,244  The  Franklin  Bi-Centenary.  {Am,Ma"«rm' 
PRESENTATION  OF  THE  FRANKLIN  MEDAL  TO  THE  REPUBLIC  OF 
FRANCE 
(In  accordance  with  the  Act  of  Congress) 
By  the  Honorable  Elihu  Root,  Secretary  of  State 
(By  direction  of  the  President) 
MEETING  FOR  THE  READING  OF  PAPERS   ON  SUBJECTS  OF  SCIENCE  AT 
3  P.M.  IN  THE  HALL  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 
Repetition  and  Variation  in  Poetic  Structure  by  Prof.  Francis 
Barton  Gummere,  of  Haverford,  Pa. 
The  Herodotean  Prototype  of  Esther  and  Sheherazade  by  Prof. 
Paul  Haupt,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 
Heredity  and  Variation,  Logical  and  Biological,  by  Prof.  Wm. 
Keith  Brooks,  of  Baltimore. 
Notes  on  a  Collection  of  Fossil  Mammals  from  Natal  by  Prot. 
William  B.  Scott,  of  Princeton. 
The  Use  of  Dilute  Solutions  of  Sulphuric  Acid  as  a  Fungicide 
by  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  of.  Philadelphia. 
Franklin  and  the  Germans  by  Prof.  M.D.  Learned,  of  Philadel- 
phia. 
The  Use  of  High  Explosive  Projectiles  by  Prof.  Charles  E.  Mun- 
roe,  of  Washington. 
Ammoniacal  Gas  Liquors  by  Prof.  Charles  E.  Munroe,  of  Wash- 
ington. 
The  Chromosomes  in  the  Spermatogenesis  of  the  Hemiptera 
Heteroptera  by  Prof.  Thomas  H.  Montgomery,  Jr.,  of  Austin,  Texas. 
DINNER  AT  THE  BELLEVUE- STRATFORD,  J  P.M. 
Toasts  were  responded  to  by  Senator  Lodge,  Sir  George  Howard 
Darwin,  Andrew  Carnegie,  His  Excellency  Jules  Jusserand,  Dr. 
S.  Weir  Mitchell,  Hon.  Elihu  Root,  and  Governor  Pennypacker. 
In  a  number  of  instances  the  formal  addresses  sent  by  the  insti- 
tutions and  societies  invited  to  participate  in  the  celebration  were 
richly  engrossed  and  illuminated,  and  while  for  the  most  part  the 
English  language  was  the  medium  of  expression,  some  of  them  were 
in  Latin,  one  in  German,  one  in  Dutch  and  one  in  Japanese. 
