Character and Service Tested in Malden Conference Address
Rev Dr William E Anderson urged colleges to emphasize character and service alongside scholarship. He lauded Roosevelt and urged universities to unite mind and heart. The deaconess anniversary and talks on church work followed, with calls to aid the sick and win nonbelievers. Charges against typographical unions and Book Concern were reviewed and mostly dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
William E. Anderson
Methodist Episcopal Board of Education
New England
Roosevelt
Moore
D. A. Goodsell
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal
Brookline
Charles Parkhurst
Zion’s Herald
George A. Cooke
Orange
Cooke
W. G. Richardson
Charles Rice
Mr. Rice
Parkhurst
Charles A. Crane
Boston
North End
Jason F. Chase
West Roxbury
Education figure quotes on character in modern schooling
Dr. Anderson cites President Eliot at a National Education Association gathering in Boston two years prior. Eliot argued that character defines a cultivated gentleman and outweighs art or culture in education, praising Eliot's emphasis on moral character. Andrew Carnegie is noted as criticizing insufficient character in education.
Methodist Conference Votes to Listen to Charges Against Book Concern
Malden April 5 an important feature of today's session of the New England conference focused on listening to charges against a book concern and planning next steps.
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Centre Methodist Church
Malden
Methodist Conference
Eng
Dedham’s Grand Old Man Capen Turns 88 At Home
Dedham honors Charles J Capen known as the Grand Old Man as he marks his 88th birthday. The Harvard graduate and longtime educator potters in his garden and tends his own furnace, while neighbors prize his decades of service to Boston Latin School and Dedham High School.
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Dedham
Charles J. Capen
Riverplace
Boston Latin School
Mr. Capen
Capen
South Boston
Harvard
Dedham High School
Boston
Colby Alumni Banquet Hailed by Five Thousand Gift
About 200 Colby College Alumni Association members gathered in Copley Square Hotel for their annual banquet and reunion. A $5000 donation from an unnamed benefactor drew praise as Frank J. Peaslee served as toastmaster. New officers include Nathaniel N. Jones as president and Alice E. Curtis as secretary with several notable speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College Alumni Association
Copley Square Hotel
Frank J. Peaslee
Lynn
Hellman
H. G. McKean
Union College
Donovan
Newton
N. L. Colby
Manchester
N. H
A.L. Smiley
S. L. Whipple
C. L. Page
Nathaniel N. Jones
Winifred N. Donovan
John H. Bartlett
Arthur G. Griffin
George W. Emery
John Q. A. Brackett
Sherman N. Whipple
Robert A. Blood
Alice E. Curtis
James H. Burpee
Girl Struck by Electric Car Escapes Serious Injury
A girl named Helen Arnson of Waltham was struck by a speeding electric car on East Sixth Street in South Boston and thrown under a truck but escaped unharmed. Motorman S. Devine stopped the vehicle within ten feet. passengers were shaken yet safe, grateful the child survived.
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East Sixth Street
Vendome fair for Thomas Morgan Rothh Jr Memorial Hospital
A busy social day features a Vendome fair benefiting the Thomas Morgan Rothh Jr Memorial Hospital. The organizing committee includes Holker Abbott Charles H Dunn William A Tucker Courtenay Crocker Henry W Palmer Parkman Shaw Jr and William B Wheelwright. Mrs Thomas Morgan Roth and Mrs Nathan Matthews Jr head the miscellaneous table with help from prominent society matrons. Three vaudeville sessions depart in the afternoon with Vincent Club girls Edith Rotch Clara Rotch and Delia Tudor performing dances.
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Vendome
Thomas Morgan Rothh, Jr
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Vincent Club
Edith Rotch
Clara Rotch
Delia Tudor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Land Conference of Methodists
New York
Homer Nsaton
Eaton
Book Concern
Eaton & Mains
Bernard Shaw
State Street Trust Ze
State Street
Over
Back Bay
Massachusetts Avenue
Boyiston Street
Reading
National Supply CO
WM. J. Daly
Lloyd’s Kryptok Integral Bifocal
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Down Town
Washington St
Boylston St
McKenney & Waterbury Co
Franklin ST. Cor
Congress Street
Master Capen
COLBY
Haymarket
Barharw
West End
South End
Allston
Charlestown
Cambridge
Chelsea
Dorchester
Jamaica
Plas Medford
Maiden
Revere
Somerville
South
Winthrop
The
Newtons
Vermont
Jersey
Golden Rose
Ginter Grocery Co
Canal St
Y Tremont St
Union
Elm Sts
Summer St
Shawmut Ave
Waltham Watches
Riverside
Bostons
Washington Street
Winter Street
PPS
Cess
Isc
Francis G. Shaw
Anna Phillips
Malcolm Donald
E. F. Bowditch
Mildred Stinson
Mary Vaughan
Guy Murchie
Boston Art Club
Hasty Pudding Club
Jordan Hall
Roger Walcott
George P. Gardner
Henry H. Fay
Jr.Tucker Burr
Harcourt Amory
Curtis Guild, Jr
Samuel Cabot
William I. Sohier
Robert S. Bradley
Morton Prince
Robert H. Stevenson
Pacific Coast
J. Arthur Beebe
Commonwealth Avenue
Falmouth
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