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ON June 22-24, a brilliant sun shone on the ancient and famous city of Utrecht, thronged with students and visitors from many lands and gaily decorated with the national flag of Holland and the colours of all the Faculties. The occasion was the celebration of three hundred years of the University's existence. To Utrecht had come the representatives of most of the universities and learned academies of the world, to pay homage and do honour to her ancient and distinguished university. Amidst the scarlet gowns and many coloured hoods of the professors and academicians flashed the white plumes of the horses and the gay cockades of the splendid coachmen of the students' carriages, for to Utrecht had also come the representatives of the students' “senates” from all the universities of Holland, and the associations and clubs of old University of Utrecht men from every part of the country. In this land won by brave men from the sea, where freedom dwells and learning flourishes, all had met to place another milestone on the long road of civilization, wherewith to mark the completion of the third century of a great university's beneficent life.
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DONNAN, F. Tercentenary of the University of Utrecht. Nature 138, 131–132 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138131a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138131a0