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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1904
Page
7
Wellesley College authorities report troubling late visits by tough looking men from nearby towns after dark. Girls are forbidden to walk alone on campus due to safety concerns, with some girls now carrying pistols for protection amidst increasing unease on the once safe grounds.
The Senate substituted for the adverse report a bill extending the 58hour law for women and children to include December. Senator Peters led the substitution, with Senator Wallace supporting the committee's report and testimony from last year cited. Bemis and others opposed, on a 20 to 18 vote.
The Knowlton Debating Club of Tufts held a jubilee dinner at the Crawford House last evening. Professor Lawrence was among the attendees, joining in the celebration of the club's activities and legacy.
A survey of prominent figures includes MR W H Grenfell MP praised as an outstanding athlete with a varied career from cricket at Harrow to Oxford rowing and wartime correspondence. Countess Boni de Castellane supports a gala for Russian wounded, while Alfonso XIII of Spain amuses Madrid with his grand stables. Professor William O Emory takes charge at the New Mexico State School of Mines. Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein shoots and photographs with Princess Beatrice's albums. Baron de Meyer advances his portrait work from Cadogan Gardens. Clerk of the Superior Civil Court JOSEPH A WILLARD recovers from illness. Astronomer Raymond S Dugan, Amherst alum, reports a new planet Ambhersia.
A Boston reader asks Rev Father Walsh if he has solved the problem of supporting multiple children born in quick succession after a marriage in 1897, recounting five children in under 38 months and the economic strain of poverty. Other letters lament the burden of raising three or four children on a meager income and critique Father Walsh's marriage outreach.
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