Harvard adopts new sports regulation plan
The joint committee on athletic regulation at Harvard approves measures to cut costs and debt, shift expenses to students, reduce gate receipts, phase out professional coaches, develop Soldiers Field, maintain intercollegiate contests, and appoint a full time graduate manager to oversee the athletics committee. The plan aims to limit trips from Cambridge and streamline administration.
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Soldiers Field
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Lawrence Scientific School
Cambridge
Moorfield Storey
New England
Harvard Faces Reforms for Intercollegiate Athletics
A Harvard report proposes reforming athletic governance. It urges limiting professional coaches to development roles, electing undergraduates to the athletic committee, reducing travel and training table expenses, and using surpluses to pay stadium debt, with Moorfield Storey offering a minority set of constraints.
Fair Deal for Expressmen at annual meeting
At Youngs Hotel the Expressmen League urged fair treatment and a public hearing on Boston Elevated Railway petitions to carry merchandise. John A. Sullivan argued against competition by the elevated line, while John P. Morse stressed efficiency of express services and urged action in Boston and Brookline. Morse was re elected president.
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William Berwin
Boston Board of Aldermen
Expressmen’s League
Young’s Hotel
League
John A. Sullivan
Boston
Express Companies
John P. Morse
Boston Elevated
Board of Trade
Fitzgerald
Brookline
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Taxation Committee Hearings on College Property Held
The legislative taxation committee heard arguments from Harvard President Eliot and leaders of Mt Holyoke Smith and Clark on taxing college property. Eliot proposed wider publicity of college accounts as a possible public service.
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Legislative Committee
Eliot
Harvard
Mary E. Woolley
Mt. Holyoke
Seelye
Smith
Stanley Hall
Clark University
Abolition of death penalty debated in judiciary committee
Senator James H. Vahey urged a referendum tied bill to abolish the death penalty. Herbert L. Baker for the Anti-Death Penalty League argued juries could qualify for capital punishment, noting success in many states.
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James H. Vahey
Charles L. Tucker
Judiciary Committee
Vahey
Herbert L. Baker
Erastus Jones Dead In Spencer at Age 81
Erastus Jones founder of E. Jones & Co boot factory and Spencer treasurer dies at his Main Street home after a three day illness. The obituary notes his status as Spencer’s wealthiest citizen and long civic involvement.
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Spencer
Erastus Jones
E. Jones &Co
Main Street
If These Nine Vessels Formed One Giant Ship
A hypothetical mega-ship could combine nine vessels with lengths 370 to 4 200 feet and tonnages from 8 000 to 54 250 tons. If merged the final craft would be hundreds of feet long and massively heavy.
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Boston Harbor
Dolmetsch Concert in Chickering Hall Delights with French Masters
The second Dolmetsch concert in Chickering Hall showcased French composers from the 16th to 18th centuries. performers included Dolmetsch on lute treble viol viola d amore violin and harpsichord with William Adams, Mrs Dolmetsch on bass viol viola da gamba Miss Laura Kelsey tenor viol and Mme Marcus as singer. The program highlighted Rappel des Oiseaux by Rameau and brilliant viola da gamba works by Marius Forqueray le Fils and d Hervelois.
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Marius
Forqueray le Fils
d’Hervelois
Mrs. Dolmetsch
Mme. Marius
Cold and Grip Remedy Promoted by Bromo Quinine
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a worldwide cold and neuralgia cure that removes the cause. It invites readers to call for the full product name and notes a signature by B. W. Grove.
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B. W. Grove
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