Harvard Gifts and Widener Dedication Mark Commencement
Harvard celebrated with gifts to the university and the Widener Library dedication. Notables including Myron Herrick, Theodore Vail, Henry Lodge and George Meyer attended as 1209 diplomas were awarded. Women entered the college yard for the first time on commencement day. The ceremony featured band concerts, alumni gatherings, and the presentation of the library to scholars, with remarks on preserving books and a personal address by Lionel de Jersey Harvard before marching to Widener Theatre.
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Myron T. Herrick
France
David I. Walsh
Theodore N. Vail
Howard Elliott
New Haven Railroad
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Hermon Co. Bumpus
Tufts
George von L. Meyer
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Lawrence
Henry Lee Higginson
Sharpless
Haverford College
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
College Yard
Widener Library
George D. Widener
Walsh
Cushing
Lancers
Sanders’ Theatre
Lowell
Harvard Yard
Widener Memorial Library
Widener
Harry Elkins Widener
Lycidas
Library of Congress
Nantes
Gurgite Vasto
British Museum
Job
Warren Lycke
Alumni Association
Sever Hall
Henry P. Walcott
Graduate School of Business Administration
James J. Hill
New York
Chicago
Northwest
Croft Memorial Laboratory
University
Dr. Lowell
Lionel de Jersey
Dr. Walcott
Harvard Bestows Honorary Degrees on Noted Figures
Harvard awards honorary degrees to explorers and artists including Alexander Hamilton Rice Bela Lyon Pratt and Charles Lawrence Hutchinson guiding civic progress and education. Clergy and public leaders like Paul Revere Frothingham David Hummell Greer John Farwell Moors Isaac Sharpless Theodore Newton Vail Edgar Cullen Myron Herrick and Frank Billings receive Doctorates of Divinity and Science for contributions to religion education government and medicine.
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Alexander Hamilton Rice
America
Bela Lyon Pratt
Charles Lawrence Hutchinson
Chicago
Horace Trumbauer
Harry Elkins’ Memorial Library
Paul Revere Frothingham
New England
David Hummell Greer
New York
John Farwell Moors
Boston
Isaac Sharpless
Haverford College
Theodore Newton Vail
Edgar Montgomery Cullen
Court of Appeals of
Myron Timothy Herrick
New Cotton Exchange Names New Superintendent
Thomas Hale Jr longtime assistant superintendent of the New York Cotton Exchange was appointed superintendent succeeding Colonel William W King who recently resigned L F Froelich was named assistant superintendent formerly cashier in the exchange leadership change announced in New York on June 24.
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Thomas Hale, Jr
New Cotton Exchange
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
William W. King
L. F. Froelich
Shakspere Tercentenary Plans Considered in Boston
Plans for a 1916 Shakspere tercentenary were discussed at a Twentieth Century Club meeting in Boston. The gathering reviewed ideas for a permanent memorial and methods to raise funds for the tribute to the noted writer.
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Boston
Twentieth Century Club
California Priest Visits Boston Pastor Visits Mother in Dorchester
The Rev. James S. O Neil pastor of the small Glendale California church near Los Angeles is visiting his mother in Dorchester, Boston during his trip.
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Boston
Glendale
California
Dorchester
James S. O'Neil
Little Catholic Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Reverend O Neil's Health Prompted Westward Sojourn
The Rev. Father O'Neil attended Boston College for a year when it was believed his health required a move to the far West. He went, and is now in good health.
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Father O’neil
Boston College
Far West
Chauffeurs Sought by French War Relief Fund
The French War Relief Fund issues a cablegram appeal for volunteer chauffeurs to deliver medical supplies and messages to the wounded. The call was sent from Paris to the American office at 15 Broad Street New York.
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French War Relief Fund
War Relief Clearing House
Paris
Broad Street
New York
Cigarettes Recovered Worth 1050 Dollars by Police
Cigarettes worth 1050 dollars were recovered by Patrolmen Allen and Thomas A. Sullivan of Station 15 Charlestown yesterday afternoon. The five cases were found in a vacant building at Wiley's Wharf 49 Medford Street. They were shipped on the Airline and the destination remains unknown to police.
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Allen
Thomas A. Sullivan
Station 15
Charlestown
Wiley’s Wharf
Medford Street
A Wise Jane Story to Read in Sun day Post Magazine
Readers are urged to revisit a feature titled A Wise Jane in the Sun day Post Magazine. The piece is praised as the kind of story that lingers and invites reflection.
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Jane
Sunday Post
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Milton
William Sidney Thayer
Baltimore
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St. Louis
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James S. O’neil
Greater
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Ginter Co
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Hamilton Place
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