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countries being in peculiarly close relationship with that of Upsala. 
The new doctors of medicine, law, and philosophy are nominated 
by these respective Faculties of the University ; but the doctors of 
theology are nominated by the King from a list submitted to him 
by the Theological Faculty. 
Among the many quaint traditional forms with which the cere- 
monial was conducted may be mentioned the firing off of a piece 
of ordnance instantly on the crowning of each doctor; a gold ring 
put on the finger of each doctor in law, medicine, and philosophy ; 
the crowning of the doctors of philosophy with wreaths of real 
laurel; and the recrowning of doctors of fifty years’ standing, a con- 
siderable number of such jubilee doctorates being conferred. At 
3 p.m. the promotion dinner was given in the large hall in the Botanic 
Garden, covers being laid for 1600. At dinner and during the rest 
of the evening the doctors of philosophy still wore their laurel 
wreaths. 
In the meantime the gates of the Botanic Garden had been thrown 
open to the dense throng of the public which had been waiting out- 
side. Shortly thereafter the King and rest of the company repaired 
to the open portico of the Hall, where speeches in all languages were 
delivered to the assembled crowds, first in front of the fine statue of 
Linnaeus, which was crowned with laurel on the occasion, and after- 
wards from the broad staircase of the building, commanding a fine 
view of the dense crowd which filled the broad avenue leading to 
the Castle. Among the speakers were Chancellor Count Hamilton, 
Donders of Utrecht, Topelius the popular Scandinavian poet, and 
Professor Balfour. The speeches were varied with songs from the 
students, whose white caps filled the middle space of the avenue, 
and whose wild but well-ordered enthusiasm forms one of the 
pleasantest reminiscences of the festivities. As darkness set in the 
gardens were illuminated, and a little later there was a display of 
fireworks, some of the pieces being very fine, particularly one 
representing the new buildings of the University which are in con- 
templation. The festivities of the day ended with a torchlight 
procession of about 1000 students, who marched with their banners 
to the stirring music of the choir that led the procession on to the 
Castle, to pay their respects to the King. 
On the Friday the large hall of the Carolina Rediviva was 
