226 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



YALE UNIVERSITY 



TO 



The American Philosophical Society, 



which from the very first has taken the lead in all 

 matters relating to the advancement of science in both 

 hemispheres, 



Yale University 



sends its cordial greetings on the occasion of the Frank- 

 lin Bicentenary. 



More than a century and a half has elapsed since 

 Yale College had the privilege of enrolling Benjamin 

 Franklin in the list of its honorary graduates. We 

 are glad to think that the subsequent tributes accorded 

 him by older universities did not dim the memory of 

 that which he received so early in his career. We on 

 our part have never ceased to be proud to have on our 

 rolls the name of one who not only made great dis- 

 coveries and directed large affairs, but also by his pro- 

 found study of Nature's laws was able to simplify our 

 conceptions of physical phenomena. 



Given at New Haven, Connecticut, on the sixteenth 



day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred 



and six. 



Arthur Twining Hadley. 



Lee McClung. 



(Seal) 



