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address, presented by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Billings on behalf <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>,<br />
was as follows:<br />
UNIVERSITAS PENNSYLVANIENSIS UNIVERSITATI INCLITTE<br />
DUBLINIENSI.<br />
S. P. D.—Pergratum fuit nobis quos ad dies festos ob elapsum Universitatis<br />
Vestrse celeberrimse saeculum tertium concelebr<strong>and</strong>os nos<br />
invitavistis. Cum ab omnibus quamvis rudes in philosophia ac litteris<br />
in memoria habentur habebunturque semper nomina ilia clarissimorum<br />
civium vestrorum Berkeleii et Burkei, ita ab Americanis<br />
praecipue qui hominum eorum semper gaudent recordari beneficia<br />
patriae suae data, illis quidem honestissima sibi autem utilissima..<br />
Neque liberalitatis oblivisci possumus nos quidem civium Dubliniensium<br />
in Prsefectum nostrum illo tempore cum scholse nostrse, turn<br />
primum institutae, opem atque auxilium petebat, humanitatisque in<br />
eundem gravi et periculoso morbo laborantem, postremo prsecipue<br />
honoris ei ab Universitati Dubliniensi habiti. Theologiae enim doctoris<br />
dignitatem Prsefecto Smithio cum pro meritis ejus clarissimis<br />
tribuit Universitas vestra turn maxime propter operam quam dedit "ut '<br />
apud nos quoque terrarum novarum atque paene incultarum incolas<br />
studium litterarum augeret, quo nostratibus doctrinam illam prseberet<br />
in omnibus artibus liberalibus quae apud vos tunc florebat, ut nunc<br />
quoque floret ad magnam gloriam patriae civiumque omnium utilitatem.<br />
Floreat in multa etiam saecula Universitas Dubliniensis, tot virorum<br />
illustrium Mater illustrissima.<br />
Philadelphiae, Kal. Jun. A.D., MDCCCXCII.<br />
VALETE.<br />
On the afternoon <strong>of</strong> the same day the guests <strong>and</strong> delegates were<br />
most hospitably entertained by Lord Wolseley, at the Royal Hospital,<br />
Kilmainham, <strong>and</strong> in the evening two plays were presented at the<br />
Gaiety Theatre by the graduates <strong>and</strong> undergraduates <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
On Friday, at eleven in the morning, certain <strong>of</strong> the guests addressed<br />
the students in the Examination Hall. Among those who spoke were<br />
Gen. F. A. Walker, <strong>of</strong> Boston; Pr<strong>of</strong>. Waldeyer, <strong>of</strong> Berlin; Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Yambery, <strong>of</strong> Buda-Pest, <strong>and</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Max Muller, <strong>of</strong> Oxford. The<br />
festivities <strong>of</strong> the week were then concluded by a brilliant ball given<br />
by the <strong>University</strong> in the Leinster Hall.<br />
On Monday, Wednesday <strong>and</strong> Friday afternoons athletic contests <strong>of</strong>