The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-21
I''II'IlRK|IELD
1 lducted Into Office With
B imposing Ceremonies
eAEcsldcnt Roosevelt and Ambassador
Among the Distinguished
Speakers at the Installation
ES OF Towards President.

washington, D. c., Nov. 13.-In
4 he picturesque vine-clad Rankin
SAapel upon the campus of Howard
Il IUhtyerBity, Rev. DR.. Wilbur Patter-
con Thirkield was installed in the
u presidency of that institution at $50
a D5ciock this afternoon. Upon the
hiatfOrm were President Roosevelt,
4 Ambassador Bryce, Secretary Gar
D Aeld, DIR. Elmer E. Brown, commits
%SlNner OF education, and number Of
40thers prominent in the life of the
nation Justice Job Barnard Of the
Supreme Court of the District of Col
1mbia and president of the board Of
trustees Of. the university presided.
In the audience were representatives
OF over forty colleges and universities
of the United States. Holders Of
tickets to the ceremonies had been
;. asked to present themselves by els
O'Clock and at that time the chapel
was comfortably filed. President
Roosevelt, Ambassador Rryce, Secre-
tary Garfield, Commissioner Brown
and pr. j. w. E. Bowen of Atlanta
were the speakers Of the occasion,
and together with the members of
the board of trustees assembled in
the office of the president of the uni
yersity shortly after o'clock The
representatives Of the different COL
legeS and universities assembled in
the main hall Of the university at the
same time. Shortly thereafter both
! bodies marched to the chapel. where
the mnninc hooap ~
+ Ambassador Bryce was the first
speaker introduced by Justice Bar
nard.
The AFFAIR was somewhat marred
by an accident which occurred just
before the President arrived, and
had he come sooner he probably
would have been in it and possibly
would have sustained some INJURIES
A temporary platform in the vesti-
bule of the chapel at the university
gave way and precipitated some 80
persons to the ground. distance of
10 feet. Many received slight in
juries, and one student sustained
fracture of the skull. The injured
were taken to the Freedman's Hos
pita!. The fire department was call
ed out, and for a time there was
great confusion
Ambassador Bryce's Address.
Coming from and having the
honor to represent here a nation
within whose empire there dwells
! many millions of colored people, it
is he said, fitting that | should
join in the greeting which is today
extended to the new president of
Howard University and ioin also in
hearty good wishes for the continued
prosperity and success Of an institu-
ton whose work is Of such great and
permanent Importance. Britain and
the British colonies have a work to
do similar to that which such insti-
- tutiOns as this are doing here: a
work which has been promoted SO
generously, both by the United States
government and by many private
benefactors. We have in South At
RIGA more than 100000 Of Kaffirs
living under British rule or protec-
ton, and still larger number Of var
iOus colored races in equatorial At
RIGA on both sides Of that continent
These are, of course, far further back
than the cOlOred men Of the south
further back also than those who in
habit the British West Indies. But
everywhere we believe that progress