M'kinley To Students

Phüadelphia, Feb. 22.- President McKinley ate an early breakfast with the family oí Charles C. Harrison. He did not leave the house untü a few minutes before 11 o'clock, when, in company with Mr. Harrison, he was driven to the Academy of Music, where the Vi'ashington birthday commemorative exercises of the University of Pennsylvania were held. Over 2,000 students assembled on the university campus at 9:30 and marched four abreast to the Academy of Music. The route was arranged so that the procession should pass Mr. Harrison's home, and the students gave a cheering welcome to the president. The chief magistrate, when the head of the column reached the house, appeared at the door. There, with bared head, he smiHngly bowed to the hundreds of undergraduates in response to their hearty college greeting. Pleasetl the President. The column marched in classes and as each class reached the house its members shouted the college cry of "Pennpyl-va-nia," Penn-syl-va-nia," endingwith "The President," "The President," "The President." The president's face lighted up and betokened extreme pleasure. Reaching the academy the students marched inside and took the seats reserved for them. Admission was by card, and the audience was made up almost wholly of those from the university, very little room being left for others. The auditorium was beautifully decorated. After the university boys had again given the 'varsity cheer, winding up with the president's name, Provost C. C. Harrison stepped to the front of the stage and introduced the president in a brief speech. The president then delivered a lengthy eulogy upon Washington, in which he said if the nation would but follow the precepts laid down by its founder, it could not go astray.