NYU Commencement Honors 511 Graduates at 76th Ceremony
New York University conferred degrees on 511 graduates at its seventy sixth commencement on University Heights. Honorary Doctor of Laws were awarded to Justice Pewlings, Dean Kirchwey, President Davis, and James Ford Rhodes, with Master of Letters to Helen Gray Cone and Edward Hagaman Hall. Chancellor MacCracken urged a model college system and discussed the balance between undergraduate training and professional education, stressing the university’s public mission and the need to preserve independent and state universities.
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June Exercises at West Point Headed by Visiting Board
West Point June exercises proceed amid reduced public drawing power after early graduation of the first class. Visitors arrive including Lt Gen B M Sn U A retired, Col Higginson, Charles Hough, Robert Bean, George Patton, J Morgan Bulkeley, Adin Stillwater, and John Chaney. The visiting board learns their visit may be among the last acts of the recently adjourned Congress.
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Visitors Stay Through Exercises At Academy
Visitors will remain until the close of next week’s exercises and are given academy courtesies. Today the second class conducted a cavalry drill as part of the program.
Honors for Bishop Johnson at General Theological Seminary
The General Theological Seminary held commencement exercises in its Chelsea Square chapel. Bishop A C A Hall of Vermont presided and spoke to 33 graduates. Fifteen ministers received Bachelor of Divinity degrees, and Bishop J H Johnson of Los Angeles earned a Doctor of Divinity honorary degree. Three more honorary degrees were approved for later conferral to Dr. William Porcher Du Bose, Bishop E J Knight, and Bishop T M Morrison.
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University of the South
E. J. Knight
Western Colorado
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Iowa
Austrian Universities Hit by General Strike Over Academic Freedom
A broad student strike spread through Vienna and other Austrian universities after Dr. Wahrmund, a Catholic law professor, sparked friction with the Vatican with anti clerical lectures. Innsbruck closed its university amid disturbances by clerical students prompting a call for unity until academic freedom is upheld.
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Weddings Past and To Come Brighten Society Notes
Four hundred guests from New York Westchester and New Haven attended weddings spanning Philadelphia New Brunswick and Northport. Notables include Julia Stanton Adee and Dr Raymond Townshend in West Chester St Peters Church with Yale trained groom and Westchester society connections. Other ceremonies include Gladys Turnbull and Lieutenant Nelson Wulte in Philadelphia and Margaretta Meyer Rice in New Jersey plus multiple nuptials related to prominent East Coast families. Engagements also surface with Helen de Young and George Cameron of San Francisco.
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Raymond R. Townshend
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West Chester
F. M. Ciendenin
Joseph Foster
Westchester Country Club
George A. Adee
Dr. Townshend
Henry Townshend
Eblen L. Adee
Catherine Fellowes
Jessie Letchford
Morristown
N. J
Joseph P. Dana
Townshend
Yale
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Roosevelt Hospital
Sylvan Maternity Hospital
San Francisco
Helen de Young
M. H. de Young
George Cameron
Chauffeur Fined for Speeding with Mrs Gould's Car
David Durrick, chauffeur for Mrs Frank J Gould, was fined ten dollars in Special Sessions at St George yesterday for speeding. He was driving Mrs Gould from Philadelphia to Manhattan on Sunday afternoon when Officer Bearson arrested him for driving at twenty five miles an hour on Richmond Road Dongan Hills.
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Knox Memorial Tablet to honor city education leader
A tablet for Charles H. Knox, former president of the Board of Education and Municipal Civil Service Commission, will be unveiled at Knox Memorial Church next Sunday. Knox led the Knox Memorial Chapel Bible class for 25 years, directing it in person at every session until three weeks before his death on June 2, 196.
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Gunnery Alumni Meet Honors Gunn Memorial Library Dedication
Washington Connecticut June 3 Special The Gunnery School Alumni Association held its annual gathering ending with the dedication of the Gunn Memorial Library in memory of founder and former headmaster Mr Frederick W Gunn Generous contributions came from E H Van Ingen and R S Barnes of New York The four day celebration included a baseball game won by the alumni 10 to 6 and a dinner for 150 with speeches by notable attendees including John Chapin Brinsmade W C Beecher and Arthur Colton The library honors also include tablets for Senator Orville H Platt and Mary Brinsmade Brown
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Washington
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R. S. Barnes
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William R. Richards
Brick Presbyterian Church
R. E. Carter
Clarence Deming
New Haven
Mary Brinsmade Brown
C. H. Tremaine
Gunnery Alumni Association
H. L. Chase
Waterbury
John Chapin Brinsmade
W. C. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
R.S. Barnes
E. K. Rossiter
W. E. Wheelock
A. D. Woodruff
Gregg Clarke
William Sage
Arthur Colton
Irving H. Chase
L. Wing
Miss Nethersole Plans American Play Next Winter
Miss Olga Nethersole announced she will appear in an American play next winter in New York after a European tour. She sails for Europe today on the Amerika and will visit capitals, returning to New York in December to produce a play reflecting life in America. She traveled 56,900 miles in sixteen months, mostly in the United States, seeking to portray its lights and shadows.
