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Newspaper

Mount Pleasant Times

Location

Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1926

Page

7

Honor Roll Sets New School Record With 145 Names

The spring term honor roll rose to 145 students, surpassing winter’s 123. Hazel Minore of Flint and Faith Johnson of Rosebush earned all A’s despite extra subjects, with several others matching the high standard across multiple subjects.

Hazel Minore Flint Faith Johnson Rosebush High Point Albert Butler Florence Tensant John Tennant Alan Wooley Midland Leon Snyder Central Lake Alice Wellington Lewiston Barbara K. Anthony Grayling Nyla Blancher Carson City Arrest Butler Lakeview Winifred Clark Port Austin Arthur B. Coffee Owosso Edward Fitting Hemlock Maynard Hicks Mt. Pleasant Florence Tennant Saginaw Keith Waggoner Ithaca Merrill Marjorie Carothers Stanton Theodore Carter Bay City Mary Debar Elsie Ella Evey Harry Fee Bernice Fox St. Louis Maurice Guy Rapid City Ruth Hartung Onekama Myrtle Hennesy Helen Klien Alvine Kreutzer Bay Shore George Lance

Rich Philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn Profiles And Impact

The article traces Adolph Lewisohn rising from a New York youth to a billionaire philanthropist. It notes his roles as president of several companies and his notable gifts to Columbia University and the College of the City of New York. It also comments on his early ambitions and civic aims.

Adolph Lewisohn New York Mr. Lewisohn Tennessee Copper and Chemical Corporation General Development Company Minmi Copper Company American Gold and Platinum Company School of Mines Columbia University

New Department Head at Normal to Be Honored

Prof M L Smith new head of Central Normal rural department succeeds late Prof John Kelley. He will be honored at the Michigan Rural Education Society meeting at Central Normal on Friday July 9. Luncheon at the Dormitory speeches by Miss Frances Farnum and Prof Smith plus discussion of next year's plans. Invitations extended by Miss Isabelle M Becker secretary to all members and interested in rural education. Smith previously at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia as director of visual education printing publicity and school consolidation before 1910.

M. L. Smith Central’s Rural Department John Kelley Michigan Michigan Rural Education Society College Teachers of Rural Education Central Normal Frances Farnum Smith Isabelle M. Becker The Kansas State Teachers College Emporia

Smith Leads School Consolidation and New Buildings Drive

In the summer of 1924 he lectured on rural education at the University of Tennessee and, as director of the department of school consolidation at Emporia, helped organize over a hundred consolidated schools and plan fourteen new school buildings.

University of Tennessee Emporia Smith

Flivver Talk and Half-Finished Plans in a Lost Conversation

A dialogue fragment centers on a steno girl and a house detective as they speculate about marriage and rides in a flivver. The girl contemplates future independence with limited wealth and a wish for stable roads, while musings on love, mobility, and personal courage surface amid scattered reflections on life and leadership.

The Why of Superstitions by Harving King

An essay explains old beliefs about mirrors and the soul. It traces the idea that a reflection carries the external soul and how brides and children were viewed as vulnerable to misfortune if their image is broken or photographed.

McClure Newspaper Syndicate

Clare Fire Responds to Hay Field Blaze

A rural fire truck raced from Clare to a hay field on the Sutherland farm thirteen miles northeast to battle a blaze. Fire crews reached control in thirty two minutes despite five hundredths of the field burning. Origin unknown due to distant location. Mrs. L. L. Bergery angling near the Tobacco River mill pond caught a sixteen inch rainbow trout with a cane pole and grub line. E. Doherty and family returned.

Sutherland Farm Clare L. L. Bergery Tobacco River E. Doherty

Angelica Visit and Local Notices in Clare Area

A trip from Niagara Falls to Clare covered 479 miles in one day. Mrs. E A White of Symaria Florida visits Dr J W Dimlop home. Funeral services for Mrs Earl Dowland were held on South McEwan Street. Her eleven day old baby will be cared for by her husband and his mother. Miss Dorothy Brawer Nellie Jane Davy and Mary Elden secured summer work at Roaring Brook. Rev H B Johnson spoke to the Rotary Club. Mrs Martin Larsen of Chicago visits her sister Mrs H B Johnson. Clare beat Glindwin 14 to 13 at Houghton Lake Sunday.

Wivverius The MacNouchs Syndicate, Inc Angelica N. Y Niagara Falls Clare E. A. White Symaria Florida J. W. Dimlop Earl Dowland South McEwan Street Dorothy Brawer Nellie Jane Davy Mary Elden Roaring Brook H. B. Johnson Rotary Club Martin Larsen Chicago Glindwin Houghton Lake

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