Andrews to Evarts, July 12, 1877
No. 313. Mr. Andrews to Mr. Evarts.
No. 402.]
Sir: Sweden’s oldest university, Upsala, which was founded under the rule of that great administrator Sten Sturé, in one of the bright epochs of Swedish liberty, will, next September, commemorate its four hundredth anniversary. The exercises will begin the 5th of September, with religious service and an address by the president, Professor Sahlin, in the Cathedral. Later in the day a dinner to the invited guests will be given in the Botanical Garden. On the 6th, the doctors’ degrees will be given, and afterward a public dinner. On the 7th, the city of Upsala will give a reception and ball.
It is natural that the country should feel a pride in such an occasion, and preparations for its due observance have been going on for some time. Representatives of all the oldest and most distinguished universities of Europe will be present by invitation.
This rich and ancient shrine of learning, situated amid the most striking relics of Swedish antiquity, has about sixty professors and as many tutors.
I have, &c.,