The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Jpular lranje V ren- lh for literal mrigin istory fear- , first ange, was vhich and d in ch fl pper 11 to :olor ig of neer waS that the .nf ii 1 ielll Iog It will interest all who have fou d 1 ' H p easure and? profit in Motley's Rzse of the Dunk Republic, to learn that Mr. Dingman Versteeg, who has trans- lated for our Society many Dutch record h s, as now in press to be published in a few weeks, a history of the Sea Beggars, showing the part they had in freeing the Netherlands from the Spanish yoke. The badge of the Zeeland sailors, or Beggars of the Sea, illustrates the intensity of the ant ' agonism at that time prevailing, the motto on one side bein 8' Liever Turcx dan Paus, -that is, Rather Turk than Papistng and on the reverse En des it del , P 3 mes, - In spite of the Mass. The sincerity of this motto was evidently still further enforced by the shape of the badge, that of the Turkish crescent. We give an illustration of it which appeared on page 1o9 of the Year Book for 1886-7. - .-. v' -14 4 ' ,-H..G:Px,12u'J:2:g3g:gg. . . 1 I T., -, . ,A.11g,,w '-cj,-.X 2:25-nigh-,fag P , ZFQ1' ui ' ., '35 'cf Us iE'lnE'- - 1 . ' f 1- z? 1, ' ff fig? -' it I E5 ' W' -lzff 4 is if 'W '. .2--.f gg, 5. I ,,. Ts- pa 'Q' 2' 'i'-.ff ' 5 ph- s. q 'EL 1 Q 2. , as - , a R.. 1- !-4-vg 4 V 2 1- lil 2295 mi- 5' r- re.- rv-.5 1- .15 E z , . E 5 Q' li pw -1:2 . -fer it , we V i 1 . . , .. , , f - 2' V 5' -,F -355: --Ja .3 gi .v - 'iu ' 1- -1 .. f . . I, wfv e 11 -, i- 1,5-5 .,mYy'i ' ' Q I .fwbv ,un-iff'

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W has fi fi W sr if 5' l 'ai' .v J 'A 'L-5 F 5 Y W 'diff QU .Q 'Q fluff' eeigsvfsnsrgsaifr A 'TD 4. L oRANJE BovEN1 N E of the most widely known and popular rallying cries of Hollanders is Oranje Boven ! This has been variously ren- , dered, Orange on top ! Hurrah for the Orange ! Orange forever etc., the literal translation being Orange above! The origin of the expression dates back to the early history of the Sea Beggars. When these fierce and fear- less forerunners of the Dutch Navy in 1569 first flung aloftfthe colors of William the Silent, orange, white, and blue in horizontal bars, there was some uncertainty among the seamen as to which of the several colors should be uppermost, and in ignorance sometimes the flag was raised in reverse order. To obviate all danger of such a mistake, it grew to be the custom for the skipper when giving the command to raise the ensign to shout, Oranje Boven ! and so the Prince's color would float nearest heaven. This was the flag of the Netherlands in the days of our earliest pioneer ancestors who settled New Netherland, and was similar to the ones made for us in Holland, that we use at our annual banquets. In 1650 at the beginning of the Stadholderless Government '7 red was substituted for orange, and the present Dutch ensign was adopted. 108

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HOLLAND SOCIETY LECTURES. The circular in reference to these lectures sent out by President Low was as follows : COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND A LITERATURES. HOLLAND SOCIETY LECTURES ON DUTCH LITER- ATURE BY LEONARD CHARLES VAN NOPPEN, A.M. p TO BE GIVEN IN THE CHAPEL OF THE FIFTH AVENUE COLLEGIATE REFORMED CHURCH, FORTY-EIGHTH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE,ON.AFTERNOONSIN'FEBRUARNYAND MARCH, Igor, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'C'LOCK. February 26--Vondel's Samson 5 a comparison with Milton'S Samson Agonistesf' March 5-Vondel's Adam in Banishment 3 a comparison with the Adamus exul of Grotius and Milton's Paradise Lost. IIO O 13 W E S WI' TH C S Lit und the Cha wor T prec I ber cl the l- This genell held hithe Were Spite