306 TRIBUTEs. To HIs MEMORY. The occasion was great and indeed solemn. It was the unveiling ceremony of the bust of one who was not only one of the best and greatest men of his generation but also the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of our University. Sir Ewart Greaves rose equal to the occasion and spoke in terms which are worthy of reproduction: "SIR NILRATAN AND GENTLEMEN: It is only in accordance with the fitness of things that the unveiling of the bust of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjec should tako place in connection with a meeting of the Senate of this University which he served so long and faithfully, of which he was such a distinguished ornament and whose ViccChancellor he was for three years, 1890-92. But I would desire to dwell for a few brief moments this afternoon not so much on his distinguished academic career, which is well known to you all who know him longer and more intimately than I did, nor his distinguished career as a Judge of the High Court of Calcutta where his memory is recalled in the learned and lucid decisions, especially in matters of Hindu Law, which are recorded in the Law Reports of that Court and which I always read with the respect and attention which they demand as coming from one of his knowledge and attainments, but I would prefer to dwell on the man himself. All of us, I suppose, in the course of our lives, have met, from time to time, but I fear all too rarely, men and women who seem to stand out from their fellows as something apart from the ordinary they are persons, not necessarily of profound learning or attainments but who impress themselves on their fellow men and on thcir
