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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1912
Page
12
Congressman J Thomas Heflin of Alabama, speaking in Boston at the Bunker Hill day event, declares Oscar W Underwood the next U S President and expects to nominate his Alabama colleague at the Baltimore convention.
In a Post interview, Senator Heflin predicts Oscar W. Underwood will secure the Democratic nomination and likely win the presidency. He cites Underwood’s Ways and Means chairmanship, delegate strength, and cross‑backing from states and leaders, with Hearst and Clark’s rivals shaping the ballot.
Professor James R. Jewett of Harvard opened his Rose Garden at 67 Kirkland Street to over 200 Cambridge children as a reward for staying out of the flowers this spring. He asked Patrolman Comerford to tell them they may pick all the roses after June 17.
General Henry M. Baker of Bow and Washington D C dies leaving most of his estate to his brother John B. Baker as residuary legatee. The will provides $5000 to Dartmouth College and $2500 each to the New Hampshire Unitarian Association and the New Hampshire Home for the Aged. A $10,000 gift to Bow for a public library is set to be carried out.
Cambridge prepares for one of its largest gatherings as the Harvard class of 1887 marks the 25th anniversary. Senior exercises begin at nine with a last chapel and philosophy lecture by Professor George Herbert Palmer, followed by the Sanders Theatre program featuring oration by Robert Wood Williams and poem by James Gordon Gilkey. The day includes ivy ovation, confetti, a stadium procession, then dances at Hemenway Gym and Memorial Hall, with a late day schedule in Sanders Stadium if rain threatens.
About five hundred seniors and their guests attended the annual class day opening at Hemenway Gymnasium. The hall was decorated with laurel garlands and evergreens creating a verdant setting near Memorial Hall where John Harvard’s statue stands.
Judge William B. Hornblower of New York criticized recall schemes as futile and warned that sacrificing judicial independence endangers civilization. He urged protecting constitutional safeguards, noting recall could abuse law during public passion and jeopardize minority rights and government of law.
The 1907 Institute of Technology class held a weekend reunion on Bursar F. H. Rand’s farm in Bellingham marking the seventeenth of June. Attendees came from Salt Lake, New Orleans, Chicago, and St. Louis with international guests from Tien Ling University. Organizers included Alexander Macomber as president and Bryant Nichols as secretary, with I. C. Litchfield and Howard L. Coburn on the committee.
The State Normal School in Westfield held graduation at 2 pm in the assembly hall on Court street. Professor Bliss Perry of Cambridge gave the address to a class of eight young women, the largest in school history.
Boston College High School holds graduation exercises in Boston College Hall tonight. Prizes and medals will be awarded for top averages, with addresses by Rev. Thomas I. Gasson S J and five graduates. Speakers include Leander De Celles Somerville William Daly Brighton Frank Ryan Cambridge Timothy Phelan Dorchester and James Brennan Brighton with Brennan delivering the valedictory.
Two hundred Harvard men arrived in Gloucester on June 17 and stationed their colors at East Gloucester. Two tugboats from the Boston Tow Boat Company were chartered for the event.
About half way to the city the students were transformed in hospital care with the Crim son bunch. Three core cars conveyed them to the Hawthorne Inn where a spread was prepared. An evening of theatricals followed at the Casino. The boys would stay overnight and return to Cambridge tomorrow.
Greenwood Grammar School of Hyde Park prepares a farewell reception for retiring principal D. G. Thompson at 8 PM next Wednesday. Alumni and pupils plan music entertainment and several surprises after more than 30 years of service.
St Catherine’s parishioners and visiting members from city churches plan a lawn festival on Summer street in Spring Hill Somerville to mark the parish twentieth anniversary. The event runs next Saturday June 22 from 10 a m to 10 p m with a varied program and invitations extended to former parishioners including those once at St James Boston. Rev James J O’Brien heads the committee with Rev Ambrose A Dore and other parish members assisting.
Charles A. Dailey age 22 of Lynn and a Beverly shoe plant clerk drowned in Sluice Pond Lynn after falling from a canoe at 8 pm. Police recovered the body with grappling irons about an hour later. He had complained of not feeling well after a day at a shore camp.
In Rochester New York Mrs A J Mason wife of a leading confectioner won a divorce for her daughter Edith Terry Grabb from Frank F Grabb citing her trip to Lynn Massachusetts on August 24 1911 and observing a woman resembling Mrs Grabb enter his apartment at night and depart at daybreak with Mrs Grabb in Rochester at the time She had him arrested but he was discharged after trial.
The WU of P baseball team defeated Cornell 12 to 2 in Buffalo today. The game featured strong WU performances and decisive scoring runs.
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