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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1921
Page
7
Hanover June 21 233 seniors received degrees and 11 honorary degrees at Dartmouth College commencement. Masters of Arts went to Julius H. Barnes Duluth Minn William W. Flint Concord N H Benjamin B Greer Chicago Ill and William A Lancaster Minneapolis Minn Professor Henry Paul Talbot dean elect of M I T Cambridge Mass received the Doctor of Science degree.
Ellery Sedgwick received a doctor of letters from the Atlantic Monthly in Boston. Doctors of law were awarded to Thomas E. Finnegan, State superintendent in Harrisburg, and Arthur Lord of Plymouth, Mass. The exercises began at 9 30 under Professor E. F. Clark. The long procession, led by a band, entered Webster Hall for the formal ceremonies closing the four day commencement period. President Ernest M. Hopkins presided. Undergraduate speakers included Merrill F. E. Shoup, son of Governor Oliver Shoup of Colorado, and Warren B. Ege of Omaha, Robert P. Broughs of Manchester, N. H.
Congressman Sherman E. Burroughs and George L. Frost of Portland Maine addressed graduates. After exercises, alumni and seniors marched to alumni gymnasium for the annual luncheon as the 149th Dartmouth commencement concluded this evening.
Patrick B Joyce testified in Suffolk divorce court that his wife Mary Joyce of East Boston was a wild woman who beat him, threatened his life, and threw paving bricks at him on Atlantic avenue. He seeks legal separation after she served time for assault. The judge took the case under advisement.
The British steamer Egre mont Castle under Captain J Cann arrived at Pier 4 New Haven docks South Boston after a six month round world trip. It carried a 2,000,000 cargo from Japan China and the Philippines and traveled via Panama Suez the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Mrs Cann accompanied the captain on the voyage.
Miss Irene McAuliffe of Weston a Boston policewoman trailed two alleged shoplifters to another store and with Inspector Pelton made her second arrest in two days. Dorothy Rudolph 22 and Eileen Googins 22 were charged with stealing 87.02 worth of merchandise and committed to the Tombs for Central Court. Annie Kingsbury 24 of Cambridge received probation for larceny of 9.10 from a downtown shop.
Miss Priscilla A Merritt longtime Somerville public school teacher died at her home 96 Oxford Street Somerville She was born Harrington Missouri a graduate of Somerville High School and Salem Normal School She is survived by three brothers and had to quit teaching three months ago due to ill health.
Edward D. Rice of the Edward B Rice Company testified in Superior Criminal Court that he repeatedly understated his assets to mislead rivals. He faced charges of obtaining $150000 loans from the New England Trust Company and National Shawmut Bank using false financial statements. He claimed decades of business with the banks and said his firm had been in the family for three generations. He planned to resume testimony next morning.
Governor Cox attends college graduation exercises today at Holy Cross and tomorrow at Harvard where he will deliver an address. He will be busy both days as he participates in commencement events and speaks to graduates.
Internal Revenue Collector Mitchell warns narcotic registrants in Massachusetts to file returns before July 1 or face penalties. About 2,000 of 10,000 registrants have complied. no extensions will be granted to doctors dentists or druggists continuing narcotics handling.
Frank Fisher, a farmer, fired on pedestrians and shopkeepers along Oakfield main street for an hour wounding three people. Overpowered after exhausting his ammunition. released from a mental hospital a year earlier.
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