People: The Brimming Cup

Alsatian Philosopher-Missionary Albert Schweitzer, on his way back to Europe after the Goethe Bicentennial festival in Aspen, Colo., stopped off at the University of Chicago to pick up an honorary LL.D.

In Särö, Sweden, King Gustaf took a chance in a lottery at a Red Coss bazaar, won two bunches of carrots, a flashy garter and some gingerbread, but missed out on a three-foot spettekaka (Swedish egg and spun-sugar delicacy) which he had set his heart on.

Prince Philip gave some future tars a demonstration of royal prowess. At the Outward Bound Sea School in...

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