The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-28
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CLEVELAND In VIRGINIA
CONFERENCES DEGREES AT THE
UNIVERSITY.

A Luncheon in His Honor at the
Liorary-He Replies to the Toast to
the President OF the United States
Other Distinguished Personages
Present-Crowds Greet Him as He
Passes Through the Streets.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, June 27.-This
was the final day of the commencement ex-
orcises Of the University of Virginia.
Diplomas were delivered. degrees conferred
and the usual exercises of the closing day
gone through with. At 1l:20 o'clock
special train arrived with President Cleve-
land, Secretaries Bayard and Villas, Sena-
tor-elect Barbour aud Congressman
O'Ferrail. They were escorted to the public
hall through crowd that lined
the streets. President Cleveland con.
ferred degrees of master of arts and
doctors Of philology and science upon the
graduates. At the conclusion Of the cere-
monies he held an informal reception and
shook hands with 1000 or 5000 people.
Later in the day the President and party
were the guests of the alumni, and at a
luncheon held in the library, and at which
200 people sat down, the President re-
sponded to the toast, 1.-THE President of the
United State"
THE PRESIDENT MAKES A SPEECH.
He said: 81 first have to thank you for
electing me member of your society, and
| hope your calling for me so soon after
have become one ofyou is not intended as a
fortaste OF what you intend TO do with mo.
Your orator said today that a friend Of
his enjoyed himself talking. | am not that
sort Of man. am not Virginian, not
Thomas Jefferson. A friend said to me
yesterday that the best thing to do in a pro-
dicament such as find myself in to-day,
was to excuse yourself and sit down. The
latter part is easy to take,
but the first part is not. The first part is
something like playing the fiddle. Il looks
easy but 1t is not | have no excuse and
cannot plead ill-health nor previous engage
fnent. Still | am ashamed that ! have
nothing to say / bethought myself that
your institution Is the work Of IA man who,
in his younger days, established a govern.
ment, which he afterward managed, and in
the maturity Of his powers laid the founla-
ton Of this seat OF learning.
STUDENTS IN POLITICS
ut was his purpose at the beg inning TO
place politics among the studies which he
Thought should be pursued here. / suppose
the politics that he referred to were worry
| different from the politics TO which we are
accustomed to-day. wonder how much
attention is paid TO politics here by the
students and tho alumnif We hear great
| deal about students in politics.
As to whether ID is a good or bad thing de-
ponds much on the students. ! should say
that il he were student OF politics II would
be very good thing. Every small boy in
the country expects TO be president. An
| experience OF little more than three years
| does not mako me feel very kindly
| toward office-seekers Still the ambition
is a laudable one should hope that every
student would want To be president, and
desiring to encourage aspiration | ought
not TO say much on the subject and | don't
want to dampen their ardor by telling too
much about IL. While the perplexities Of
Office are great they are the perplexities Of
the highest place Of the United States and
in its occupant is reposed the confidence Of
the greatest people cp the earth"
Secretary Bayard responded to the toast
Jurisdiction Of the United States" Secre-
tary Villas to "The Cabinet" Gov Lee to
''The Governor Of Virginia" and Senator
voorhees, to "The Congress Of the United
States" After luncheon, the presidential
party visited Monticello, the grave Of JEFF
ferson. and at 3 o'clock left ON special
train for Washington.