New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-23
GREATNESS
AZ foRArroN DELIVERED by PRESIDENT
M'KINLEY.

.,rscrs THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS oF
-,,r UNIVERSITY OF pENNsyLNANIA-LEs
so,S ros THE PRESENT DAY DRAWN
rsoN wAsHiNGTON's CAREER
ELOQUENT WORDS RECEIVED
WITH GREAT EN-
THE'sIAsM
,...,nn,a. Feb. 22.-President Mckinley ate
~,,. h-eoktast with the family ~ Charles
n" ,,.r,son this morning. He did not leave the
y until q few minutes before ii O'CLOCK
1, company with Mr.. Harrison. he was
- % IRE Academy Of Music where the
,,,c,or.s birthday commemorative exercises
.no university Of Pennsylvania were heio'
o,or two thousand students Assembled on 'he
,,,,..rsi.v campus IT $50 o'clock TINS morning.
"a marched four abreast 10 the Academy 81
"' THO rou,c was arranged 50 that the
"".., -, ,rou,a pass Mr. Harrisons home and
~ s-pscnts there give cheering welcome 10
49,. President Mr.. Mckinley. when the heao
:. .no long column reached the house apPeaieo
Y. a. There with barred head he smii-
Ill, bovea 20 tho hundreds or undergradn-
o,as IN response 70 their hearty cohese ei'eF
,,c The column marched IN classes ana as
ms -, cached the house the members
s,onted the college cry OF fenh-s
- ,,-ya-nIa, sylvan MAJ" ending with
- nt,or,, tho President the President"
,r,e presidents face lighted up and he showed
80. r,oasur. NJ the enthusiastic and almost
eo,,,,uous shouts Of the coegians. Every stu
- tho line also removed his hat while pass
49,, .no PRESIDENT Reaching the Academy they
..o-o,ea ,ns,ae and took the seats reserved for
them. 49,
p~as,sen, Mckinley addressed an intelligent
"a annrec,etive audience at the Academy. by
,,s side on the stage were assembled the facuity
-, The University Of Pennsylvania and many
nrofessors and executive officials OF other edu-
cational institutions. The seating capacity OF
the Academy is $500. All the seats and prosce-
MUM boxe. were occupied, and from -FOUR 10 iive
hundred persons stood in the rear OF the gar
,or,s- The main portion OF the auditorium was
reserved for the students
STUDENT CHEERS FOR THE PRESlDENI'
The appearance OF the President on the stage
was the signal for great applause. ana as u oieo
swav the students broke out with their thrice
repeated college cry OF Penn syl-va-nia' ana
The municipal band followed with Hail 70 the
Chief, and The Star-Spangied Banner. Ihe
exercises were opened with prayer by blshop
OH Whitaker. OF the Protestant hpiscopa
Church Charles c. Harrison. Provost OF the
University OF Pennsylvania, then dehVereu al
address in closing which he introduced fresi-
dent Mckinley. MIR. Harrison spoke In part as
follows:
The theme Of tOdSys Is the ar II oy
more halowed by It's associations than fhlIauepn!a
exsItes ,beme could the University Of Pennsylvania
have asked the President Of the United oae r b be
any other occasion upon which his acceptance would
have been given For many years the Cniversi.i
dsv and in later years with increasing zeal to
mako the occasion more ana more wU,t iSe o. Pre.
DENT Of the United States. General Washington
opened the Law School OF the Cnyersi'y eaEe we
dent to speak in the of the University OF the
hrs OF that nlustrioqs line Inc ,s 5. epscos
act in that amid ne and duties OF MS exalted
Office. ne has counted 1t wo1t or C SION sneak
FOR the trustees for the faculties. Tor the Cn'ens!
fox the city sna ,0G .o Of our Invitation and
welcome him to the University so coc Ii, Sonn,ry
in its earlier days with the Father OF his Country
have the distinguished honor Of pressn I'M r hne
versitv and their guests this great audience TO me
President Mckinley as ne stepped forward
was greeted with handclapptng from all over
the house. and the students agnin gave their
college cry II was several minutes before quiet
was restored.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
The Presidents address, which was delivered
",
a clear. distinct voice, could he plainly heard
by every person in the auditorium. His remarks
were interrupted at frequent intervals with ap-
-,or.s Tho nhrase that Washington and his
compatriots had founded the financial operations
~ the Government on the idea that the Ma
,ionsl credit was National honor" met with es-
necally enthusiastic appreciation. He spoke a.
follows:
Mr. Provost Officers and Students Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. Ladies and Gentlemen
We celebrate here, as In every part OF our
country the birthday of a great patriot, who
assured the beginning OF a great Nation. This
DAY belongs TO patriotism and the people. But
in a certain sense the University OF Pennsyl-
vania he's special reasons for honoring Febru
airy % For over half a century, with ever-in-
creasng popularity and public recognition, you
have observed the occasion. either as holiday
with patriotic exercises. participated In by
faculty and students. No other American insti-
tuition of learning has a prouder title to the
veneration OF Washingtons memory than this
whose foundation was laid in Colonial days
nearly fifty years before Pennsylvania became
State; whose progress was largely due to the
activity Of Franklin and other Jealous and far
seeing patriots. and whose trustees were on
terms Of sufficient intimacy with Washington
10 congratulate him upon his election 70 the
Presidency and TO receive from him notable
reply which has passed into the history OF the
times
Washington. too. belonged to the brotherhood
Of the alumni of this institution having accepted
TIE degree Of Doctor Of Laws conferred upon
him IN 11s3-an honor doubtless the more APP
Ireciated when he recalled the events which
gave him close and peculiar attachment 10 the
CITY Of Philadelphia.
No wonder that your great university mas
made February % it's most Impressive cere-
nOnial and devoted it's annual exercises TO spe-
cial tributes 70 the memory OF the fret Presl-
dent Of the United States and the patrlouc
themes which cluster thicky about his lie ana
work. i rejoice with you In the day rejoice
also. that throughout this broad land the blrth,
day OF the patriot leader is faithfully observed
and celebrated with an enthusiasm and earnest
ress which testify 10 the virtue and gratitude
OF the American people
CHIEF POINTS OF WASHINGTOHS CAREER
II would not he possible Ia the comparatively
short time 20 which these exercises must To-Day