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title of Doctor in St. Andrews, Scotland, after a lapse 

 of one hundred and forty-seven years, now bestows the 

 same title upon his great-grandchild — a woman, and 

 deputes its Lord Rector, born a subject of the Mon- 

 archy as Franklin was when he received his degree, 

 and now a citizen of the Republic as he became, to 

 present it to her here in Franklin's home before such 

 a gathering as this, assembled to do honor to his 

 memory. We can imagine with what feelings he would 

 look down upon all this. No one knows that he may 

 not. Let us therefore, following Plato's advice, allure 

 ourselves as if with enchantments, indulging the hope 

 that he does behold and beams approvingly upon it. It 

 is all so delightful, so graciously beautiful, that I bless 

 the kind fate that has made me an humble instrument 

 in the ceremony. 

 The minute of the Senatus is as follows: 

 At the Ordinary Meeting of the Senatus Academicus 

 held on 3rd April, 1906, the Senatus considered the 

 Report of the Committee on the Honorary Degree of 

 LL.D., and Miss Agnes Irwin, Litt.D., Dean of Rad- 

 clifTe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. S. A., 

 having been formally nominated for the degree of 

 LL.D., it was unanimously agreed to confer the degree 

 upon her. 



