102 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



Alumni dinner in Draper Hall, on June 17, 1907, he 

 was presented with a highly decorated stained window, 

 to be hung in his study, on which is written: 



To 

 KARL ANTON GOESSMANN 



of Naumburg Fritzlar and Gottingen 

 Chemist Teacher Philosopher 



this testimonial 



commemorative of forty years of loyal and fruitful service 



at the Massachusetts Agricultural College 



is presented by his pupils 



on his 80th birthday 



13 June 1907 



As reminders of the old home places, the armorial 

 bearings of Fulda, Fritzlar, and Gottingen are em- 

 blazoned, quartered, on one shield; the silver cross of 

 the old arms of Fulda and the lilies of the new; the 

 cross and wheels of Fritzlar and the towers of Gottin- 

 gen. The seal of the University of Gottingen is on the 

 right, with Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom, her back 

 toward the spear and the shield bearing the masque of 

 war and facing the emblems of peace the olive- 

 branch and the open book. The German chevron is 

 depicted in red, white, and black the royal and im- 

 perial colours. The background shows the Hanoverian 

 colour yellow which also is that of the Univer- 

 sity. Below are the emblems of the chemist, the flames 

 of his fire surrounding a Hessian crucible, a retort in 

 ancient form, a blowpipe, assayer's tongs, and before 

 the furnace are test tubes. The blue and the green of 

 the Wistaria are interspersed with the foliage of the 

 Arachis or peanut plant and the yellow of its flower, to 



