Word: prussian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...were delivered before the university in the Aula and were attended by both students and professors. At the third lecture the Grand-Duke of Saxe Weimar was present in his official capacity as rector of the university. It was at his suggestion that the arrangement was made with the Prussian ministry of education by which the Harvard professor was to visit Jena, as an acknowledgement of the visit to America of Professor Eucken, who is a member of the philosophical faculty of Jena. It is the first time that an American exchange professor has served officially at any German university...
...famous for its investigations of the clouds and it was there that kites were first used to record meteorological data. In recognition of his efforts to advance the knowledge of the atmosphere Professor Rotch was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and he has also received the Prussian Orders of the Crown, and of the Red Eagle...
...Busch's desire that the new building should be a characteristic specimen of German architecture and that it should therefore be designed by a leading architect in Germany. Through the kind intercession of Geheimrat Schmidt, of the Prussian Ministry of Education, who has done so much to facilitate the interchange of professors between Harvard and Berlin, we succeeded in obtaining the services of Professor German Bestelmeyer of Dresden, one of the very foremost architects of contemporary Germany, whose recently completed Central Hall of the new University building at Munich is an undoubted work of genius and justly enjoys a more...