Flag Day Exercises Highlight Public School Observances
Public schools observed Flag Day with salutes and lessons on its meaning. In East Side schools Italian, Greek, and other pupils participated, while a silk flag was donated to Public School 171 by Slocum Circle 33 and veterans attended. The Bronx marked the day with park plans for poet Drake’s burial site and notes on flag protection laws and Militia practices.
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Lower East Side
Slocum
Grand Army of the Republic
May Najel
Sumner
Robert Anderson
Noah L. Farnham
Hancock
Ethel Bartell
Bartell
Fred Schaefer
Summer Post
Robert Grant
Henry ©. Jenkins
Slocum Circle
Charlies
Manfred Benedict
Clarence E. Meleney
Lafayette Post
Oliver Street
Girls’ Technical High
Herman Montague Donner
American Flag Association
Ralph E. Prime
Theodore Fitch
A. Noel Blakeman
Nevada
Charles F. Roe
National Guard
Board of the Bronx
Joseph Rodman Drake
Hunt’s Point
Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences
North Side Board of Trade
American Society For the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places
Municipal Art Society
Authors’ Club
National Sculpture Society
Albert E. Davis
Charles de Kay
Commoore de Kay
New York
Arts Club and Sculpture Society
Drak
Edward Hagaman Hall
Joye Bier
Drake
Maffen
Summer Suggestions and Farm Life Dreams in City Outing
Readers are urged to seek affordable country-like experiences near New York City as wholesome summer escapes. The piece discusses farms, architecture, and simple pleasures, while noting debates on college leadership and potential replacements including Miss Katharine Lake and Miss Emma L. Johnston amid salary and policy considerations.
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Froebel
New York City
Charmine
Frontenac
St. Lawrence River
Atic
Cc. G. Trussell
N. Y
Mgr
Bon Air
Augusta
Sores Ave
Town and Country
Arenu
Resignation Sparks Debate Over Normal College Leadership
Dr. Thomas Hunter resigns after thirty seven years as president of the Normal College amid clashes with City Superintendent Dr. William H Maxwell. Speculation centers on succession and reforms aimed at aligning the college with other institutions. The salary competing figures and job security are noted as factors in the leadership fight.
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Thomas Hunter
The
Normal College
Hunter
William H. Maxwell
Maxwell
Board of Education
Normal
Plans for a park around the Christian Science Cathedral
Telegraph reports Boston plans to buy and demolish surrounding land up to Huntington Avenue to create a park fronting the new Cathedral, with eight to ten new Christian Science churches planned nationwide. It notes leaders, visitors, and the growth of the movement, including social impacts on families and women.
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the Tribune
Boston
Christian Science Cathedral
Huntington Avenue
Earl and Countess of Dunmore
Liverpool
Lady King
New York
Porter
Alexander Crooks
Belfast
Ireland
Augusta Stetson
First Church
Stetson
Concord
N. H
Mrs. Eddy
Lynn
Red Rock
Lynn Harbor
Memphis
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Oklahoma City
Okla
Christian Science
Christian Sciences
Holmes Hoge
First National Bank of Chicago
Harriet M. Virtue
New South Wales
Sydney
Lida Fitzpatrick
Wilmer Defends Hunter Resignation At Normal College
William N. Wilmer, chairman of the Normal College executive committee, denies any motive other than health for Dr. Hunters resignation. He says Hunter will still influence the college and help choose a successor, with no appointment before fall and no current candidate in mind. He adds no friction with Dr. Maxwell affects the future administration and the past misunderstandings are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Maxwell
James M. Hieran
Georgel. Stevens
Walton F 1
Erasmus Hall
Henry M. Leipziger
Katharine Lake
Emma L. Johnston
Brooklyn
Vernon M S
Lor
William N. Wilmer
The
Normal College
Dr. Hunter
Stevens Institute Commencement Addresses Trusteeship Theme
President Humphreys warned Stevens Institute’s class of 1906 against easy money and urged trusteeship in work. He emphasized responsibility, honesty, and the need to use information ethically. Prizes awarded to Kenneth Hamilton B A Meyer Arthur y Farr and H Brangs. Doctor of Engineering degrees conferred on John Hays Hammond James E. Denton and David Schenck Jacobus.
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United States
America
Stevens Behool
Kenneth Hamilton
Priestley
B. A. Meyer
Macy
Arthur Y. Farr
American Rail
H. Brangs
Engineering
John Hays Hammond
James E. Denton
David Schenck Jacobus
Shonts urges calm in face of discontent at Drake University
Theodore P. Shonts, Isthmian Canal Commission chairman and Drake University son in law, delivers the silver anniversary address before about two thousand. He calls for impartial justice and warns that setting law aside invites anarchy while denouncing demagoguery and socialist notions. He stresses equal law for rich and poor and trust magnates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Theodore P. Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Drake University
Shonts
F. M. Drake
Northfield Seminary Completes 27th Commencement Week
The Northfield Seminary in East Northfield Mass closes its twenty-seventh commencement week with a concert and Estey Chorus recital. Arthur Phillips and Modest Altschuler performed while Paul D. Moody delivered the baccalaureate address. Special Round Top services were led by W. R. Moody. Seventy-five alumnae attended a dinner at the Worthfield Hotel.
