Harvard Class Day Ends With Singers and Confetti Parade
Harvard's Class Day 1911 culminates in Sanders Theatre with the class oration and poem, ivy orator, and a roaring Stadium ceremony. Seniors parade, cheer, and a mass of confetti over the stands as graduates recall memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Appleton Chapel
G. H. Palmer
Department of Philosophy
Sanders Theatre
Reginald C. Foster
Richard C. Floyd
Memorial Hall
Sanders
Charles Sager Collier
Kinderhook
N. Y
Stadium
Grand Rough House
Mt. Auburn Street
Gold Coast
Hasty Pudding Club
Holyoke Street
Beckpan
Hemenway Gymnasium
Holworthny Hall
Hollis Hall
Uisual
William C. Boyden
Chicago
Marshal Foster
Lothrop Withington
Varsity
Red Top
Glee Club
Johnny Harvard
Alan Gregg
Ivy
Harvard Summer School
Lowell
Boyden
Harvards
The Class Day Poem Carmel Fire
Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer reflects on unkindled beacons and the fear of light as a people seek a tomorrow. He laments the hollow rituals and fragile beliefs that fail to build lasting paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Pulsifer
New York
Harold Trowbridge
Posed for Thirty Years as Woman Revealed as Man
In Boston and Roxbury a man known as Harriet Kelley lived as a maid in wealthy families for years. Born in Wolverhampton and raised as a girl, he wore a beard and used hair removal methods to maintain a feminine appearance. The accounts describe his life among employers and late-night visits to the McClure household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet
Andrew
Roxbury
Boston
Harriet” Kelley
Wolverhampton
John Fleming
Brookline
William McClure
Hampshire Street
Harriet Kelley
Roslindale
McClure
Boston and Cambridge Contest Park System Cost Share
In a Supreme Judicial Court session, Boston and Cambridge challenged a three‑member commission's 1910–15 apportionment for Metropolitan Park system costs. Boston disputed its charges for the Charles River Basin and dam and the Boston Marginal Conduit, while Cambridge objected to its 50 percent share of Broad and Lechmere canal dredging and improvements and echoed Boston's protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cambridge
Supreme Judicial Court
Metropolitan Park
Charles River
Broad and Lechmere Canals
City of
Feeney Weds Miss Hagan in Cambridge Ceremony
Ex mayor John P. Feeney of Woburn and Boston attorney wed Miss Margaret Hagan at St Mary's rectory Cambridge in a small ceremony. Rev Lawrence W. Slattery officiated with Fr M J Doody assisting. The couple plans a six week honeymoon before returning to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Feeney
Woburn
Boston
St. Mary’s Rectory
Cambridge
Margaret Hagan
Lawrence W. Slattery
M. J. Doody
St. Mary’s Church
Mary Hagan
Timothy J. Callahan
Lenox
Mrs. Feeney
Cherrie Spraying Sparks Fear of Harm to Children
Residents in Dorchester fear for children after the gy moth control spraying on cherry trees at William Nixon’s Erie Street home. Nixon says children had been picking fruit before, and spraying allegedly continued despite protests, risking injury or worse to neighborhood kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nixon
Erie Street
Dorchester
Nixon
Lynn Man Dead in Dooryard of Home
Lynn June 22 Benjamin F. Rumsey a former leading shoe manufacturer was found dead in the dooryard of his home death due to heart disease He was 60 years old and recently retired from business He was not married
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Benjamin F. Rumsey
Mr. Rumsey
Obituaries List Of Local Deaths With Funeral Details
A column of death notices from June listing Keren P Clair James Delahoyde Annie Doyle Harry Emmons James Fitzpatrick John Griffin John Haverty Clara Haynes Joseph Heald Thomas Inghes Sylvester Phipps and Margaret Stern with their ages, residences, funeral times, and church services. Relatives and friends invited. Interment details and church mass times noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford St
Immaculate Conception
Holy Cross Cemetery
New York
Chicago
Dublin
Doyle
Somerville
Annie ( Boylan
Denis Doyle
Pearl Street
St. Joseph's Church
Waithai
Emmons
Harry Emmons
Fitzpatrick
Malden
James
Theresa F. Fitzpatrick
Ronin
Pleasant Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Haverty
Dorchester
John
Margaret (Nee Coleman
Haxpery
Mill On Avenue
Haynes
Clara Haynes
Haverhill
Mass
Henry G. Haynes
Moreland Street
Roxbury
Inghes
Hyde Park
Thomas J
Owen
Catherine Flughes
Hyde Park Avenue
Church of the Most Precious Blood
Nicolls
Madison
N. H
Frederick A
John T
Nellie S. Nicolls
Matin Street
Stern
South Boston
Margaret Fheresa
Edward R. Stern
Fifth Street
St. Eulalia’s Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harvard Yard
Japan
Sever Hall
Sever
William Chase Green
Baltimore
James Lawrence, Jr
Oliver Shaw
Watertown
Ninteen
Ivy Orator
Delta Upsilon
Matthews Hall
Theta Delta Chi
Dunster Street
Phi Beta Kappa
Phillips Brooks House
Wadsworth House
Harvard Union
Cambridge Police
Ion
Carmel
Fieme
Hei A
Summer Goods Union
Jersey
Richmond
RH Mtn Gue
Union Ne
Reece Ner
Maphington Street
Annex No
Penaee Street
Washington St
Friend St
Feeney
Miss Hagan
Emily
Wilson Bros
Scollay
Rogers’ Silverware
Waltham Watches
Wilson Brothers, Scollay SQ
Soha T
Connor
Union ST
Greater
Faneuil Hall
Brookside
Roy
Grocers
O’keeffe Chain
Oxford Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Street
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