The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26

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Well said he. scribblinG On his card
admit two this will admit you % The
Above. bet assure you Il will BE- a tight
squeeas.'
I didn't like thOss words a tight
squssla.' u reminded M too much q
that awful hunsral pack in which | had
nearly Lost my life. but had had a gOOa
broadcast. did not have my Eaincoal
and had no camGFa. % did not allow
ms expression 70 worry me.
We got in. haasinRor stayed out
side 70 snap ROOssvelt In his red robo
and then came in. but got in whom the
doors were ODsn0d and sat With The ac-
credited representatives Oi the pres ol
England and America In the alcOvs and
- saW Teddy coma in.
Thomas Nelson Pags also came In. bu,
not a soul knew who he Was and 10 he
went without ohssrs. Perhaps na4t year
they'll take II into their heads 10 honor
Mr. Page with a degree. and then the
undergraduates will cheer him.
Here and there vas q Fsd hood, bat
for the most part black gowns, in token
Of the great lOas that has fallen upon
England.
Roosevelt walked up 10 his place and
then two gentlemen In mortar boards got
busy with some minutes. Every tims
they came 10 the end Of . paragraph they
took oR thsir hats 10 thsmsslvss. which
amused the undergraduates and ROOss-
velt immensely. They Chserod each dot
ing q the cap. ! suppose that 7.O0o
years ago some silly don started the
custom and II has been kept up ever
since, and the two were 20 solemn over
Il. They never omitted the respect
full salute n each paragraph; reading
EraOaa. think 10 what they call Il.
-Etiam lnctus publici in tempOre. Regis
optime memOrie cslsbrande cOass-
cFato. dies unus sAltem lstus intsrluOst.
Regime nOstrR nOve natalis diss.'
That and a good deal more from the
master who conferred the degree. Some
Of the undergraduates Understood u.
but a good many did not
| stayed away from college for the
whole four years. and the first book Of
Cesar did not help me TO understand
anything but natal day. which | am
told referred 10 Queen MaFy's birthday
Il vas a good speech and Roosevelt
knew where 10 look pleased. But Of
cors While I wasn't going 20 collegs
hut vas helping rstArd the progre,s a
the Wholesale dry goods business in Bos-
ton he was al Cambridge imbIbing kn1wl.
edge. OF course he understood even
word Of IL Thnta one thing. A col.
leRe man never forgets what he has
learned. Hence the value Of a ooIIegS
education.
The exercises were not long and soou
il came time for Roosevelt TO retire {
full AedRsd doctor Of law. CambridRs
brand 1hen I Understood what the atrin1
meant that was stretched from gallery
20 gallery.
Prom i depended another string and
from that hung a Teddy hear that droppec
70 within an inch Of Roossvelt's face anc
then danRIed above him. 20 the rapturou,
delight Of the undergraduates and N,
great Amusement Of Roosevelt himsalf
The dignity Of scarlet robes wa for.
gotten. Ne made a reach for that Tsddy
bear and shook is leg cordially. Tier
IL Wa isrhsd away from him while 4
cheer went up. and after that Il danoec
on hnld haads Of venerable men Of learn.
ing and did Russian dances in midaiF,
until AZ last coming too near the around
il vas caught by a master Of arts. who
retained i a. his priz@.
Mas.inRer snapped Roosevelt going
and coming and IN IN. building. 40 he Rol
What he had come for. and / ma VIVA,
| had come for. which was another mani
Hesitation on the part Of Roosevelt OF III,
wonderful iov Of lie.
Twas 70 see IL later when bv areat moo,
fortune I vas able 10 meet him with IN,
regular CORRESPONDENTS and heard nj,
erpr.a.ion Of hern p,saaure AZ b.inV IN
plaoe where MaoanlaV and Milton and
Harvard had dweh and studied
And I srot a line on his DopuIsr;t,
vh-n ON nv beinR introduced 10 him +,
aa;d he had s'foJIowed after INV wo,k
a. thev saw IN Kansas ana that Il vas
pheasant TTprise 10 zee me there
vas surpri.ed nv.ef u,rpyi.,b ,ha,
n. new nv WORK ana surpri,ed IN \,
,n.re ~ n hadn't hen Tor Na..;n..,
I .bouldD't have beep
AnroDoa of iala I vas asked in all s.r;
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ousnoa' ny an risi'-''h III Lohuoi
who was chatting on American politics
with a group of Eng ish friends whai
chapce senator B~veridR. had Of hein,
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when toio MN tnAt W my OPINION ~
chances were nil. They follow American