CHAPTER XLI 



ADDRESSES IN SCOTLAND (1908) 



(Age 74,) 



The range of Lord Avebury's activities was so 

 wide and the rapidity with which he passed from 

 one subject to another so remarkable, that its 

 record is apt to become just a little bewildering 

 to a mind accustomed to a more sober pace and 

 less varied interests. 



On January 15 of this year he writes : 

 " With Alice and Eric to St. Andrews to be 

 installed as Lord Rector. The Students received 

 us at the station most kindly and their red gowns 

 made a very effective scene. The girls lined the 

 stairs. They dragged us to Donaldson's, stop- 

 ping in the Quadrangle, where he made a little 

 speech." Sir James Donaldson was the Principal. 

 The following day Lord Avebury was installed as 

 Rector, given the degree of LL.D., and delivered 

 his address. The students were on their best 

 behaviour and made an excellent audience. In 

 the evening he dined with the Professors and 

 made another short speech, afterwards meeting 

 the students in the Library. 



On the 17th he received the Delegates from 

 other Scotch Universities and spoke again. He 



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