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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
5
Mayor Haines issued a sharp indictment of Medford public schools after a tour of inspection. He says most schools are in dangerous condition with fire trap risks and that even the new Wellsington building lacks adequate seating forcing classes to stand. He condemns the board of aldermen and the school committee for the conditions observed.
The mayor blasts the aldermanic board for favoritism and inefficiency hindering city improvements. He labels Tufts School conditions as horrible and calls for urgent expansion of James School while warning Curtis and Swan schools pose fire risks. He plans an alderman slate to back his administration.
Cambridge report shows six Crimson athletes act as tutors aiding classmates. Weekly five seminars review Harvard course lectures to help students answer tests. Captains Edward Mahan and Henry Nash among tutors, plus Kenneth Culbert N Victor Nelson and William Boles.
The Rev A Conrad pastor of Park Street Congregational Church convened a laymen conference at the City Club to boost Greater Boston Congregational representation for the Boston Laymen’s Convention on November 14. Joseph J Tillinghast chairs a 25 member committee to organize lay members and aim for 1000 attendees. Speakers included the Rev Hubert C Herring Theodore KK Stevenson and Charles C Merrill.
Dorchester leader John H. Riley announces the Knights of Columbus will construct a large new home facing Boylston Street and Ipswich Street in the Fenway. Cardinal O Connell provides land at minimal cost and the project includes the citys largest auditorium, council chambers, social halls, library, gymnasium, baths, courts, bowling alleys, sleeping rooms, and State council offices.
John Coughlan, aged suspect in a shoe store robbery at 893 Dorchester Street, escaped custody in the municipal building basement after a fellow prisoner collapsed. He was recaptured on Dorchester Street by Patrolman George M. Gould while returning home, as his mother hurried to the courthouse to learn of his arraignment before Judge Logan.
Memorial Hall reached 1100 permanent diners, a new high for Harvard Dining Association meals. With transients included, daily meals served total about 3500.
The Franco American Flying Corps opens an office on Rue de Ponthieu in Paris with 23 American airmen led by liot C. Cowdin Norman Prince and D G Masson among the listed members. Three pilots Thaw Prince and Cowdin are cited in orders for combat actions against German aircraft.
The Harvard Speakers Club will be the guest of honor in its new quarters on Holyoke Street. A house-warming reception will be held that evening after moving from the Agassiz House at Broadway and Quincy Street in Cambridge where the club previously resided.
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