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Professor C. R. Lanman has been elected an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The election is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Professor Weber of the University of Berlin. The number of honorary members is limited to thirty, the list including scholars of distinction in various departments of Oriental learning, and only one other American scholar has achieved this distinction...
...have much pleasure in informing you that I had the honor of being received by the German Emperor yesterday, and of presenting to His Majesty in person the "Vote of Thanks" passed by yourself and the Fellows of Harvard College in acknowledgment of the notice given by His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia of the generous gift which His Majesty proposes to send to Harvard University for the Germanic Museum. In receiving this document the Emperor spoke of his appreciation of the courtesies extended to Prince Henry upon the occasion of his recent visit to Cambridge and asked...
Robert A. Blair, P.G., of Belfast, Ireland, is 23 years old. Before entering Princeton he studied at the Royal University of Ireland and at Geneva College. At the latter institution he received second prize in the senior-junior oratorical contest. He is a member of the American Whig Society...
Yesterday the University entertained the nation's royal guest, Prince Henry of Prussia, and conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The great enthusiasm with which the students welcomed the Prince, the impressive ceremony in Sanders Theatre of conferring the degree upon him and the hearty greeting given him at the Union filled an eventful afternoon...
...President during his speech remained sitting, but arose when he conferred the degree. The Prince then also arose and remained standing until the President had finished. After this ceremony the Prince, President Eliot and the royal suite marched slowly from the Hall...