Harvard Class Day 1889 Public Festivities and Oration
Harvard Class Day 89 featured extensive spreads at Beck Hall McKay House Hasty Pudding and Vista venues with lanterns palms and a grand tree ceremony. Orator W W Magee urged courage for future success while ivy and poem honors closed the day amid campus pageantry and cheering for Eliot and Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck Hall
McKay House
Holyoke Street
Harvard
Hemmenway Gymnasium
Old
Massachusetts
Dr. Peabody
Eliot
Yearly Cambridge College class day prizes and revelry
The account describes a festive class day with a signal for prizes triggering a mad scramble to grab trophies. A small man is hoisted to fill his jersey with trophies, then shared among peers amid laughter. The yard lights and late evening entertainments, glee club performances, and a grand fireworks finale featuring Alma Mater Crowning Kneeling 89 culminate in a celebratory procession.
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Falstaff
Hemmenway
Memorial of Massachusetts
Glee Club
Holworthy
Alma Mater
Names of Prominent Guests from the Various Registers
A long list of guests with names and home cities. Notable entries include Natchez Mississippi H F Vainter and family New York, James Finlayson Scotland Covington Ky, Mrs. Irwin Miss 8 D Irwin Philadelphia, General George S Greene Washington and many others from Chicago Denver Boston Philadelphia and beyond.
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Young’s — Edward Thompson
Natchez
Miss
H. F. Vainter
New York
A. ©. Buell
Washington
James Finlayson
Scotland
Sidney Arthur
Covington
C. * Robertson
Bellows Falls
Brunswick
Irwin
D. Irwin
Philadelphia
James Sullivan
George S. Greene
Quincy
C. I. Douglass
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Seymour Cunningham
Edward
E. J. Glasnow, Jr
O. van Schrader
St. Louis
W. A. Conger
Plainfield
N. Y
Bascom
Salt Lake City
Utah
Albert Hessbey
Albany
O. A. Ames
KK. Ames
North Bodgeewater
James F. Rhodes
Daniel P. Rhodes
Cleveland
Edward Gurney
Lorenzo
Thorndike
Fred M. Gooding
R. A. Gooding
Worcester
J. H. Robinson
Rochester, N. Y
C. L. Whiting
Martha’s Vineyard
Bartlett President Arrives at Hanover Amid Student Welcome
President Bartlett arrived in Hanover from California and was greeted at the station by students and the college band. He spoke briefly at the depot asserting his health more robust than before, then went to Rev. Dr. Parker’s residence where Parker has served as acting president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Jack
Priscilla
Hollis
Beck
A. P. Peabody
Eliot
Quincy Street
Sanders ‘Theatre
Sanders Theatre
Frank Parker
Dr. Peabody
Edist
Ivy
W. W. Magee
Groveland
N. Y
Lebp
Carleton Hunneman
Hanover
N. H
Bartlett
California
Parker
Governor Hill Praises Connecticut Secret Ballot Law
Albany June 21 Governor Hill expresses satisfaction with the secret ballot bill passed by the Connecticut Legislature. He notes it resembles the measure advocated by Democrats in the New York Legislature last winter and says he would have signed it with pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hill
Connecticut
New York
Last Day of Barnum and Bailey Circus in Boston
Crowds fill the final performances as Barnum and Bailey present a refined tent show praised as an institution. The show travels to Providence after Boston with Mr Barnum and press agent I L Perley noted for courteous conduct and behind the scenes glimpses for reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Providence
Barnum & Bailey
Bill Smith
I. L. Perley
Paresis Frenzy Grips New York Society Circles
New York City centers on warnings about Paresis, a rising nervous disease linked to vice and alcoholism. Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton cites its rapid life‑related emergence. Prof Phelps and Waine’s Celery Compound are highlighted as curatives amid broad public alarm and endorsement by Senator Evarts and Dr Imal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Boards of Health
Allen McLane Hamilton
America
Prof
Phelps
Dartmouth College
Waine
Senator Evarts
Phelas
Imal
N.Y
Neevera
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Harvard '89
Roxbury
Oliver Prescott, Jr
