The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-20
DEGREE CONFERRED.
President Made Doctor Of Civil Law
by Mt. ROIyoks College.
Interesting EXERCISES al The College in The
Little Town OF South HadIet


South Hadlcy, Mass, June 20.--Hon-
ors were heaped upon this lttle col
lege town today, for not only did the
day bring the commencement of the
class of '9s of Mount Holyoke college
with It's attractive features, but as
guests OF the occasion, came President
William Mckinley, whose niece, Miss
Grace Mex .nley, was among the grad
yates and Mrs Mckinley, Gov. Roger
WOlcott and Mrs. Wolcott Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Charles n. Allen
and Mrs Allen and other persons OF
political and social prominence.
The students and citizens i'm general
entered into the full enjoyment OF the
occasion and the graduating class felt
themselves greatly distinguished from
the fact that they were TO receive their
diplomas and degrees from the hand
OF President Mckinley. ON this account
as well as because OF the enthusiasm
or the citizens, the usual dignity of
commencement day was. in a measure.
forgotten and the anniversary assumed
The nature of fetA.
The decorations about the town, par
ticularfy upon the buildings near the
college Were very tasteful@and pictures
que.
The town was crowded with visitors
very early and the college grounds
were thrJnge some time before the. hour
scheduled for the beginning OF the days
programme
The president and his party reached
mere at 10 O'Clock on the parlor elect eic
car Rockrimmon. Gov. Wolcott and the
other distinguished guests were in
Cllnn1 ha II u
}. l.. X. Trask and Rev. Judson Smith.
ID. d., OF the board OF trustees were
waiting at the entrance TO the college
grounds as the electrics drew up. The
seniors IN cap and gown had form
ed In parallel lines between which the
visitors passed as they We're escorted
10 the chapel. The exercises were :hen
carried out and President Mckinley
was presented with the degree OF doe
tor OF civil laws I'd. c. L.) by DR.. j. l..
Trask of the board of trustees and i'm
reply President Mckinley said:
Mrs. Meade, ladies and gentlemen: I
cannot refrain from making acknowi-
edgment in this presence OF the very
distinguished honor which the board OF
trustees and officers OF this institution
have been pleased 10 confer upon me.
want to assure the young ladies OF
the graduating class that | am both
delighted and honored to be a MEM
Der OF the class of 90. Massac husetts
has been and is first in many things.
but i'm nothing more than in educational
institutions.
Il count myself most fortunate TO
have been privileged yesterday TO look
-ilfasI4- e-ftees-tsf-tife-s graduates
Smith College, that splendid institution
of learning for the education of women,
and | count myself most fortunate to-
day to look upon the faces OF the gradu-
ates OF this gloriously historic instftu-
tion. that had done 30 much for the
exaltation of women and whose nflu-
ence is felt not only i'm Massachusetts,
but in every part of our Common coun-
try.
Mount Holyoke IL more than GO
years old today, and the influence of
this institution in moulding and shap-
ing the citizens OF the nation can never
be told.
II am glad that we are demonstrat-
ing in the United States today that the
boy shall have no more advantages
than the girl, and Mount Holyoke and
Smith and the half dozen other institu-
tions of the land are demonstrating
that fact.
"An educated womanhood is an open
school for citizenship every day Of the
year. and the home is the training
school for the mother. the soldier and
the statesman. I wish for this gradual
ing class all good things and / want you
to be assured that all good things wait
upon a pure end noble woman"