

We have assembled this day to pay a tribute of 

 gratitude and esteem to a departed associate ; — one 

 who lately trod these familiar walks, engaged in the 

 daily routine of college life, and worshipped with us 

 the Father of Lights and Mercies. To me it is 

 allotted to commemorate his virtues in a brief sketch 

 of his character and life. In the language of the 

 revered Wayland on a similar occasion I may say, 

 the great and the good with whom I have been 

 officially connected for half a century have most of 

 them passed away, — and now another link in the 

 chain has been severed. I seem to myself the rep- 

 resentative of a by-gone generation, and with 

 mingled emotions address myself to the service 

 which the partiality of your committee has imposed 

 upon me. 



For the first time in the history of the University, 

 a beloved Professor has been stricken down at his 

 post, dying upon the College premises. President 

 Manning, indeed, was struck with apoplexy in the 

 midst of the summer term, but he was in his house 

 with his family around him. In these later years 

 Professors Dunn, Diman, Greene, Bancroft and Lin- 

 coln have all had memorial services. Professor 

 Dunn died at his father's house in Newport during 

 the summer vacation. Professor Diman died in 

 term time after a brief illness of six days, and Pro- 

 fessor Greene was stricken down while on his way 

 to College. Professor Lincoln, whom we all re- 



