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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
26
Yale president Hadley announces gifts and pledges to the endowment surpassed 3.0 million dollars for the year, with 2.5 million from endowment movements two years old and 1.7 million already paid. He notes continuing growth is vital to fund higher salaries and research, and acknowledges donors including Rockefeller Vanderbilt Harkness and others.
Brunswick Maine Bowdoin College held 1st anniversary exercises for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as part of commencement week. His daughters donated 10000 to endow a literature fellowship for graduate study after graduation, both at home or abroad. Charles F Libby presided and Prof Henry L Chapman spoke. Rev Samuel Valentine Cole read a poem.
Amherst Mass June 26 seventy eight candidates received degrees at the eighty sixth commencement Honorary degrees were awarded to Edward Clark Potter the sculptor of Enfield Mass Master of Arts William El rey Curtis journalist Doctor of Divinity William Greenough Thayer St Marks School Southboro and Charles Smith Mills of St Louis Doctor of Laws Herbert L Osgood New York Percival Lowell astronomer Cambridge Anson Daniel Morse Amherst Ex Governor Lucius F C Garvin Rhode Island president of the General Alumni Association announced at the dinner that the Bond prize of 100 for the best oration at the commencement had been awarded to Hugh Hartshorne of Methuen Massachusetts.
Dartmouth College in Hanover awarded bachelor degrees to its largest class, 20 graduates, at the commencement exercises. With President Tucker absent, board member William M. Chase presided. Honorary degrees went to Brigadier General John Milton Thompson, Frederick Harrison Knight, Douglas Vanderhoof, Ambrose White Vernon, and C. G. M. Theodore Eberton, as indicated in the ceremony notes.
At the University of Vermont commencement on June 24 President Matthew H. Buckham announced honorary degrees including Doctor of Laws to Fletcher D. Proctor Governor of Vermont Doctor of Science to Professor Charles S. Denison of the University of Michigan Doctor of Divinity to the Rev W H Hopkins of Berkeley California and Master of Arts to W J Van Patten of Burlington.
Williams College in Willamstown, Massachusetts, graduated 98 students in its 113th commencement held at the Congregational Church. Degrees were conferred to candidates in course and a number of honorary degrees were awarded including Master of Arts to Hoyt Mallory Griffin Babitt Alden Brown and Page, Doctor of Divinity to Worthington, Doctor of Letters to Griffin, Doctor of Laws to Babitt Brown, plus Edward Shepard among others.
The June 2 ceremony at Trinity College Hartford announced salutatorian Frederic Cleveland Hedrick of Jacksonville. Harvey Lathrop Thompson gave the oration on popular vote for senators, and Philip Dougherty of Charlestown delivered the valedictory. Holland scholarships of 600 each went to Thomas Mitchell Philips East Hartford Robert L. Mason Hartford and Fred Carpenter Hartford. Degrees awarded included eight BA seven BS and two MLitt with honorary degrees to William Bowie Edward D Tibbetts George W Guthrie Winfred Martin John Dowse Hill.
Wesleyan University in Middletown Conn held commencement exercises at the Methodist Church awarding degrees to sixty three graduates. Honorary doctorates were given to L B Stilwell for subway building contributions and to several ministers including E A Noble W T Barry and Frederick Watson Hannan.
The United States General Appraisers ruled yesterday that six bronze candle sticks imported for presentation to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Harlem may enter duty free. Assessed at 45 percent ad valorem under paragraph 193 as metal manufactures, the items qualify under paragraph seven as works of art imported for presentation to religious societies.
Today at 8 15 p m Manual Training High School holds commencement at the school. Public School 8 conducts graduation day exercises at the school starting 8 80 a m.
Prominent arrivals at major New York hotels include E W Oliver of Los Angeles at the Astor House, Major F R Shunk of the U S A at Breslin, Hon W J Hurma of Sarnia Ont at Fifth Avenue, Dr Drinkwater of the royal mail steamship Celtic at Holland, Colonel D C Roberts former mayor of Elmira at Imperial, Rev Dr W F Cady of Kansas City at Park Avenue, Count Hatzfeldt in St Regis, Ex-Senator J L McLaurin of South Carolina at Netherlands, and R F Aspe of Paris at Union Square.
