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Africa, under the Chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of 
Cambridge, Rev. E. C. Pearce, D.D., Master of Corpus Christi College. Academic 
dress and decorations were worn, Doctors appearing in scarlet robes in recogni¬ 
tion of the importance of the occasion, a large and distinguished audience 
being present. 
The Molteno family were represented by Mr and Mrs Percy A. Molteno 
(the founders), Sir James Molteno, K.C., Admiral Molteno, C.B. and Mrs Mol¬ 
teno, Mr and Mrs D. J. Molteno, Captain and Mrs Lenox Murray (nee Molteno), 
Miss Audrey Molteno, Miss E. M. Molteno, Mr H. V. Molteno, accompanied 
by Mrs F. C. Selous, M. Emile Coue of Nancy, Miss E. Cowan and Mr H. 13. 
Johnson. 
Foreign institutions were represented by Professor M. Caullery of the Faculte 
des Sciences, la Sorbonne, Paris, and Dr M. Langeron of the Laboratoire de 
Parasitologie, Ecole de Medecine, Paris, both of whom came to Cambridge 
to attend the ceremony; and Johan Hjort, Sc.D., Professor of Marine Biology 
in the University of Christiania. 
Among the distinguished British visitors were Lord Pentland of Lyth, 
G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., formerly Governor of Madras; Sir Richard Cooper, Bart., 
M.P.; Sir Herbert Read, K.C.M.G. (Colonial Office); Dr S. Monckton Copeman, 
F.R.S. (representing the Ministry of Health); Dr Andrew Balfour, C.B., 
C.M.G., and Dr C. M. Wenyon, C.M.G., both of the Wellcome Bureau of 
Scientific Research, London; Dr S. A. Neave of the Imperial Bureau of 
Entomology; Dr C. L. Boulenger and Dr F. J. Meggitt of the University of 
Birmingham; Lieut.-Colonel S. P. James, I.M.S. (retired) of the Ministry of 
Health; Dr G. A. Baylis and Rev. James Waterston of the British Museum 
(Natural History Department); D. Ward Cutler, M.A. of the Rothamsted 
Agricultural Station; Dr G. H. Macalister, Principal of Singapore Medical 
College; Dr P. Manson-Bahr, D.S.O., of the London School of Tropical Medi¬ 
cine and Mrs Manson-Bahr. 
Cambridge was represented by the Mayor and Mayoress and numerous 
members of the University including Heads of Colleges, Professors, and others 
with their ladies. The total number of guests being about two hundred and 
fifty. 
The writer was unfortunately unable to attend the opening ceremony 
through illness, having had five days previously a severe haemorrhage from 
a duodenal ulcer. His absence was especially regrettable because it prevented 
him from expressing publicly his gratitude to the founders of the Institute, 
welcoming the visitors, and participating in a ceremony that represented for 
him the consummation toward which he had striven for many years. His 
disappointment was, however, greatly mitigated by the kind expressions of 
sympathy received from those who attended the meeting and which emanated 
from all the speakers on that occasion. 
The opening ceremony lasted one hour and it took place in the Research 
Museum of the Institute, the small platform being occupied by the Vice- 