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Paris
Mme
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Rejane
Berlin
Norway
Ibsen
Little Eyolf
Hackett to Visit Playwrights Before European Trip
James K. Hackett sails for Europe to arrange new plays with English and French writers. He will confer with Justin H. McCarthy in London on a personal use project, review Pierre Wolff’s manuscript in Paris, and seek a French leading actress for Eleanor Glyn's Three Weeks to be staged in St Louis this August without Hackett appearing. He plans the Hackett Theatre opening in autumn following a revival sequence including The Prisoner of Zenda and The Crisis.
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Mauretania
Europe
London
Justin H. McCarthy
Paris
Pierre Wolff
Eleanor Glyn
St. Louis
Hackett
Hackett Theatre
Zenda
Rupert of Hentzau
Jernico
Jericho
Thaw Hearing Delayed Over Transfer Request
The Thaw murder case hearing on moving from Matteawan State Hospital to another facility was adjourned for one week in Poughkeepsie. District Attorney Jerome and Thaw’s counsel agreed, Thaw remains jailed in a Sheriff Chanler room, and Graham seeks commitment to Middletown non criminal hospital.
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Matteawan State Hospital
Supreme Court
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Jerome
Thaw
Chanler
Europe
James G. Graham
Middletown
Matteawan
Graham
Leavitt seeks injunction to bar Mme Alexia from dancing at Hammerstein Roof Garden
Melville B. Leavitt's London vaudeville firm asks Justice Bischoff for an injunction preventing Mme. Alexia the actress and dancer from performing on Hammerstein's Roof Garden. He says a May contract gave him exclusive rights in England France and the U S plus weekly pay details and that Hammerstein pays her more. Argument adjourned until next Monday.
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Hammerstein
Melville B. Leavitt
London
Leavitt
England
France
United States
Theatrical News and Upcoming Shows in New York
Mrs Edna May Spooner returns to Lincoln Square Theatre Monday in A Daughter of the People a new drama by J Searle Dawley Miss Adela Verne to begin American tour next season with first New York appearance in August Miss Beatrice Mills to leave Marys Lamb company at season end to study vocal music abroad Luna Park to host two hundred motor car loads of orphans next Tuesday with free park access Steeplechase Park features Royal Arcanum June 23 and Allied Employes Association June 2 Forty thousand Arcanumites and thirty thousand Allied Employes members expected over 300 applications for seats to The Merry Go Round matinee at Circle Theatre
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Lincoln Square Theatre
J. Searle Dawley
England
Adela Verne
New York
Beatrice Mills
New York Theatre
Luna Park
Fred Thompson
Circle Theatre
Weather report on Mount Weather kite flight and forecasts
Official Weather Bureau summary notes stagnant conditions since late May with light winds and near normal Mississippi Valley temperatures. Showers occur in the central valley and Atlantic states while the West remains drier. temperatures rise in the Plains and interior California, with unsettled, showery conditions forecast for Thursday and Friday east of the Mississippi.
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Will of Howard P. Bell Filed in Hudson County Probate
The will of Howard P. Bell of Arlington New Jersey who died May 6 was admitted to probate yesterday by Surrogate Egan of Hudson County. The estate is valued at over 1 million dollars. He left most holdings to his widow with liberal provisions for cousins and residuary bequest, including Minnesota land and stock income from a dry goods firm.
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Smith Quits Canal Commission
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Jackson Smith a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and manager of the Department of Labor Water and Subsistence with headquarters at Culebra Canal Zone. Smith served three years in the service and the President commended his work.
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Tower to hand in letters Monday amid recall from Berlin
Ambassador Tower telegraphed the State Department from Berlin that he will present his letters of recall to Emperor William on June. It is expected that David Jayne Hill, promoted from Minister at The Hague to the Berlin Ambassadorship, will present his credentials to the German government about the middle of the present month.
