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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1909

Page

12

MIT Commencement Promises Notable Exercises and Sheepskin Presentations

Nearly 350 graduates slated to receive degrees at MIT Thursday with President Maclaurin presenting sheepskins at Symphony Hall. Class day rites in Rogers building Huntington Hall feature Carl Gram as orator and Ray Allen as prophet. Senior class dance in Howe Hall. Featured graduates include nine women from architecture and chemistry programs and Cleofan officers Mabel Babock, Helen Longyear, Elizabeth Babcock, Rebecca Thompson.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute Richard C. Maclaurin Symphony Hall Rogers Building Huntington Hall Carl Gram Ray Allen Tech James Finnie Garnet A. Joslin Howe Hall James Critchett Watertown Maurice R. Scharff Harry E. Whitaker The Cleofan Women's Society Mabel Keyes Babcock Wellesley Hills Helen McGraw Longyear Brookline Elizabeth Babcock Roxbury Rebecca Thompson Honolulu Mabel Babcock Wellesley College Longyear Rebecca H. Thompson Babcock Adeline M. Abell Allston Gladys M. E. Blake Boston Maude E. Darling Margaret A. Fulton Santa Barbara Cal Florence H. Luscomb

Thaw Must Stay in Matteawan Asylum

Harry K. Thaw must remain at the Matteawan State asylum for the criminally insane after the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court sustained a lower court ruling and denied his habeas corpus writ. His contention challenged Justice Dowling's commitment following a not guilty verdict for the Stanford White murder.

New York Harry K. Thaw Matteawan Supreme Court Brooklyn Thaw Stanford White

Patrick Habeas Corpus Plea Denied by Appellate Court

Albert T Patrick’s bid to obtain a writ of habeas corpus and gain release from Sing Sing prison where he is serving a life term for the murder of William Marsh Rice was denied by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn.

New York Albert T. Patrick Sing Sing William Marsh Rice Supreme Court Brooklyn

Railroad dispute between Adams Express and New Haven line

Negotiations proceed over a large claim by the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad for violation of contract with Adams Express Company. Adams Express given until July 1 to respond amid expectations that the issue will shape future relations between the two firms.

New Haven, Conn New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company Adams Express Company

Subterranean waterfall blamed for San Jacinto tremors

Manuel Lopez from the San Jacinto Mountains reports hearing strange rumblings for weeks and says Indians are evacuating in fear. He locates the sound to a subterranean waterfall and believes it explains earth tremors with no danger to the public.

San Bernardino Cal Manuel Lopez San Jacinto Mountains Lopez

Weston Reaches Lookout 27 Miles West of Laramie

Edward Payson Weston arrived at Lookout, 27 miles west of Laramie, at 8 40 o clock this morning signaling another leg of his long distance journey through Wyoming. The message notes the exact time and location of the pace run milestone.

Laramie, Wyo Edward Payson Weston Lookout Laramie

Four Priests Ordained at St John’s Seminary in Brigh ton

Four priests from the Oblate Fathers novitiate at Tewksbury were ordained at St John’s Ecclesiastical Seminary in Brigh ton yesterday. Charles James McCarthy James Thomas McDermott Francis Xavier McGann and Edward James Fox received rites as Rt. Rev. John Brady of SS Peter and Paul’s Church South Boston presided with seminary faculty assisting.

St. John's Ecclesiastical Seminary Brighton Tewksbury Charles James McCarthy James Thomas McDermott Francis Xavier McGann Edward James Fox John Brady SS. Peter and Paul's Church South Boston

Boy Dies After 55 Foot Fall In Haverhill

An 8 year old, Cornelius Lucy, fell from the flat Kelley block roof on Washington street in Haverhill and died from a fractured skull and multiple injuries. PMID

Haverhill Washington Street Cornelius Lucy

Bowdoin 1910 Ivy Day Honors Favorite Man

Bowdoin College observed Ivy Day with the class of 1910. James F Burger of Hyde Park won the wooden spoon as the most popular man in the class. An advertisement urges Horsford's Acid Phosphate for indigestion and sour stomach.

Brunswick Bowdoin College James F. Hamburger Hyde Park Horsford

Locker plan to add space at L Street baths

The Bath Commission aims to convert 300 existing closets into triple storage units to create about 900 to 1000 additional locker spaces. Chairman Joseph A. Maccabe hopes this reconfiguration will relieve crowding on hot days.

L Street Baths Bath Commission Joseph A. Maccabe Maccabe

Dentist Daniel S. Chase dies in Medford after pneumonia

Dr Daniel S Chase born November 14 1818 in Hampton Falls New Hampshire pioneered gold foil dentistry and died in Medford Massachusetts at his son’s home after a brief pneumonia attack He studied dentistry in Philadelphia lived in Nebraska and Augusta Georgia during the Civil War He is survived by two sons.

Medford Mass Daniel S. Chase Hampton Falls N. H Philadelphia Nebraska Augusta

Reverend O Kane Goes to Holy Cross College for Week

The Rev. Michael A. O’Kane of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Harrison Avenue has recovered enough to travel and left yesterday for Holy Cross College Worcester for a week. A local adv promotes Salada Tea as delicious and refreshing.

Michael A. O’kane Church of the Immaculate Conception Harrison Avenue Holy Cross College Worcester

Lion hunting compared to a tiring chase in Africa

A doctor comments that a lion is exhausted by beaters before hunters shoot, arguing African hunting lacks thrill, likening it to a tame English park. The remark frames hunting as uneventful and draining rather than exciting.

Dr. Seaman

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