There was a 3 day event (May 29-31, 1907) culminating in a speech given by President Theodore Roosevelt. The speech lasted for 73 minutes and was done without a PA system. The crowd numbered 20,000 people. After the speech, the 97 graduates came forward to receive their diplomas from the President himself.
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