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Obituary of Sir Robert Reid Newfoundland Builder
Sir Robert Gillespie Reid, prominent Montreal based railroad contractor and Newfoundland developer, died yesterday. Born in Coupar Angus Scotland in 1842, he built major bridges and railways across North America, led Newfoundland railway expansion, faced public opposition over telegraph and rail monopolies, and was knighted in 1907 for services to Newfoundland. He chaired Reid Newfoundland Company and held directorships at Canadian Pacific, Bank of Montreal, and Royal Trust. He left two sons, William and Henry.
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Rev Edward Wilson longtime church bishop dies at 87
The Rev Edward Wilson formerly bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Canada died at his Metuchen home after paralysis. Born in Liverpool July 25 18 his career included pastorates in New Jersey and a move from the Methodist to Reformed Episcopal with a see at Ottawa. Survived by wife, Washington Wilson of Metuchen, three married daughters. The funeral will be in Hillside Plainfield on Friday.
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East Orange
Nathan Stein Dies at 79 in Rochester Home
Nathan Stein, president of the Stein-Bloch Company, died at his Rochester home last night in his eightieth year. He leaves three sons and four daughters, with his wife. Stein was widely known in the wholesale clothing industry.
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Captain Alfred J Standing Dies at 63 in Carlisle
Captain Alfred J Standing cofounder of the Carlisle Indian School died of paralysis in Carlisle at age sixty three. A former superintendent of grounds and buildings at Dickinson College he left federal Indian service to help Indians. Born in Charlwood England he leaves two children and relatives in the Isle of Wight and Birmingham England.
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Thirteen year old girl saves children in apartment fire
Marguerite Luler of 2 East WGo street carried four babies and two older children to safety as a second floor blaze broke out in the Wolfson apartment. She guided women to the fire escape while tenants were driven into smoke filled halls and stairs. Damage stayed confined to the Wolfson unit.
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Governor Fort Addresses Albany Law School Graduates
Governor J Franklin Fort of New Jersey spoke to the Albany Law School graduates on Legal Ethics and addressed the Alumni Association meeting in the afternoon. He had been elected president of the association last year during his European sojourn.
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Bill Against Mrs Batony Filed In Superior Court
A bill of complaint was filed in the Superior Court by Mr. Batonyi against Mrs. Aurel Batonyi seeking a restraining order to stop her from keeping certain horses recently taken from Francis Farm. Mrs Batonyi’s attorneys have answered the suit and the matter proceeds.
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Davis Read On Tuesday June Two Thousand Sixteen Revival
Marriage notices reported from The Tribune announce Davis Read on Tuesday June 2 1906 by Rev Dr Grosvenor at Church of the Incarnation and La Rowe Scott on Monday June 1 1908 at St Luke's Church New York Emily Florence daughter of and Mrs John Walter Beott to Frederick Lincoln Ly Rowe.
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Marriages in New Jersey and Long Island Notices
Marriage notices announce the weddings of Lauther to Kathryn de Pugh in Philadelphia papers, Adams to Morris in Bloomfield at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Louis Curtis, Thomason to Todd at Thomas's Church by Rev. Ernest M Stires, and Wheeler to White in Northport Long Island by Rev. Crags. Notices request full name and address for endorsements.
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Death notices from The Tribune published in Tri-Weekly Tribune
Death notices list individuals with brief details across multiple names including William Walsh James Cooley Anna Whittier Charles Neal John Wilson Rev Shafer Catherine Wilson Watson Cable Mary Cooley Laura Neal Joan King Neal Catherine Shafer James Walsh Charles Whittier Edward Wilson Watson Wilson with funeral dates and interment plans noted across Brooklyn New York Port Jervis and Metuchen mass locations and church services scheduled for early June 1908.
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Woodlawn Cemetery Access by Harlem Trains
Public notice describes easy access to Woodlawn Cemetery via Harlem trains from Granny Central Station and by carriage, with a fare of 150 dollars. It lists contact options including Book of Views, 20 East 23d St New York City. Undertakers Frank E Campbell at 241 3 West 2345 and Chelsea ambulance service reach by telephone 1324.
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Uptown Office Hosts Applications for Various Jobs
The New York Tribune announces a file of applications for selected aspirants for positions of various kinds. The file is now installed at the Uptown Office located at 1364 Broadway between 26th and 37th Streets. Office hours run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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