Princeton Commencement Attended by Wilson and Cleveland
Princeton University's 156th commencement at Alexander Hall drew about 213 graduates as President Woodrow Wilson and former President Grover Cleveland led the academic procession. Prizes fellowships and honorary degrees were announced, with the ceremony ending after songs and the senior cup ritual.
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United States
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Henry G Leach
Robert Candee
Netherlands
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Vassar Commencement Ends with Grants and Endowment Drive
At Roughkeepsie on June 10, Vassar College conferred A B degrees on 154 graduates with 23 honors and 3 A M degrees. President Taylor announced endowment fund gifts and scholarships, noting John D Rockefeller Jr pledged matching funds up to 200,000 dollars. Alumnae raised most of 50,000 dollars in hand. remaining 150,000 dollars urged from external benefactors. Scholars include Chamberlain Cross Kellogg Mills and Stone Stevenson. Wood's Hall tables assigned. geology prize awarded to Emily Running and mineralogy to Ellen White.
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D. Rockefeller
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Nassar
Alice” M. Chamberlain
Pa Wilson “Cross
Angie
Kellogg
Mary Elizabeth Mills
Mary “Richardson
Lydia Pratt Bubhbott
Douisa “Stone Stevenson
Cornel University
Wood's Hall
Louise Hoyt
Gregory
Anniese Fall
Delf Geneva Rogers
Yale and Harvard crews clash in improvised races at sea
Gales Ferry Conn June 10 Yale varsity eight met Harvard freshmen racing downstream then chased by Yale four oared boats. Yale held steady while Harvard pressed, with improvements shown in Yale freshmen and varsity crews under coaches Kennedy Higginson. Foggy conditions hampered steering and pace on the river with coxswain Litchfield adjusting course as crews stretched miles downstream.
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Normal College Prizes Honor Seventeen at Commencement
The Normal College of the City of New York named valedictorian Florence Edna Bassett and salutatorian Evelyn Grace Flynn from seventeen top scholars after an elocution contest. The list includes fifteen other honor roll members and numerous prize winners across English, music, German, French, natural science, and Latin disciplines with multiple honorable mentions. The commencement is set for June 17 at Carnegie Hall.
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Union College 107th Commencement Honors Class of 1863
The 107th annual commencement at Union College in Schenectady featured graduates and returning alumni. Honorary Chancellor Rev Dr William R Huntington gave the address. Degrees awarded included LLD to Huntington and Dix, D.D. to Milford and Beach, PhD to Protenslady, and A B to Solomon Wright Russell.
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Rutgers
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Meadow Brook Polo Clinches Cup Win Over Second Team
Meadow Brook Club first team defeated the second team 16 to 9 at Meadow Brook field. Reginald Brooks and A. B. Alexander led scoring with seven and five goals respectively. H P Whitney contributed and Miss May Bird's horse caused a brief chase near the end. The match was the second in the Meadow Brook Club Cup series with Rockaway and Westchester to meet next.
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Languages in Schools Debate Over Modern Foreign Languages
The Board of Education faces a protest after a new course makes French and German compulsory only in eighth grade. Commissioner Guy criticizes haste in adoption and the potential removal of languages from elementary schools. Dr Maxwell and Wingate push for more language study and oppose forcing languages on young learners.
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Seawanhaka Cup Trials Held in Light Fog at Manchester
Light fog disrupted the first day of Seawanhaka Cup trials in Manchester Massachusetts. Five entrants competed for the St. Louis challenger with Kolotov and Vampire leading early races. Frontenac trailed by over five minutes. Dulce and Meda did not start.
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Trapshooting contest held by New York Fish and Game group
Eighty top shooters competed in Ossining New York in a series of inanimate target contests under the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. H Stewart of Rochester led with 128 targets hit from 160. J P Skelly and Neal Apgar followed. Talmitre won the Merchandise Shoot prize amid a 24 of 25 tally, Elmsford claiming second after a shoot-off, Beyer top among third-place finishers. Rain interrupted play but few results were affected.
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Plainfield
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Christian
Talmitre
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Hopkins
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Mamie Highland
Tarrytown
Weather Log Shows Seasonal Shifts Across Regions
High pressure over the Upper Mississippi Valley and western Great Lakes cools the central region by 5 to 27 degrees below normal. Frost occurred in western Dakotas. showers and thunderstorms spread across the East and South with fair conditions in the Ohio Valley. Forecast calls for showers in the South and Central Rocky Mountains, with generally fair weather Friday and warming in the central valleys. Winds vary by coast and lake regions, with lighter winds on the New England coast and northerly to northeasterly winds on the upper lakes.
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Yale Polo Team Geared for Debut in New York Match
Yale Polo Club made its first regular appearance against Squadron A at Van Cortlandt Park. The visitors from Yale struggled in 54 to 8 defeat as Hoyt Hamlin and Moore sparked Yale early on but could not halt Squadron A’s superior scoring. Douglas and L J Hunt led the troopers with multiple goals as Yale’s effort showed promise in the season opener.
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