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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1903
Page
2
Harvard baccalaureate address urges graduates to seek the good old ways with discernment. Rev. Henry Van Dyke cautions against blind conservatism yet argues that true virtue lies in self restraint, fidelity, and the disciplined family life guiding society toward rest.
President Elmer Hewitt Capen delivered the Tufts College baccalaureate sermon focusing on education as the cornerstone of civic and social life. He urged the audience to see learning as essential to community progress and personal responsibility.
Providence June 14 Brown University president W H P Faunce delivers the baccalaureate sermon urging unselfish service as central to a godly life. He denounces luxury and civic corruption, calls for graduates to oppose bribery, uphold republican ideals, and dedicate themselves to helping their generation through sacrifice and duty.
The captain and survivors faced a brutal wreck after a schooner struck a reef. The crew evacuated to a forecastle as the vessel broke apart, with Captain Lermond and two mates remaining onboard until daylight. Lifeboat rescue followed, including improvised rope systems to haul men from wreck to safety. The captain, injured and sleepless, described failed anchors and an attempt to claw off the island with remaining sails.
President William De Witt Hyde of Bowdoin College delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Exeter Academy. He urged graduates to choose a devoted life in a chosen subject, declaring that the chief value of a college course is to reveal the life’s specific calling and its worth.
In Andover on June 14 the Rev Henry A Stimson D D of Manhattan Congregational Church preached the Phillips Andover Academy baccalaureate sermon in the Andover Theological Seminary chapel. He urged graduates that true fitness lies in rising to a larger life without betraying training or losing temper.
Revere police conducted seven raids Saturday and Sunday in plain clothes but did not recover large quantities of liquor. At H. W. Walsh on Ocean avenue they arrested Walsh for illegal sale after allegedly purchasing drinks. A small amount of lager was seized at Noddle Island Cottage from Timothy Shaughnessy, the accused proprietor, as about a dozen men fled through windows and doors, leaving liquor behind.
The Boston Barbers' Union announced all union barber shops in Boston will close at noon on Wednesday June 17 and on July 4. Employers reported broad support for the plan and discussed efforts to unionize west Boston shops and admit west Boston barbers into the Boston local.
A two masted schooner Progress of St John N B was rammed by a tug’s tow near Pollock Rip lightship, bowsprit and masts gone. Crew abandoned ship but were rescued by H M Whitney after drifting to the lightship. Progress, 180 tons, built in 1899, owned by William Davidson, likely total loss.
Mrs. W. H. Delap wife of Captain Delap of the two masted schooner V. T. H. endured a fearful night of peril when the lumber schooner bound from Bear River to Boston ran aground off Sea Point Portsmouth New Hampshire in heavy seas. With a high sea running she faced certain death on deck in a doomed vessel as the crew fought to save the craft and her brave actions earned praise from seamen.
Five thousand Bostonians heard the Sturdy Sons of Sweden sing at the Soldiers Monument base yesterday as the Eastern division of the United Swedish Singers Association of America opened a four day convention. Arvid Akerlind of New York directed a half hour program of four numbers ending with América. Delegates were welcomed at Paine Memorial Hall for supper and a busy schedule was planned for Tremont Temple and Paine Memorial Hall today and tonight. Sweden is highlighted for male choral excellence rooted in 18th century university singing societies. The Eastern division covers all societies east of Illinois.
The fishing schooner Alice M Guthrie limped into a wharf in tow of the tug Vesta after a violent collision in dense fog seven miles southeast of Highland Light with the five masted Baker Palmer from Portland to Baltimore. Captain Martin Guthrie stood at the wheel as ten crewmen worked the deck and dories. eight were on deck when the collision occurred. Irving Rankin narrowly escaped death after being thrown from his bunk during the crash. The Palmer’s rigging tangled with the Guthrie’s wreckage, trapping the ships together as water flooded the Guthrie. Crew fought to seal a large hole in the bow and pump out the vessel while waves battered the hull.
Captain Guthrie's schooner collided in dense fog with a larger vessel, dismasting her and tearing every mast and spar. The Palmer aided, attempted tow, but line parted. Guthrie and crew rigged two jury masts and reached port at Highland Light then Gloucester for repairs, with about $3000 damage cited.
Captain O Lalor and Patrolmen Keane Hickey and Knights confronted seven colored men and four white men at 1 Hingham Street. The group, intoxicated, tried to block passage. officers used clubs to disperse them. A white woman named Mary Ballentine suffered facial injuries and refused to identify her attacker. No arrests were made.
Judge Emmons criticizes liquor saloons near hotels and calls for licenses to be withheld unless proprietors bar women from premises. He plans to press associates and urge Boston Elevated railway conductors to cooperate with police to curb drunken behavior on trains. He questions conductors aiding drunks and says he will write to General Bancroft.
Boston police conducted a timed crackdown on autos in parks with four officers using stopwatches. No arrests were made. two drivers fled the scene, four officers monitored speed, and only two offenses were recorded despite observed violations. Rules prohibit non animal powered vehicles in parks and set an eight mile per hour limit. The effort will resume next Sunday.
Miss Flora Rivers daughter of Joseph P. Rivers of 21 Maryland street Dorchester died after a lingering illness at 6 30 yesterday afternoon at age 20 from typhoid fever. Funeral from the residence on Thursday morning at 8 oclock.
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