Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-13
NEW HEAD OF WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY INSTALLED
Mr.. Taft consratuIates = institution
Upon Selection of Teacher, and De-
plores Idea That Business Man 10
Needed for College President
Speaks From Table at Hartford.
jBy Associated Press.D

President Taft added New England
end to his long Western and Southern
trip today. by visits TO Middletown
and Hartford. attending in the FORM
err city this morning the installation
of DIR. William A. Shanklin as presl-
dent OF Wesleyan University and par
, ticipating in this city tonight In the
dedication of the new state arsenal
and armory.
The President left tonight for
Washington. going direct to his train
from a state ball In the armory.
The Presidents reception in Mid
dletown today and in Hartford tonight
was in keeping with the enthusiasm
which has been displayed elsewhere
on his journey. At Middletown II
seemed as though half the people OF
the state had been brought into the
picturesque old city to welcome the
President for Middletown shared with
Wesleyan the honor of Mr.. Tafts
visit. The Hartford crowds tonight
gave the police considerable difficulty
and in the armory the crowd was so
great and restless that few OF the
thousands gathered in the cavernous
structure could hear what was said.
President Climbs Upon Table.
President Taft, in his effort to be
heard. and at any rate to make him
self seen, climbed upon table and
spoke from that eminence. His action
was cheered.
AS part of the installation exer-
cises at Wesleyan University, degrees
of doctor of laws were conferred
upon President Taft, Vice-president
Sherman. Senator Root and others.
In his address to the student body
and to the representatives of more
than eighty colleges and universities
gathered to honor Dr. Shankiin. Mr..
Taft congratulated Wesleyan upon
having selected a teacher as its presi-
dent. He declared the idea so often
advanced that university needs
business man at its head. "a man who
knows the value of a dollar and how
to get it, and declare that me llmi-
tations of a business man were such
as TO exclude him as college presi-
dent whose real vocation should be
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Confusion in Big Armory.
Arriving in Hartford this evening
the President went direct from his
train to the new armory where he
was presented by Governor Weeks
Several other speakers had attempted
in vain to hold the attention OF the
big crowd, which was constantly on
tin toe endeavoring to catch a glimpse
OF the President.
In the crush several women tainted
and this added to the general con-
fusion. When the President was in
troduced and climbed upon the table.
he was hoaored with comparative
quiet. His voice. in fairly good shape
after the long trip, carried well TO-
night, but the building was so big that
he decided after Eve minutes talk II
was decidedly better as an arsenal
than as a place for public speaking.
Pleased With Cooperation.
Il would be recreant. indeed as the
representative OF the national govern
meat IL on this OCCASION he said. Il
did not express my pleasure that you
lsre cooperating with the government
in this substantial way in making the
national guard what IL should be. an
effective aid to and protector to the
ination-"
With the exception OF the civil war.
where the army ~as made up largely
Of volunteers. the President said. the
national guard bad not been in 8 posi-
ton to play q very important part Ia
the affairs ~ the nation.
But now. under the Dick bill" be
added. the national guard Is really
part Of the army % the United
States. When a state spends It's
money IN the erecting % such build
INK Is this for The training and hous-
ing Of its national guard. 70 IS an evil
dence o. patriotism Of which its citi
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