Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-25
AT GROTON SCHOOL
President Roosevelt's Outing
 With Sons and Friends.
MAKES CHARACTERISTIC ADDRESS

Twentieth Anniversary of Academy
 Made Memorable by Presidential Visit-Clinton Presented a FIO-
 rnl Testimony of Coed WiI.
 WASHINGTON, May 25.-President Roosevelt. accompanied by Miss Ga rev, his sister-in-law, and Secretary Loeb, arrived in Washington this morning The train made the return 1 trip by way of Worcester and Spring field to the Poughkeepsie bridge and over the Pennsylvania road to the cap ital. At Clinton, Mass, the presiden- I tial train stopped moment for sig nals, and during that time a hand some noral piece was presented to. the president, who was standing on the rear platform of his car respond ing to the cheers of 6,000 people. The l selectmen were also present and hand l ed a book containing history of the town and photograph of the new l public library. The president express I ed his thanks briefly.
 At Groton the schools celebration of J its twentieth anniversary was rendered 1 especially notable by the presence and participation in the exercises of Presi- dent Roosevelt. With all the enthusi- asm of his nature the president entered ] into the spirit of the day and he voiced his thorough enjoyment of the cere- I monies and surroundings of the occa- sion in his farewell remarks to the stu ]! dent body.
 President Roosevelt and his immedi- l ate party arrived at the Groton school ! at 9:25 o'clock in the morning. 1t was { an ideal spring day, the sky almost cloudless and the temperature just right for out of door pleasures. From the moment of the presidents cordial and characteristic reception by the stu ] dents until he roseiin his carriage, as 1t was leaving the school grounds, and waved his silk hat to the boys, who yet were giving him their school yell, I concluding with "Rah, rah, rah, Presi- dent Roosevelt!' the president was the center about which all the exercises of the day revolved. He attended the chapel exercises at 10:30 o'clock, deliv- cred characteristic address, forceful and witty, at the annual prize day cere- monies in the gymnasium at noon, was l the principal guest at luncheon served { under great tent on the campus at 2 o'clock and passed the remainder of | the afternoon strolling about the beau l tiful grounds with personal friends, scores of whom had come from Boston I and nearby cities to attend the cere- 1 monies.
 At the prize day exercises the presi- I dent not only delivered what he termed I 'homely, heart to heart talk to the I boys" and to his fellow parents" but i he also presented the prizes to the sue < cessful students, giving each one his prize and a cordial handShake and an encouraging word with 1t.
 f A large crowd had gathered at l Worcester Union station in the expec- tation of seeing and greeting the presi- dent. They were disappointed, how ever, for at the viaduct, before reach ing the station, special engine in waiting was attached to the presidents s I train and pulled out with it after a seven minute stop without passing through the station. There were sixty people at the switch, mostly children, and President Roosevelt, responding to their greetings, shook hands with every one from the rear of his private car Mayfower He was solicitous lest some of the children get under the wheels and said, we don't want to hurt any future American citizens"
 At Hartford President Roosevelt was greeted by fair sized crowd when his special train pulled in. He was pre- sented with magnificent basket of flowers four feet high, the gift of Elm City, lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of New Haven, the presenta- tion speech being made by Stationmas- ter Redett.
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