The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
President Roosevelt Arrives in
Boston on a Special
To Attend Commencement Elk
ereises at Harvard University.
NOT AS PRESIDENT.
He Is There Merely as One Of
the Graduates.
1t Is the goth Anniversary of
His Glass.

Boston, June 27--President Roosevelt's
special train arrived at the Back Bay
station at 6:45 a. m, Is minutes ahead
of schedule time. Bishop Lawrence
boarded the train and as soon as the
president was dressed the two were
driven to the bishops residence in Cam
bridge
As Harvard grad" purposing to
participate in the reunion of his class
and in the commencement exercises of
his college, and not as president of the
United States Theodore Roosevelt. came
to Massachusetts today. Nevertheless
his coming to Cambridge was to signal
ize one of the most notable commence
ment exercises of the university and
particularly of attendance. for in addi-
ton 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 the
twenty-f1fth anniversary of the class OF
1880 of which he is a member, and the
programme for his two days stay was
arranged almost entirely with reference
to his participation in the class eXer-
cises and the general commencement
meetings.
A feature of this years commence
ment is to be the announcement of
Bishop William Lawrence as president
of the Harvard Alumni association as
the result OF plans to raise an endoW-
ment of 50, SOC, 600 for Harvard from the
alumni. This announcement is to be
made at the commencement dinner at
memorial hall tomorrow afternoon
when the president is to deliver an ad-
dress. President Roosevelt has refused
all military escort and all invitations to
engage in civic obserVanceS OF any KIND
during his visit. Simplicity was to
mark his entire course While in Boston
and Cambridge and Rotations of all
kinds except those in his visit to Har-
ward were to be omitted.
Bishop LssNvrence's Guest.
Today President Roosevelt was met
at the Back Bay station, this city, by
Bishop Lawrence, who will act as the
pI esident's host during his stay in
Cambridge and was driven at once to
the residence of the bishop in the uni
versity city. Here breakfast was served,
the special guests of the occasion being
President Charles W. Eliot, of Har-
ward and Curtis Guild, Jr.
Governor William l. Douglass had
been invited but a severe cold prevent
ed him from leaving ms nome IN
B1ockton. 1t was planned that the first
hours should be spent quietly by the
president in rambling over the college
grounds in company of other members
of his class. and at noon the class of
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tinguished member was to proceed to
the Oakley Country club at WATERFOWL
for luncheon. An afternoon with his
classmates at the country club and the
class dinner in the evening at the Hotel
Somerset in this city constituted the
programme for the remainder of the
day.
Special police arrangements have been
made both by the Boston and Cam
bridge departments. A squad of de-
tectives from police headquarters board
ed the special train just before it enter
ed the state and will remain with him
throughout his stay as a personal body
guard which was augmented by
squad of mounted policemen.