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3D. CENTENNIAL OF YALE
THE President and Other Distinguished
Men Get Honorary Degrees.
AN OVATION FOR ROOSEVELT

Tho Old CniVerslty's CeleDratlon Saihs
to an End With Pomp and Ceremony
- Elaborate Precautions Taken to
Guard the Chief Executive - No Hand
Shaking at the Reception.
New Haven, Conn.-The ceremonies
with which Yale University COM
memorated the founding of the college
200 years ago ended Wedneday,
bringing to a triumphal close the
great bi-centennial festival. The head
Of the nation was present in the per-
son Of President Theodore Roosevelt.
England. Europe and the Far East
contributed their share of honor
when their representatives. men CT
academic renown, marched as dele.
gates in the procession and partici-
pated in the closing functions. The
Church, Protestant and Roman
Catholic, sanctioned the day with tine
presence of famous prelateS.
President Roosevelt received a great
ovation while receiving his degree Of
Doctor of Laws. When the reading
of the long list of honors had been
nearly finished President Hadley ad-
Tanced 4 step or two and with great
impresiveneS said:
There yet remains one name IN
an instant the great audience was
standing. The President Of the
United States also arose and the
theatre rang with cheers. The air
was filled with waving handkeTchiefs
and programmes.
Remarking that Yale had chosen for
the degree this candidate before he
became President, President Hadley
announced that all Yale men were
now doubly honored by greeting the
man and the President as q son Of
Yale.
President Roosevelt, advanced.
bowed profoundly, and tried to speak
Again the audience cheered, and it
was fully minute before he was al
lowed to proceed.
He said: president Hadley-I have
never yet worked at a task worth
doing that did not find myself work
ing shoulder to shoulder with some
son Of Yale. have never yet been
In a struggle for Righteousness and
decency that there were not men of
Yale to aid me and give me strength
and courage.
'As we walked hither this morning
We passed by a gate which was raised
to the memory Of a young Yale lad
vino was hurt to death beside me as
he and great many others like us
marched against the gunfire from the
heights, and with those memories
quick in my mind I thank you from
my heart for the honor you have done
me, and thank you doubly, for you
planned to do me that honor while
/ was yet private citizen"
President Roosevelt and President
Ha6ley entered the Hyperion Thea
tire at 1880 a. m. The President of
the United States was led to the seat
of honor directly behind the orators
desk. On the platform were Ambas-
sador Joseph II. Choate, Secretary of
State John Hay, Richard Olney, Chief
Justice Melville, W. Fuller and JUS
tice Brewer, OF the Supreme Court;
Presidents Eliot, OF Harvard; Low.
of Columbia; Patton, Of Princeton:
Harrison. Of Pennsylvania, and doz-
ems of other college presidents.
Eear-Admiral Sampson. apparently
feeble and in ill-health, made his way
to his place through a side door. and,
leaning on the arm Of Professor W.
w. Farnham, was shown to his seat.
The commemoration exercises were
begun with the performance of the
overture to die Meistersinger Won
Nurnberg."
A poem entitled "Mater Coronata."
by Edmund Clarence Stedman. in ell
logy Of the university, was then read.
The commemorative address was
delivered by David J. Brewer, Ill. D.,
Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, his topic being "Yale's
Relation to Public Service" Justice
Brewer was given an ovation on his
conclusion.
Then came the presentation Of hon.
orary degrees and the investing Of
the recipients with academic hoods.
A farewell reception by President
and Mrs. Hadley was held in the
evening. and the presence OF the Presi-
dent of the United States lent impress
siveness to the occasion.
President Roosevelt and DR.. and
Mrs. Hadley stood upon a small
raised platform midway to one side
of the hall. Close at hand were Secret
Service officers and policemen. The
purpose was to admit only those
wearing badges. These numbered sew
eral thousand, and a great number of
the general unlimited public also man.
aged to gain entrance.
Particularly noticeable was the ex-
treme caution, not only of the officers
but of those having the affair in
charge, for the adequate protection of
the President. There was no hand
shaking. The suggestion to eliminate
this old-time custom originated with
President and Mrs. Hadley. and was
readily adopted by the President. 1t
is estimated that 5000 persons attend
ed the reception.
At the conclusion of the reception
the President returned to the Farnam
residence, where dinner was served
at 7.3O. The guests included Presi-
dent Roosevelt. President Hadley, Sec
retary of State John Hay, Joseph H.
Cnoate, Andrew D. White, Archbishop
Ireland. President Eliot. Of Harvard;
Seth Low, President Patton. Of Prince
ton, Whitelaw Reid and Edmund Clar-
ence Stedman,
wreaths on Elihu Yale's Tomb.
London.-The wreaths sent by Yale
4 H. 49, In