Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...celebration began at eight o'clock Monday evening, August 2, with a reception, by the municipal authorities, of the distinguished visitors, among whom were the Crown Prince of Germany and the Grand Duke of Baden. The exercises were brief, consisting mostly of music by the band and the singing of a hymn written especially for the occasion by the late lamented Scheffel...
...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 Magnificentisimus of the university, welcomed the guests present; and in behalf of the university returned loyal thanks to the Emperor for his kind patronage of the celebration, and to the Pope, who honored the occasion by several valuable gifts to the scientific department...
...masterly production, and was delivered in a manner befitting the great occasion. Like all Germans, Doctor Fisher is nothing if not exhaustive; and in the course of the two hours and a half that he occupied. he succeeded in exhausting, not only his subject but his entire audience. The Grand Duke and the Duchess, indeed, preserved an admirable appearance of attentiveness; but everyone else began to fidget at the end of the second hour and hailed the peroration with an enthusiasm in which a feeling of relief was plainly perceptible. The oration dealt with the history of the university...
...above letter was considered in committee, and it was voted that the undergraduates follow the desires expressed therein. There will, therefore, be no mardh to Saunders Theatre on Monday. A letter has been sent to Grand Marshall Lee of the graduates to this effect...
...route of the procession, which has been entirely through Cambridge, has already been announced in our columns, and the special features will be announced as soon as the arrangements for them are completed. The whole evening will close with a grand display of fireworks on Holmes Field, which will be roped off for the occasion...