Brilliant Scene at Harvard's Class Day
Harvard Class of 1909 marks its day with lantern lit yard scenes at night. Seniors parade to Sanders Theatre for an oration by Edward Tubbs Wentworth and a class ode and hymn.
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Harvard
Boston
Holworthy
Appleton Chapel
Burr
Edward Caldwell Moore
Divinity School
Sanders Theatre
E. C. Moore
Marshal Burr
Edward Tubbs Wentworth
Batavia
New York
Robert Emmons Rogers
Hollis
H. W. H. Powel
Thayer Hall
Johnson Gate
Glee Club
Uncle Walt Sees World Ahead Beyond School Rules
A poem in which Uncle Walt rejects grammar and math and laments grim prophecies of the world. He longs for fame and glory yet fears graybeards warning of hard realities, preferring to pursue the road toward graduate life and bigger dreams.
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Walt Mason
The Value of Right Living and a Laxative Reminder
An essay on health emphasizes living rightly, timely recreation, contemplation, and effort. It promotes medicines only when needed and endorses California Fig Syrup Co. laxatives as the preferred remedy, urging buyers to seek the genuine product from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Ivy Oration Marks Harvard Commencement Candor
In 1908 at the Stadium the senior class released hundreds of balloons as the glee club performed. The ivy oration followed, delivered by P. McCray Henry, delivering clever lines and critiques of Harvard College officials and customs.
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Johnny Harvard
P. McCray Henry
Harvard College
Don'ts for Class Day from Cambridge Student Orator
The Ivy orator Phineas McCray Henry humorously reviews athletic class history and the Student Council, joking that Cambridge leaders are influential yet playful. He warns underclassmen with lighthearted lines about stadium access, lanterns, late hours after the Mt Auburn Street ball game, and recovering early morning routines.
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Ivy
Phineas McCray Henry
Cambridge
Lowell ‘Abbott
Abe
Beck Hall
Au Fair
Society Maids Parade in Yale Class Day Fashions
A vivid account lists scores of women attending Harvard class day in 19th century attire. Notable dressers include Mrs Eben S Draper, Miss Dorothy Draper, Mrs Barrett Wendell, Miss Elise R Hall, Mrs George M Cushing, Miss Elizabeth Brooks, and Mrs Henry I Tudor alongside numerous other society figures in lace, satin, chiffon, and elaborate hats.
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Harvard
Eben S. Draper
Dorothy Draper
George Lee
Barrett Wendell
Elise R. Hall
George M. Cushing
Elizabeth Brooks
Frank Wells
Henry I. Tudor
Henry H. Gay
Caroline Gay
Batiste
Margaret Thomas
Alfred Adman
Wirt Dexter
Europe
Stanley McCormick
Margaret Roche
Ronald Lyman
Augustus Hemenway
Robert Gardner
Henry Parkman
Betty Porter
Anna Gardiner
Eyla Lowell Lyman
Mary Peabody
Hattie Jaques
Dorothy Dexter
Liberty
Ellen Farnsworth
Edith Wynce Matthison
Washington B. Thomas
Lesle Bradley
Taft’s Corporation Tax Plan Outlined
The proposal subjects every corporation and insurance company to a special excise tax on net income over $5000 earned in the United States and its territories. It defines taxable entities, sets deductions for expenses losses depreciation interest and U.S. taxes, and requires annual sworn returns. Penalties include doubling the tax for fraud and fines for false statements, with enforcement by the commissioner of internal revenue.
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United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Alaska
District of Columbia
Premium Reserve Fund
Yale Locks Defined by Name and Quality
The term Yale refers to locks manufactured by Yale and Towne and no others. Genuine Yale locks differ from imitations in two respects: they are of higher quality and they bear the Yale name.
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Yale & Towne
Yale
Deaths in East Boston Charlestown Roxbury and Allston
Notices of multiple obituaries dated June 24 to 27. Sarah Di Pietro of East Boston dies at 24 with funeral at St Lazarus Church. Sarah Howey of Charlestown, widow of Thomas J Howey, funeral at St Marys Church. Robert A J Lockhart of Roxbury dies aged 54 with service at home. Rev William Spee Mayo dies in Roxbury at 54 with prayers and Bristol Methodist Church funeral. Charles P Morris of Boston dies at 77 with funeral at St Marys Church Charlestown. Anna Vargas Silva of East Boston dies aged 63 with service at St John the Baptist Church. Annie M Wenz of Allston dies at any age with funeral at home and New Calvary Cemetery burial.
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Harvard Street
Charlestown
St. Mary's Church
Warren Street
Lockhart
Roxbury
Robert A. J. Lockhart
Bridget
Comsett) Lockhart
Bowers Street
Metropolitan Mutual Aid Association
Mayo
William Spee Mayo
Albion Street
Bristol Methodist Church
Bristol
N IL
Morris
Charles P. Morris
Warren
Winthrop Streets
Vargas Silva
Boston
Anna
Joseph Silva
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennet Street
Wenz
Allston
Annie M
Frederick Wenz
John and
Catherine Logue
North End
Holmes Avenue
New Calvary Cemetery
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