Vaudeville in Classroom Showcases a Mental Calculator
Professor Hugo Munsterberg hosted a psychology class demonstration featuring A. L. Gamble from Rochester, who demonstrated rapid mental arithmetic and memory. The 350 students observed four and three digit multiplications in under ten and seven seconds, and Gamble recalled a 15 number sequence after a six second glance.
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Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
A. L. Gamble
Rochester
N. Y
Munsterberg
Gamble
Former Harvard Man Held for Grand Jury
Charles I. Matthews a former Harvard student was held by Judge Creed for the grand jury in the sum of 1500 dollars. He faces charges of larceny and attempted larceny by means of worthless checks. Several counts are listed against him.
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Harvard
Charles I. Matthews
Creed
Merchants Push Arlington Street Station Plan
Merchants and property owners along Boylston street will testify before the Legislature’s committee on metropolitan affairs Monday in Room 237 at the State House, urging a station at Arlington street in the Boylston street subway to retain tenants and ease patron access.
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Boylston Street
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
State House
Arlington Street
Arlington Street Station Bill Backed by City Leaders
Otto J. Piehler, head of the Arlington Street Station Association, said Boston will likely see a station built at Arlington Street by the State. The group, real estate interests, and city officials will support House Bill 1417 to have the Transit Commission erect the station within a year, allowing the Elevated to decide on use.
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Otto J. Piehler
Arlington Street Station Association
Piehler
Arlington Street Station
Elevated
Arlington Street
Wardens Convene at Fifth Annual Tree Association Meeting
More than 100 tree wardens and foresters gathered at the Quincy House for the fifth annual Massachusetts Tree Wardens and Foresters Association convention to discuss ideas and wartime methods of exterminating tree pests. Addresses by H. A. Reynolds and William H. Colton of Newton are on the program.
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Massachusetts Tree Wardens and Foresters’ Association
Quincy House
H. A. Reynolds
William Hi. Colton
Newton
Ambulance Collides With Surface Car in Haymarket
Mary Hartnett of 44 Lowell street West End escaped serious injury when the public Institutions department ambulance carrying her collided with a north bound surface car in Haymarket square near the subway entrance. John H Burke of 157 Brown avenue Roslindale the driver was thrown from his seat but held the reins and kept the horse from running away.
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Mary Hartnett
Lowell Street
West End
Public Institutions Department
Haymarket Square
John H. Burke
Brown Avenue
Roslindale
Rockefeller War Relief to Establish Europe HQ
The Rockefeller Foundation will set permanent War Relief Commission headquarters in a neutral European country. Warwick Greene resigns Philippine public works post to direct the commission's work, sailing for England with a staff including Donovan Foster and Topping. Strict neutrality and confidentiality are required for all members abroad.
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War Relief Commission
Europe
Warwick Greene
England
St. Paul
William J. Donovan
Buffalo
Reginald O. Foster
Boston
Harper D. Topping
New York
Mr. Greene
Foundation
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Philippines
Forbes
Forbes and Harrison
Greene
The
New Haven Seeks Right to Transfer Stock
The New York New Haven Hartford railway asks Supreme Judicial Court Justice Carroll to modify an injunction in the 102 million dollar Bartlett case to transfer 237 shares on its books. The stock, owned by E A Loraine Manrice Co of New York, was reportedly bought innocently on the stock exchange without knowledge of the injunction.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
Juitice Carroll
Supreme Judicial Court
Bartlett
New Haven
E. A. Manrice & Co
New York City
Stock Exchange
War Orphans to Be Adopted by Public Interests League
The Public Interests League voted to adopt several war orphans under the Franco American committee plan. Branches will raise funds across Boston Cambridge Brookline Wellesley Milton Watertown Fitchburg Canton and Waltham. The group has raised 1200 this year plus 10000 last year and read letters from Mrs Humphy Ward and Madame Szumowska thanking the league.
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Public Interests League
Comite Franco-American Pour la Protectionés Enfants de la
Boston
Cambridge
Brookline
Wellesley
Milton
Watertown
Fitchburg
Canton
Waltham
Congress urged to back Europe Jews with resolutions
The House of Representatives passed resolutions urged by Rep. Simon Swig to show Europe and the world that the United States supports suffering Jews. The measure seeks moral backing and was advanced after Swig spoke before the committee on federal relations.
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Congress
Europe
House of Representatives
Simon Swig
Roxbury
Committee On Federal Relations
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Boylston
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Ine Kimme
Lhildren
Hanover and
Portland Sts
U. S
Union Street
Greater Boston
M. G
Bec
Aun
Overland Shirt Co
Portland Streets
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