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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
20
Protesting Harvard alumni work to block a fee raise from 150 to 200 dollars. They warn the higher cost could bar many financially disadvantaged students from entering Harvard College.
Graduates urge cost cuts at Harvard arguing against higher fees for students while a special committee proposes a 200 dollar tuition for the 1916 fall term to address a 52000 dollar annual deficit. Comparisons are made with Yale Princeton Cornell Dartmouth and Penn.
Transfers announced this week place Mer Splaine as permanent rector of St. Joseph's Roxbury and shift clergy among St Monica's Dorchester Cathedral Holy Cross and Sacred Heart Middleboro. Willam Dacey moves to Cathedral Holy Cross. Thomas ONeil to St Monica's South Boston. Patrick Sharkey to Sacred Heart Middleboro.
Instruction in wireless telegraphy will be given to Harvard students this evening as the first in a series of open meetings by the Harvard Engineering Society at Craft Memorial Laboratory. Professors Pierce Chaffee and Fulton Cutting will discuss radio telegraphy and its current applications while demonstrations of sending and receiving wireless messages will be shown.
The Boston Post lists the ongoing Billy Sunday sermons with daily and Sunday editions. It details dates from Feb 28 to Mar 12 and the topics including The Ten Commandments Booze and What Shall the End Be and notes back-number requests via Circulation.
A preacher argues that praying Thy kingdom come requires active universal effort. He urges honesty in business, public virtue, and social outreach, urging believers to support the vulnerable and to live consistently seven days a week.
A sermon urges believers to align prayer with action, saying true prayer for Thy kingdom come requires integrity in work, politics, and daily conduct. It condemns hypocrisy, calls out clergy and laity alike, and emphasizes living by the golden rule.
Boston hotel managers report strong demand during the automobile show week. Back Bay houses are crowded to capacity with guests, with some managers even vacating rooms to accommodate diners and visitors. Restaurants and cafes also run at high volume, and several top hotels offer special entertainment for the week.
News items report a Boston University religious service at Old South Church on Tuesday March 30 at 12 30 pm for all university departments with the College Glee Club and choir led by Professor John P. Marshall. All Souls Church Braintree youth societies host an evening entertainment and supper with a reception for Rev F A Powell and Mrs Powell. Rev James Thompson of Epiphany Church Walpole preaches at Christ Church West Medway tonight. Rev Malcolm S Taylor of Grace Episcopal Everett preaches the Lenten sermon at St Pauls Malden tonight.
Former Secretary of the Navy George von L Meyer warns the nation is in a defenceless state and urges branches nationwide. A meeting at Youngs Hotel today aims to organize a local branch with speakers including Governor Guild and others to rally public support for defence reform.
Executors of Lewis M. Crane seek to restrain Mrs Harriet Hazelton and current holders from transferring 15 shares of second preferred stock of Loose Wiles Biscuit Company alleged to be transferred four days before Crane's death while he was opiate-affected. The suit follows Hazelton's $40,000 claim for services as Crane's companion and nurse up to his death on August 30, 1913, in Suffolk Superior Court.
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