The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-08

Oxford, England. June 7.-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt was the guest of oxford
to-day, He delivered the Romanes lee
ture at the University of Oxford, and the
university conferred upon him the honor
airy degree of doctor of civil law.
The lecture and the eonferment consa-
tuted the big feature of the day, but II
did not complete the programme, which
was about as crowded as any that the
distinguished American has undertaken
IN his European travels.
First, there was a reception given by
the mayor of the corporation at the town
hall The auditorium was filled to its
limits, and when the guests appeared, the
audience Joined in singing For He's a
jolly Good Fellow"
From the town hall Mr.. Roosevelt made
hurried visits to the leading colleges and
10 other places of historic interest. He
was entertained at luncheon by the
American Club, leaving soon afterward
for the Sheldonian Theater for his lee
ture and the ceremonies that added D.
c, L. to the other honorary titles that
have been bestowed upon him
Reiterates Guild Hall Words.
Two hundred persons attended the
luncheon, including Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.
Longworth. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, and
Ambassador Reid.
The colonel in a speech referred to his
Guildhan speech on Egypt. He said that
he did not know that 1t was altogether
pleasant but what he had said could only
be said by one who was a sincere friend,
admirer, and well-wisher of England.
The colonel said he was delighted to
find American students contributing 10
higher education at Oxford They were
hound 70 return TO America and do their
duty better as American citizens through
their stay at Oxford
The colonel later received the degree
Of d. c. L. and delivered the Romanes
lecture in the Sheldonian Theater
The degree was conferred on the colonel
with rather more pomp and ceremony
than the similar function al Cambridge
Lord Curzon, the chancellor of Oxford
presided.
There was a great crowd in the Shell
DOMAIN Theater, where the colonel de-
livered the Romanes lecture. The former
President Of the United States got
hearty reception. The lecture occupied
one hour and three minutes in its delivery.
Mr.. Roosevelt succeeded in keeping II
down to this time by dint Of cutting pas
sages which would have taken another
half hour TO deliver
Ceremony Is AuspiciOus.
The Sheldonian Theater was packed as
never before. There were not space for
another auditor when punctualIy at 3
p. N. Lord Curzon. wearing the black
and gold robes of the chancellor followed
Organist playing God save the King.
Lord Curzon opened the convoeatIon.
by the vice chancellor. doctors, proctors,
sc, and preceded by the beadles with
silver maces, entered the theater, the
The doctors and masters answered from
their place when asked if It pleased them
10 confer degree on Mr.. Roosevelt. The
proceedings were entirely in latin The
chancellor then ordered the beadles to
Go and bring in the honorable gentle
man. The beadles then led from the
neighboring divinity school long dou-
bic line OF new scarlet-gOwned doctors,
Oxford's finest scholars, Mr. Roosevelt,
and the vice chancellor bringing up the
rear.
AS Mr.. Roosevelt stood before the
chancellor, the latter addressed three
latin hexameters to him, which trans
lated, were:
Behold. vice chancellor, the promised
wight before whose coming comets turn
ed to flight and all the startled mouths
OF seven-fold Nile took fight" which
caused shout Of laughter from the IN
dergraduates' gallery.
CurEOn in Lighter Vein.
Lord Curzon remarked that Mr.. Roose-
velt i'll the afternoon was TO Instruct the
university on subject in which II was
entirely ignorant, a pupbiic orator. His
presentation speech in Latin compared
Mr.. Roosevelt with Lincoln and Ulysses,
presaging. ''Theat stin a third time, most
suspicious of numbers. he may be called
TO take the reigns of government"
Lord Curzon then addressed Mr.. Roose-
welt, his first word, "Strenuissime," be-
ing detained in an indescribabIe whim-
steal fashion which brought a roar of
laughter and was repeated at other
points. While cheer greeted the sugges-
ton of a third term, The address was
spoken in Latin In a serio-comic manner.
1t may be translated
Most strenuous of men, most distin,
guished of citizens to-day playing a part
on the stage of the world: You who have
twice administered with purity the first
magistracy of the great republic. ana
may. perhaps. administer il Il third time.
peer of most august kings, queller or
men, destroyer Of monsters wherever
found, yet most human of mankind, deem
ing nothing Indifferent TO you. not even
the blacklist of the black. I by my au-
thority and that OF the whole university,
admit you to the degre of doctor of civil
law hOnOris causa.
At the end of this. Mr. Roosevelt step
ped forward to mount the dais. but Lord
Curzon motioned him back, ordering the
beadles to conduct the honorable doctor
TO the lectern. which, meanwhile. had
been brought in on the platform behind
the unsuspecting Mr. ROosevelt's back.
Conducted by mace-bearing beadles. Mr..
Roosevelt mounted the platform and
stood facing the brilliant audience which
filed the theater from floor to roof while
Lord Curzon again addressed him. this