New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Huge Crowd in Metropolitan
/ Welcomes King and Queen

part of the way back. Baron Emil de
Cartier de Marchienne. Belgian Am
bassador to the United States, who ar
ranged the luncheon, and company Of
distinguished men, greeted the King
In the state apartment of the hotel.
Prominent Guests at Luncheon
Those at the luncheon were Elihu
Root, who sat at the right of King AL
bert; William G. McAdoo, who sat at
his majesty's left; Alton B. Parker,
A. Barton Hepburn, Martin Vogel, AS
sistant Treasurer of the United States;
Pierre Mali Belgian Consul General
here; Prince Reginald de Croy, Of the
Belgian Embassy; Cornell Tarler,
James A. Stillman. Justice Victor Dow
ling, Archbishop Hayes, Baron de Car
tier dc Marchienne, Judge Ebert II.
Gary, the Rev. DR.. William T. Manning,
Major Louis l.. Seaman, who was given
the Order of the Crown by the King;
Max Leo Gerard, the Kings secretary;
John D. Rockefeller, jr., William D.
Guthrie and Herbert c. Hoover
A crowd of football enthusiasts,
which had just cheered the Columbia
team to a victory over Amherst. and
hundreds of others greeted Belgium's s
monarch when he arrived at COLUMBIA
University to receive the degree Of
Doctor of Laws. magma cum laude, the
highest honor which the university can
bestow.
Welcomed by Columbia
AS the King stepped out Of his auto
mobile he was welcomed by President
| Butler, Colonel William Barclay Par
sons, Professor H. B. Mitchell and Pro-
fessor John Erskine, who escorted his
majesty and the members of the royal
i - = <lo
library to the trustees room.
The degree was conferred in the CEN
ter of the main reading room.
Your Majesty, this university recalls
with pleasure an informal visit made
some twenty years ago." President But
Ter said in conferring the degree.
"In the interval the world has passed
through great historic crisis At that
time, no one could have foreseen and
no one would have ventured to predict
the happenings Of these five past
years."
Describing King Albert's heroic
struggle against the Germans during
the war, President Butler concluded by
saying:
"Such heroic and devoted service by
the head of noble state will fill a
place in the worlds permanent history.
hlngs Sacrlflce Lauded
Nothing that this university can
do, nothing that any university can do,
will add to the significance or increase
the Importance of that service; but
Columbia University, born of the as
pirations of free men, bent upon main
tanning and extending freedom, with a
sympathy as wide as the limits of hu.
man knowledge and human conduct,
would not be true to itself did it not
ask the privilege of association with
the supreme service and sacrifice Of
Belgium and with your majesty's per-
son. as truly and fully representative
Of the spirit and resolve of that de-
voted people.
"To that end ask that your majesty
accept membership in this university
as Doctor of Laws, magma cum laude,
together with these tokens, so that
GUM and its ruling house be written,
the name Of this university may be
associated with it, and to the further
end that this university shall have its
share in the pride and satisfaction
with which the name of Belgium and
it's King will forever be regarded by
grateful generations to come"
Accepting the degree, King Albert
replied to President Butler as follows
ieel ueePly lHc SJHPAtHetiC way
in which you have received me here
to-day. express my most sincere
hanks to the president and to the
/ Board of Trustees Of the University of
/ Columbia for their very kind speech.
I, Grateful for Honor
~ am highly gratified by the great
honor which has just been conferred
upon me. Nothing could give me more
pride than to receive the degree from
! Columbia, the largest and one Of the
oldest universities in this country.
| "Splendid activity in the most favor
| ite directions and faithful attachment
to the highest ideals are the two fea-
| lures which were taught to me during
my trip through the United States.
"This exceptional center Of culture
manent part in the development of the
American nation in both aspects of Its
splendid genius. May it's prosperity
continue to progress in the future fol-
the greatest benefit of all people"
Returning to the Waldorf -Astoris
from Columbia, the Kings party passed
the home of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
at GAO Fifth Avenue, where Queer
Elizabeth was being entertained at tea
see the Queen cheered the King as HI
drove swiftly through the long lane O.
motor cars.
Accompanied by Colonel Leon Oster
rieth, chief Of the Belgian mission, ane
the Countess de Chimay, the Queer
drove up Fifth Avenue to jewellers
where she remained about twenty min
utes.
Visits Art Galleries
Queen Elizabeth's next stop was a
the American Art Galleries, on Eas
Twenty-third Street, where she was re
ceived by Mrs. r. H. Hartman, Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Charles c
Rumsey, Mrs. Felix Doubleday ant
Mrs. John Clahin, members of the Bel
rian Chamber of Commerce., an,
Thomas 4. Kirby, head of the Ameri
can Art Association.
All Of the paintings on display a
the galleries were by Belgian artists