Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-03-01
Representatives ot1ThreesWorId Pow.
ers Participate in sthe5 Exercises at
the University Of Pennsylvania, and
President Roosevelt, the German
Emperor and the British Ambassa.
dor Were Among Those Honored
With the Doctorate of Laws.
philadelphia special-Commeration


:ccst enthusiastic demonstrations ever
witnessed in the Academy OF Music;
where the exercises were held. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was the orator OF the
day, his theme being Some Ma1ims
Of Washington
The degree Of doctor OF laws was
conferred upon the President, the Ger
man Emperor, the British ambassador,
Rear Admiral Charles e. Clark, United
States navy; United States Senator
Philander C. Knox, and David T. Wat
son, distinguished lawyer Of Pitts
burg. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the
poet and author, received the degree
of letters, and upon Robert Simpson
Woodward, president Of the Carnegie
Institute, was conferred the degree of
doctor OF science. Baron Won Speck
Sternberg received the degree for En-
per0r. William.
When the President appeared on the
stage the band played Hail ito the
Chief" and the entire assemblage
arose and cheered for nearly five min
utes. 1t was g splendid ovation and
the, President smiled his appreciation,
bowing hia acknowledgement at its
conclusion.
AS each candidate was presented by
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell for the degree, he
was greeted by the students with lusty
'hoorays" and college cries. During
his address, the President was repeat
edly cheered, and his reference to the
navy, which he addressed directly to
Admiral Clark who sat on his left,
aroused great enthusiasm. The Pres
ident spoke in part as follows:
THE. PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
AS a nation we have had our full
share OF great men, but the two men
OF pre-eminert greatness who, as the
centuries go on, will surely loom above
all others, are Washington and Lin
coin; and it is particularly 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 l775 in the Continental Congress-.
He was here as commander Of the army
at the time OF the battle Of Brandy
wine and Germantown; and it was near
here that with that 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 con-
vention which framed the constitution
and then as President o. the United
States, and finally as lieutenant general
Of the army, after he had retired from
the presidency
One hundred and eight years ago
just before he left the presidency, he
issued his farewell address, and in it
be 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 al; important to the permanency
Of your felicity as people"
Washington, though in some ways an
even greater man than Lincoln, did pptr
have Lincoln's wonderful sifto of ex-
pression@@thst GIT which makes GER
taa1Heeches Of the rail-splitter from
Illinois read like the inspired utter
ances Of the great Hebrew seers and
prophets. But he had all of Lincoln's
sound common sense, far-sightedness,
and devotion to lofty ideal. Like
Lincoln, he sought after them by thor
oughly practical methods. These two
greatest Americans can fairly be called
the best among the great men Of the
world, and greatest among the good
men OF the world. Each showed in
actual practice 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 demagogue. To each the empty
utility Of the mere doctrinaire was as
alien as the baseness OF the merely
politician. Each was in
capable alike Of the wickedness which
seeks by force Of arms to wrong others
md of the no less criminal weakness
which fails to provide effectively
against being wronged by others.
Among Washington's maxims which
,e bequeathed to his countrymen were
he two following: "Observe good faith
md justice toward ali nations" and
TO be prepared for war is the most
Effective means to promote peace
These two principles taken together
should form the basis Of our whole for
ign policy. Neither is sufficient taken
" itself. 1t Is not merely an idle
lream, but most -mischievous dream,
o believe that mere refraining from
will insure us against being
vronged. Yet, on the other hand.
lation prepared for war is a menace to
mankind unless the national purpose
8 to treat other nations with good
aitb and justice.
FROM DIR. HoHENzoLLERN.
DR.. Charles c. Harrison, Provost OF
the University Of Philadelphia, Phil
adelphia: ;
II am truly glad that the University ,,
las rendered me at the same time with
resident Roosevelt the academic honor
hat once clothed George Washington.
beg you to accept with my thanks
ny best wishes for the continued
,rowth and prosperity OF the Univer- I
ity.
WILHELM, I. r."