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East Northfield
Mass
Northfield Seminary
Estey Chorus
Arthur Philips
Barytone
Modest Altschuler
New York
Paul D. Moody
D. L. Moody
W. R. Moody
Worthfield Hotel
Pew Electric
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Second Avenue
Christian Science Church
Stevens Institute
Humphreys
W York Ntr
Bar Harbor
St. John
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Adirondack Mountains
Boston Transcript
Adirondack
Adirondacks
George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
F. Daly
Saranac Lake
Hama
M. B. Marshall
Saranag
Taylor
F. Taylor, JR
New Gran Hotel
Broadway
Listate
Schroon Lake
Wickley’s
Artis
Morlex's
Lake Pleazant
Hamilton Co
Whitespace
Lake Placid
Harrington Me LS
Mar
Whiteface
Exonx Co
Wawonda
Liberty
Sullivan County
Otto Hassay
Red Swan Inn
Warwick, Orange CO
M. Bartlett
Royal Victoria
Larchmont-on-the-Sound
M. C. Wilcox
TEL
Quaker Hill
Pawling
William Smith O'Brien
Lake House
Ganatorst M
Gillig
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Windham
Catskills
A. J. Galer
Fisher’s Island
G. L. Hoppes
Bethlehem
Penn
MR. Shonts
Northfield
McVickar
Hotel Champlain
Clinton County, N. Y
Lake Champlain
Pullman
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Plattsburg
E. L. Brown, Maer
Care del. & Hudson
B’ Way
Sharon Springs
Baden-Baden
Saratoga Springs
New Columbian Hotel
Congress Springs
Convention Hall
Ae Park
Sunset Park Inn
Waldorf-Astoria
Catskill
Bishop Satterlee
van Loan
Raines Falls
Connecticut
Waterbury
Conn
New England
New London
Pequot House
WM. H. Hager
Frop’r
Wallingford
Ida W. Hodkinson
Pennsylvania
Water Gap House
Delaware Water Gap
Water Gap House CO
New Spruce Cabin Inn
N. J
W. J
M. PD. Price
W. N. McVickar
Rhode Island
A. Hopkins
George E. Keith
Preston D. Keith
Frank D
Norwalk
Conun
Samuel Bonner
Harstrom School
Edward M. Lockwood
Bonner
John Johnson
Greenwich
Johnson
Donner
Fred Herreshoff
Garden City Links
Walter C. Devine
Col
Rio Grande Railroad
Ier Moorehead
Graham
Ernest R. Hudson
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Marlborough
Blenheim
Mariherou
Ameren
Eucan
Josiah White
Chalfonte
Leeds Company
Walter J. Buzzey
Haddon
Hall
Leeds
Lippincott
Traymore
Ocean
Traymore Hotel
Chas. O. Marquette
Atlantic “Ay
Seaside House
Ocean Front
F. E. Cook & Son
Rudolf
Atlantic Crry
Burea
P.M
Gramere
Hotel Brunswick
Asbury Park
Morgan & Parsons
Columbia Hotel
Belmar
N. J. Central
Geo. Murray
BEL
Open Hotels
ADO Atlantic
Far, N. J
Aldine
4Th Ave
29Th St
W. H. Grosscup
Mex
Somerset Inn
Bernardsville
Lackawanna 2
Christopher
BEN. R. Lps
Bernardsvil
Shrewsbury River
Pleasure Bay
Seabright
Charles H. Dederer
Watch Hill
RL Ocean House
F. Champlin
Watch Hill House
Harvey
Denison
Narragansett Pier, AL
TE Mathewson
Narragansett Pier
Mathewson Spring
E. F. Mathewson
Ocean View
Block Island
R. L
J. D. Cafferty
Sith St
Mardence
New Cliffs
Newport
R. I
Murray Hill
Park Avenue
40Th Street
Maine
Malvern
Ernest G. Grob
Webster
West 4Th St
Vermont
Equinox
Manchester
E. C. Davis
King
Jane Water Depot
Lus
W. & Way Tel
Gist
Lake Bomoseen
Pines
Hydeville, Ve
Country Board
Crystal Lake Mouse
Freeport
L. B
E. A. Frost
Conway
Hanson
F. Han
New Hampshire
Lake View
Valley
Englewood
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