Yale Baccalaureate Address Urges Broad Moral Vision
President Arthur Hadley delivers Yale University baccalaureate address at Woolsey Hall urging graduates to interpret duties broadly, pursue inner integrity, and replace defensive quietism with aggressive efforts to fight evil. He compares moral campaigns to great commanders and stresses honesty and truthfulness as essential for business and public life.
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New Haven
Arthur Aad Hadley
Woolsey Hall
Yale University
Harry R. Jepson
Newberry
Horatio W. Parker
Hadley
Cromwell
Marlborough
Napoleon
Bunyan
Sentlemen
Hfe
Amherst Commencement Opens With Risk and Reflection
Amherst Mass June 23 President George Harris delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Amherst College Church urging students to pursue at least one noble subject for lifelong freshness of mind. He framed democracy as an evolving government and questioned government control of business while stressing the power of educated individuals.
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Amherst
Mass
George Harris
Amherst College
Baccalaureate at Dartmouth by Rev Gaines Glenn
Ernover New Hampshire June 2 Rev Gaines Glenn Atkins Michigan delivered the baccalaureate sermon to Dartmouth graduates of 17. He urged that the only worth while life requires seeking the best and finding values in Jesus Christ, paying its price, and that the world awaits those who do.
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Ernover
N. H
Gaines Glenn
Atkins
Mich
Dartmouth
Glenn
Jesus Christ
Bowdoin College Seniors Hear Rev Dr Cutler Address
Bowdoin seniors hear an address by Rev Dr C H Cutler of Langor with Prof Henry L Chapman assisting in the service. President Hyde is ill and will suspend active duties for weeks, planning a later European trip.
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Irenevick
Jane
Bowdoin
C. H. Cutler
Langor
Model of Solomon's Temple to Be Exhibited Here
A miniature reproduction of the Temple at Jerusalem will be shown at 162 Madison Street to aid Jerusalem’s poor. The 15 foot square model includes the Temple proper and surrounding courts and palaces. Architect Joseph Doctorovitz, who spent two years in Jerusalem researching, promises an exact reproduction. Exhibition opens with special ceremonies next Sunday afternoon. Rabbi Max Weehselbaum directs the event.
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Jerusalem
Madison Street
Temple
Mount Moriah
Joseph Doctorovitz
Tribune
Temple At
Max Weehselbaum
Yale Alumni Gather for Class Reunions and 1907 Graduates
Yale graduates arrive in New Haven for class reunions and the class of 1907 graduation. Attendance expected to surpass 1500 with many from earlier classes like ’52, ’62, ’72, ’77, and ’87 also joining events. A full slate includes dinners, meetings, and the Yale Harvard baseball game, with alumni from Sheffield, Law, and Medical schools featured in scheduled gatherings.
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New Haven
Yale
Alonzo N. Lewis
Westville
Hadley
Memorial Hall
Robert Brown
Observatory Place
John W. Alling
Mansfield Street
New Haven Country Club
Hendrie Hall
Charles H. Goodspeed
St. Louis
Edwards School
Elm Street
Thacher House
Crown Street
University Club
York Street
Anderson Gymnasium
Yale Field
Warner Hall
Graduaton
Young Men's Republican Club
Charles Lerne Munson
Williamsport
Penn
Alumni Association
Henry Holt
New York City
Hammersley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
United States
F. B. Brandegee
Connecticut
Medical School
Shattuck
Harvard Medical School
Alumni Hall
William T. Sedgwick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sheffield Scientific School
Sidney L. Laselle
China
John K. Beach
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
William B. Davenport
New York
Philander C. Knox
Yale Law School
Knox
Columbine Favored Over Maize as National Flower
Frederick Le Roy Sargent, president of the Columbine Association, replies to Mrs. George Cabot Ward's plea against the columbine as national emblem. He cites endorsements by John Fiske and Francis Parkman, praises Columbine virtues, and rejects maize as lacking in suitable qualities for Columbia's emblem.
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Frederick le Roy Sargent
The
Columbine Association
George Cabot Ward
the Tribune
Sargent
Tribune
William Young
Miss Twamley
United States
Colombia
Francis Parkman
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Chestnut Street
Columbia
Red Lobelia for National Flower
A letter argues red lobelia as a national flower, noting its hardiness and year round potential in gardens and glass houses. S Millett Thompson of Providence urges selecting a native, brilliant flower for intrinsic value rather than commercial considerations.
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the Tribune
North America
S. Millett Thompson
Providence
Bishop Lawrence at Wellesley College sermon
In Wellesley Massachusetts Bishop William Lawrence delivered the annual baccalaureate sermon at Houghton Memorial Chapel for the graduating class of Wellesley College. He contrasted essential life elements with popular ones and urged education to foster social upbuilding and devotion to home.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Houghton Memorial Chapel
Wiliam Lawrence
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Caroline Hazard
Mae Gladys
Dr Hopkins Preaches at Williams College Commencement
Williamstown Mass June 2 Williams College opened its commencement week with a baccalaureate sermon in Memorial Chapel by President Henry Hopkins. He cited Matthew 10 34 urging that peace often requires a sword and urged students to seek a deep abiding inner peace through the Word.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Memorial Chapel
Henry Hopkins
Dr Aked Denounces Congo Slavery In Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked preached at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church urging Christianity as truth to end child labor and the Congo rubber slave system. He cited mutilation and torture as part of the abuses he linked to colonial profiteering and slavery.
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Charles F. Aked
St. John
India
Congo
Matchmaker Bill Finds Lizzy and Dolphin a Home
In a Ship News Office midnight drama Honest Bill Quigley brokers a resolution for Lizzy and the Battery Dolphin. The Dolphin agrees to leave a French promoter and Soulet scam, Lizzy accepts, and Bill offers rent‑free living and a marriage plan next Sunday.
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Ship News
West Street
Battery Park
Battery Dolphin
Dolphin
Brooklyn
Lizzy
Harry Brannagan Association
Ridgewood Park
Williamsburg
Iazzy
Ship News Office
Bill” Quigley
Battery
Liszy
Bates
Ellis Island
Juliet
Bi" Quigley
Bills
Tazzy
TV Am
Lizey
Ship
Wood
Fattery
Quickey
South Street
Tam
Bil
Soulet
Long Island
Iizzy
Harlem
Quigley
Delakates
Bill
Harley
Bedford Avenue
John Johnson Faces Execution in Sing Sing Electric Chair
John Johnson is scheduled to die this morning in the Sing Sing electric chair after a two year fight to avoid execution. Albert T. Patrick, once a neighbor in the death house, aided Johnson during his protracted case. Johnson killed his wife two years ago after she refused to receive him on his return from a prison term. They lived in Yonkers.
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John Johnson
Sing Sing
Johnson
Albert T. Patrick
Yon
Letters to the Editor Corrosion of Steel Structures
In a June 1907 letter from New York, Hutchison Scott warns defences against rust and galvanic attack on steel structures. He critiques painting practices, cites red lead drawbacks, and notes galvanic and electrolytic dangers in ships, bridges, rails, and pipes. He mentions Chinese anti corrosion coatings and a similar domestic product, urging stronger protective measures.
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the Tribune
New York
Brooklyn
Hutchison Scott
Structural steel defects and electrolytic action in cement
A letter discusses coating steel for corrosion detection and the risks of electrolytic action in cement and concrete around steel structures. It cites George Simpson of Thompson Starrett, A A Knudson on cement disintegration, and M P Wood on rustless coatings, noting stray currents threaten large steel works and bridges even when foundations are insulated.
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the Tribune
George Simpson
Thompson- Starrett Company
A. A. Knudson
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Electrical Testing Laboratories
New York
Knudson
M. P. Wood
Coward Shoe Cataloged for All Occasions and Sizes
A shoe retailer promotes Coward Shoe styles for men women and children. Available in russet glazed kid calf patent leather and canvas with options for sea shore and mountain outings.
Mail Order Catalogs Offered by James S Coward NY Firm
James S Coward of 268 274 Greenwich Street New York advertises mail order catalogs with a call to request the latest offerings. The notice notes Warren Street area details and urges potential customers to request the catalog.
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James S. Coward
Greenwich St
N. Y
Sear Warren Street
Catalogua
Corrosion Risks amid Moisture in Cement Structures
The note from New York dated June 21 1907 discusses how moisture enables ongoing corrosion in cement, with rust feeding on itself and continuing as long as moisture remains present. Fr H COWLES signs the report.
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New York
New Jersey Expenditures Criticized by JerseyMan Letter
A Metuchen reader denounces state expenditures exposed by the New Jersey House Investigation Committee. He notes to move from combs to musical instruments and questions a $20 000 Tobin payment at the state prison, urging swift, thorough House cleaning and citizen protest.
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the Tribune
Mth
New Jersey House Investigation Committee
New Jersey
Trenton
Tobin
Lawton
Metuchen
Jerseyman
Happiness in making others happy and the divine law of compensation
A public address by banker David Banks Sickels of New York extols altruism as the supreme object of human existence. He quotes prayers of Jesus and praises selfless devotion as the path to happiness, asserting that mutual love and unselfish acts bring personal joy and divine compensation. June 1, 1871.
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the Tribune
Str
Tropics
David Banks Sickels
New York
June J
Iwi
Streetcar Manners Called Worse by Public Editor
A Waterbury letter from June 1907 criticizes New York streetcar conductors for rude passenger treatment. The writer recalls a frail woman forced to stand for fifty blocks as several men crowd six seats, and urges cleaner uniforms and better personal hygiene for conductors to improve public sentiment.
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The
Tribune
New York City
New York
Waterbury, Conn
Use of chapel cars corrected by reader
J L Kendall of Jeffersonville Indiana corrects The Tribune article Church on Wheels. He notes Baptists have used chapel cars since 1891 and now own six, and other denominations have employed the method as well. June 17, 190%.
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the Tribune
J. L. Kendall
Jeffersonville
Ind
Sage Fund in Colorado Discussed by Officials
John M. Glenn secretary of the Sage Foundation meets Judge B Lindsey of the Juvenile Court to plan the use of Mrs Russell Sage generous donation for Colorado philanthropic work.
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Sage Fund
Colorado
The
Tribune
Denver
John M. Glenn
Sage Foundation
B. B. Lindsey
Russell Sage
Attempted Robbery Charge Filed Against Three Italians
Liberato Blonde of 286 East 147th Street alleges three Italians assaulted him and attempted robbery on June 15 near Belmont Avenue and 188th Street. Skala, 22, Frank A Pasquara, 21, and Pasquara Flatine, 24, were arrested.
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Liberado Blonde
East 1Ath Street
Skala
Frank A. Pasquara
Pasquara Flatine
Blonde
188Th Street
Belmont Avenue
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DR. Hopkins
Williams
DR. Aked
Fr. H. Cowles
Lindsey
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