The Dedication of Germanic Museum of Harvard University
THE DEDICATION OF GERMANIC MUSEUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
The formal opening of the Germanic Museum at Harvard University took place on Tuesday, November 10th. The Museum was open to the inspection of invited guests the whole day, and at three o'clock in the afternoon the dedication exercises were held in the large and beautiful New Lecture Hall, which was completely filled with a distinguished audience containing representatives of colleges and universities, museums and German societies far and near. On the platform were seated beside the presiding officer, Professor H. C. G. von Jagemann: President Eliot, of Harvard University; Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen, German Chargé d'Affaires at Washington; the Lieutenant-Governor of the State, Mr. Curtis Guild; the Honorable Carl Schurz; the Curator of the Germanic Museum, Professor Kuno Francke; the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Germanic Museum Association, Mr. Henry W. Putnam; Professor W. H. Carpenter, of Columbia University; the Director of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Mr. Edward Robinson; Professors William James, Henry Langford Warren and Hugo Münsterberg, of Harvard University; Mr. C. Howard Walker, architect, and Mr. William Roscoe Thayer, historian.
The Chairman: Ladies and Gentlemen, before declaring these formal exercises closed, I want to remind you of the fact that the Germanic Museum is now open to all of you, and I also want to remind you of the invitation of the President and Fellows to meet them at tea in the Phillips Brooks House. Thanking you very much for your attendance and interest, I declare the exercises closed.
Most of the audience went immediately to the museum itself, which was brilliantly lighted for the evening. Tea was served at Phillips Brooks House for the guests of the President and Fellows, and a dinner was given at the Colonial Club by the President and the German Department to the speakers and representatives of other institutions.
The day closed with a charming performance, in Sanders Theatre, of the German plays, provided by the liberality of Mr. Heinrich Conried. A full account of this performance will be found on another page.
The following telegram was sent to the German Emperor by President Eliot:—
To His Majesty the German Emperor, Berlin.
Germanic Museum happily opened. Your Majesty's gift gratefully remembered. Harvard University wishes you speedy recovery. ELIOT.
The following reply was received:—
President Eliot, Harvard University, Cambride, Mass.
I am very glad to hear that Germanic Museum has been opened and thank Harvard University heartily for kind wishes. With God's help I hope for recovery in time.
WILLIAM I. R.
Among numerous messages received the following should be mentioned:—
President Eliot, Cambridge, Mass.
Prosperity and success to the Germanic Museum, the newest markstone of progressing German-American friendship. Harvard forever.
HOLLEBEN.
Germanic Museum Association, Cambridge, Mass.
The National Executive Committee of the North American Turnerbund offers sincere congratulations to the Germanic Museum Association on the opening of the Germanic Museum, an institution that will tend to make the oldest American University the center of Germanic studies in the United States, and to lead our nation to a higher appreciation of German culture as an element in the progress of mankind.
THEODOR STEMPSET, Secretary.
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