The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-06-28
ROOSEVELT IN
MASSACHUSETTS
President to Participate in Com
mencement Exercises at
Harvard.
Will ATTEND TWENTIETH
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS CLASS
Program Arranged Particularly for
His Benefit.
PRESIDENT AND HIS SUITE ARE
GUESTS OF BISHOP LAWRENCE,
AT BosToN-soUAD OF DETEc.
TlvEs APPOINTED TO ACT AS
PRESIDENTS BODY GUARD.
BY Associated Press.

Boston, June 27.-As Harvard
grad" purposing to participate in the
reunion of his class and in the COM
Eencement exercises of his college,
and not as president of the United
States. Theodore Roosevelt came to
Massachusetts to-day. Nevertheless his
coming TO Cambridge was to signalize
one of the most notable commence
ment celebrations in the history of
the university, especially in the mat
ter of attendance, for in addition TO
the large quota of graduates from
Massachusetts many hundreds were
present from other states in the union
and points beyond. The president
came particularly to take part in abe
twenty-fifth anniversary Of the class
of 1880, of which he is a member and
the program for his two days stay
was arranged almost entirely with
reference to his participation IN the
class exercises and the general com
/ mencement meetings.
i A feature of this years commence
ment is to have the announcement by
| Bishop William Lawrence, as presi.
dent of the Harvard Alumni associa-
ton of the result of plans to raise an
endowment of $500, 900 for Harvard
from the alumni. This announcement
Is to be made at the commencement
i dinner at Memorial hall tomorrow
afternoon when the president is to de
liver an address. President Roosevelt
had refused all military escort and al
invitations to engage in civic obser
vances of any kind during his visit
\ Simplicity was to mark his entire
course while in Boston and Cambridge
and receptions of all kinds, excep
those in connection with his visit t.
Harvard were to be omitted.
To-day President Roosevelt was me
at the Back Bay station, this city, b,
Bishop Lawrence, who will act as thu
presidents host during his stay IN tn,
y university city. Here breakfast wa
lsegved. the special guests being Presi
. dent Elliott, of Harvard, and Lieu
T tenant Governor Guild. Governor VII
! liam L. Douglas had been invited, bu
severe cold prevented him from
: leaving his home in Brockton. 1t wa
2 planned that the forenoon hour
: should be spent quietly by the pres
2 dent in rambling over the colleg
D grounds in company with other mem
bers of his class and at noon the clas
of 1880, with Mr. Roosevelt as it
! most distinguished member. was I
g proceed to the Oakley Country Cluf
at WATERFOWL, for luncheon
An afternoon with his clasSmate
az the Country Club and the class dill
ner in the evening at the Hotel Somel
: set in this city constituted the prC
gram for the remainder of the day.
Special police arrangements hav
been mace both by the Boston an
Cambridge departments. squad {
detectives from police headquarteI
boarded the presidential train just b.
fore it entered the state and will r
main with him throughout his stay a
a personal bodyguard which wa
Il augmented by squad OF mounte
police
, The presidents train reached tn
Back Bay station at s:45 a m. fiftee
minutes ahead of schedule time.
small crowd cheered the president Z
he left the train and platoon of p
lice stood on guard Secretary Loe
DIR. Stokes and Stenographer Latt
also proceeded to the bishops HON
where the president arrived at IL
lc'clock. Breakfast was served short
afterwards