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The opening exercises of the Germanic Museum, with the formal presentation and acceptance of the collections given by Emperor William of Germany, took place at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the New Lecture Hall.
"You have been invited by the President and Fellows of Harvard College to witness the opening exercises of a new institution connected with our University--the Germanic Museum. The beginnings of our enterprise date back some ten years. The project of a Germanic Museum had its inception in the growing...
President Eliot went on to show the development of museums here, and then in closing said, "The Germanic Museum will doubtless prove to be the first of a group of museums, illustrating at this institution the progress of civilization among the leading races of mankind down to recent years."
Professor Kuno Francke Curator of the Germanic Museum, emphasized the value that such a Museum might be in helping the student to visualize his ideas of German art and "to adapt his sensual perception to the objects of his study." He spoke also of the power the Museum might become...
Professor William James, on behalf of the Faculty, welcomed the Germanic Museum as an addition to our general back-ground of culture. He spoke of the spirit of study here.--minute research, mainly, as derived from Germany, and said that Harvard could recognize its own spirit of great individuality in...