1 Convocation of the
2 Panjéb University,
3 1889,
4 Degree of D. L. con-
5 ferred on Lord Lang-
6 downe,
7 Conversazione in the
8 Montgomery Hall.
9 Visit of His Royal
10 Highness Prince
11 Albert Victor of Wales,
12 to the Panjab, 1890.
13 B14 UISTORY OF THE PANJAB,
14 Lady Aitchison Hospital, Ldhore, by providing scholarships for female
15 students, and helped the Municipalities of Gurddspur and Delhi and the
16 women’s ward of the Ripon Hospital at Simla. A hospital has been built
17 at Kapurthallé and opened for work, and another at Patidld is under con-
18 struction,
19 At noon the following day, the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows
20 of the Panjab University, met in convocation for the purpose of conferring
21 degrees, ‘The meeting was held in the Government College Halls, Lahore,
22 which were tastefully decurated for the occasion, His Excellency the
23 Viceroy, Patron of the University, and his Honor Sir James Lyall, the
24 Chancellor, took their seats on a raised dais, the Vice-Chancellor, W. H.
25 Rattigan, Esq., taking his seat to the left of the Chancellor, The Fellows
26 of the University were ranged on each side, right and left, of the dais, the
27 body of the hall being thronged by the donors and subscribers to the
28 University, University graduates, habited in academic robes, and a, large
29 gathering of the visitors. The Senate having previously decided that His
30 Excellency, by reason of his eminent position and attainments, was a
31 fit and proper person to receive the degree of Doctor of Literature, His
32 Excellency was, amidst great applause, invested with the said degree
33 honoris cwusd.* Lord Lansdowne, having honoured the University with the
34 acceptance of the degree offered to him, delivered an important address,
35 The same day there was a brilliant conversazione in the Montgomery Hall,
36 at which His Excellency and Lady Lansdowne were introduced to numerous
37 visitors, European and native. There was also a Chrysanthemum Exhibi-
38 tion in the Lawrence Gardens, and the festivities ended with a visit to the
39 City and the principal aucient buildings of the station.
40 The visit to India, in the beginning of 1890, of the grandson of Her
41 Imperial Majesty the Queen-Empress was a further indication of the interest
42 taken by our most Gracious Sovereign, and by the Heir-Apparent to the
43 throne, in her vast Indian Empire. The people of this country regarded the
44 presence in their midst of a representative of the Royal House of England
45 with the highest appreciation, and great was the joy telt by the people of all
46 classes and races throughout the length and breadth of the Empire when the
47 illustrious visitor honoured the country with his august presence. His Royal
48 Highness landed at Calcutta on Friday, the 3rd January, 1890, and, after
49 visiting Lucknow, Cawnpur, Benares and Agra, arrived in Lahore on Saturday,
50 morning, the 25th of January, and was received with general demonstrations
51 of loyalty and rejoicings. He was welcomed at the railway terminus by a,
52 distinguished civil and military company, the former headed by Sir James
53 Lyall, the Licutenant-Governor, and the latter by Sir Hugh Gough. There
54 was a brilliant gathering of native princes and nobles. As the train con-
55 veying His Royal Highness entered the station (brightened by decorative
56 festoons and flags) a royal salute was fired from the ramparts of the fort.
57 His Royal Highness, who bears a striking likeness to his uncle, the Duke
58 of Connaught, was dressed in the uniform of the 10th Hussars. The intro-
59 ductions over, His Royal Highness was conducted to the portico, and
60 thence outside the station, where the Panj&b Volunteer Rifles, who furnished
61 guards-of-honour, and a Company of 19th Panjab Infantry, presented arms,
62 the bands simultaneously striking up the National Anthem. The scene in,
63 front of the Railway Station was instinct with life and movement, The
64 * Up to the present the roll of the University bears six names among its honorary graduates,
65 a ipon, Lord Dufferin, Sir Charles Aitchison, the Reverend V.. French, the fate Lord
66 reser re) Lahore, and Doctor Leitner. Each received the honorary degree of Ioctor of Oriental.
67 earning. All, except the first, are oriental and classical scholars, and the degree of Doctor
68 Sri SatQurctsaaires mer ytulabpenyeately conferred\pa HaHAHEloRaT ie OFERaIItCBRrProy.