Examinations Deemed Of Little Value By Educators
In Philadelphia on November 29 the twenty sixth annual convention of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle States and Maryland heard leaders question exams. Harvard President Lowell said school tests reveal only remembered facts rather than true knowledge. Speakers included Pro West Smith of the University of Pennsylvania A H Downing New York education commissioner Dean Andrew T M West of Princeton and Rush Hee s president of the University of Rochester.
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Philadelphia
United States
Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of
Middle States
Maryland
Lowell
Harvard University
Pro West Smith
University of Pennsylvania
A. H. Downing
Education
New York
Andrew TF. West
Princeton
Rush Tihees
University of Rochester
Car Inspector Krause Case Continued in Court
Krank G. Krause the car inspector for Boston and Maine faced a continued court appearance after alleging wrongful arrest on a pocket-ticking charge against John McCarthy. Judge Sullivan postponed the case to December 6 and fixed bail at $500.
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Krank G. Krause
Boston & Maine Railroad
John McCarthy
Sullivan
Krause
Misery Spoils a Good Dinner Footnote
A sensational 1920s style ad touts TIZ foot remedy promising relief from corns bunions and aching feet. It urges readers to request a free trial from Walter Luther Dodge & Co at 1223 S Wabash Ave Chicago Illinois and claims a 25 cent box available at stores.
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Tiz
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
S. Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Thought Autoists Burglars: Cambridge Car Crash at Bullock Home
James C. McCormick treasurer of United Drug. mis taken for a burglar by Professor Charles J. Bullock of Harvard. McCormick and a companion were driving in Cambridge when a rear wheel came off, sending the car across a sidewalk into a tree near the Bullock residence.
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James C. McCormick
United Drug Company
Charles J. Bullock
T Harvard
Cambridge
Mr. McCormick
Bullock
Professor Bullock and McCormick Entangle in Home Visit
Mrs Bullock and her son briefly left home for a walk when burglars looted the house. Mr McCormick and his friend stayed with the repairman arriving from the garage. Professor Bullock then confronted the intruders and believed he had captured them. The misunderstanding was cleared and Mrs Bullock found her husband with the guests chatting.
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Mrs. Bullock
Mr. McCormick
Professor Bullock
McCormick
Harvard
Newman Lectures on Switzerland At Symphony Hall
E M Newman presented his third travel talk to a Symphony Hall audience last night detailing Swiss attractions. He shared filmed color views from Geneva Interlaken Chamonix Zermatt St Moritz Lucerne Zurich and Mt Blanc ascent, highlighting scenery climate resorts and lakes alongside vivid motion pictures. The lecture will be repeated this afternoon.
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E. M. Newman
Switzerland
Symphony Hall
Little
Republic
Newman
Geneva
Interlaken
Chamonix
Zermatt
St. Moritz
Lucerne
Zurich
Mt. Blanc
Urack Proves Virtuoso In Boston Symphony Solo
Otto Urack, early Boston Symphony cellist, soloed yesterday at Symphony Hall. Brahms Second Symphony and Schumann Genoveva overture opened the program. Urack offered Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, which drew mixed notes for length though his playing earned repeated recalls. The reviewer praised the symphony performance as virile and poetic, noting Dr. Mack's pacing and Urack's refined yet powerful tone despite some criticism of the concerto.
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Otto Urack
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Brahms
Schumann
Mack
Urack
Boston
Dvorak
Mr. Urack
William I. Jackson Named U S Senator Replacement
Governor Goldsborough announces William I. Jackson Republican National Committeeman for Maryland to fill the late Isidor Rayner's unexpired Senate term until 1914. He led Taft forces in Maryland as the Legislature to elect the successor to John Walter Smith in 1915.
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Baltimore
Goldsborough
William I. Jackson
Maryland
United States
Isidor Rayner
John Walter Smith
Miss Mabel Boardman honored by Mikado
Miss Mabel Boardman secretary of the American Red Cross received from the White House the Fifth Order of the Crown from the Japanese Emperor for distinguished service. It is the first time an American woman has been so honored by Japan. The insignia arrived via Marquis Matsukati and President Taft thanked both the Marquis and the Emperor.
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Washington
Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross
White House
Japan
Miss Boardman
Taft
Marquis Matsukati
Red Cross
Clinedinst
Washington, D. C
Noted Woman Doctor Dead
Dr. Elizabeth C. Keller, a pioneer one of the first four women physicians and a former member of the Boston School Board, died at her Jamaica Plain home. Born April 4, 1837 near Gettysburg, she established private practice in 1877 and resided in a Green and Rockview street mansion. She leaves a son William Rex McComsey, a daughter Helen Keller, and two nieces.
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Elizabeth C. Keller
Boston School Board
Rockview Street
Jamaica Plain
Gettysburg
Penn
William and
Mary Rex
Lancaster
Keller
Green and
Rockview Streets
Jamaica Club
William Rex McComsey
Helen Keller
Minnie C. Hall
Retta Curry
Mills Must Pay for Goods in Supreme Court Ruling
The Bristol Manufacturing Company of New Bedford wins 16 584.96 from Arkwright Mills Wall River after a breach of contract for 1 500 000 yards of cotton cloth. Arkwright resold goods to Merrimac Manufacturing without inspection. Merrimac rejected quality and cancelled. Court finds constructive delivery and orders payment.
