The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-02


President Roosevelt, the German
Emperor and the British Arbasss-
dor Were Among These Honored
With the Doetorste Of Laws.
Philadelphia. enumeration
of Washingtons birthday by
the University OF Pennsylvania was
made notable by the fact that represen-
tatiyes OF three world powers partici-
pated in the exercises. as follows: The
United States. represented by the
Chief Executive OF the nation. Presi-
dent Roosevelt: Germany. represented
by Baron Won Speek Sternberg, am
bassador To this country, who acted as
the personal representative OF Emper
or William, and Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand, the British ambassador. The
occasion was marked by one of the
most 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 Maxims
OF Washington
The degree OF doctor OF laws was
conferred upon the President, the Ger
man Emperor, the British ambassador.
Rear Admiral Charles f. Clark, United
States navy; United States Senator
Philander c. Knox, and David T. Wat
son. a 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. vas conferred the degree OF
doctor of science. Baron Won S2eck
Sternberg received the degree for Inn
peror William.
When the President appeared on the
stage the band played Hail to the
Chief and. the entire assemblage
arose and cheered for nearly five min
utes. 1t was a splendid ovation and
the President smiled his appreciation,
bowling his 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-eminent greatness who. rs the
centuries 60 on, will surely loom above
all others, are Washington and Lin
coln and it is particularly 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 Washingtuns
career as Philadelphia. He served here
in ITS 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 of 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
he 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 all-important to the permanency
of your felicity as people"
Washington, though in some ways an
even greater man than Lincoln. did not
have Lincoln's wonderful gift of eX-
pression-that gift which makes GER
tain speeches 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 a 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
futilE,' of the mere doctrinaire was as
alien as the baseness of the merely
self-seeking politician. Each was in
capable alike of the wickedness which
seeks by force Of arms to wrong others
and of the no less criminal weakness
which fails to provide effectively
against being wronged by others.
Among Washington's maxims which
he bequeathed to his countrymen were
the two following: observe good faith
and justice toward all 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
eign policy. Neither is sufficient taken
by itself It is not merely an idle
dream, but most mischievous dream,
to believe that mere refraining from
wrongdoing will insure us against being
wrOnged Yet, on the other hand,
nation prepared for war is menace to
mankind unless the national purpose
is to treat other nations with good
faith and justice.
FROM DR.. HOHENZOLLERN.
"Dr. Charles c. Harrison. Provost OF
the University of Philadelphia, Phil
adelphia:
Il am truly glad that the University
has rendered me at the same time with
President Roosevelt the academic honor
that once clothed George Washington.
I beg you to accept with my thanks
my best wishes for the continued
growth and prosperity of the Univer-
sity.
WILHELM. l. r."