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to make the [[red underline]] Commencement address
Subject Preparedness for [[strikethrough]] War [[/strikethrough]] National Defense and for International Peace. [[/red underline]] I spoke slowly and was in good voice. Absolute attention and my speech was very well received. See reports of [[red underline]] newspaper [[/red underline]] 
articles who made copious [[abstracts?]] from my speech. The students weekly "Pitt's Weekly" [[red underline]] published it in full. [[/red underline]] Then afterwards reward of honorary degrees. All done with great solemnity. Prof. [[red underline]] Julius Stieglitz [[/red underline]] of Chicago University and myself received the newly created degree of [[red underline]] Doctor of Chemistry. [[/red underline]] "and all the rights and
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privileges that go with it." The hood of the University was slid over my head and I got a latin sheepskin diploma and here I am a graduate of the youngest class [[strikethrough]] o [[/strikethrough]] 1916. Chancellor [[red underline]] McCormick and Dr. Bacon director of Mellon Institute [[/red underline]] made the eulogy of my work. Then we all went to near by University Club building where we had pleasant informal lunch.
Afternoon I visited that marvelous new attempt at industrial research the [[red underline]] Mellon Institute [[/red underline]] then a tea, dance and reception of Chancellor McCormick at the Shenley, all conducted with splendid [[red underline]] good taste and [[/red underline]] class of men and women very different than would be