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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
4
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Reverend John M. Van der Neusen preached at the Hamilton Grange Church in New York City delivering the baccalaureate for Simmons College seniors from New Hampshire State College. He urged graduates to continue to fight a good fight as they face the future.
Commencement week begins with a baccalaureate service at the Church of the Disciples on Jersey Street. Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago, will give the only address as graduate events shift away from traditional exercises.
The conferring of degrees begins the slate of events followed by an alumni luncheon for the seniors. The president hosts a Wednesday night reception and the week ends with Thursday noon exercises and the seniors luncheon, the crowning event of their college careers.
Mt Holyoke College graduated its class with Robert E. Spear of New York delivering the baccalaureate address. He urged the seniors to seize the open doors before them and follow paths of charity, education, and service as described in Revelation 3 8.
Worcester June 11 50 graduates in caps and gowns were escorted by faculty to Pilgrim Church for a baccalaureate sermon by Dr J L Clark Seelye president emeritus of Smith College Northampton. He urged the men to arm themselves with Christianity as they go forth into the world.
Durham New Hampshire June 11 taking his subject from Pauls epistle to Timothy To have fought a good fight I have fin This fragment argues a motivational message urging the New Hampshire Aggies to persevere in a challenging effort referencing biblical guidance.
Worcester June 11 Rev Jeremiah A Riordan urged Holy Cross seniors to reject indifference as a civic and moral vice. He warned that the educated idler endangers the community and that time value must guide a man to help himself and others.
President William DeWitt Hyde of Bowdoin College delivered the baccalaureate sermon to Phillips Andover Academy’s graduating class. The theme Followers and Leaders urged a transition from subjection to mastery, stressing the tie between schooling and college for the educated man.
President Robert J. Aley of the University of Maine urges graduates to pursue grace grit and gumption in his baccalaureate address. He cites Noah’s perseverance and Grant’s grit as examples and calls for timely, well judged action.
The Norwich University baccalaureate preacher Rev. Francis Alden Poole urged the licensed saloon be closed as a public nuisance and condemned graft as a broad threat to national governance and integrity.
At a session of the House today eulogies were delivered on the late Representative Amos L. Allen of Maine who died last winter. Representative Daniel J. McGillicuddy of Maine presided. Representatives Hinds of Maine Kendall of Iowa Graham of Illinois and Latta of Nebraska spoke.
George A. Burns, of 1 Washington Street Charlestown, a special police officer, lost his eight month old brindle bull pup when two thieves rode away on a tan bicycle along Everett Avenue toward Broadway. Burns turned the corner and saw no sign of the dog, which was believed to be taken right under his nose.
The communication notes that all letters for the Why Contest should be directed to Why Editor at the Boston Post. It states sketches are not required with idea drawings and that no conditions or entries are open for correspondence.
A seven foot high board fence is being built around the area for the new Copley Plaza Hotel in a rush after last Friday’s strike demonstration. Officials say the barrier will prevent further trouble and keep construction moving.
Police backed by a large Back Bay detail suppressed a disturbance when 20 to 30 strike workers clashed with alleged strike-breakers at a hotel foundation site. A knife was drawn amid a riot that drew a crowd over a thousand. guards posted warnings to deter trespassers as excavators who had quit for higher pay halted at 30 cents to 35 cents an hour.
A large colony of wharf rats in the streets from Atlantic avenue undermines sidewalks in Commerce and State streets. Patrolmen report big holes caused by tunnel networks from wharves to nearby stores. Sandy soil makes sidewalks cave in under pedestrian weight.
The Rev Dr Cortland Myers denounces the public school system, condemning high schools for girls as immoral and urging Bible inclusion in the curriculum. He criticizes Americans traveling abroad in luxury while neglecting domestic beauty and notes a census showing graduates expect careers or marriage, with no plans for nursing or mission work.
All nations accept Rough on Rats as the unbeatable exterminator with broad regional use from Britain and Canada to Australia and Africa. The product claims the largest sale of rat poison mouse exterminator and highlights constant demand across continents and islands.
Thomas Fagan of Hamilton fell from the rear platform of a train into the Mystic River near Wakefield and was rescued by the crew. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in unconscious condition and later woke to pneumonia attributed to the accident. He had been traveling with Thomas Cassidy, who did not know the incident.
Levi Hill, a Stoneham milkman, drove his horse and wagon into a ditch on Albion street around 1 a.m. He was found at 4 a.m. by police who extricated the outfit with a derrick.
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