The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-15
President Roosevelt Starts for
the Famous Park
After Another Busy Day in San
Francisco.
RECEIVES A DEGREE
State University Makes Him a
Doctor of Law.
Union League Club Gives Him a
Farewell Banquet.

Raymond, Cal. May 15-President
Roosevelt got an early start this morn
ing for the Yosemite. His special train,
minus the two sleeping cars and bag
gage car. which were left at Berenda
arrived here at 1880 O'Clock The train
was split in two on account Of the
heavy grade between Berenda and this
point. The president started for the big
tree country on a stage. The remainder
of the party also rode in stages. The
president will be in the park until Mor-
dax
Roosevelt and party arrived here at
11:l5 this morning in stages. complet-
ing the first half OF their journey to
the big tree country Luncheon was
served here and the party is scheduled
to reach the big trees at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
The ride from Raymond was dusty
one, and the party presented a bedrag-
gled appearance as the coaches drove up
to the station. At Grub Gulch the.
president was presented with flowers
by a number OF little girls. He alighted
from the stage and shook hands with
his small admirers. and spoke a few
words OF greeting to the grown UP folks
assembled there.
San Francisco, May 15.-President
Roosevelt bade farewell to San Fran
cisco last night. his last day. like the
others here. having been so completely
taken up that it served TO verify the
smiling remark he made yesterday that
the city of the Golden Gate had given
him everything except sleep
1t was shortly after midnight when
the president left to view the wonders
of the Yosemite valley.
The president was given farewell
banquet last night by the Union League
club at the Palace hotel Covers Were
laid tor 300 people and included most
of the judges of the state supreme
court,~the president of the club, George
Pippy, and Judge John Davis, who bade
President Roosevelt welcome. Presi-
dent Roosevelt made response, and the
rest OF the tossts were then taken up
as follows: The Army" General Mac
Arthur; The Navy" Secretary Moody,
California Governor Pardee; The
Presidential Party, United States Sea-
[ tee NJ. H. De Young.
/ The exercises at Berkeley yesterday
opened with an invocation by Rev. AL
bert F. Lyle, the oldest living graduate
of the college The first address was
made by Jesse H Steinhart. graduate
student, who spoke on Tine University
and the Newer American Life. Robert
Sibley. a member of the graduating
class, had as his theme The Mission OF
the University in Engineering. The
address of Allen Pomeroy Matthew.
The College Man as Citizen was
/ preceded and followed with musical Sc
! lections rendered by an orchestra. So
nicely had the programme been timed
/ that the presidential party arrived just
/ before the conferring of degrees by Gov
ernor Pardee on the members of the
graduating class
After the preliminary cheers which
greeted the appearance Of President
/ Roosevelt had subsided the rulers of the
/ student body greeted the head OF the
nation with the Harvard yell He gave
approval of the slogans. which the col
! legians rendered again and again, by
/ frecuent mods and smiles. President
| BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler then conferred
degrees upon the 400 collegians who sat
upon the stage with cap and gown
After this the president was introduced
4 by President Wheeler, who simply saiG.
Theodore Roosevelt, president of the
1 United States.n Then as the chief eX-
ecutive. attired in a black acadamic
robe trimmed with purple, stepped into
the sunlight, President Wheeler said:
Theodore Roosevelt. by authority of
the regents of the University of CalifOr-
mia. I confer upon you the degree Of
doctor OF laws. This is the highest hon
or the state knows how to confer on
you. Its best it gives gladly
President Roosevelt then addressed
the assembly, eulogizing the state, its
people and the university. speaking in
q
+ President Wheeler.
President Roosevelt has been asked to
assist the natiVe-born Chinese children
of San Francisco in obtaining an edu-
cation in the public schools of the city.
The complaint is made that the Chinese
are confined in special school and are
| there insuff1ciently instructed. To inn
prove this condition the president is re-
quested to use his good offices with the
state and city boards of education TO
have the Chinese children admitted to
the public schools on an equality witk
other nationalities.
A petition laying the matter before
the president was presented to him at
Berkeley by President Wheeler. It bore
the names of 1000 Chinese, many OF
them natives of this city.
The Bulletin says: President Roose-
velt has reached the conclusion that the
quarters and barracks at the Preside
are disgracefuI. considering the size and
Importance of the reservation. He is
therefore. going to make it his imme-
date business to write 10 Secretary
Root and ask that a large sum of money
be diverted Immediately to the renova-
ton of the Preside. Whether there Is
enough money already appropriated tc
be of much use in rebuilding this i'm
nense post with its garrfsons of two
regiments of infantry, enough artillery
to form more than regiment and {
squadron Of cavalry, or whether it vii
be necessary to wait for the reassemb
ingof congress to get the sum of money
{ amounting to S1.700.o00 or more which
would require for an entire remodeling
is a question. but it is certain that tn,
president is sufficiently interested tt
take active steps at once TO make th'
Presidio the kind of a place it SHOULD
be
CoIlided with a Beer Wagon.