Harvard Heroes Honored At Commencement War Record Praised
Harvard alumni gathered for commencement as 841 graduates served in the U S Army or Navy and 26468 in auxiliary roles. President Lowell announced war service totals including 314 deaths and 41 decorations while Senator Lodge urged a cautious path to peace and stronger naval power in peacetime.
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Harvard Honors Honorary Degrees at Commencement
Harvard confers honorary degrees at the annual commencement. Recipients include George Alexander Johnston Ross of Union Theological Seminary for Doctor of Divinity and Herbert Hill White of Cambridge for Master of Arts, with others in Doctors of Laws. Also featured are Major General Enoch H. Crowder and several war service veterans honored for their leadership and sacrifice.
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Theodore Roosevelt
McMurtry
Whittlesey
Paul Revere Frothingham
Marsh Warren
Harold L. Tisdale
Crane Brinton
Clarence J. Young
Lowell
George Alexander Johnston Ross
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Herbert Hill White
Cambridge
Protean
Harvard Surgical
Answer of the Stars poem honoring Harvard soldiers
A historical poem by M. A. DeWolfe Howe 87 honoring Harvard soldiers of the great war. Lines praise vigilant stars, sacrifice, youth, death, and life dedicated to a sacred cause. Read at a Harvard alumni meeting.
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M. A. DeWolfe Howe
Harvard
Harvard Men and the Massachusetts Constitution
Governor Coolidge recalled Harvard College’s role in shaping the state constitution as a defender of truth and righteous conviction. He urged a vision where education serves a moral purpose and intellect is guided by enlightened conscience to keep America from failure.
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Wigglesworth
Harvard
America
Massachusetts
United States
Harvard College
Memorial Honors Admiral Sims and Robert Bacon
The board conferred a doctor of laws degree posthumously on Robert Bacon former Secretary of State and ambassador to France praised for his wartime service. Admiral William Sowden Sims is lauded for uniting fleets and safeguarding convoys noted as a high service standard on two continents.
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William Sowden Sims
Flnxland
Robert Bacon
France
Harvard Class of 1919 Honor Roll Names Sacrifices in War
President Lowell read the names of Harvard Class of 1919 members who died in World War I. The list includes Private Henry White Broughton Jr of Jamaica Plain. Captain Hamilton Coolidge of Brookline. Harmon Bushnell Craig of Boston. Lt Jefferson Peigl of Mt Kisco. Second Lt Charles Henry Fiske of Boston. Edward Hooper Gardiner of Boston. and many others. Among the fallen are pilots, artillery officers, and marines with dates of death ranging 1917 to 1918. Several are noted for decorations or Citations including the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre.
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Kenry White Broughton
Jamaica Plain
101St Field Artillery
Frederick Herrick Casey
Cambridge
Hamilton Coolidge
Brook- Jine
American Aviation Corps
Grand Pre
Harmon
Edward Hooper Gardiner
Boston
St. Mihiel
Martin Luther Hope
First
Marine Aviation Corps
Curtis Field
Fla
Theodore Rickey Hostetter
Locust Valley
Royal Air Force
Cambrai
Leonard Jackson
Newton Centre
28Th Division
Filmes
Howard Lilienthal, Jr
New York City
St. Quentin
John Dudley Love
Lexington
Sixth Marines
George Augustine Madigan
Rochester
N. Y
Harvard R. O. T. C
Samuel Pierce Mandell
Hamilton
Air Service
Argonne-Meuse
Wainwright Merrill
Ypres
Asmee Mills Watkins
Indianapolis
Ind
Bar-le-Duc
Ralph O'Neal West
Marine Corps
Club gives $300 for aid of 26th Division families
Neve Marie Dewing Faelten and Mrs. Henry D. Cormerais of the Professional Women's Club presented $300 to General Clarence R. Edwards for the relief of 26th Division soldiers and their families. Edwards said the funds would be distributed in small grants to needy families of the soldiers.
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Neve Marie Dewing Faelten
Henry D. Cormerais
Professional Women's Club
Edwards
Holland Seeks Protection of Coal Interests
Paris June 19 The Dutch government formally asked the peace conference to protect Dutch coal interests in the final settlement of the German coal question. Holland urged safeguards as it is heavily dependent on Germany for coal supply.
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Holland
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Limerick Association to Aid Irish Fund
A special meeting of the Limerick Association will be held in Deacon Building 1651 Washington Street this evening to aid the victory fund. Cornelius Spellacy president and officers will speak. All Limerick men and women of Greater Boston are invited to attend. Small dotted foulards are favorite materials.
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Deacon Building
Washington Street
Victory Fund
Cornelius Spellacy
Greater Boston
Why Brush Your Teeth The McK and R Calox Dentifrice
Readers are urged to evaluate their dentifrice for multiple cleaning duties and consider McK and R Calox which claims to prevent acids by forming lime water in the mouth and release oxygen gas to combat decay. Dentist and druggist endorsements are noted and the taste is described as pleasant and non druggy.
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McK & R Calex
Booster for Sulpherb Tablets Widely Sold by Drugists
A testimonial letter from Robert Clemence of Syracuse New York praises Sulpherb Tablets for restoring regular bowel movements increasing strength after stomach liver and bowel trouble. He claims coworkers also use the product and call it the best medicine they have tried. Be sure to use the name Sulpherb not sulphur.
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Robert Clemence
S. Wilbur Avenue
Syracuse
N. Y
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