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99<br />

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>

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