The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-23
Roosevelt at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
GIVE US A GREAT NAVY
He Makes the Occasion Serve Him in
Urging This and Other Policies
of the Administration. England
and German Represent
atives Present.
: (By the Associated Press.)

of Washington'S birth
day by the University of Pennsyl-
vania was made notable by the fact
that representatives of three world
powers participated in the exercises.
The United States represented by the
chief executive of the nation, Presi-
dent Roosevelt; Germany. represented
by Baron Won -Sternburg. am
bassador to this country, who acted
as the personal representative of EIn-
peror William, and Sir Henry MOrti-
mer Durand, the British ambassador.
The occasion was marked by one or
the most enthusiastic demonstrations
ever witnessed in the Academy OF
Music. where the exercises were held.
President Roosevelt was the orator of
the day, his theme being Some Max
inns of Washington"
The degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon the President; the
German Emperor. the British ambas-
sador. Rear Admiral Charles +. Clark,
L. S. N, United States Senator Phi
lander c. Knox, and David II. Wat
burg. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. the
poet and author, received the degree
of doctor Of letters and upon Robert
Simpson Woodward, president of the
Carnegie Institute was conferred the
degree of doctor of science. Baron
Won Speck- -Sternburg received the de-
gree for Emperor William.
Breaking Their Neclzs to See n Man.
The Presidents train arrived at the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad station at
1910 O'Clock and was met by the re-
ception committee composed of uni
versity trustees. The train-shed of
the station was janmed with people
who struggled to secure a glimpse or
the President. A squad of stalwart
policemen kept open a paSsageway
from the exit gate to the street and
as the President walked between the
double line of officers he was enthusi-
astically cheered. The street in front
of the station was a mass of people
and Bond street to the Academy of
Music was filled with Il cheering null
titude The President was escorted
by the brilliantly uniformed first
two squads of mounted policemen.
At the Academy of Music the crowd
surrounding the building was SO dense
that it was necessary to force pas
sageway for the Presidential party.
AT the Academy of Music after the
President had alighted from his car
riage. he saluted the troopers and
was escorted to the green room of the
theatre There he was greeted oy
Provost Harrison and a number or
trustees and faculty.
Emulous Throat Spiittcrs.
When the President appeared on
the stage the band pla"ed Hail TO
the Chief" and the entire assemb-
lage arose and cheered for nearly five
minutes 1t was a splendid ovation
hA
citation, bowling his acknowledgements
at its conclusion.
AS each candidate was presented Dy
DIR. S. Weir Mitchell for the degree,
he was greeted by the students with
lusty "hoorays' and college cries.
During his address the President was
repeatedly cheered and his reference
to the navy which he addIeFsed d.
rectly to Admiral Clark, who sat on
his left, aroused great enthusiasm.
MIR. ROOSEvELTS ADDRESS.
The President said in part:
among Washington'S maXimS
which he beuueathed to his country
men were the two following: Observe
good faith and justice toward all ma
tions, and TO be prepared Tor war Is
the most effective means to promote
peace These two principles taken to-
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whole foreign policy.
Just at present the best way III
which we can show that our loyalty
to the teachings of Washington is
loyalty of the heart and not of the
lips only is tc see to it that the work
Of building UP our navy goes steadily
on, and that at the same time our
stand for International righteousness
is clear and emphatic.
Never since the beginning Of our
country's history has the navy been
used iii an unjust war. Never has 1t
failed to render great and sometimes
vital service to the republic. Our
possession of the Philippines. our in
terest in the trade of the Orient. our
building the Isthmian Canal, our in
sistence upon the Monroe Doctrine,
all demand that our navy shall be of
adequate size and for it's size of un-
surpassed efficiency. If it is strong
enough ! believe it will minimize tie
chance of our being drawn into
foreign war. If we let it run down it
is as certain as the day that sooner
or later we shall have TO choose be-
tween q probably disastrous foreign
war or q peace kept on terms that
imply national humiliation.
again Washington said: Give to
mankind the example of people al
ways guided by an exalted justice and
benevolence. This feeling can be
shown alike by our dealings within
and without our own borders. Taft
and Wright in the Philippines and
Wood in Cuba have shown us exactly