Word: mckinley
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President McKinley will not be able to attend the Commencement exercises this year on account of the critical condition of Mrs. McKinley's health. Harvard will therefore not be able to confer the degree of LL.D. on the President, since it has been the custom for Harvard to confer degrees only on persons present at the Commencement exercises...
...McKinley is not present at Commencement the degree will not be conferred upon him, as there would be no opportunity to do so. Formerly a degree was conferred occasionally upon a person who was unable to be present; but the custom of the College for several years has been to confer the degree upon only those who present themselves in person on Commencement Day. I presume that this custom will be adhered to this year...
Votes of the governing boards in conferring degrees hold good indefinitely. It will be possible, therefore, to confer the degree on President McKinley at any later time at which he may be able to attend the Commencement exercises...
...special meeting of the Board of Overseers yesterday morning, it was voted to concur with the President and Fellows in their vote conferring the degree of Doctor of Laws upon President William McKinley. This unusual action was caused by the undue publicity given to the matter during the last few weeks...
...Jubilee Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association will be held in Boston next June. There will be delegations from most of the colleges, and exhibits to show the growth of the various associations. Among the speakers at the Convention will be President McKinley, Lord Strathcona, Governor Crane, President Stanley Hall of Clark University, President Northrup of the University of Michigan, President Faunce of Brown University, President Slocum of Colorado College, President Hall of the Union Theological Seminary and President Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute...