Yale baccalaureate address urges faith with virtue and knowledge
Yale President Arthur T. Hadley delivered the baccalaureate oration on "Faith Its Uses and Its Abuses" to about a hundred graduates in Woolsey Hall. He warned against overreliance on government power and science alone, urged balancing faith with virtue and knowledge, and noted limits of scientific truth alongside the rise of a new democracy. Honors in the Sheffield Scientific School were announced, naming recipients for two-year honors, graduate scholarships, and various prizes across engineering and sciences.
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New Haven
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Woolsey Halls
Pr. Hadley
Dr. Hadley
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
New Democracy
Cesar
God
Sheffield Scientific School
Joseph Alfred Ambler
Danbury
Conn
Robert Bensis
George Henry Campbell
Great Falls
Mont
Louis James Campbell
Youngstown
Ohio
Joseph Marion Goss
Centreville
Town
William Storrs Hart Hamilton
Jacob Reuben Brenner
Berthold Francis Mastines
Bridgepot
Albert William Horrwill
Dwight Boyce Pangburn
George Albert Stetson
Cecil George Young
Norwich
William Storrs Hoyt Hamilton
George Albert Sterson
Berthold Francis Hastings
Bridgeport
Joliet
Belknap
Arthur Joseph Hill
Meriden
Tucker
Arthur Theodore Nabstedt
Davenport
Ora
Sixty-Third Belict College Commencement Held
Belict Wisconsin June 18 the Belict College commencement featured a baccalaureate sermon by President F ward Dwight Eaton. Eaton shared an anecdote involving Jane Addams of Chicago about an anarchist who claimed he could have prevented McKinley’s assassination if he had taken Czrolgotz’s declaration seriously.
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Belict
Wis
Belict College
Dwight Eaton
Eaton
Jane Addams
Chicago
McKinley
Czrolgotz
Commencement at St Xavier’s College
Commencement exercises for the College of St Francis Xavier will be held in the college auditorium at No 3 West 16th Street on Monday evening. After graduation, the alumni association will hold its regular meeting in the college gymnasium.
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College of St. Francis Xavier
West 16Th Street
Roosevelt as a model in City College graduation speech
President Finley urged the College of the City of New York seniors to seek fitting vocations over mere degrees. He contrasted Copernican personal purpose with keeping thought on the man, citing Theodore Roosevelt and urging enlistment in high ideals and social service.
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College of the City of
New York
John H. Finley
Theodore Roosevelt
Finley
Copernicus
Roosevelt
Trinity College Sermon Urges Faithful Forward Look
Hartford June 19 President Luther preached the Trinity College baccalaureate sermon at Grace Church. Using Revelations IV 1 he urged graduates to seek a brighter time and stressed that colleges must reveal the future to generations through the soul and its relations. He warned graduates they face tougher duties after college to justify themselves.
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Hartford
Conn
Trinity College
Grace Church
Luther
Rutgers sermon likens college life to Eden garden
In a Rutgers baccalaureate sermon at Second Reformed Church Rev. Paul Frederick Sutphen compared student days to Eden. He urged that privilege carries responsibility and urged graduates to work, serve, and face looming national challenges.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers
Second Reformed Church
Paul Frederick Sutphen
Cleveland
Eden
Nfe
God
Adam
Garden of God
Garden
Hard Race to Follow a Patient After Streetcar Accident
John Toohey of 276 East 137th Street was knocked from a Westchester avenue streetcar at 150th Street and suffered a scalp wound. He briefly reboarded the car as ambulances from Lebanon and Lincoln hospitals converged. Dr. Tom ordered the chase, but Toohey eventually rode to Harlem Hospital with Dr. Richardson, while Lincoln’s doctor arrived too late.
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John Toohey
East 137Th Street
Westchester Avenue
150Th Street
Lebanon
Lincoln
Toohey
Goldstein
Lebanon Hospital
Tom
Lincoln Hospital
128Th Street
Mooney
Harlem Hospital
Richardson
Two Killed Five Hurt In Train Collision In Chicago
In Chicago on June 19 a collision occurred on Witch street when an Illinois Central train struck a car driven by Kenneth Proudfit. Ralph C. Froudfit 28 and Kenneth Proudfit 22 were killed instantly. Five others suffered serious injuries including Melvin White 8 with a fractured skull. Mrs R C Proudfit Mrs F N White and their sons Chester 14 Ernest 13 and Melvin 8 were aboard.
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Chicago
Ralph C. Froudfit
Kenneth Proudfit
Iinois Central
R. C. Proudfit
Witch Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
F. N. White
Chester
Ernest
Melvin
Melvin White
Automobile Struck by Train in Clearfield
In Clearfield Pennsylvania J P O Laughlin son in law and law partner of Thomas H Murray and his wife were in a hospital after a train collision last night their car was struck Laughlin has a fractured skull both legs broken internal injuries while Mrs Laughlin has a broken hip and ankle with severe cuts and bruises doctors say she has a chance to recover but he does not
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Clearfield
Penn
J. P. O. Laughlin
Thomas H. Murray
Crowds Swarm to Beach as Weather Lifts Coney Island Boom
Weather turns favorable at Coney Island drawing over 300000 visitors from the city. Parks, sideshows, and vendors report busy day, with crowds on Surf Avenue and the beaches. Two Bath, N.Y. youths rescue a boy at sea. police keep order as trains and ferries handle holiday traffic.
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Coney Island
Harvard President Lowell Addresses Seniors at Baccalaureate
Harvard University President A Lawrence Lowell delivers a baccalaureate sermon in Appleton Chapel on the theme of man and environment. He says individuals shape their world through conscious choices and enduring effort, urging courage to wrestle with destiny as the hymn is sung.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Appleton Chapel
A. Lawrence Lowell
Jacob
Edward T. Hunt
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
Two Killed by a Train Near Niles Ohio
In Youngstown on June 19, Lewis Stahl forty five and his wife Elizabeth Stahl forty one were killed when an eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train struck their covered buggy at an open crossing on the way to church. Their daughter Elizabeth seventeen escaped with a broken leg.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Lewis Stahl
Elizabeth Stahl
Pennsylvania
Niles
Church
Elizabeth
Train Wreck in Villepreux Kills Nineteen, Fires Consumes One Train
A collision between the Grenville express and a stationary local train at Villepreux station leaves nineteen dead and thirty injured. The wreckage caught fire and one train was totally destroyed.
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Villepreux
France
Grenville
Boy Hurt Falling From Taxi In Manhattan
Four year old James K Brown of Baltimore was riding with his mother to the West 23d street ferry when the taxi skidded on a corner near 22d street and Eleventh avenue. He toppled from the rear seat, suffered scalp cuts, was treated by Dr Everingham at New York Hospital, and then continued on with his mother after being told the injuries were superficial.
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James K. Brown
Reservoir Street
Baltimore
Candle Burns For His Boy In Tragic Drowning Tale
About fifteen hundred people gathered on Clinton Street Pier and East River at ten last night as a candle flickered for Frank A. Sullivan who drowned earlier after swimming from the same pier. His father placed the light and his mother prayed from 348 Cherry Street while rescuers Edward Pigen and James Baderman searched the water but found no sign of the boy.
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East River
Cherry Street
Frank A. Sullivan
Edward Pigen
James Baderman
Curtiss Breaks Record At Louisville Aviation Meet
Glenn H. Curtiss shattered his own short distance record at the Louisville Times aviation meet. He leaped 57.5 feet from the starting mark, eclipsing his previous 98 foot record, and led J. C. Mars in a contest flight. Fred Huyck motor cyclist posted five, ten, and eleven mile times of 4:39, 5:99, and 10:29.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Louisville Times’ Aviation
Curtiss
J. C. Mars
Fred Huyck
Balloonists see Centenn ial in Kentucky flight
In Louisville on June 19 the balloon Centennial piloted by M Eugene Honeywell and William F Assman was sighted at three Kentucky points Shepherdsville Richmond and Irvine. The craft headed east at speed and dropped a note over Shepherdsville where it was 3000 feet high. Centennial owned by the Aero Club of St Louis began its journey Saturday afternoon.
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Centennial
M. Eugene Honeywell
William F. Assman
Kentucky
Shepherdsville
Richmond
Irvine
The
Aero Club of St. Louis
Two youths sentenced for theatre disturbance in Night Court
Frank Foran and Mike Brannigan were sentenced to the Workhouse by Magistrate Kernochan after admitting to throwing cobblestones into Keith & Proctor's Eighth Street Theatre lobby. The pair, intoxicated, were denied admission and fled before detectives arrested them.
