W HEN the Vice-President of the
United States is sworn into office
he takes the oath in the same Senate-Cham-
ber where, later, he is to preside over a
limited, and, in one sense, a select body of
men. But as the President of the United
States presides over the entire nation, he
takes his oath of office in the presence of
as many of the American people as can
see him, and he is not shut in by the close
walls of a room, but stands in the open
air, under the open sky, with the marble
heights of the House of Representatives
and of the Senate for his background, and
with the great dome of the Capitol for his
sounding-board.

The two ceremonies differ greatly. One

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