296 TRIBUTEs. To His MEMORY. Gentlemen, we are much indebted to His Excellency the Rector for presiding on this occasion. The fact of his being here on such an occasion as this is another instance of the great interest which he takes in all matters connected with the University. Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee was so well-known to you all, his character, his high ideals and his unflagging zcal in connection with University affairs were so much appreciated by you all, that it seems to me it would be supperfluous to dwell upon them at any length. “To guard a title that was rich before, to gild refined gold is wasteful and ridiculous excess.' At the same time it is only fit and proper, and it is my desire that we should express our most sincere and whole-hearted sorrow at the death of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee and the loss which we have sustained. That the University has sustained a very great loss no one can doubt. Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee was not only, as His Excellency has mentioned, a very great scholar but he was also a man of large experience and practical knowledge, and his intimate and close connection with the affairs of the University rendered him a councillor of much weight and wisdom. There will be in the near future questions coming up for consideration which will present many difficulties, as for instance, the re-organisation of the University and other matters which must arise out of the University Commission's report, and it is indeed much to be regretted that we shall not have the benefit of the wise and sound counsel which we should have obtained from Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee. Let us, therefore, endeavour to follow the example which
