The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-29
HARVARD GRADUATES
CHEER ROOSEVELT
Former President, in After
noon Dress, Notable Among
Academic Garb.


Theodore cROsevelt was honored to-
day.
He was the central figure Of com
mencement day at Harvard, and was
cheered frequently and heartily as he
participated in the various exercises
that marked the annual presentation
of diplomas and comforting Of hon
Orary degrees.
Colonel Roosevelt spent the night as
the guest Of President Lowell, and
when he arrived at Massachusetts
Hall prepared to take his proper place
in the procession was greeted by the
former classmates and distinguished
guests in manner that was plainly
very pleasing to him.
Largest Class Ever Graduated.
Head j by President A. Lawrence
| Lowell. The procession Of distinguish
ed guests ami alumni marched at 10
/ O'Clock to Sanders Theater, where thu
formal exercises and presentation Of
! degrees TO more than 500 graduates.
! the largest class in the history Of the
/ university, was begun.
Five scholars Of the first grouD chO-
/ sen by the faculty for scholarship, made
/ snort addresses They were Farnharn
/ Bishop, OF AncOn, Canal Zone. w x
! HUN Of Sellersville. Pa; Z. G. Schau-
/ roth, Of Buffalo. II. A Fellows Of
! Boston. and J. L. Gates, Of Vancouver
1J mad been eXEColed that an honor
] airy degree would be conferred on COL
/ ohel Roosevelt, but this was not done.
Degrees Conferred.
| Those who received degrees were:
/ Charles Evans Hughes. governor Of New
! York State, IL d; = Pierpont Morgan
! hnancler, New Yorl-, Ii. D., Sir John
/ Murray, natural scIentist. D. s.: Rob
! ert Archey Woods. settlement worker,
I Boston. A. IL; John Eliot Thayer, orni-
/ biologist. Cambridge, A. NJ: Thomas L.
/ LlVermOre, nGancier, Boston, A NJ:
! samuel NillistOu, professor Of law, Har-
/ ward, LII D. Theodore William Rich
Z aIdS' chemist, Germantown. Pa, D. S,
| EIchard Z. McLaurln, president AIassa-
| cHuseItS institute Of Technology. BOs-
I TON, Ii. D. IncObdld Smith uarHOIn-
I Slstt Albany, n. Y, H. s.. George w
I FFoJheTO, historian, Cambridge, Eng
land, Lii D. Horace Porter. former am
1dSsdQor 10 France, Huntington, Pa,
Among the distinguished guests pres
I ent IN addition 20 Colonel Roosevelt
were Governor Draper. and all of the
I state officials; Senators Crane and
Lodge, Mayor Fitzgerald, Of Boston
! Secretary of the Navy Meyer. Govern
1 or Hughes OF New York, the Rev. Henry
] - L.
tatives Of nearly all the Eastern col
! leges-
Roosevelt and Hughes Meet.
The much-heraIded meeting Of Coy
/ ornor Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt
t'"k place in the Harvard yard and
lasted for ten minutes. While no one
k Jws what they talk about, il has
/ been generally understood that Colonel
] ID
/ governor 10 run again for the highest
/ Office in his state. This is the first
! meeting Of Colonel Roosevelt and Gov
/ ernor Hughes since the former returue9
( from Africa
/ Colonel Roosevelt Joined the crowd
I standing in front Of Massachusetts FALL.
! where the graduates were voting sCT
men 20 Ill the - vacant places on the
1 board 9 oversee This is the advisory
! board of graduate who assist the mem
l berS Of the corr -atiOn and the presi-
I dent in running the university.
/ Mr.. Roosevelt went inside Nassachu-
sets Hall, which is the oldest TeCiJl-
uOn building in the university, and cas-.
1 his ballot Tor his candidates for over
| seerS- He and former President Eliot
are the candidates who are certain OF
! election Mr. Roosevelt wrote his ballot
/ quickly and passed il in, and then came
/ out 10 the yard again, where the first
/ person ne met was Governor Hughes,
Of New York. who was walking about
I ~
black velvet stripes on the sleeves. sig
uifyiug his degree of doctor of laws
which he already holds from several
universities and which he received TO-
day from Harvard.
Omsts Insignia of Degrees.
NJ. Roosevelt wore black frock
cCat, striped trousers, and silk hat. he
could have worm, had he desired, the
hoods marking the dresrees bestowed
upoE him at Berlin and Oxford Yale
and other universities, but he did not
do so
A crowd Of Mr.. ROOsevelts friends and
/ classmates soon gathered about the for
nler Pres dent and he seemed happy and
cOuverSed rapidly and laughed great
deal Among those IL talked with were
former Secretary of the Navy John ID.
Long, Dean lie Baron Briggs, OF the
I faculty, and Judge Lowell, of the United
States Court
Soon the bugles sounded, and the
procession started for Sanders Thea
/ Mr.. Roosevelt and President A
Lawrence Lowell, of the university,
headed the procession, followed by j.
PierpCnt Morgan. Governor Hughes,
land all others receiving honorary de-
Igrees today, and then came members
|Of the corporation OverSeers, prOteS-
sors Of the university, and officers Of
/ the college.
In his shining silk hat and frOck
I coat. The former President Of the
limited States stood out, for every
lone else in the line wore academic
/ gowns Of black silk. Many of the
Professors wore their brightly COlOred
hoods from foreign universities.
No Room for ROOsevelt's Classmates.
As soon as the procession passed
under the Harvard gates TO march
across the street, il encountered the
great crowd OF thousands of people
who had massed themselves to see
Mir Roosevelt ] p. Morgan, and the
other digniLaries The crowds were
kept back by policemen. Cheers
broke forth when President Lowell
and Mr.. Roosevelt passed, and kept
up continuously until they had passed
into Memorial Hall building.
At the door Of Memorial hall the
/ graduates of the class of 1910 in their
caps and gowns. formed a guard of
honor on both sides of the door and
stood till the holor1d SUests of the
day had passed inside the Old-fashioneI
-heater and had seated themselves UDol
/ he stage.
The theater itself filed up in a few
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