The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-23


 and number of the trustees and fac .ulty. The procession from the green room to the stage was headed by the trustees. followed by Mayor Weaver, Dr. s. Weir Mitchell, Public Orator." Bishop Whitaker, Dr. Wharton Sinkler with Mir. Woodward, Senator Knox with Mir. Watson, Admiral Clark with Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Governor Pennypacker with Baron Von Speck sternburg, Provost Harrison escorting President Roosevelt
 When the president appeared on the stage the band played Hail to the Chief, and the entire assemblage arose and cheered for nearly five minutes. It was a splendid ovation and the pres ldent smiled his appreciation, lowing his acknowledgment at it's conclusion.
 Bishop Whitaker opened the exercises with prayer, which was followed by the hymn Now Thank We All Our God" sung by the audience.
 As each candidate was presented by Dr, Mitchell for the degree he was greeted by the students with lusty "hoorashs' and college cries. During his address the president was repeated ly cheered, and his reference to the navy, which he addressed directly to Admiral Clark, who sat On his left, aroused great enthusiasm.
 After the degrees had been conferred the student body, at the suggestion of Provost Harrison, gave three cheers for America, England and Germany.
 The following cablegram from Emper- Or William was received by Provost Harrison: -.
 "Dr Charles c. Harrison, Provost of < the University of Pennsylvania, Phil
 adelphia: .
 I am truly glad that the university President Roosevelt, the academic hon. or that once clothed George Washing ton, beg you to accept, with my thanks my best wishes for the contin- ued growth and prosperity of the uni versity. |
 {Signed) esWilheln, I. R.
 Berlin, February 22.'' .
 MT Harrison cabled the following re- ply
 Wilhelm, Imperator Rex, Berlin:
 The University of Pennsylvania thanks your majesty for your gracious message, and welcomes to her univer- sity body the names of your majesty, President Roosevelt and George Wash ington. z
 Harrison, Provost"
 Presidents Address.
 The presidents address follows: < As a nation we have had our full share of great men, but the two men of pre-eninent greatness who, as the centuries go on, will surely loom above all others are Washington and Lincoln; and it is peculiarly fitting that their birthdays should be celebrated every year and the meaning of their lives brought home close to us.
 No other city in the country is so closely identified with Washington's career as Philadelphia. He served here in 1775 in the continental congress. He was here as. commander of the army at. the time of the battles of Brandywine and Germantown; and it was here that with the army he faced the desolate winter at Valley Forge, the winter which marked the turning point of the Revolutionary war. Here he came again as president of the convention which framed the constitution, and then as president of the United States, and fin ally as lieutenant general of the army, and after he had retired from the pres idency- Ez ta
 One hundred and eight years ago, just before he left the presidency, he issued his farewell address, and in it he laid down certain principles which he believed should guide the citizens of this republic for all time to come, his own words being, which appear to me aIl-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people. ,"
 Washington, though in some ways an even greater man than Lincoln, did not have Lincoln's wonderful gift of expression that gift which makes cer- tain speeches of the rail-splitter from Illinois read like the inspired utterances of the great Hebrew seers and prophets. But he had all of Lincolns sound com- mon sense, far-sightedness and devo-, ton to a lofty ideal. Like Lincoln fe sought after the noblest objects, and like Lincoln he sought after them by Thoroughly practical methods. These two greatest Americans can fairly be called the best among the great men of the world Each showed in actual prac- 5tice his capacity to secure under our system the priceless union of individual liberty with governmental strength. Each was as free from the vices of the tyrant as from the vices of the dema- gogue. To each the empty futility of the mere doctrinaire was as alien as the baseness of the merely self-seeking politician. Each was incapable alike of the wickedness which seeks by force < of arms to wrong others and of the no less criminal weakness which fails to provide effectively against being wronged by others.
 Among Washington's maxims which he Sbecueathed tn his countrymen were the two following: Observe good faith and justice toward all nations,' and ITO be prepared for war is the most effective means to promote peace. These two principles taken together should form the basis of our whole foreign policy. Neither is sufficient talk #en by itself. It is not merely an idle dream, but most nischievous dream to believe that mere refrairling from wrongdoing will insure us against be- ing wronged. Yet, on the other hand q nation prepared for war is 8 menace