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...changes the name of the college to Columbia College and placed it under the control of a body entitled the "Regents of the University of New York." On the 13th of April, 1787 the State Legislature repealed the act of 1784, reviewed and confirmed, with certain necessary alterations, the royal charter of 1754, decreed, "that the college thereby established shall be henceforth called Columbia College" and placed it in charge of trustees...
King Humbert, of Italy, has sent to President Cleveland a copy of the edition of Dante, recently reprinted for Victor Emanuel, Italian Prince Royal...
...clock the bout began; and the cock had crowed himself hoarse in welcoming full orbed day before it was ended. I have attended similar gatherings in Heidelberg before, but none which in magnitude and glory could be compared with this. Grave professors, gray-haired students of bygone times, guests, royal and otherwise, jaunty young corps students with their bright-colored caps throng impetuously into the hall. As is usual in a bier kommers, there is some preliminary attempt at literary exercises, either to ease the consciences of the revellers, or, what is more probable, to sweeten by contrast the subsequent...
...then a snarling of antique trumpets, and Lo! the hands on the dial of time swept suddenly back, all the harsh realism of the nineteenth century vanished, and the age of romance was with us once more. The year of grace, 1386, is drawing toward a close, and his Royal Highness, Ruprecht I, is celebrating the founding of his new university by a grand procession through the streets of Heidelberg. Here comes the herald, clad in velvet, and bearing aloft the yellow banner and black eagles of the Prince. Then follow four trumpeters, braying right lustily, albeit somewhat dolorously, upon...
Tuesday morning there was a short religious service in the Heiliggeistkirche, after which the present and former members of the university were addressed by the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness, a tall, full-bearded man of commanding presence, spoke at some length, and gave his speech quite a political flavor, referring not only to the university's glorious history, but to the especially important part which she had played in fostering a spirit of national unity and thus rendering possible the present imperial government, "which is now Germany's safeguard and strength." The Grand Duke of Baden, who is Rector...