Rain Dampens Harvard Class Day Parade
Harvard class day amid showers at the stadium drew 8,000 umbrellas as seniors and alumni in gowns endured rain while marching to the Greek temple facade. The 1920 class, in lively costumes, performed Ivy orations and a locust-like whistle display. The second ivy oration followed a rain break with sharp humor on war degrees and Boston society.
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Harvard Stadium
Oval
Harvard
Cuand
Appleton
Sanders Theatre
Seremon
Paul Revere Frothingham
Slater Washburn
Worcester
James Gore King, Jr
New York
Paul Rice Doolin
St. Albans
John Varnum Spalding
Newton Centre
Holden Chapel
Boston
College Yard
Edgar Scott
Lansdowne, Penn
Rose
Washington Square
Harvard Class of 1920 Commencement Address Recalls War
Harvard seniors hear class orator Slater Washburn recount 1620 Pilgrim legacy and 1914 to 1918 wars. He warns against entangling alliances, urges defense of democracy through education and civic duty, and calls for unity as graduates face future leadership challenges.
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Lowell
Fred
Church of
Freddie Church
Oregon
Victor Chapin
Johnny Harvard
Harvard
Frothingham
Sanders Theatre
Second Marshal Church
Slater Washburn
Plymouth
America
Republic
Germany
Serbia
Europe
1920 Class Poem Honor of Harvard Freedom
A 1920 class poem celebrates spring after war, honoring classmates who died and urging ongoing pursuit of liberty. It recalls Harvard's history, the Pilgrims, and the duty of returning students to advance liberal learning through truth and courage.
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Oasis
Berlin Independent Socialists Win Out
Berlin voters delivered a decisive municipal council majority to Independent Socialists and Social Democrats in the first election covering Greater Berlin including outer suburbs. Independent Socialists won eighty eight seats while Social Democrats took eighty eight, giving the two factions control of the council.
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Berlin
Ove -Shelming
Greater
New York
Social Democrats
Schooner Anita Beached at Aruba After Leak
The three masted Dutch schooner Anita formerly the Antje with phosphate for England sprang a leak and was beached on Aruba in the Dutch Antilles. The vessel is expected to be a total loss.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Anita
Antje
Fngland
Aruba
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