The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-13
BARON WILL PRESENT
GIFTS FROM THE
EMPEROR
Harvard University the
Recipient. .
PROGRAM IS COMPLETE


Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 9.--Prepara.
tions have been completed for the
ceremonies tomorrow when Baron Won
Sternberg, the German ambassador,
will formally present the United States
and the Harvard university as Gus
todian, the gifts of Emperor william.
These gifts consist of various works
of art, which are to form the basis of
the new Germanic museum at Har-
ward.
During Prince Eepiy's visit to the
United Stajcs last ycar he came 10
Harvard, where, on the afternoon of
March 6, in the presence of the great
student body and the dignitaries and
officers Of the university, the degree
OF Doctor Of Laws was bestowed upon
him. 1t was the first time in the his
tory of an American university that a
PRINCE OF THE BLOOD.
was granted this coveted honor. The
news of the granting Of the degree
to Prince Henry was cabled to his
VI ciO'hNb' IhipCioi ny ont
of the princes retinue.
That evening, during smoker to
the prince by the students, and while
his highness was joining in the three
cheers he had proposed to Harvard's
son, President Roosevelt, he was
handed the following message from the
emperor:
Il congratulate you upon receiv-
ing today the degree of Harvard uni
versity. the highest honor America can
bestow. May the copies of the ex-
amples Of German art which wi
have sent to America be to young
Americans an incentive and an in
spring example in the pursuit of
German ideas, and in the striving for
all that exalts and is lasting.-Wil-
ham."
This sudden decision of the en-
peror was welcome news to Harvard,
and following the princes reading
Of the emperor's message there were
three lusty cheers for William by
the Harvard men.
During the past summer the gifts
arrived and have been placed in stor-
age in the old gymnasium until places
can be arranged for them in the new
museum building. The emperor's
gifts form the nucleus of the
NEW GERMANIC MUSEUM.
at which the Harvard German schol-
ars are now at work collecting the
remaining exhibits.
The program for the presentation
ceremonies includes the address o!
presentation by Ambassador Sternberg
for the emperor. President Eliot OF
Harvard, will accept them for the
American people and for the univer-
sity. Carl Schurtz, president of the
Germanic museum, and Andrew d.
White. formerly ambassador of the
United States to Germany, will also
speak. Following these exercises the
emperor's gifts will be shown to the
public for the first time.
Generally speaking, the gifts con-
sist of casts of German works Of ar;
of all ages. There are about so pieces
in the collection and they form a con-
nected history Of the development o!
Teutonic art since the 18th century.
Easily the finest of the lot is the
heroic statue of Frederick William
the Great Elector. 1t is figure rep
resenting the man who did the mosl
to form what is now the German EN-,
pire, on a rearing charger. Then thert
is a cast
OF A MARBLE STATUE
of Frederick the great, carved in 1898
and which now stands in the grea
arsenal in Berlin.
Also may be mentioned the cast o
the famous bronze door Of the cathe
dral at Hildeshiem. This door wa.
constructed by Bishop Bernward il
1915, and is the earliest known piec'
of German art. Then there are alst
16 statues of the founders of thl
cathedral, as well as a marvellous piec'
of wood carving from the cathedral a
Ulm The date of this last piece 0
Work Is I46S.
The collection is without dupli
cate and is priceless. Prof. II. c. G
Won Jagemann, the Harvard German
authority, In speaking OF the gifts
said: Emperor william in present
ing this magnificent collection OF med
ieval and modern Teutonfc art to tn
United States, has performed a grea
service for American education. Tn
collection is meant for the welfar
of the nation as well as to the uni
versity to which has been assigned
the task OF preserving it. The Civ
ing Of this collection cannot but pro
mote the good feeling between tn
United States and Germany"