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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
6
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Essay argues Taft’s imperialism is sane prudent and courageous guiding the Philippines toward self government with independence as the goal. It contrasts with Egypt under British style rule, praising Taft’s steady, faithful leadership and unity he provides for American policy abroad.
The Times lauds Yale as Sparta of colleges, stressing grit over Attic brilliance. President Hadley’s baccalaureate sermon extols Stoic unity, warns against self interested philosophy, and notes sacrifices required to preserve both individual and national well being.
A noted figure advocates a form of imperialism grounded in freedoms and human rights within democratic institutions. He argues that the empire he dreams of rests on just laws and humane governance.
Prominent Republicans at the Chicago Convention consider shrinking hall size to curb mob noise and the risk of panic. The piece cites last week’s uproar that disrupted ballot procedures and warns that unchecked demonstrations threaten orderly party action and public confidence.
A cautious, reflective portrait describes Taft as blending compassion with a disciplined resolve. While not yet worn by hardship, he is portrayed as ready to show sympathy alongside steadfast dedication.
The text weighs a reported Kaiser speech to cavalry officers and its potential to threaten peace, noting mixed reactions in England and Germany. It contrasts diplomatic understandings with Germany’s isolation, and condemns charity tagging as harmful coercion that corrupts benevolence.
Judge Samuent Cowan of Fort Worth for the American Live Stock Association told the Chicago committee on resolutions that high minimum rates would negate revision gains and invite retaliation. He urged setting minimums to cover production costs with a reasonable profit to boost foreign trade. He noted standpatters will oppose, while business sentiment supports practical reform.
The monster suffrage procession in London displayed banners inscribed with Caroline Herschey Mary Somerville and Mary Kingsley names prompting protests from relatives who were not suffragists. The event drew many foreign marchers including participants from Hungary Russia France South Africa and the United States. Critics question why these women advocate suffrage abroad before achieving rights at home.
A historical note discusses tag days as a recent movable feast with widespread tag days across the country. It questions their moral impact and cites a cynic’s view of philanthropy as prompting people to compel others to act for different parties.
The writer objects that the Republican platform omits recognition of Roosevelt's Panama Canal achievement. They argue the canal will endure as his hallmark and memory, noting it was established when Panama separated from Colombia on election day four years prior.
A letter to the editor argues tea should be the national summer drink, praising hot or cold tea with fresh water, proper boiling, and five to nine minutes steeping. It cites Lord Kitchener’s Sudan campaign favoring tea for clear thinking and vigor, ending with signature W. A. Rally of Buffalo in June 1908.
New York plans an evening high school course on salesmanship for retail work to study store organization goods values and customer sizing up. Miss Diana Hirschler proposes the program which may expand to day schools if successful.
A letter to the editor from New York dated June 19 1908 criticizes chief clerks and department heads in the County Register's office for frequent absence and unavailability. The writer alleges high salaries and outside private practice distracting officials, calling the situation unfair and dishonesty in public service.
A playful poem near a block from the speaker features Captain Kidd Robin Hood and William Tell as child heroes in a sunny land. The verse imagines pirate and famous legends teaming with youths to stage chivalrous adventures and rescues on a greensward.
About 100 graduates will receive A B and B S degrees at the new Washington Heights campus on Wednesday evening. Gov. Hughes and Dr Henry van Dyke will speak. Richard Watson Gilder will read a commemorative poem. The 1879 class banners will be displayed and reunions for earlier classes will occur.
A silver spur engraved with Brigadier General Q A Gillmore’s name, gifted at Fort Pulaski in 1862, was found after 34 years near Seventh Avenue and Thirty-seventh Street in New York City. Henry V K Gillmores of Princeton reports the recovered item and notes the hope of locating its mate.
The Rev Dr Aked at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church denounces city and national graft saying corrupt politicians threaten democracy more than any foreign foe. He decries citizens seeking money and power over duty, urges ministers to engage in public life, and warns against a breakdown of democracy amid thieves running cities.
The Bowery Mission will relocate from 55 Bowery to 227 Bowery next September as the 55 Bowery building remains until then. The new site, a former coffin factory, will be reconfigured with a two story high auditorium for Sunday services while continuing to provide meals and coffee to Bowery outcasts each night.
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale delivered the baccalaureate address at Woolsey Hall. He contrasted Epicurean, Ascetic, Stoic, and Christian systems, praising Christian philosophy as the noblest classical element and urging the 1908 graduates to follow it.
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York delivered Dartmouth College's baccalaureate sermon on freely ye have received freely give. He urged valuing past sacred doctrines while embracing reform in social scientific medical and theological fields and cautioned against discarding past theology.
Two Boston High School of Commerce students won $1,000 scholarships and will study in South America for three months. John C. Rock 18 and Paul H. Tardival 16, both graduates of area high schools, sail from Boston to Buenos Aires aboard the Harvard tomorrow. They will visit principal South American cities and return with a full report to determine the scholarship's future.
Virgil M Brand, a Chicago coin collector, acquired a new rectangular gold ingot from the Gschwend sale. The piece weighs in pennyweights and grains, valued at 36.65 dollars, and bears the assayer F D Kohler who ran the California State Assay Office in the 1850s. It is the fourth known specimen of this form, with others valued well above face value and one recently sold in London for 1050 dollars.
President Roosevelt attended services at Christ Church in Oyster Bay on a hot day wearing a white linen suit and bowing to reporters. Secretary Loeb near heroism saved a drowning club employee, and Taft’s War Secretary succession plans loom as Wright is named.
Gov. Regis H. Post of Porto Rico, visiting Long Island, uses Bayport as headquarters with Mrs. Post. He travels by auto with old friends and attended a firemen's convention in Westhampton Beach. He says he is renewing friendships and values public office.
Government suit against Standard Oil to be heard tomorrow morning in Room 722 of the new Custom House before Special Examiner Franklin Ferriss. Hearings were paused ten days for Government counsel Frank B. Kelloge to attend the Chicago Convention. Prominent railroad figures, including Erie President Underwood, will be called as witnesses.
A farewell entertainment and reception will honor Colonel and Mrs Adam Gifford at the Salvation Army headquarters 120 West Fourteenth Street next Thursday evening. Col Gifford has led the army in New York City and State for years and will likely assume charge of the Boston headquarters. Speakers include Miss Eya Booth among others.
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