304 TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY. for so graciously presiding at the mecting. I feel that I voice the sentiments of everyone present here when I say that we are decply grateful to His Excellency for the very sympathetic and appreciative terms in which he referred to the services of our venerable departed country man. And I feel that he has rendered a service to the University by coming to lend the dignity of his presence at the meeting hall to perform this sacred duty. With these words I move a cordial vote of thanks to His Excellency the Rector and I am sure that it will be carried with acclamation. Dr. Dwarkanath Mitra:-I beg to second the motion for the vote of thanks to His Excellency the Rector, who, notwithstanding the numerous and responsible duties of his high and exalted office, has becn able to find time to preside on this occasion in which every Indian is interested. We all entertain the greatest respect for Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee, and it is only in the fitness of things that His Excellency, as the Rector of the University, has been able to preside on this occasion when we are mourning the death of one who may be justly styled as an ideal University man whom everyone should strive to emulate and try to live the life that he lived. The motion was carried by acclamation. His Exceffency the Rector-Gentlemen, I beg to express my deep gratitude to you for passing this vote of thanks. I think it is indeed a privilege to be invited to attend a meeting of the Senate on an occasion of this kind. a-ooooo
