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Show CONFERRED DEGREE ON AMBASSADOR TAKAHIRA Amherst, Mass, May 7. -Amherst college tonight conferred the degree of doctor of laws on Ambassador Tak-ahlra Tak-ahlra In connection with the dedication dedica-tion of the portrait of Jos. Hardy Neeslma, a Japanese graduate of tho college in 1870, who attained distinction distinc-tion as the founder of the University of Doshlsha, at Tokio, an American institution The ambassador, in accepting the degree, de-gree, said that he regarded it not as a personal tribute, but ns one tendered tend-ered to Japan and as an expression of the friendly feeling between this country and his. |