Middlesex Women’s Club Bulletin Highlights March Events
The Middlesex Women’s Club bulletin lists March 6 music sessions on Brahms and Chopin, a March 6 drama night with monologues and a member written play, and a March 7 open meeting on Civil Service Reform addressed by Richard Henry Dana. It notes postponement of the literature meeting and discusses the French feminist movement urging broader education for women and property voting rights in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brahms
Chopin
Colonial Hall
Setiology Department
Richard Henry Dana
Literature Department
France
America
Albany
Inauguration gowns and college events described
The article details Mrs McKinley's gown with white satin and rhinestones, Mrs Theodore Roosevelt's white silk gown, Mrs Marcus Hanna's Worth white satin creation, and Miss Ruth Hanna's white tulle debutante dress. It notes Mrs Hanna's pearls and diamonds, plus a survey of class activities, songs, a gym debate on federal protection for negro suffrage, and evening social scenes with students and fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. McKinley
Theodore
Washington
Marcus A. Hanna
Nelson A. Miles
Jessie Ames
Proxy
Barney
Lowell
Louie Ellingwood
Florence Nesmith
Helen Hill
Nesmith
Ellingwood
Bertha Holden
May Wilder
Alice Duckworth
Tubby
New Jersey
Nedal
Stuart
Illinois
Antis use Nation case to attack Kansas women voters
Critics argue that anti-suffragists misquote Miss Anthony to claim Kansas women’s suffrage failed. The piece notes a fuller quote showing legislators empowered governors to appoint police commissioners, enabling uneven enforcement of saloon laws. It cites Babcock and a choleric parable, challenging the logic of anti-suffrage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Nation
Kansas
Miss Anthony
Nation
Muniorty
Elnora Monroe Babcock
National Suffrage Association
Middlesex Women's club drama program announced
A Wednesday afternoon programme by the Middlesex Women's club dramatic section features Irish Impersonation by Miss Gertrude Edmund, character sketch by Miss Margaret Chase, piano solo Two Larks by Miss Harriet Coburn, piano duet Rhapsody by Liszt by Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Dumas Long, and an original play A Difference in Clocks by Miss Ethel Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Women’s Club
Gertrude Edmund
Margaret Chase
Harriet Coburn
Mary Reilly
Liszt
Taylor
Dumas
Limitations of Psychology by Professor Muensterberg
The lecture argues psychology has clear limits for practical use. It cautions against quick application to education and crime, comparing study of the mind to botanists and engineers. The speaker urges interpretation over mere description and warns against treating minds as measurable parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muensterberg
Psychologist Muensterberg Spends Day in Lowell Mills
Professor Muensterberg delivers a lecture stressing the social risks of substituting psychological objects for living beings in family and church life. Afterward he and friends are hosted at tea, noting he toured Lowell mills and could spend six months studying them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muensterberg
Lowell
Normal man more moral and happy, researchers claim
Edward Marshall cites Chicago tests on seven thousand schoolchildren showing physical development aligns with intellect, girls and boys differ in mental capacity, and Lombroso’s theory of moral superiority with physical perfection holds. He argues prizefighters are often abnormal physically, normality correlating with happiness and civic usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lombroso
James Corbett
Robert Fitzsimmons
Edward Marshall
Frank Leslie
Lisbon Falls man keeps temperance pledge since 1831
G W B Smith of Lisbon Falls Maine signed the temperance pledge in 1831 at the first temperance meeting in today Searsport formerly West Prospect He was 16 then and at 86 he recalls never breaking the pledge and says he has worked in every temperance organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. B. Smith
Lisbon Falls
Searsport
West Prospect
Mission Work in Japan Visit to Okayama
Miss Edith Ella Russell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Russell, writes from Okayama December 3 1900 about visiting the American Board work there. She describes the Sunday school, the clean Japanese styled church, an orphanage caring for about 150 children, a bugle calling to duties, and a band formed by older boys. She notes lack of funds for glasses for a near sighted girl and praises the park, Dr Pettee, and Miss Gulick. She travels to Kobe, expressing gratitude for the Okayama visit and includes a Japanese translation letter from a beneficiary thanking her for spectacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Ella Russell
A. C. Russell
Japan
Okayama
Mr. Pettee
Miss Gulick
Miss Wainwright
Dr. Pettee
Kobe
Edithella Russ
Lil
Miss Russell
Missionary Meeting At YWCA Wednesday Evening
A missionary meeting under the missionary committee will be held at the rooms of the Young Women's Christian Association on Wednesday at 7 30. Mrs Baston of India will be present and address the gathering. All girls and women are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Committee
Young Women’s Christian Association
Baston
India
Advertisers Urged to Place Ads in the Courier
The Courier urges local businesses to secure ad space now, promising broad reach and timely placement. Campaign emphasizes swift booking, competitive rates, and prime positions for upcoming sections and features.
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Chiffon
Usion
Smith
Fair Smith
Plymouth Hall
Puisone Cahine
Blodgett
Tyler
Seeley
Gen
Guild
Helen Coburn
Hanscom
Alice Richardson
May
Avis Coburn
Bridget Smith
Meadow City
T Hat
Smith College
Theodore Roosevelt
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Percy M. Smith
Ethel Livingston
Edith Ela Russell
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