Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-23
PRESIDENT DELIVERS GRAFTON
AT UNIVERSITY OF PENN. j
sYLvANlA.
DEGREES CONFERRED

DEGREES CONFERRED
The President and Emperor William
Are Honored by the University the.
| Latter In Absentia - Celebration Of
the Event is Pronounced Success
President Roosevelt's Address III
Philadelphia, Feb. 22- President
Roosevelt arrived here at 10:40l
o'clock this morning. There was an
immense crowd in and about the sta
tion. The Presidents appearance was
the signal for great ovation. The
station is only two blocks from the
academy of Music, where Washing
tons birthday exercises under the aus
pices Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania were held but along the short
i line of march there were thousands of
i persons who cheered wildly as the
i Presidents carriage passed. The acad-
Cuiy Was CTOWuGus Will SluuGuIS, WIZ
gave the Pennsylvania yell with a
vigor as the President appeared. The
4 President smiled and seemed to enjoy
the deafening yellas
Degrees Conferred.
II Comforting the degree of doctor OF
4 laws upon the President and Emperor
4 William OF Germany. was the feature
y Of the occasion, The degree was com
4 ferred upon the German ruler in alb.
4 sentia, German Ambassador Sternberg
accepting the honor for his sovereign.
The President was the orator Of the
day, delivering patriotic address on
Some Maxims OF Washington" I
i President Roosevelt's Address
.lg At the conclusion Of the ceremonies
Il Provost Harrison made a few brief In
II troductory remarks, and President
a Roosevelt delivered an pration. He
Il said: III q
.1Es- 81 ntt tiuss,s1 orr full
share of great men, but the two men OF
pre-eminent greatness who, as the cen-
turtles go on, will surely loom above all
others are Washington and Lincoln;,
i and it is peculiarly fitting that their
: birthdays should be celebrated every
: year and the meaning of their lives
brought home close to u.s.
:. No other city in the country Is so
, closely identified with Washington's
career as Philadelphia. He served
here in 1775 In the Continental con-
gress. He was here as commander OF
the army at the time of the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown; and It
was near here that with that army he
r faced the desolate winter at Valley,
Forge, the winter which marked the
: turning point of the revolutionary war.
s Here he came again as president OF
: the convention which framed the con.
). stitution, and then as president of the
: United States and finally as lieutenant
general Of the army after he had re.
tired from the presidency.
:. His Farewell Address.
Zone hundred and eight years ago.
: just before he left the presidency, he
y issued his farewell address and in II
Q he laid down certain principles which
g he believed should guide the citizens OF
e this republic for all time to come, his
}. own words being: which appear to
U me all important to the permanency
of your felicity as people,
Washington though in some ways
Oil ONOu Ei OtLtCl Ilntl tudu ulu
not have Lincoln's wonderful gift OF
|" expression-that gift which makes Ger.
a tain speeches of the rail splitter from
S Illinois read like the Inspired utter
la ances Of the great Hebrew seers and
prophets. But he had all of Lincoln's
sound common sense, far-sightedness
and devotion to a lofty ideal. Like Lin
coin he sought after the noblest OBJ
jects, and like Lincoln he sought aftel
them by thoroughly practical methods
These two greatest Americans car
y fairly re called the best among the
l Great men Of the world. and greatest
J among the good men of the world Each
showed In actual practice his capac
1ty TO secure under our system the
S priceless union individual liberty with
governmental strength. Each was az
free from the vices Of the tyrant az
from the vices of the demagogue. To
each the empty futility of the mere
doctrinaire was as alien as the base.
ness of the merely self-seeking poll.
>. tician. Each was incapable alike OF
= the wickedness which seeks by force
g OF arms to wrong others and Of the
= no less criminal weakness which fails
! to provide effectively against being
= wronged by others.
Washington's MaxIms.
Among Washington's maxims
which he bequeathed to his country.
4 men were the two following: sOh.
serve good faith and justice toward ali
nations and To be prepared for wal
D is the most effective means to pro
" mote peace These two principles
g taken together should form the basis
e of our whole foreign policy. Neither
q is sufficient taken by itself. 1t is moi
IS merely an idle dream, but most mis-,
n chievous dream, to believe that mere
a. refraining from wrongdoing will in
lc sure us against being wronged. YET