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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
3
Franklin B. Dyer, superintendent of public schools, argues annual report that appointments and promotions should be merit based. He states the chief purpose of school organization is to make teachers' work effective, improve initiative, and keep teachers informed and valued.
A speech urges appointing and promoting teachers strictly on merit to serve children's best interests and warns against favoritism or influence. It calls for dynamic curricula, democratic school operation, student liberty under law, and support for diverse student needs beyond the norm. A later tunnel debate ends without clash as officials pledge completion by July 1 amid labor and material shortages.
Charles Francis Hathaway of 97 Huron avenue Cambridge died yesterday in his 68th year. A noted baker, he started in Bath Missouri in 1876 and moved to Cambridge in 1882 forming C. F. Hathaway. Nineteen years ago his eldest son joined, later expanding to C. F. Hathaway & Son, and in 1912 he reorganized the firm with all his sons. Funeral at his home Sunday 3 p.m. Interment Bath, Maine.
Gerald G. Wilder, Bowdoin College librarian, was chosen president of the Maine Library Association at Waterville on May 17. Annie M. Barr Belfast and Angie Tracey Lewiston were named vice presidents, Marion Brainard Augusta secretary, and Edna A. Goodier Saco treasurer.
Officials of the Boston Elevated Railway Company and Public Works Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan set Monday July 1 as the opening date for the Andrew Square section of the Dorchester tunnel after a public hearing with Dorchester and South Boston leaders.
Charles J. Meehan of Truck 1, 20 year Lowell fireman, died after illness in Boston. Funeral held at Sacred Heart Church with Mass by Rev. Henry Burns. Procession paused at Lawrence Street station as bells tolled. Burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Survived by four sisters, order associations noted.
The steamer Tuckahoe, built in seven days, arrives at Lambert's Point and will sail today for Boston with 6500 tons of coal. The vessel's construction time is noted as a world record.
Secretary Baker presented the helmet taken from a Bavarian officer to Mrs Arthur MacArthur widow of Lieutenant General MacArthur and mother of Colonel Douglas MacArthur in Washington. Colonel MacArthur had given the helmet to Baker on his France visit and Baker kept it for the mother’s sake due to its value as a memento of her son.
The recruiting bus of the United States Marine Corps and the British and Canadian recruiting mission will visit Revere Beach this afternoon. Sergeants W H Cagan and W E Payne of the Marine Corps and J T Riddell of the Princess Pat s will speak. The bus remains at the beach all afternoon with rallies between Elliot circle and Revere street.
Christopher J. Fay of 49 Creighton Street Jamaica Plain died with funeral services at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament where a requiem high mass was sung by Rev. Edmond D Daley. Floral tributes from Fitzpatrick Court M C O F the Post Publishing Co and the Post editorial staff marked his long service as religious editor. Pallbearers were Fay’s sons Charlies E and Leo G and four nephews. Burial followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Also reported Amesbury death of John Hamlen aged 55 Haverhill struck by an auto truck on State highway en route from Portsmouth to Boston.
Dr. John Perrins a prominent Roxbury and Back Bay physician and father of Judge John Perrins Jr died yesterday at his home 70 Huntington avenue in his 68th year He practised on Shawmut avenue for years and for the past decade on Huntington avenue He was a Mason and a member of the Eclectic Medical Society.
Secretary McAdoo told Senate in a letter to Senator Calder that general building should proceed as usual in any emergency. He rejected Calder's claim that Treasury guidance halted construction, saying banks and mortgage lenders were advised only against unnecessary building.
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