IH!:. U I E:. A�fJt ltlnibtfsit)1 of �fJicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHETWENTy-SIXTH CONVOCATIONUbe .mi�:::ButumnOCTOBER SEVENTEENTHA. D. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTKENT THEATERCHICAGO, ILLINOISORDER OF EXERCISES1. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONThe Pullman Military Band.The Students of the Graduate Schools.The Students of the Divinity Schools.The Students of the Senior Colleges.The Students of the Junior Colleges.The Students of the Morgan Park Academy.The Members of the Chicago Alumni Club.The Members of the Chicago Alumna: Club.The Brooks' Chicago Marine Band.The Students of Rush Medical College.The Students of Bradley Polytechnic Institute.The Students of the Chicago Manual Training School.The Students of Kenwood Institute.The Students of the Harvard School.The Students of the South Side Academy.The Students of the Princeton-Yale School.The Students of the Rugby School.The Culver Military Band.The Students of the Culver Military Academy.The Counselors and Ex-Counselors of the Junior Colleges.The Counselors and Ex-Counselors of the Senior Colleges.The Counselors and "Ex-Counselors of the Graduate Schools.The Counselors and Ex-Counselors of the Divinity Schools.The Fellows of the University.The Faculties of Affiliated Schools.The Faculties of the University.The Members of the University Senate and the University Council.The Official Guests of the University.The Trustees of the University.The Head Dean and the Vice-President of the Congregation.The University Chaplain and the Convocation Orator.The President of the University and the President of the United States.TRANSLATION OF THE FORMULIE USED BY THE DEAN AND THEPRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY IN CONFERRING THE DEGREEOF DOCTOR OF LA WS UPON THE PRESIDENT OF THEUNITED 8TATES:THE DEAN:Inasmuch as the Trustees of the University of Chi­cago have judged it to be reasonable and right thatthose who, surpassing other men in native genius andin devoted toil, have carried great undertakings inletters or science to a successful issue, or in the ad­ministration of affairs have rendered memorableservice to the commonwealth, should receive the meedof honors and distinctions, that they themselves mayhave the praise which is their due, and that theminds of others may be roused to emulate theirvirtues and to win like fame,I therefore now present to you the chief magistrateof these United States, William McKinley, who re­cently in the severest crisis failed at no point to servethe interest of the commonwealth. And I commendhim to you as a man deserving of the highest honorthat the University can bestow.THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY:You, William McKinley, a man endowed with alladvantages of education and experience, who, at atime of gravest crisis, when the weal not only of thisRepublic but of foreign states was put in deepestperil, and the path of wisdom lay dark before thepeople, served each highest interest, and, by yourwisdom and your foresight, out of confusion broughta happy ending, the Trustees of the University ofChicago, on nomination by the Academic Senate, haveadmitted to the degree of Doctor of Laws, now for thefirst time given by them, and have granted and be­stowed upon you all honors, rights, and privilegeshere or elsewhere appertaining to the same.In testimony whereof I now present you with theDoctor's hood of the University of Chicago, which, invirtue of this degree, you have the right to wear, andwith the diploma of the University. And may youincrease in wisdom and in virtue, and, in days to come,as in the past, cherish the Repu bhc and defend her.II. THE PRAYERThe University Chaplain,THJi REVEREND CHARLES RICHMOND HENDERSON, D.D., Chicago.III. THE ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES"The Firm Foundation of National Peace."THE REVEREND ALONZO KETCHAM PARKER, D.D., Chicago.IV. Song-" AMERICA" S. F. SmithMy country, 'tis of thee, .Sweet land of Liberty,Of thee I sing.Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrim's pride,From every mountain sideLet freedom ring. Let music swell the breeze,And ring from all the treesSweet Freedom's so�g.'Let mortal tongues awake;Let all that breathe partake;Let rocks their silence break,The sound prolong.My native country, thee,Land of the noble free,Thy name I love.I love thy rocks and rills,Thy woods and templed hills;My heart with rapture thrillsLike that above. Our fathers' God, to Thee,Author of Liberty,To Thee we sing;Long may our land be brightWith Freedom's holy light;Protect us by Thy might,Great God, our King.V. THE ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE C'ONGREGATIONHEAD PROFESSOR ALBION WOODBURY SMALL, PH.D., Vice-Presidentof the Congregation.VI. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREESThe Degree of Doctor of Laws is conferred by the' University uponVVILLIAM McKINLEY171 recognition of the wisdom and skill shown zn conducting public affairsin a great international crisis.VII. THE BENEDICTIONThe University Chaplain.VIII. THE RECESSIONCHIEF MARSHALGEORGE EDGAR VINCENT, Marshal of the CongregationAides: SAMUEL NORTHRUP HARPER, JOHN MILLS, ELLIOT NORTONFIRST ASSISTANT MARSHALNED ARDEN FLOODAides: LEROY TUDOR VERNON, MORTON HARRIS, VAN SUMNER PEARCEARTHUR SEARS HENNINGASSISTANT MARSHALSWILLIAM HILL JAMES HARRINGTON BOYDWILLIAM FRANCE ANDERSONRALPH C. HAMILL WALTER JOSEPH SCHMALLCHARLES VERNER DREWHEAD MARSHALWILLOUGHBY GEORGE WALLINGASSISTANT MARSHALSHENRY GORDON GALEHENRY FOSTER MALLORYNOTT WILLIAM FLINTALLEN GREY HOYTWARREN C. GORRELL FREDERICK DAY NICHOLSPHILIP SCHUYLER ALLENJOSEPH EDWARD RAYCROFTCLARENCE BERTRAM HERSCHBERGERFRED MERRIFIELDHEAD USHEROTTO RYERSONFRANK CLAYTON CLEVELANDAINSWORTH WHITNEY CLARK MURDOCH HADDON MACLEANSAMUEL CLARKEDWARD GREENROLLIN ELIAS MALLORYASSISTANT USHERS