The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
M'KINLEY GAVE IPLOMAS
Mount HoIyoke Coll eye Also Confer;
a Degree Upon the President
THE FIRST MAN so H0NOREO.

The President the Central Figure OF
SIT. BoIyoke's Conmencement-He &.
Made a Doctor of Civil Law-IIIs
Niece One of the Fair Graduates
The P%re.idenrs Speech.
HoLYoEE, Mass. (SpeciaD.-Mount Hol.
yoke College was honored by tho presence
at its announcement exercises OF Presl-
lent Mckinley, and in turn 1t honored him
by comforting upon him in he chapel OF
the college the degree OF Doctor of Civil
Laws. This is the nrst time that such q
degree has ever been conferred upon q
man by Mount Holyoke, and 1t cam as
a complete surprise to the President.
The Presidents day was given up entire
" to the attendance at the graduating ex.
~ercises, When the Presidential party, In.
Guiding Governor Wolcott and wife,
reached South Hadley, the visitors immed'
lately ent cred the chapel, where the eXer.
cises were to be held, The seniors FOL
lowed. President Mckinley and the other
gentlemen were seated on the platform,
while the ladies occupied reserved seats In
e..airs on the floor.
There was special music by the college
choir, and then the Rev. DR.. Judson Smith
introduced Governor Roger Woleott, who
welcomed the President te the college.
DR.. Smith then announced that the
President would present the diplomas to
tho seniors. The President descended the
stairs In company with Mrs. Z. S. Mead
President OF the college, who introduced
the members 0 the class as they filed by
and received their ~parchments. Miss
Grace Mckinley, the Presidents niece,
shook hands with him when she received
her diploma.
ance OF the degrees, a beautiful purple
banner, inscribed Mount Holyoke, 49,"
was presented TO him by the graduating
class, which also sang the class ode.
DI. J. L. r. TrHsk, Of the trustees, h
presented the ! resident with the degree OF
Doctor of Civil Laws. The President, in
response to the hearty outburst OF applause
which followed the announcement, SAID:
Mrs. Need, Ladies and Gentlemen: l
cannot refrain from making acknowledge
ment in the presence Of the very distin-
guished honor which the Board of Trus-
tees and officers OF this institution have
been pleased to confer upon me. l want
to assure the young ladies Of the gradua-
ting class that l am both delighted and
honored to be q member OF n class OF '99;
massachusetts, has been and Is FIRST in many
things, but IN nothing more than In educa.
tional institutions.
Il count myself most fortunate to have
been privileged TO look upon the faces OF
graduates of Smith College, that splendid
institution of learning fer the education
OF women, and 1 count myself most for
tunate now to look upon the faces OF the
graduates OF this glorlousiy historic insti-
tuition, that has done so much for the eS-
altation OF women, and whose influence is
felt not only in Massachusetts, but In
every part OF our common country.
Il am glad that We are demonstrating
in the United States to-day that the boy
shall nave no more advantages than the
girl, and Mount Holyoks and Smith. AID
the half dozen other institutions OF the
land are demonstrating that fact.
AN educated womanhood is an open
school for citizenship every day OF the
wear, and the home is the training school
for the mother, the soldier and the states
man. l wish for his graduating class all
good things, and l want you to be as
sured that all good things wait upon a
pure and noble woman"
Miss Grace Mckinley spent her time,
after she received her degree at the
hands Of her uncle, in entertaining Mrs.
Mckinley.