Motherhood Courses in Women's Colleges Debated
Mount Holyoke College President Miss Mary E Woolley argues liberal arts colleges should not offer special motherhood or home making courses. She says a broad liberal arts base equips women for any career including wife and mother, while vocational training can aid specific roles.
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Vassar College
Julia Lathrop
Department of Labor At
Washington
Vassar
Harvard
Mary E. Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
Miss Wooley
Miss Woolley
Ours
Wellesley
Smith
College of Liberal Arts
Erally
Atlantic
Pacific
Fur Seals Show Rare Intelligence On Pribilofs
A three scientist report to the Federal Bureau of Fisheries details fur seals on the Pribilof Islands showing strong control by humans during breeding. The study notes seals are driven counted branded and killed with ease and return to rookeries. Adults arrive May to June while yearlings come later. Bulls defend rookeries with persistence.
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Pribilof Islands
Alaska
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Pribilot Islands
Boston Man Wins Pendleton Round-Up Bull Riding Title
Boston author and explorer Charles Well ington Furlong captured the world bull riding title at the Pendleton Round-Up riding Sharkey for 12 seconds. The three day carnival drew about 65 000 spectators and showcased rough riders and trick riders amid frontier life with tributes from Thomas W Lawson.
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Texas
Charles Wellington Furlong
Boston
Pendleton
Ore
Mr. Furlong
Sharkey
Great West
Thomas W. Lawson
Oregon
American playwright Harold Chapin dies in Loos trench assault
Harold Chapin an American dramatist who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in France died at Loos at 29 after volunteering to retrieve a wounded comrade from captured German trenches. He embraced service, letters home praised British soldiers, and his death was described as glorious and worthy.
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Philadelphia
Terra-del-Fuego
Patagonia
Harper’s Magazine
Terra del-Fuego
Pendleton
Furlong
Sunday Post
Harold Chapin
England
New Witness
Sidney Dark
Chapin
Germany
France
Loos
Life Belts and Corsets in a Daring Ocean Rescue
Miss Minnie Palmer recalls the sinking of the Hesperian off the Irish coast while bound for Quebec to marry. She describes panic, the small comforts she clung to, the dream of her soldier sweetheart, and a wish to return to the sea despite danger. A Zeppelin raid at home adds to her haunted memories.
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Quebec
Minnie Palmer
Hesperian
London
Little girl puzzled by new baby sister in Newcastle
A Newcastle girl adjusts to four new babies in the family, having given up her bed and now watching mealtime. She asks her father where the new arrival will sit, showing innocent concern about the baby's place at the table.
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Newcastle
Ind
Indianapolis
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Ality
Mount Holyoke
College of Hard Knocks
Ethel Barrymore Colt
Victoria
Spain
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Cornell
Africa
Tripoli
United States
T. W. Lawson
Mose
Doubleday & Ouating
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