4 Sir Otto Jafe on Weimar. 



as Lord Mayor and as High Sheriff of the city, had worthily 

 maintained the traditions of those high offices, while his interest 

 in the public health was widely known and deeply appreciated. 

 He had also shown the deepest interest in the higher education 

 of the people in a manner which would cause his name to be held 

 in the highest honour, not only in Queen's College, but all over 

 the province of Ulster. 



Rev. R. H. Brett seconded the resolution. 



Mr. John M'Cormick, in supporting the motion, said the 

 lecture would have the excellent effect of stimulating their 

 interest in the two great German poets whose lives had been so 

 ably pourtrayed. With regard to Sir Otto Jaffe's public life, he 

 had always been distinguished by a very high sense of duty, and 

 also by the disinterested manner in which he acted as a 

 representative of the citizens. It was indeed a revelation to one 

 who only knew the President in that capacity to have a glimpse 

 of the other side of his character, and to find that in the midst of 

 commercial pursuits and onerous duties of various kinds he took 

 a keen delight in poetry, and that he had a profound reverence 

 for the great poets of the world. If this spirit were more largely 

 developed in the hearts of public men a great advantage would 

 accrue to the community. 



The resolution was carried amid hearty applause, and the 

 compliment was briefly acknowledged by the President. 



Subsequently a special meeting was held, when a formal 

 resolution authorising the Hon. Treasurer to end the financial 

 year on 31st of May instead of 30th April was adopted. 



