Invited to his alma mater's 290th commencement, Franklin Roosevelt, '04, last week told Harvard at the last moment that he could not make it. In his stead, he sent his military aide, Major General Edwin M. Watson. As "Pa" Watson sweltered on the commencement platform in a tight, white dress uniform, Harvardmen wondered why he was there. They found out. In a hot Cambridge, sultry with rumors, academic history was made.
Outside Massachusetts Hall a half-dozen girls paraded with signs: CONVOY HALIFAX BACK TO ENGLAND; HARVARD GIVES A DEGREE TO WAR. It was whispered that at the right moment Harvard radicals planned...