Harvard Hall and Phi Beta Kappa Day at Harvard
Harvard celebrates Phi Beta Kappa with Professor Taft address as alumni and seniors honor traditions. Taft receives warm welcomes, readings by Bliss Carman, prizes announced, and a grand class day featuring chapel, speeches, and a large stadium gathering for the 1914 class. The day ends with dances in Memorial Hall and an elaborate senior spread in Memorial Hall delta.
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Lowell
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard Union
Dean Briggs
Appleton Chapel
George Herbert Palmer
Sanders Theatre
Alexander L. Jackson
Englewood
Marshal Storer
J. R. Osgood Perkins
Newton
Varsity Glee Club
New Widener Memorial Library
Memorial Hall
Hemenway Gymnasium
Mary Garden
Memorial Hall Delta
Delta
Harvard seniors hold large Memorial Hall dance to begin commencement
Nearly 1000 attendees including Harvard seniors and guests gathered at Memorial Hall for the opening commencement social. The program showcased modified modern dances with brisk tunes and a shift from plain waltz and two step to hesitation, one step, and maxixe. Attendees came from Boston New York Philadelphia Washington and Chicago.
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Harvard
Memorial Hall
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Sets Class Record at Boston College Commencement
The largest BC class in history will receive degrees this afternoon at 4 at University Heights. Degrees will be conferred by Right Rev Joseph G Anderson D D vicar general of the arch diocese with Governor Walsh as guest and speaker. Forty five seniors gain bachelor of arts, 42 post graduate students receive masters in arts, and 10 preliminaries earn licentiates in philosophy.
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Boston College
University Heights
Joseph G. Anderson
D. D
Walsh
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Honors Taft at Commencement
Professor William Howard Taft of Yale spent a day in isolation during the Harvard commencement opening, wandering the college yard for ten minutes before recognition. Once identified by two seniors he drew the attention of the campus, becoming the focus of admiration.
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William Howard Taft
Yale
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa Society
College Yard
Taft Leads Phi Beta Kappa Procession to Sanders Theatre
Professor Taft enters the college yard shortly before 11 to take his place in the Phi Beta Kappa procession from Harvard Hall to Sanders Theatre where he will deliver the oration of the day. He wears a black frock coat white vest a purple tie and a broad brim Panama hat.
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Taft
College Yard
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard Hall
Sanders Theatre
Taft Visits Harvard Yard Incognito Amid Welcome
Former President Taft strolled through Harvard Yard incognito, recognized by two seniors, greeted by graduates and Phi Beta Kappa members, photographed by news crews, and given an ovation at Sanders Theatre. He delivered an address on The Supreme Court of the United States and Popular Self-Government and spoke with Hon. John D. Long afterward.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court
Harvard Yard
Taft
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa
Sanders Theatre
Holworthy Hall
Harvard Hall
Henry Lee Higginson
Frank W. Taussig
R. B. Merriman
William B. Munro
Dean Briggs
Pitman B. Potter
Long Branch
N. J
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society
New Widener Memorial Library
Broadway
LeBarron R. Briggs
Bliss Carman
Dean Fenn
Divinity School
Professor Taft
New Canaan, Conn
Massachusetts Avenue
University Hall
Lowell
P. B. Potter
LeBaron R. Briggs
Supreme Court of the United States
John D. Long
Yale Medical School Gifts Total $1 725 000 Announced
President Hadley announced gifts totaling 1 725 000 for Yale Medical School at a alumni dinner closing the department’s centennial. The Brady family adds 500 000 for a foundation with income of 25 000 annually for ten years toward endowment and an alliance with the General Hospital Society. Additional pledges include 500 000 from the General Education Board and 199 000 from Charles W. Harkness plus 100 000 from an unnamed alumna.
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New Haven
Yale Medical School
Arthur T. Hadley
University
Anthony N. Brady
Albany N. Y
Anthony N. Brady Memorial
General Hospital Society
New Haven Hospital
Brady
General Education Board
Charles W. Harkness
Harvard Dental Alumni Dinner Noted at 48th Outing
Nearly 20 members of the Harvard Dental Alumni Association gathered for their 48th annual outing and dinner after morning car trips to River side recreation grounds. Dr. C A Jameson spoke on association needs, with remarks by Dr. E H Smith and Dr. Rene Van Rippen representing the graduating class.
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Harvard Dental Alumni Association
Harvard Dental School
Riverside Recreation Grounds
Young
Six Escape Fire At Emerson Co Grocery Blaze
Six workers on the second floor escaped unharmed as a fire was discovered at the George D. Emerson Company wholesale grocery at 62 64 Utica Street. Rats with matches near the rear may have sparked the blaze, which firemen confined to the first floor causing about 4000 dollars in damage.
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George D. Emerson Company
Utica Street
South Boston Boy Trampled by Horse
Matthew Connolly aged 12, of 362 Second Street South Boston, was knocked down by a horse driven by Thomas Walsh of 474A Broadway near Second and F streets. Walsh took him to Carney Hospital with contusions and possible internal injuries. the boy was later taken home by his mother.
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Matthew Connolly
Second Street
Boston
Thomas Walsh
Broadway
Second
F Streets
Walsh
Carney Hospital
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Curtis Guild, Jr
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Charles Pelham Curtis, Jr
Pitman Benjamin Potter
Robert T. P. Storer
William P. Willetts
Bagdad
Sam
George Washington
John Quincy Adams
Patrick Henry
James Otis
Zack
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Gramme
Tremont Stores
Jts
LD T
Butler Corner
Tremont Street
OAK Hall Clothing CO
John F. Fitzgerald
Donnelly-Johnson CO
OAK Hall Clothiers
Washington St
Brockton
Beverly
Hyde Park
Lynn
Worcester
BE. W. Grove
Providence
Kennedy
House of Kuppenheimer
New England
Summer and
Hawley Streets
Gilchrist
Paris
Bar Harbor
Gilchrist CO
Washington and Winter Sts
South Boston
Alaska
cSire
Messina Femons
Franklin St
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