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...witness briefly describes the ceremonies as follows:-"The ceremony was simple and brief, and chiefly of interest as marking the beginning of the second half thousand years in the life of the institution, and as showing an Emperor, yes, "His apostolic majesty," delighting to honor higher culture. The monarch, received at the door by the academical senate. was escorted to their hall, not large, and densely packed. He took a chair in front of a table on a low platform, and listened to a fifteen minutes speech from the rector standing on the floor before him. After a few historical...
...Castle Adamant." The plot of the opera is nearly the same as that of Tennyson's poem, and may be briefly described as follows: Prince Hilarion, the son of King Hildebrand, has been betrothed in boyhood to the Princess Ida, the only daughter of Gama, a neighboring monarch. When the Prince is of age, King Hildebrand sends to Gama and claims his daughter's hand for his son. King Gama replies that he would be only too happy to bring about this marriage, but unfortunately the Princess has fallen under the influence of two female blue stockings, the Ladies' Psyche...
...Westminister Hall in London excepted. Many celebrated pictures hang upon the walls by Lely, Kneller and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and it is here that Holbein's Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII. are carefully treasured, together with a huge gridiron on wheels, a relic of the banquets given to that monarch by the crafty cardinal...
...junior opening of the Pi Eta Society occurs on Friday evening. "King Charles the Second, or the Merry Monarch," and a farce will be given. The dress rehearsal occurs tomorrow...
...monarch, - dun and bore