Granville Inaugurated as Gettysburg College President
Dr William Anthony Granville was inaugurated as president of Gettysburg College in a ceremony attended by hundreds of alumni and delegates from more than fifty colleges. The event featured a formal procession, speeches honoring the institution’s future, and the oath of office, with degrees conferred on several notable scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anthony Granville
Gettysburg College
caznius
Gettysburg
Joan F. Capp
J. A. Singmaster
the
Theological Seminary
Harrisburg
J. Hay Drawn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania College
Justice Brown
Anson Phelps Stokes
Yale University
John A. Himes
Allen J. Smith
Karl J. Bowman
Granville
Carnegie Foundation
Alumni Reception Highlights Colation with Visiting Delegates
In the afternoon ladies hosted a collation for visiting delegates, alumni, and former students in the recitation hall. Speeches followed from Remsen of Johns Hopkins, Rea of Dickinson, Heckert of Wittenberg, Ormund of Princeton, and Brumbaugh of Philadelphia public schools. Charles S. Duncan presided. A Lebanon Valley football game occurred later, and a reception for guests was hosted by President and Mrs. Granville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Philip L. Spalding
Yale
Anson Phelps Stokes
Pennsylvania
Ailen J. Smith
Princeton
Ormund
Luther P. Eisenhart
Johns Hopkins
Tra Reisen
Columbia
William J. Grey
Rutgers
Frank F. Thompson
Tufts
P. M. Hayden
Trinity
Adrian H. Onderbrook
Pittsburg
B. McCormick
B. Linhart
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Colbert
A. McClure
Lehigh
Naté M. Emory
Goucher
Eugene A. Noale
Dickinson
George Edward Reed
Case School of Applied Science
Charles S. Howe
Pennsylvania State
Edwin Evie Sparks
Franklin and Marshall
Henry H. Apple
Muhlenberg
Joan A. W. Haas
Juniata
I. Harvey Brumbaugh
Wilson
WM. H. Reser
Western Maryland
T. H. Lewis
Swarthmore
Gellert Alfeman
George Washington
Harry T. Domer
Augustana
A. J. Easton
Edwin Hey] Delk
Wittenberg
C. G. Heckert
Gallaudet
Edward Allen Frey
Midland
Fred G. Gotwald
Lebanon Valley
Lawrence Keister
Augsburg
Charles E. Stangeland
Susquehanna
Charles T. Aikens
Hotchkiss
Huber Gray Buehler
Ursinus
George Leslie Omwake
A. Edwin Keigwin
Delaware
George A. Hartter
York Collegiate Institute
E. T. Jeffers
Harrisburg Academy
Vance C. McCormick
Perkiomen Seminary
QO. G. Kriebel
Susquehanna Theological Seminary
Manhart
Floyd
Philadelphia Central
Monroe B. Snyder
Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Reea
Heckert
Brumbaugh
Philadelphia public schools
Charles 8. Duncan
alumni association
Inaugural Address at Pennsylvania College on Engineering Training
Dr Gr anville outlines two major questions for the college: whether to expand offerings to educate engineers locally and how to handle denominational college concerns. He notes the college currently lacks an engineering program and many students seek engineering elsewhere, presenting four possible plans to expand or adjust courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania College
Mervin Bender Ends Life Over Business Worries
Mervin Bender shot himself at his Baltimore street home around six a.m. Tuesday after anxious weeks over a warehouse sale and other business matters. He left a handkerchief bound over his eyes and died instantly. Surviving are his wife Sallie, son Charles, his mother Mrs. John Bender, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral to be held Thursday at 1.30 p.m. at his home with Rev. J. B. Baker officiating.
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Mervin Bender
Baltimore street
Bender
John Bender
Strahan township
Harrisburg road
Gettysburg
St. James Lutheran church
Sallie Leiversperger
Catharine
Charles
Edward M
Harry
Daniel Snyder
Charles Toot
John H. Meyer
Jersey City
New Jersey
George Bender
New Oxford cemetery
J. B. Baker
Cottage Destroyed Belongs to Misses Penrose at Holly Gap
A Holly Gap cottage owned by the Misses Penrose of Carlisle burned Monday afternoon after a coal oil stove exploded. Two residents were inside but could not save contents. The two story structure was built recently and contained valuable antique furniture and bric a brac. loss total.
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Misses Penrose
Carlisle
Holly Gap
Mt. Holly Park
fire department of
Holly
Heavy calves sold to Patterson Brothers from Emmitsburg
Lee Snyder of route 8 sold two calves four weeks old weighing 340 pounds to Patterson Brothers of Emmitsburg for 20 dollars and 50 cents.
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Lee Snyder
route 8
Patterson Brothers
Emmitsburg
Captured Wild American Eagle Attracts York Springs Residents
Harry Spangler of York Springs shot a large American eagle after it attacked poultry. The bird, seven feet wingspan, was stunned, captured, and kept in a six foot enclosure. It recovered, grew ferocious, and now feeds on sparrows mice and grapes. The incident marks a rare sighting in this part of Pennsylvania.
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Harry Spangler
York Springs
Spangler
George
Pennsylvania
Surprise Party Catches Mr MeCans At Cranberry Valley
A large group gathered Thursday October 12 at Mr and Mrs Fred MeCans home near Cranberry Valley to honor Mr MeCans with a surprise party. Attendees included numerous McCans Roudebush Busbey and Weigle families plus many friends and neighbors.
