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Dean Colwell. Mr. President, I take pleasure in presenting 
to you for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, William 
Henry Perry Faunce, a graduate of Brown University in the 
class of 1880, a preacher of the Gospel of national repute, an edu- 
cator of the first rank, since 1899 President of Brown University. 
President Chamberlain. William Herbert Perry Faunce, 
distinguished son of Brown, trustee and for the last fifteen years 
president of your alma mater, the university which furnished 
Denison with its first, second, third, and sixth presidents, pro- 
found student, effective preacher and Christian teacher, I wel- 
come you to the degree of Doctor of Laws, with all the honors 
and privileges pertaining to that degree. 
Professor Cole, Mr. President, under the authority of the 
Board of Trustees, I have the honor of presenting the dis- 
tinguished physicist, who with his marvelously sensitive dadio- 
meter proved the existence of the long-sought pressure of light 
and the heat radiation of the stars, who later directed other in- 
vestigators along the paths of scientific discovery, and finally 
became the efficient administrator of one of the most celebrated 
colleges of the East, Ernest Fox Nichols, President of Dart- 
mouth College, for the degree of Doctor of Laws. 
President Chamberlain. Ernest Fox Nichols, President of 
Dartmouth College, cogent and able thinker, productive investi- 
gator of high distinction, skilful administrator, inspiring and be- 
loved teacher, upon the recommendation of the faculty and by 
the authority of the trustees I welcome you to the degree of Doc- 
tor of Laws, with all the honors and privileges pertaining to that 
degree. 
Professor Carney, Mr. President, at the request of the 
Board of Trustees, and on their behalf, I have the honor to pre- 
sent to you for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Richard 
CocKBURN MacLaurin, an eminent scholar, inspiring teacher, 
and able administrator in engineering education. 
President Chamberlain, Richard Cockburn MacLaurin, 
President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, productive 
scholar in mathematics, physics and the law, trained in the uni- 
versities of New Zealand and Cambridge, meeting the vast edu- 
cational problem of your adopted country with originality and 
force, I welcome you to the highest honor in the gift of this in- 
