Harvard Class of 1911 Honors Honorary Degree Recipients
Harvard celebrates commencement with honorary degrees for Meyer, James, Schechter, Royce, Woodberry, Fearing, Morse, Davis, Hammond, Sullivan, and Morse, amid a full turnout of governors, dignitaries, and alumni. Immersive pageant features processions, Sanders Theatre ceremonies, and a noon to 2 PM alumni gathering. Governor Foss advocates statewide merit scholarships as an alternative to a state university.
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Josiah Royce
Harvard University
John T. Morse
Henry James
Solomon Schechter
George E. Woodberry
Foss
Lancers
Lever Hall
Sanders Theatre
Lowell
Governor Foss
Frothingham
Meyer
Royce
Henry Meyer
John A. Sullivan
A. Lawrence Lowell
George Edward ‘Woodberry
John Torrey Morse
Horace Davis
Olien
California
John Wilkes Hammond
Massachusetts
George von Lengerke Meyer
Harvard Alumni Gifts Reach Record Total Since 1910
Alumni gathered at the Harvard Alumni Association meeting in Cambridge announced gifts to Harvard totaling 1.2 million dollars since 1910, including a special 100 thousand dollar gift from the class of 1886. The news drew tremendous cheering from the crowd in the quadrangle beside Lever Hall.
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Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard Alumni Association
Rangle
Lever Hall
Cambridge
Board Terms and Size Outlined for Public Body
The entity will serve for a term of six years with a total board membership of 30. The notice clarifies structure and term length for the public body.
Harvard Ow ns Pops at Grand Concert Night
Harvard alumni and guests packed Symphony Hall for a Harvard Club Pops concert. Major Higginson, class of 55, led the veteran attendance while figures like Bishop Lawrence Frank Hitchcock von Meyer Longworth Gardner Judson cheered from the stands as friends and classmates joined in songs of Alma Mater.
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Harvard
Symphony Hall
Clab
Henry Lee Higginson
Charles Storrow
J. P. Walker
J. Herbert Center
N. P. Hallowell
J. Wright
David F. Lincoln
William Lawrence
Frank W. Hitchcock
Navy
George von L. Meyer
Nicholas Longworth
A. P. Gardner
William D. Judson
Europatkia
United States
Philadelphia Seeks City Loan for 9 750 000 in 1911
Proposals from bidders are invited in Philadelphia City Hall for a nine million seven hundred fifty thousand dollar loan to fund convention hall, park improvements, sewers, bridges, and public buildings. The loan bears four percent interest, runs thirty years, and payments start after certification.
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Philadelphia
A. D
Delaware
Sehuykill
Nt League Island Park
Cohocksink
Cobb's Creek Park
South Broad Street
City Hall
Fairmount Park
Hunting Park
Pennypack Creek Park
Richmond
Philadelphia On Street
Kensingt
Reading
Richmond Run Avenue
United States
Philia
Iit
Presentation of 1901 Class Banner at Veterans Event
Flags and pennons were displayed as the class of 1901 presented a banner bearing the numerals 61. Colonel Hallowell accepted the banner for the class and led veterans in a cheer for the donors.
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Hallowell
The Aeronauts Poem By Rev William Holbrook Read
A poem by the late Rev. William Augustus Holbrook of Swampscott is read at the class of 1861 dinner. He wrote the verses before his death on April 30, reflecting on flight and a farewell to old Cambridge and Harvard landmarks. He recalls Holden Hollis Gore Gore founder chants and the ship Aero as emblem of unity.
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John Andrew Sullivan
William Voorhees Judson
Daniel Butler Fearing
Perseus
Henry Solon Graves
William Bradley Coley
Okakura Kakuzo
Peece
Japan
William Augustus Holbrook
Swampscott
Old Cambridge
Memorial Tower
Gore
Aero
Daedalus
Jason
The Fifty Year Flight of Aeronauts and Visionaries
A reflective verse recalling sixty years of aviation progress. It contrasts worldly gains with spiritual wisdom and notes advances in transport, communications, and global links. It honors pioneers from 1861, laments lost comrades, and envisions unity across nations and faiths through progress.
State finance commission bill advances in House vote
The House approved a State finance commission measure by 118 to 64. Speaker Walker urged passage as supporters led by Governor Fos push for state wide oversight of departments and city and town accounts. White of Brookline opposed, warning cities and towns fear intrusion by experts. Reidy of Boston moved to substitute. White opposed the bill with claims about local autonomy. Washburn of Worcester defended the proposal amid political calculations.
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House
State Finance Commission
Commonwealth
Walker
Fos
White
Brookline
Lomasney
Committee On Ways and Means
Reidy
Boston
Washburn
Worcester
Court Settles Whist Club Fracas Over Boston Trip
A court case centers on the Nahant Four Hundred Whist Club dispute after a Boston pleasure trip. Testimony alleges $18.20 share, prize mixups over a 75 cent china puff holder, and factional rifts among members led by Mrs. Morine Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Pankhurst with Mrs. Benz and Miss Beth Koliock corroborating. The matter was continued after arguments on profits and who shared trip proceeds.
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Boston
Pankhurst
Benz
Marguerite Woodworth
Morine
State Finance Commission Appointment Sparks Local Debate
The speaker noted the five year old appointment and the desire of townspeople to learn how funds are spent. Walker offered an amendment to preserve the Boston finance commission law, which carried on a voice vote.
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State Finance Commission
Walker
Boston Finance Commission
Milk Producers Vote Denied By Mr Stanley Abbott
A reader from Wilton New Hampshire objects to a milk producers meeting report. He states no vote to withhold milk on July 1 occurred and asks for a correction. He notes the matter is serious and could cause misunderstanding.
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Stanley
H. Abbot
Wilton
N. H
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John W. Hammond
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Leland Stanford, Jr
University
A. M. Okakura Kakuzo
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
William B. Coley
Henry S. Graves
United States Forest Service
Daniel B. Fearing
William V. Judson
Old College
Old Massachusetts Hall
Christ Episcopal Church
Memorial Hall
Laws
William Chase Green
Baltimore
Frank Erskine Crawford
Frank Stern
Takashi Komatsu
Monmouth
Ill
LAW School
Divinity School
Arthur Evans Wood
Dorchester
James Merriam Moore
Institute of Technology
State Board of Education
Alumni Association
Sever
New London
Henry Cabot Lodge
Jerome D. Green
New York
William S. Boyden
Chicago
Lawrence Xr.ee
Eitween Basement
Washington and
Winter Streets
Washington Street
J. G. Small Co
Warner
Warner's
Safe Cure
Rochester
Wilson Bros
Bodley Sq
Amato
Bled
Philadelphia City
Office OF the Mayor
THE
Aeronauts
Europe
Russia
China
Persia
Turk
Portuguese
Evermore
FIN. Com
Harvard Brewing CO
Lowell, Mass
Commercial Wharf
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