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Fred. MeCans
Cranberry Valley
MeCans
Calvin Ecker
Charles Brinkerhaf
William Noel
M. F. Bream
Jerry Biesecker
Jacob MecCans
Cora Roudebush
Misses Grace
Edith
Ruth Weigle
May Ditzler
Carrie Ecker
Ethel Brinkerhoil
Lulu Hardingen
Ethel
Striking Cigarmakers Seek Aid From Union Leader
Leo E. Liambias of the International Cigarmakers Union Tampa urged help for 4,400 strikers in McSherrystown. 4000 are ineligible for benefits. The meeting drew a large crowd and $100 was raised. Liambias, nine weeks on the road, reported £18,000 in contributions and then left for Reading.
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Leo E. Liambias
International Cigarmakers’ Union
Tampa
Florida
Cigarmakers' Union
McSherrystown
Liambias
Canada
New England States
Liambing
Reading
Canning Plant Busy Place in Adams County
The Musselman Canning Company factory at Biglerville employs about one hundred workers this month, processing the county’s fall apple crop. Production runs until December first, with seven hundred bushels daily and 4600 gallon cans shipped to cities including a carload to New Orleans. The plant uses two cider presses, a new one for custom work, and pays roughly 3650 weekly to local residents.
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usselman Canning Company
Biglerville
Adams county
Musselman Canning Company
New Orleans
New York
Small East car a marvel finished at Litlestown shop
The B C K Motor Car factory in York completes a 1911 450 Meteor for L M Aleman of Littlestown. The six win front car features fore doors thirty eight inch wheels a receding glass front a clock and speedometer lighted by a tiny lamp mirrorscope Gypsie tap a Claxton horn detachable tims and a right side chauffeur seat. Brass work is nickel plated and the car is pearl gray with red running gear.
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York
L. M. Aleman
Littlestown
James A. Kline
B. C. K. Motor Car Company
Trustees Meet To Expand College Courses Next September
At a Wednesday board meeting the college trustees decided to offer seven degree courses starting next September. New options include Greek and Latin classical, Latin and Chemistry or Physics, Latin and Modern Languages, Modern Languages and Chemistry or Physics, preparatory medical, engineering, and business tracks. A committee led by President Granville with Dr. Stock and Dr. Valentine was formed to pursue financial advancement of the institution.
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Board of Trustees of
college
Granville
C. M. Stock
M. H. Valentine
Judgment Against Silk Co in York County Court
A judgment for 187753.16 was entered in York County court on Tuesday against the Monarch Silk Company in favor of George E. Nett trustee in bankruptcy of York Silk Manufacturing Company. The suit sought collection of 21 promissory notes from May 10, 1907, to October 11, 1903. The Monarch Company did not defend and default judgment was granted for want of an affidavit of defense.
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York County
Monarch Silk Company
George E. Nett
York Silk Manufacturing Company
Monarch company
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Busy days at tree planting at Mont Alto nursery
The Mont Alto nursery department under Superintendent Ralph Brock has transplanted 300000 Norway spruce and white pine seedlings, 150000 white ash, 18000 walnuts, and 100000 young oaks. A 12 by 1 foot plot holds 110000 seedlings, all grown for shipment to reservas tion sites to reclaim depleted timber lands and benefit the state and citizens.
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state forestry
Mont Alto
Ralph Brock
forestry department
Brock
Freshmen Take Straw Ride as Ires Walk Home
Ten members of the Freshmen class took a straw ride to Knoxlyn Tuesday evening with visiting Iires from town. Sophomores learned of the outing after the seniors left town and the whole class went out to meet the party on the return. About two o'clock the wagon arrived and the Freshmen were compelled to dismount. The young ladies chose to walk back into town, leaving the horses and wagon to return empty.
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Knoxlyn
Engagement announced for Miss Bess Young and Thomas Shearer
At Mrs Richard Resser home in Columbia a Tuesday evening gathering announced the engagement of Miss Bess Young to Thomas Shearer. Shearer formerly taught science at Columbia High School and now studies theology at Gettysburg Seminary. Miss Young is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry P Young of Middletown and granddaughter of Colonel James Young, once known as the farmer king of Pennsylvania.
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Richard Resser
Columbia
Bess Young
Thomas Shearer
Gettysburg Seminary
Wrecked buggy causes runaway in McSherrystown
W K Jordon of Schmidt and Jordon hosted at the Eagle Hotel when his outside horse broke loose and ran along Main Street. The buggy struck a tree limb tearing off the top, then collided with a post at Hotel Columbus. The horse escaped with minor scratches.
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McSherrystown
W. K. Jordon
Schmidt and Jordon
Eagle Hotel
Joosa
Henry Collins
Main street
Hotel Columbus
Reverend Spangler to depart for mission service
The Rev. Henry L. Spangler of Spring Grove sails from New York on the steamer Washington for Germany. After four weeks in the German empire he will go to Guntur India to serve as a missionary. He is 28 and a 1910 graduate of Gettysburg College.
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Henry L. Spangler
Spring Grove
New York
Washington
Germany
German empire
Guntur
India
Mr. Spangler
tettysburg college
Concert Series Delights at Braa Chapel
The college glee club and the Harrisburg Orchestra performed a high quality concert before a large crowd in Braa Chapel on Wednesday evening. The event showcased student talent and professional orchestral accompaniment.
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college glee club
Harrisburg Orchestra
Braa Chapel
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DR. GRANVILLE
Martin G. Brew- Waugh
Philadelphia
Ira Kemsen
Henry WW. Harter
Canton
Ohio
Gour
Clement
Salisbury
North Carolina
Emil Meister
Lancaster
Rene. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
John PB. Nicholson
Luther
William Gerhart
Bash
TRUSTEES’ MEETING
SILK CO
Forestry School
GIRES
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