 

 The candidates were presented by Wharton Sinkler, 

 M.D., Samuel F. Houston, Joseph B. Townsend, Jr., 

 and George H. Frazier, of the Board of Trustees. 



The degrees were conferred by Provost Harrison in 

 the following words: 



Edgar F. Smith — President of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society. Worthy successor of Franklin, Ritten- 

 house, Jeflerson, Bache. Eminent chemist; distinguished 



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