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Bristol Manufacturing Company
New Bedford
Supreme Judicial Court
Arkwright Mills
Wall River
Sait
Arkwright Company
Merrimac Manufacturing Company
Merrimac Company
Bristol Company
Sun Yat Sen to Arrive in Boston With Chinese Delegation
Dr Sun Yat Sen former provisional president of China will arrive in the United States soon with a party of Chinese diplomats. He may land in Boston from Europe and local immigration officials have been instructed from Washington to extend every courtesy to the visitors if they arrive at this port.
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Sun Yat Sen
China
Boston
Europe
Washington
Don Dia of Persia Arrives Aboard Cambrian Line
Unheralded Don Dia of England arrives aboard the liner Cambrian at Charlestown Leyland line dock yesterday morning. He wears a unique Persian chinchilla coat and is assisted down the gang plank by valets.
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Don Dia
England
Cambrian
Charlestown Leyland Line
Chinese officials to visit United States for government study
Dr. Sen travels with Hon. Wang Chang Wui former justice minister Hon. Hsu Chin former vice minister of justice Hon. Chentung T. Wang former vice minister of industries and commerce and Governor Chen Chi Mei of a Chinese province A Pekin legation report says they will arrive soon Inmigration Commissioner Keefe directs admission and facilitation of landing Boston Chinamen say they would welcome the party if they arrive in New England
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Dr. Sen
Wang Chang Wui
Hsu Chin
Chentung T. Wang
Fon
Chen Chi Mei
Washington
Legation
Pekin
America
Daniel J. Keefe
Charles IK. Sue
Boston
Sons of China
New England
Little Folks Present German Fairy Play at Shubert Theatre
Under the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union the Children's Players staged The Naughty Little Princess a German fairy tale translated by Mrs Renton Whidden at the Shubert Theatre yesterday afternoon. The tale follows a mischievous princess whose father calls in the Forest Witch to remove her. Ogre rules the woods until Yaringel the hunchback helps the princess grow up and, upon relinquishing her crown, slays the Ogre. The hunchback becomes a prince and the couple wed. the cast included Margaret Hatfield as the princess J R Osgood Perkins as Yaringel and Irving Locke as the Ogre. The production featured music and dances with an orchestra led by Walter M Johnson.
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Woman's Educational and Industrial Union
The
Children’s Players
Shubert Theatre
Renton Whidden
Yaringel
Margaret Hatfield
J. R. Osgood Perkins
Irving Locke
Ogre
Walter M. Johnson
Loan shark is punished in New York court
Max Katzman was sentenced to three months in the penitentiary for usury. Clerk Louis Totans drew a 60 day sentence on a similar charge. The judge declared the practice must stop and that examples would be made of such offenders.
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New York
Max Katzman
Louis Totans
Persian chinchilla cat Don Dia arrives in New York
Don Dia, a Persian chinchilla cat valued at $150, arrived in New York after crossing the Atlantic in a special stateroom. He drew reporters with quick quips and will debut at a December 16 world cats exhibition at the Hotel Plaza, New York, following a stop in Brighton.
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Don Dia
Atlantic
Hotel Plaza
New York
Cast of Characters for Harvard Play
The Harvard Dramatic Club elected the cast for The Voice of the People a three act play by David Carb. Performances are set for Brattle Hall Cambridge December 10 and 13 and Jordan Hall Boston December 14. Principal parts go to Hume Whitemore Hammond Pichel Jonovan Clark and Marian Grege Jessie MacDonald Edna Bkehré Dorothy Sands and Bessie Carpenter.
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David Carb
Harvard Dramatic Club
Brattle Fall
Cambridge
Jordan Hall
Boston
SS. J. Hume
R. D. Whittemore
W. Hammond
T. Pichel
J. A. Jonovan
N. B. Clark
Marian Grege
Jessie MacDonald
Edna Bkehre
Dorothy Sands
Bessie Carpenter
Vanderbilt's Colts Sold at Alfred Vanderbilt Farm
New England horse enthusiasts gathered at Oakland Farm in Portsmouth to buy colts bred by the Vanderbilt stud. Prices peaked with a $240 sale for a Mackay Wilkes colt, while others drew about $131. many farm stock and implements also changed hands. Manager Charles H. Wilson drove the show harnesses for the sale.
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Newport
R. I
New England
Oakland Farm
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Portsmouth
Vanderbilt
Fall River
Mackay Wilkes
Oakland
Charles H. Wilson
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cough Remedy Formula
A traditional home cough syrup recipe blends one pint sugar with four pints warm water and two minutes stirring then adds 212 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle. The plan claims rapid relief for deep coughs and bronchial throat troubles and promises satisfaction or refund.
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United States
Canada
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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