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The following article was written for the Crimson by Professor Emeritus Kuno Francke Litt. D. '12, honorary curator of the Germanic Museum. Professor Francke is well known in this country and abroad as an authority on German literature, and fine arts.
He has been connected with the University since 1884 and from 1902 to 1917 was curator of the Germanic Museum. Besides his work in the University as professor of the history of German culture and curator of the museum, Professor Francke is the author of 15 books.
Word has just been received from the Austrian Government that the cast of the porphyry sepnlchral figure of Emperor Frederick III in Vienna Cathedral, ordered a year ago by the Germanic Museum, is now completed and will soon be shipped. This is one of the richest and most decorative pieces...
Master Nicolaus, the sculptor of this announcement, who according to documentary evidence was called in 1467 from Strassburg to Vienna in order to execute. The Emperor's Tomb at St. Stephen's Cathedral, is probably identical with Nicolaus von Leyden, the sculptor of the two remarkable busts of a Prophet...
The lecture is open to the public, and under the auspices of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. The subject will be "Grillparzer: Seine Auschauungon uber Krieg, Freihelt and Heldentum."