Vanderbilt No Longer With Church
Nashville Tenn June 18 members of the Board of Trust adopt resolutions defending their course in a controversy over the General Conference of the Southern Methodist Church voluntarily terminating its relations with Vanderbilt University and renouncing rights to confirm board elections. The board asserts the court decree and Oklahoma City actions justify independence and that all relations and confirmation rights have ended.
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Board of Trust
Nashville, Tenn
General Conference
Southern Methodist Church
Oklahoma City
Vanderbilt University
College of Bishops
Tennessee Supreme Court
General Board of Education
Supreme Court of
Dynamite Comparison Sparks Calomel Warning Ad
An old advertisement touts Calomel as dangerous and compares its shock to dynamite. It promotes a vegetable substitute CARSWELL'S LIVER-AID claimed to cleanse the liver kidneys and bowels without harm. Available at Faulk's Drug Store for 50c a large bottle with a full refund if unsatisfactory.
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Carswell
Faulk
Vanderbilt Board Reaffirms Support for Theological Work
The Board of Trustees re elected J. H. Kirkland Whiteford Cole G. M. Neely Dr G B Winton Robert P Jackson and Claude Waller of this city and Robert F Mattox of Atlanta with terms expiring 1922 1916 1918 and underlining the universitys commitment to education and religion The board adopted a second resolution noting the General Conference dissolves relations while affirming continued support for the Theological Department and future policy. Harvard University closes its 278th year with a large graduating class including delegates from every state and several foreign nations The ceremonies in Sanders Theatre featured Latin oration by W M Washburn and English portions by several speakers.
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Board of Trustees
J. H. Kirkland
Whiteford R. Cole
G. M. Neely
G. B. Winton
Robert P. Jackson
Claude Waller
Robert F. Mattox
Atlanta
M. M. Cullom
Nashville
Nat Baxter, Jr
W. P. Connell
Baton Rouge
John W. Thomas, Jr
Board of Trust
Vanderbilt University
Union of Education and Religion
Sanders Theatre
W. M. Washburn
New York
W. O. Fenn
Cambridge
R. P. Goldman
Cincinnati
A. P. McMehon
Portland
P. B. Potter
Long Branch
N. J
Lowell
Wise Youngster Grins Through Father’s Grim Lesson
A four year old notices his father’s gray hair and asks why it turns gray. The father answers that new gray hairs appear when his boy is naughty. The boy ponders and replies that Grandpa must have had awfully naughty boys.
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Papa
Grandpa
Dixie travel notes and a Knights of Columbus resolution
Readers follow a tour through Leesville Manefield Shreveport Alexandria Monroe and other Louisiana locales with stops at oil fields stock farms and hog properties then a Knights of Columbus resolution honors Dr W E Sullivan and a quip from the Philadelphia Telegraph about a jail sermon sparks a vaudeville circuit rumor.
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Leesville
Manefield
Sabine Parish
Shreveport
Texas and Pacific
Alexandria
Monroe
Queen and Crescent
Rayville
Talmah
Model Road
Lespedeza
Col
F. L. Maxwell
George Yerger
Mounds
Donaldsonville
Tron Mountain
Boatsng
New Roads
Bayou Goula
Ross G. Murrell
State budget boosts hospital and agricultural funding
The measure details broad increases and new appropriations across facilities and programs. Maintains and enhances funding for Louisiana Hospital for the Inane Pineville, Asylum for the Insane Jackson, Charity Hospital Shreveport, and tuberculosis and dairy projects. New buildings, elevators, and equipment funded. state boards and experiment stations receive expanded support. education and rural consolidation aid increased.
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Louisiana Hospital
Pineville
Jackson
New London Prepares for Yale Harvard Boat Race
New London, Connecticut readies for the annual Yale Harvard boat race with crowds assembling as the event returns to its festive hometown setting on June 18. Spectators gather as teams from Yale and Harvard compete in the famed regatta along the river.
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New London
Conn
Varsity and Freshman Eights Set for Record Race Day
The Thames city hosts Yale and Harvard fans as varsity fours and freshman eight events start the program. Yale’s varsity is seen as the strongest in years, on par with Harvard, while both freshman eights are thought to be evenly matched and poised to break course records on fast water.
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Thames
Yale
Harvard
Iso
Stella Hammerstein in The Alias Irish Tessie Tour
Stella Hammerstein daughter of Oscar Hammerstein stars with her company on the Marcus Lee circuit in a sketch titled The Alias Irish Tessie.
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Stella Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein
Marcus Lee Circuit
Tessie
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