The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
LESSON DRAWN
FROM DISASTER
President Wheeler Tells
of Widespread Sym
pathy.

NEW YORK. June I3.-Eleven hun
Gred and thirty-two degrees were con-
ferred upon students OF Columbia Uni
verslty and its allied Institutions. in
Guiding Barnard College for women and
the College Of Pharmacy, at the hundred
and hfty-second annual commencement
of the university today. Seven hon
orary degrees were also conferred by
President Nichols Murray Butler. The
recipients Of the honorary degrees in
cluded: Doctors OF Science-Daniel G.
Elliot. curator in, the Field Colum bian
Museum az Chicago, and Baron Kane
Takaki, surgeon general OF the Japan
ese navy and a member Of the japanese
House Of Peers. Doctor OF Laws-Ben-
3amin Ide Wheeler. president OF the Uni
versity Of California.
IN his address TO the graduates Presi-
dent Butler declared that present signs
OF unrest point 10 a period OF general
reconstruction IN which individual char
acter viii be the reconstructing power
and that in the field OF endeavor the
university graduates must lead and
teach.
Al the commencement dinner Presl-
dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler OF the Uni
versity Of California delivered a short
address. IN which, referring TO the san
Francisco catastrophe. he said:
We have learned in the books that
this IS one nation Of many States. but
we know now with our hearts that on
the fatal morning. even before the peo-
pie OF Oakland and Berkeley across tho
bav had all learned OF San Franciscos 8
calamity. the great cities OF the coun-
try had started movements Of relief and
we saw the carloads OF bread and
cooked meats come in from Sacramento
and Los Angeles and Reno, then from
Portland and Seattle. followed by car
loads and trainloads OF supplies and
clothing from Salt Lake and Denver,
and Omaha, Chicago. Buffalo and New
York. IN eEhaustless waves OF human
sympathy and helpfulness These
things we have seen. and we now have
other data than the beef trust and the
fife insurance companies TO tell us
whether the world is growing worse
or not
I'VE always knew that buildings and
mechanism and equipment do not make
a city, but now we have seen a city.
robbed of everything but men, continue
and -reassert it's life barehanded: we
have learned the inner mystery OF the
high religion OF being a good loser.
IN passing through stern times we are
conscious Of having come face to face
with many reality that was only a
shadow before. We always knew from
the map how our land stood, Janus
faced toward its two oceans looking
out through itS two gates toward the
source of its life in the Fast, toward
its ultimate fate In the West, but the
gates are nearer together than they
were two months ago: common owner
ship In loss has revealed the common
wealth"
PRINCETON. y J.. June ls.-Com-
rnencement day was observed by
Princeton University today, and the
degree OF doctor OF laws was conferred
upon several prominent men. The de-
gree was given Elihu Root. Secretary
Of state; Rev. William ". Douglass
Mackenzie. u. d, president Of Hart
ford Theological Seminary, and Horace
Porter. former Embassador TO France.
u was announced that the university
has received gifts amounting to SIS, 000.
PHILADELPHIA. June l3.-The hun
dred and fftieth commencement OF the
University OF Pennsylvania was held
today and the degree OF doctor OF laws
was conferred upon King Victor EN-
manuel Of italy There was no repre-
sentative OF the King present TO ac-
cept the degree. but Provost Harrison
said he had received cablegram from
the King today in which he said that
he would accept the honor.