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 414 A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO went on. Thus simply was this great question settled and this important action taken, and the University once more had a Presi- dent. The installation of President Judson took place in connection with the Sixty-second Convocation, on March 19, 1907. Mr. Ryerson, President of the Board of Trustees, formally announced the election of the new President, and said: At the earnest request of President Judson it has been decided that no elaborate installation ceremonies are to mark his assumption of the office. President Judson desires to enter upon his new duties quietly and without ostentation. Therefore the brief announcement which I am now making, together with a brief acceptance of the office on his part, will constitute the only ceremony to mark the event. Continuing, Mr. Ryerson, after the briefest address, said: Speaking for the Board of Trustees, I now declare Dr. Judson duly installed as President of the University of Chicago. President Judson responded very briefly. He expressed his assurance of the loyal co-operation of every Trustee: To my colleagues of the Faculties [he said], I look with entire confidence for the same staunch and considerate friendship which so many have shown in the long months past. We are not strangers to one another. I ask no better lot than to work out with them the great problems which are before us. He spoke of the spirit of the students, their feeling of "obligation of keeping the fair name of our University unspotted." Declaring that to share in the development of a university was a "precious privilege" he concluded as follows: It is as such a privilege, relying on the sympathy and cordial support of all, that this opportunity for large usefulness is accepted; and I undertake the responsibility placed upon me, pledging only that I will do the best that lies in me to carry it worthily. The installation of the new President was unattended by dis- play, and he entered quietly upon his great duties. Having assisted in organizing the educational work of the Uni- versity in 1892, having been the second administrative officer from the beginning, having often been called upon to perform the duties of President, having for more than a year been Acting President, understanding the organization from top to bottom, and being in perfect sympathy with the University's ideals, knowing every