Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
HAD STRENUOUS TIME
President Roosevelt's Expe-
rience at Harvard.
he W AS BUSY BOTHDAYS
GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT THE
"PoP'' CONCERT.
lie W AS BUSY BOTHDAYS
Members of the Glass of 80 Acted as
if They Owned the Town
We're Well Represented.


BOSTON, June 30.-Pres.dent Roosevelt
was given strenuous time in this city
during the two days he was here. He was
on the go nearly all the time and. although
he came not the chief executive of the
nation, but simply as a member of the
class of 80 to celebrate the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his graduation. yet he could
hardly divorce the two. Harvard Univer
sity and the class of 80 could not forget
that they each owned President of the
United, States, and neither was likely to
allow that fact to be forgotten.
Consequently, from the moment the Presi-
dent arrived in town until he left his time
was pretty thoroughly occupied. There was
only one time when he might have feared
for his digestion. and that was when he
dined with his class at the Somerset That
was heavy dinner. but the lunches he got
at Cambridge wouldn't have hurt any
bodys digestion. There was a good deal of
kicking over the sale of the tickets for the
lunch at Massachusetts Hall, not that any,
body cared about the feed but the right
to participate in that was carried on cou-
pom to a ticket to enter Memorial Hall.
where the speaking took place in the after
noon, and where the President made his
most extended address on the aims and pur-
poses of such an institution as Harvard
University.
Great Demand for Tickets.
There were many more applicants than
there were tickets for every one wanted
to hear the President speak. 1 know men
of the earlier classes. say from 30 to and
including the G0s, that couldn't get ticket
for love nor money | know of one class of
which only three secured tickets out of
some thirty that represented the class; of
another that out of some forty only six
could secure tickets. These only in
stances that l personally knew. but l have
1nIIh IA --q-n nt harG or
there was general kick. OF course, sc
was in evidence. and so was %. which was
celebrating its first decade since gradual
ton. 1 think there were something over a
hundred of so here, and they were recog
nized by their crimson badges and their
general self-satisfed appearance; for did
they not have the President as a member of
their class? To be sure they did, and they
were justly proud of it. / met Randall
Webb in the lobby of the Parker House.
and he was very proud of his class of so.
The Washington Harvard Club was not
very well represented, Mr.. Webb, Mr. Lord
of the patent office and myself l think
being the only members here.
At the ''Pop' Concert.
There was Harvard night at the pop
concert Monday that must have gladdened
the heart of every Harvard man in town. l
don't think 1 ever witnessed so much en-
thusiasm On the floor We're at least 1900
ment, of course. was In the majority. al
though l saw gray-headed men cheering
with the greatest gusto and waving hat
and arms in the widest manner possible.
This crowd was divided into groups and
the groups designated by crimson banners
bearing the year of the class. AS l have
already said 80 and '95 were most in evil
dence, and they seemed to have the great
est amount of lung power, for they could
drown any other class with their cheers and
yells The former usually ended up its
cheer with "R-o-o-s-e-v-e-l-t," spelled out
in stentorian tones. 1t was a great sight
and a great time.
A Keen Special Agent.
1 met Frank Johnson, formerly of the
Treasury Department, but who has been
for the last year located here as a special
agent of the customs service. You know it's
the duty of a special agent to prevent fraud
upon the cusoms. and Frank some time ago
unearthed the most extensive case of SNUG
Cling that had been discovered in a long
time. 1t was worked very shrewdly and
the ramification extended into twentyseven
states. He didn't make any boast, until
he had secured the most absolute evidence
against his men. and then he sprung his
mine and all who have been tried have been
convicted and many are awaiting indict-
ment. When their turn comes they will
follow the others.
Boston's Mayor.
I made call on Mr.. Patrick Collins, who
is now mayor of Boston. He is busy
man, this mayor but he looks closely into
all the details of his office, and his subordi-
mates never know when he is on their trail.
He is making the reputation of conducting
the affairs of the city he would carry
on the business of private corporation,
and, as he said that takes a good deal of
time He works much harder than he did
when he was a member of the house, and
l don't believe he gets much more salary.
He Is just the same bright, witty and
PERTAINING Collins that he was twenty years
ago, and l think the only thing against
him is that he is a democrat. That doesn't
hurt him in this city, for he gets many
more votes than If he was a republican.
+. T. III.