The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-23
70 PRESIDENT AND EMPEROR.
nrGRETS GIVEN ~ THE UNI
tyBSITi or PENNSl LIiNIi.
The President In Ills speech Lauds wash
inEtou's Foreign Policy and Uses II aS a
plca fora Larger Navy kaiser sends
rhanks other Degrees Conferred.


plca tor Larger Navy Kaiser sends
rnanh, other Degrees Conferred.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb 22.- Prcsident Roose-
,,U and Emperor William received the
5,rraa II doctor Of Laws to-day from
ho iqfrcratv Of Pennsylvania. The Presi-
don't received hi- degree in person and
nude uu,abc speech on the navy in ac-
,sp,.nr 10 hut the degree was conferred
an the Emperor IN dbseHiiG. Baron Speck
,or S,ornhurc the German Ambassador.
,s.rr present 10 represent his sovereign.
Tfs occasion was the celebration Of
university dlv. aud the exercises were held
+, the Academy Of Music where a similar
bonor Wis bestowed on President Mckinley
On fSas President Roosevelt arrived IN
rbla5lelnhia AZ Io.4o O'Clock this morning
He travelled from Washington in a private
attached 10 a regular train on the Penn
svlyanil Railroad. and was accompanied
br tho German Ambassador and the Baron
-. Won Sternburg. Postmaster Genera
yvnne. senator Knox OF Pennsylvania.
secretary Loeb and Surgeon General Ri1ey
Of the navy.
The President was met at Broad Street
station by Provost c. C. Harrison OF the
university and there was great demon
stration from the crowd Of several thousand
persons IN the streets as Mr. Roosevelt
and the members OF his party were taken
IN carriages to the Academy of Music.
The President was escorted to the green
room Of the theatre. where he held an in
formal reception before the regular eXer-
else, we're begun. Gov. Pennypacker OF
Pennsylvania Mayor Weaver OF Philade-
pha nr s Weir Mitchell and many other
well known persons, including the trustees
n The university shook hands with him.
Rear Admiral Charles +. Clark. who COM
handed the battleship Oregon on her famous
trip from the Pacific to the Caribbean
Sea during the Spanish war and upon whom
an &C idemic degree was conferred to-day,
was greeted heartily by the President
while the distinguished party we're in the
green room.
How ara you, dootor7' exclaimed the
President
Doctor Of WHAT asked the Admiral.
Doctor Of Oregonio law was the an
ever
Wien tho President appeared on tho
platform he saw before him morn than
5000 persons. all standing and cheering
madly under the leadership Of the uni
versity students. who occupied the main
floor Of the theatre Mr. Roosevelt and
all the members Of the party who were to
receive degrees had donned the scholastic
cap and gown Of the university, and they
remained standing until the demonstration
from tho audience had subsidized
PRESENTATION OF THE DEGREES,
The exercises were opened with prayer,
and then the audience joined in singing
Now Thank We All Our God Dr. S.
Weir Mitchell. the public orator, pre-
eented each Of the candida ties for degrees
IN turn. In presenting President Roose-
welt, Dr. Mitchell said;
Theodore Roosevelt. President OF the
United States. On the 4th Of July. 1885,
the University Of Pennsylvania conferred
the degree Of doctor Of laws upon the first
President OF the United States Of America
The trustees Of the same university do
now. after I22 years, once again request
the provost 70 honor with the same gree
our latest President. This makes all ott or
comment needless
Tremendous applause and the deafening
Pennsylvania yell from the threats Of
several hundred students greeted the
presentation Of the degree TO President
Roosevelt AMER the applause had finally
CEASED DR. Mitchell said in presenting the
German Fmperor's name:
The breadth and earnestness OF his I
Imperial Ma jesty's intellectual sympathies,
Ne persona generosity which has fostered /
tclence and literature. and his faNighted 1
interest in the interchange of university /
Influence make it most fit that great uni /.
,ersity recognize both in the man and in .
the ruler Of a Kindred race his services to /
learning Therefore. at the request and [
by the authority OF the trustees OF the
University Of Pennsylvania, | ask the
provost 20 confcrupo his Imperial Ma jesty
the German Emperor and King OF Prussia
through his Ambassador, tho degree Of
doctor q aw--R
The degree Of doctor OF laws was also
conferred upon Sir Henry Mortimer Durand.
The British Ambassador; Senator Philander
Chase Knox Of Pennsylvania. Rear Admiral
Charlie Edgar Clark Of the United States
Navy and David Thompson Watson,
leading corporation attorney OF Pittsburg
The degree Of doctor OF letters was con-
ierred upon Thomas Bailey Aldrich and
The degree of doctor OF science upon Robert
simpson Woodward president OF the Car
neg!c Institution
'''" "h4'AI'IA'' 7il'htu hIltClhl dpIlTtCli-
non by prolonged cheers when the degrees
Wero handed to Ambassador Durand
Admiral Clark and Senator Knox n pre-
'ening the British Ambassador, Dr.
Mitchell said
The country and the University Of Penn
Tiyania gladly recognize in the personal
envoy Of the King Of Great Britain his
Males'ys constant friendship for this
country and are gratefully reminded OF
me vast service rendered Us by the Queen,
ms mother. in the day Of our utmost ma
uonal pen Recalling your varied and
brilliant career in India Afghanistan and
Persia and remembering too, the historian
snd novelist we the trustees, desire TO
express by our action the satisfaction
with which this country has welcomed
M you on Ambassador OF exceptional
distinction
" d.plomatist, YOU have no disputes
" fii'. no erraud save that OF adding
10 tl" ties of material interests those i'm
material bonds which make for good will,
are The safeguard OF treaties and lead two