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unbelievable favor, respect, and CREDIBILITY at the top of many
governments. And, WHY NOT? I go as the living GOD'S AMBASSADOR
FOR WORLD PEACE.
Tuesday was another busy, event-packed day. Our four-car
caravan (including the pilot siren car), left our hotel Tuesday
morning at 8:30 a.m., for Angeles City, a two-hour drive. We
passed through three or four other towns on the way. It was almost
10:30 a.m. when we arrived at the Angeles University, a school
younger than Ambassador College, yet a full university with some
5,000 students. I was hurried into a changing room where my coat
was removed, and the commencement ceremony robes -- bright and
colorful -- put on. At Ambassador College we never use such robes,
nor the four square cap and gown. But so far as I know all other
colleges and universities do.
Anyway, once I was robed, as well as many faculty members,
we started on a procession, led by the band, to the gymnasium,
which already was filled with faculty and students. There, in
dignified ceremony, the university conferred on me the honorary
degree of Doctor of Humanities. After the ceremony, back in my own
clothes, in another auditorium, there was an entertainment program
by students, and then a luncheon, hosted by university officials.
Then, the long ride back to Manila.
That evening, Tuesday, another private-room dinner with
Mrs. Oliveras, President and General Manager of the Times Journal,
which has a circulation of 30,000 copies daily. Her newspaper
carried many stories about us and the coming campaign.
Wednesday, I was guest of honor at the Kiwanis Club
luncheon, at which I spoke some 20 minutes. At 5 p.m. we arrived
at the University of the East, largest in the Philippines, with
68,000 students. The President of the University, Dr. S.F. de la
Cruz, had just returned, about three weeks before from visiting
the Ambassador College campus in Pasadena, with Mrs. de la Cruz.
Dr. de la Cruz was one of three university presidents from this
part of the world who attended the grand opening concert at the
new Ambassador Auditorium. At the U. of E. I met the Chairman of
the Board and founder of the University again (I had met him on a
previous trip), and several administration officials and faculty
heads. We soon went to their auditorium, where students gave an
entertainment program, which was followed with speeches introducing
me, and I addressed the filled auditorium of students and faculty.
From the University we were driven to the studios of
Channel 13, where I was interviewed, with Mr. Stanley Rader (our
General Counsel, who accompanies me on trips), in a half-hour
telecast.
Thursday, there were more press interviews, and a dinner
with officials of the Greater Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce.
And Friday morning came the meeting with President Marcos.
Mr. Rader, Mr. Gotoh and I arrived at the Presidential Palace about
15 minutes early. A very formal ceremony was due at that time --
the new Ambassador from Argentina presenting his credentials to