Harvard Welcomes Mme Curie in Sanders Theatre
Madame Marie Curie, welcomed by Harvard Radcliffe Wellesley officials before about 900 admirers, is hailed as a world leading scientist. President Lowell and Professor Richards extol her work on radium with mention of her husband Pierre Curie and Duane’s X-ray developments.
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Marie Curie
France
Isaac Newton
Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Radcliffe
Wellesley
New England
Lowell
Mme. Curie
Theodore Richards
Harvard Department of Chemistry
Richards
Mmé. Curie
Pierre Curie
William Duane
Madame
Curie
Paris
Curie's Cambridge Address Highlights Radium Discoveries
President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot and Mme Curie were introduced by President Lowell as she waited for a limousine to Professor Duane on Massachusetts Avenue. Charles W. Eliot praised Curie as both a woman and a mother. French consul Joseph Slamand paid respects on Curie’s introduction. Curie expressed regret her daughter could not attend. Curie received the Doctor of Science honorary degree from Wellesley College at commencement exercises.
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Richards
Duane
Charles W. Eliot
Mme. Curie
Lowell
Professor Duane
Massachusetts Avenue
Joseph C. Slamand
Boston
France
Cambridge
Mme
Marie Curie
Wellesley College
Pilgrim Tercentenary Pageant Recreates Colonial Parade
In Plymouth a pageant marking the Pilgrim Tercentenary featured descendants in period dress marching from the site of the first house along Leyden street to the Pilgrim fort over Town Square. A drummer called the march, officials, women, children and men with old long guns joined a hollow square for a song service and a letter from Rev John Robinson read by Rev Arthur B Whitney. The pageant will run daily at 5 until mid September under the Pilgrim Tercentenary Committee.
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Plymouth
Leyden Street
Town
Pilgrim Tercentenary Committee
Christine Galbraiths Pupils in Recital at Jordan Hall
Mrs Christine Galbraith presents an operatic recital tomorrow night in Jordan Hall. Soloists include Mrs Lillian Gaines of Dorchester with a wide voice range, plus Miss Faith Gordon Allston Miss Josephine Curran Everett Miss Helen Roach South Boston Miss Lillian Gorman South Boston and Miss Josephine Ferrillo Chelsea. Dorothy Colton Dorchester will be pianist.
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Christine Galbraith
Jordan Hall
Lillian Gaines
Dorchester
Faith Gordon
Allston
Josephine Curran
Everett
Helen Roach
South Boston
Lillian Gorman
Josephine Ferrillo
Chelsea
Dorothy Colton
Woman Toll Keeper at Her Post for 30 Years
Vermont's widowed toll keeper Mrs. C. W. Dunmoor has collected or marked crossings at Windsor Vermont and Cornish New Hampshire for 30 years. She records every vehicle person or animal crossing the Windsor Cor nish line bridge through snow or storm. Her duties have outlasted early auto use and she notes both famous visitors and everyday travelers who paid tolls at the historic covered bridge.
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Vermont
Connecticut River
Windsor
Cornish
N. H
C. W. Dunmoor
Dunmoor
America
Augustus St. Gaudens
Winston Churchill
G. W. Dunmoor
Connecticut
Harvard Glee Club Arrives in Havre France
The Harvard Glee Club arrived today on the Steamer Touraine in Havre and will be hosted by municipal and military authorities at a City Hall reception tomorrow. Members of the American Colony are invited. The group departs for Paris tomorrow night.
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Havre
France
Harvard Glee Club
Touraine
Paris
Speed and Rum Deaths Prompt New Traffic Crackdown
Frank A. Goodwin the state registrar urged a broader safety campaign after a heavy weekend death toll. He asked the Governor to appoint 10 more motorcycle policemen and to inform police chiefs of drivers deemed unfit for licenses. He cited license revocations totals for January through May as proof of enforcement.
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Frank A. Goodwin
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