New Bedford
University
Eighty-nine
Treshman
Yale
R. E. N. Dodge
Brookline
Dartmouth
Nutmeg
Armour
Chicago
Armour & CO
Clinton Street
Wheeler & CO
North Market Street
TH. Wheeler & CO
Clinton Market
Bartlett & Handschumacher
Wook Sanara
Cor
Elm Straol
Metropolis
Isles OF Shoals
Appledore House
Appledore Island
LO Miles
Portsmouth
Band of Musics Laws
Oceanic
Concord
Vo & M.n.r
Laighton Brothers
Weirs
Lake Winnipesaukee
Fonmage
Haverhill
N. 1
W. &. Shaw
Littleton
N.I
White Mountain
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Montreal
Adress A
White Mountain House
White Mountains, N. BE
Rounsevel
Faoyan’s
Boston, Concord
Maine Central
Sauhanet
Vyvaru
Jererson
W. EE. F
EF. W. Collins
North Conway
N. E
Augustus Eastman
Kearsarge Valley
Barnes & Dow
Kearsarga
Cutler
Maine
J.C. Kyver
Devonshire Street
MOTEL
Rockaway
York Beach
H. A. Mitchell
EA Ak
Vlazza
Ocean View Grant
Mal Iria
Ilis & Sons
THE
Narracansett
Couttage
Mass
A. A. Hill
Oregon House
Hull
T. Warrington
DE Soto
Savannah
AJ Reitze
Sec
Savannah Hotel Co
Springfield
Nantucket
Sena
UF. Meowery
Downer Landing
Hingham
Rose Standish
W. C. Gilman
Bromfield Street
Sharon
G. W. Claps
Babson & Bingilam
HACK
Main Street
Gloucester
the Prescott
Prescott Place
Ocean St
Lynn
Mers
F. H. Gould
Crescent Beach House
Magnolia
Manchester-by-the-Pea
Sumer
James B. Knowlton
Winthrop Highlands
Ocean View
Depot
Prospect House
Lagoon Heights
Cottage City
D. K. Brereton
Pemberton Square
Pemberton
Windmill Point
Washington Street
F. &. Malcom
Magnolia, Mass
Jane
Orra Price
Aquidneck
Marblehead Neck, Mass
Near Eastern Yacht Club
Ferry and Post Office
A. G Smith
Delphine
East Gloucester
G. H. Pearson
J. A. Knowlson & CO
Swampscott
Harrington
Willow Cottage
E.G. Foster
Marblehead Neck
the Boylston
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Joan Dunlop
Beach Bluff
Trimountain House
Sylvester Brown
Nasfant
Makeusermeatwass
Devereux
Pinckney Street
Woodcliff
Fort Point
Stockton Springs
Penobscot Bay
Milk Street
Ioston
Dustin Lancey
A Or . i. Peakes
Shiloh
Cape Porpoise
Kennebunkport
O. H. White
Kittery Point
Frisbee
Marshall House
York Harbor
Marshall
Ottawa House
M.S. Gibson
N. E. Barbor
Mt. Desert
Savage
Asticon
Caspar Morris
South 21St Street
Penn
Ionebunk
W. F. Paul
Post Office Square
Donnell York
Bea
S.G. Donnell
Island House
S. W. Harbor
Mt. Desart
H. J. Clark
Winthrop
Crest
Gorham
N. Hi
P.O
Pandolph Hill House
Mt. Crescent Ho
Presidential Range
Washington St
H. G. Snow
Willey
White Mountain Notch
J.T. Dutton
Crawford House
Union House
Jefferson, N. B
Hight Brothers
Randall House
North Conway, N. HI
J. PT. Randall & Son
North Conway House
Norv Conway, N. HI
L. J. Ricker
Pitman
Lower Bartlett
N. T
Wallem Pitman
Jefferson, N. H
Ala of Laurel
Lakey MT. Agassiz House
Horatlio Nye
Bethlehem House
S. B. Phillips
Blandin
Bethlehem
Sinclair
A. W. Blandin
Rod
Garfield
George A. Gilmann
Rethlehem, N
Mt. Washington House
Park Avenue
Bethlemem
Mt. Washington Range
L. Bartlett
Beverly, Mass
Beverly Shore
Israel Lefavour
Mr. Lefavour
Summit House
Arlington Heights, Mass
Postoffice
Arlington Heights
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Madison Square
Hitchcock, Darling & CO
Ocean House
Swampscott, Mass
Kilburn & Garter
Hi. A. Kilburn
Marcellus W. Carter
Massapoag Lake Hotel
A. Park Boyce & CO
Fenwick Hall
Saybrook Point, Conn
Sound
Hoffman House
Terns
Spb
Sayce Point
Conn
E. V. Foote
WM. P. Davis
Langwood
Langwood Park
Wyomeng
Trvins
Wyoming
B. & M. Railroad
State Street
Room
Manumet House
L. B. Snowe
South
Plymouth
Pigeon Cove House
Cape Ann
North Shore
E. S&s. Robinson
Pigeon Cove
Western Union Telegraph
SEA View House
Pmartha’s
Wantucket. Mass
Brant Point
W. M. Topper
Nahant
Long Beach
SOCGN
Samuel Soule & Son
Mase
Searle
Mount Desert, Me
Bar Harbor
Grand Central Hotel
Lamor & Sons
Ietorme
Hotel Fisk
York Harbor House
A. Goodall
Newcastle, N. Hi
N. HW
Mountains
Canada
Frank Jones
W. Kk, Hinn
Intervale
Stephen Mudgett & Sons
Intervale,n. J
Twin Mountain House
White Mountains
N.hl
Frank A. Cofpran
Prop
Hiram Novel & Son
Sugar Hill
Castle Hona Gotages
Straw’s Point, Rye, N.H
Franklin Mouse
Lawrence
E. Huse
Ponemah
Milford Springs
N. i
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