UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Y THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW BUILDING OF THE February 21st and 22nd 1900 COMPILED BY GEORGE ERASMUS NITZSCHE At the Request of the Faculty of the Department of Law PHILADELPHIA 1901 PUBLIC LIBRARY 87903A ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATION R 1923 L COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The edition of this book is limited to 550 copies, CONTENTS. I. Report of Proceedings. II. Dedication of New Building of the Law Department (b) Address of Provost Harrison (c) Address of Mr. Samuel Dickson (d) Address of Mr. William Draper Lewis (a) Address of Hon. John M. Harlan (a) Conferring of Honorary Degrees in University Council. (6) Reading of Credentials of Representatives of Oxford (c) Reading of Letter of Frederic William Maitland (d) Introductory Address of Provost Harrison (e) Address of Mr. Wu Ting-Fang VI. Reception by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania VII. Inspection of University Grounds and Buildings VIII. Reception by the Pennsylvania Debating Union (a) Introductory Remarks of Provost Harrison Law School Building ILLUSTRATIONS. Reproduction of Invitation to Dedicatory Exercises Reproduction of Programme of Dedicatory Proceedings. Frontispiece vii ix-xi Facsimile of Certificate of Appointment of James Wilson, First Quarters of the Department of Law at Sixth and Chestnut Streets, 1895-1900 I 5 25 87 McKean Hall (Room in which addresses were made). England . . England. . . Credentials of the Representative of the University of Cambridge, 88 88 89-92 Facsimile of the Letter from Frederic William Maitland, LL. D Society; University Club.. Facsimile of Invitation of the Historical Society 97 III |