494 ROOSEVELT FOR WORLD PEACE. 



On May 6 King Frederick's university conferred upon Colonel 

 Roosevelt the degree of doctor of philosophy. It was the third 

 time in a century that the degree had been given a foreigner. 



The exercises occurred in the amphitheater of the university. 

 King Haakon entered with the Colonel at his right and faced a 

 notable assemblage, including the premier and other members of the 

 cabinet, the Nobel Prize Committee, the diplomatic corps, the faculty 

 of the university and many persons distinguished in civil life. 



ROOSEVELT A RUSHING HUMAN ENGINE, SAYS THE DEAN. 



The dean of the faculty of history and philosophy made an 

 address in which he said that Mr. Roosevelt had already left the 

 earth and was residing on Olympus with Jupiter and Apollo, and 

 that it was scarcely kind to drag him down among the mortals. 



He likened Colonel Roosevelt to a rushing human engine, diffi- 

 cult to follow and making it difficult amid the clouds of smoke to 

 discern precisely the manner of man he was. Some saw a winged 

 angel and others a modern devil with claws. 



In sketching Colonel Roosevelt's career he found the " winning 

 of the west " his most instructive work. He agreed with others that 

 Theodore Roosevelt was a man who had learned to use the capacities 

 and powers which, in most men, lie dormant, He had converted 

 his capacities into energies. 



In reply, the Colonel said that it did not make much difference 

 what capacities a man had. It was important rather what he did 

 with them. The thing was to get the job done. The king laughed 

 when the Colonel said: 



" If recognition comes for what you do, good; if recognition 

 does not come " — here the speaker paused — " it isn't quite so good." 



King Haakon and the Colonel spent a part of the morning 

 talking before an open fire in the palace, while the rain fell and a 

 cold wind blew outside. 



The Colonel's first forenoon engagement was with a throat 

 specialist, who sprayed the overtaxed organs that all but failed the 

 former President the day before, and prescribed further treatment. 



