180 the entomologist's record. 



Doctors of Law was Professor Blomberg ; of Medicine, Professor 

 Petren ; of Philosophy, Professor Tullberg. In the Faculty of 

 Medicine, Professor Ernst Haeckel was made a Jubilee Doctor, and, 

 with Professor Otto E. A. Hjelt, Jubilee Doctor in the Faculty of 

 Philosophy, was accorded a double salute. Dr. Hjelt had been 

 originally created a Doctor at Helsingfors on June 22nd, 1847, and 

 had become a " halfsekel-jubeldoktor " on May 31st, 1897. The 

 latter distinction was now received by no fewer than nineteen Doctors 

 of Philosophy, originally promoted at Upsala by Professor C. W. 

 Bottiger, on June 5th, 1857. Among the Honorary Doctors of 

 Philosophy was H.R.H. Prince Eugene, who does so much for the 

 intellectual and artistic life of Sweden. Another Honorary Doctor 

 in the same Faculty was Selma Lagerlof, the eminent Swedish 

 authoress, and the only lady who received a degree on May 21th. 

 Twenty-four Upsala students who had submitted theses received the 

 degree of Ph.D., the names being placed under their respective 

 Nations just as ours are arranged according to the Colleges. 



The ceremony in the Cathedral occupied about two and a half hours, 

 and then the procession reformed, marched out by the great entrance 

 doors, and broke up outside. The ceremony which followed was 

 especially pleasing and impressive. With the exception of the 

 students, every one made his way back to the University Palace. The 

 new Doctors grouped themselves on the wide entrance steps, all others 

 in a semicircle enclosing a spacious area below the steps, or lining the 

 way up which the students were to march. Presently the banners 

 and white hats became visible as the procession slowly wound its 

 way upwards. The singing, at first faint and distant, swelled into a 

 grand volume of sound as the students filled the open space and faced 

 the newly created Doctors. Then a representative stood forward and 

 delivered — unfortunately for me in Swedish — with wonderful elocu- 

 tionary power, an address of respect and congratulation. Prince 

 Eugene advanced and replied on behalf of the Doctors, and the 

 ceremony came to an end. It is impossible to imagine anything more 

 beautiful or dignified, or more calculated to instil into the mind of the 

 student a reverence for the great aims of his University as expressed 

 and epitomized in the conferment of the highest degree. 



At 6.30 p.m. a banquet was given in the Great Hall, which was 

 afterwards rapidly cleared for a ball given by the students at 

 10.30 p.m. 



Next morning at 9.30 a.m. we left the University of " the lofty halls " 

 with much regret. The whole of the arrangements had been thought 

 out so carefully beforehand that success could only have been marred 

 by the weather ; and the weather was perfect. An incredible amount 

 of labour must have been thrown upon the Rector of the University 

 and Professor Andersson, who acted as Master of the Ceremonies. 

 Their geniality and kindness was such that the foreign guests felt 

 like old friends and not strangers visiting the great University for 

 the first time. 



We reached Stockholm rather before 11 a.m. The meeting of the 

 Royal Swedish Academy was held in the great hall of the Musical 

 Academy at 2 p.m. The programme included two addresses by the 

 President, Count Morner, and the announcement by him of the award 

 of the special Linnean medal in honour of the occasion ; beautiful 