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Frank Foran
West 534
Mike Brannigan
West 56Th Street
Kernochan
Keith & Proctor
E8th Street
Hartman
Loughlin
Leonard
Central Office
Strange Tale of a Snake in the Bronx Park Reptile House
A Florida moccasin in the Bronx Park reptile house hanged itself yesterday morning. Keeper Charles Snyder found the four foot snake suspended from a rustic bench in its enclosure, avoiding others as he removed it. Visitors watched as two regal pythons resisted a shower bath from the keeper.
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Bronx Park
Charles Snyder
Snyder
Flights At Mineola Overcrowded Aeronautical Meet Sparks Dangers
June 19 Mineola Long Island crowds along with aviators crowded the field as flights continued. Captain Baldwin hesitated to fly, Clifford Harmon struggled after a hard landing, Joe Seymour had a rough arrival, and security was considered with a proposed wire fence while organizers warned of danger. Officials planned further flights Tuesday and Wednesday with new engines and aircraft to ease congestion.
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Mineola
Long Island
Ntehe
Aeronautical Society
Baldwin
Gage Tarbell
Clifford B. Harmon
Cisse
Harman
Joe” Seymour
Hagmays
Big Aerodrome Plan Near Philadelphia Revealed
Plans for a colossal motordrome and aerodrome at Clemencon New Jersey, twelve miles from Philadelphia, call for a 306 foot long building and a three and a half mile track. Prominent Philadelphia capitalists back the project aiming to host major war era motor and aerial events. Construction to start tomorrow with a hotel for 3 guests and 2 roof gardens planned.
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Philadelphia
Clemencon N. J
Hughes Praised at Cornell for Idealism in Graduation Speech
Cornell senior week opened with the 600 strong class marching to the armory led by President Jacob Gould Schurman. Rev. Samuel V. W. Holmes of Buffalo delivered a baccalaureate sermon lauding Governor Hughes as a beacon of idealism and high-mindedness in American life.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Armory
Jacob Gould Schurman
Samuel V. W. Holmes
Buffalo
Hughes
Mrs Mitchell Hurt in Car Crash Near Port Washington
Mrs W Mitchell of Port Washington was thrown from a car driven by a chauffeur between East Williston and Albertsons. The vehicle skidded on a sharp turn, struck a pole, injuring Mitchell who was bruised and shaken but had no broken bones. She was taken to Nassau Hospital and later returned home.
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Mineola
Long Island
W. Mitchell
Port “Washington
East Williston
Albertsons
Three Die From Heat In Chicago Tremendous Heat
Three deaths linked to heat prostrations in Chicago as temperatures peaked at 83 degrees. Lacking wind, except briefly in the morning, worsened suffering during the day.
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Chicago
Exeter Student Drowns at Fresh River
Horace Dodd Ward of Providence a Phillips Exeter Academy class of 1912 student drowned while swimming in Fresh River near the academy. He, 19 years old, was seized by cramps and sank before friends could reach him.
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Exeter, N. H
Horace Dodd Ward
Providence
Phillips Exeter Academy
Academy
Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered at Wellesley College
President Francis Brown of Union Theological Seminary preached the baccalaureate sermon at Memorial Chapel to 20 seniors and their guests. The text was Therefore take no thought and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Wellesley
Mass
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Wellesley College
Memorial Chapel
Edward Regensburg Dies Head of Cigar Firm at 64
Edward Regensburg, head of E Regensburg & Sons cigar makers, died at his Arverne Long Island home. In business since 1869, he built a factory in this city and in Tampa, with a retail shop at 365 Broadway. He leaves a wife, eight children, and held Masonic and fraternal memberships.
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Edward Regensburg
Free Sors of Israel
Progress Club
Salad illness hits Edgewood Church lawn party
In Pawtucket Rhode Island eighteen people fall ill with ptomaine poisoning after a chicken salad served at a Ladies Aid Society lawn party of Edgewood Congregational Church. Notable patients include Colonel Arthur W Warfield and his wife and daughter, the Rev Dr John Hale Larry and his wife. Authorities believe recovery is likely as some remain ill.
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Pawtucket
Ladies’ Aid Society
Edgewood Congregational Church
Arthur W. Warfield
John Hale Larry
Amon
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