Official record and forecast outline showers along the Atlantic coast and lower lake region with cooler temperatures in the Ohio Valley and. The Rocky Mountain areas see warmer trends while the Gulf states may get showers Thursday and Friday. Generally fair elsewhere with moderate temps through Sunday or Monday. Local winds vary by coast and region with fresh to strong directions.
Cambridge June 26 Harvard commenced its first year with five hundred fifty graduates from varied schools and a world notable attendance. The day featured traditional exercises, a governor’s arrival, orderly processions to Sanders Theatre, and formal addresses by Samuel H Newhall and Arthur J Mayer. Prominent honorees included Woodrow Wilson and Theodor Barth with honorary degrees conferred.
Evelyn Walsh heiress to Thomas F. Walsh says she aims to be a reporter and cover a murder case. She is known in New York Newport and Washington and told a Denver girl reporter she would phone when an editor assigns a murder and she plans to spend the night with Li Man Hurd by automobile.
An iron box found in the Coal and Iron Exchange cornerstone uncovers Richard M. Hunt’s building description and real estate views. The 1874 Exchange stood at Cortlandt and Church, later razed for the Broadway Cortlandt Street Building by City Investing Co. Dowling presides. The new 33 story project aims to be the city’s largest office space with high expected foot traffic and rents.
In Montpellier M Albert turns himself in at the detention prison to back the civic strike and defend grape growers. Clemenceau backs him while other prisoners face postponed hearings as mutinous army discipline worsens and government actions escalate.
Street Cleaning Department drivers joined by stable K on West 71st and stable C on West 130th, plus some uptown East Side men, walk out after pay day. Meetings at Bicilia Hall reported unified action and pay collection continued. Craven pledged review of grievances once strikers return. fines cited as chief gripe amid worsening East Side conditions.
The North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived from Bremen after the slowest passage in her history. An inexperienced stoker crew and fogbanks from longitude west to Sandy Hook reduced speed to about eighteen and a half knots, with a one hundred stoker shortage due to a German firemen strike. The ship’s captain cited poor visibility as blocking views ahead. The Kaiser communicated with the Kronprinz and Charter Carmania, both eastbound, on Saturday.
The grand jury finished its Acragham investigation yesterday. Handwriting expert W. B. Kinsley, who testified in the conspiracy proceedings before Magistrate House, was among the last witnesses. No indictments were returned.
George Belzer a prominent Brooklyn newspaper correspondent and Democratic political figure under Hugh McLaughlin died on Tuesday at his home 668 Glenmore avenue. Born in New York City 45 years ago he spent most of his life in East New York as a local representative for several Manhattan papers. He studied athletics and knew many in the sporting world. The funeral will be at his home tomorrow afternoon.
The will of Marta Inverarity, valued at 250000 dollars, was admitted to probate in Kings County Surrogate Court. Judge Dike ruled the testatrix, aged over eighty, was of sound mind despite relatives alleging undue influence by her second husband Thomas Inverarity, and that Eugenia Burt, a grandchild, had no grounds to overturn the will.
John Gilsey, owner of the Gilsey House at Broadway and 29th street, died yesterday at his Madison Avenue home No 37. He had been ill for months and left business three weeks ago. His wife and his brother Henry were at his bedside. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
George H. Vanderveer, a Wall Street broker, and Miss Helen Davis were married last night at the bride’s parents’ home in Tahway New Jersey. Rev. Dr. Cooder officiated. They will reside in Cranford. The notice also promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a refreshing beverage and tonic.
Henry W. Savage returned aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse after six weeks abroad with contracts for next year’s productions. He plans an all American cast for The Merry Widow with Franz Ziegler directing. Other booked pieces include Tom Jones light opera Hugo Dietrichs Braut and an American Salome. New singers Mme Feeba Strakosch and Miss Katherine Woolf were engaged for Madam Butterfly.
Notices list marriages and deaths with addresses and dates from June 1907. Entries include Virginia M Hewett marrying Ralph H Holland at the Church of the Messiah Brooklyn. multiple death notices from New York Hospital and Brooklyn addresses. funeral details and times. ages and places of origin such as Port Washington and Stokestown. churches named including Transfiguration and St James Pro-Cathedral. and requests to omit flowers and attend services.
Vladimir de Pachmann, famed pianist who dislikes the ocean, docked in New York from Liverpool aboard the Cunard Caronia. He greeted manager Arnold Semlyo and said the trip was smooth though he is glad it is over. Fellow passenger Richard W. Tully and his wife traveled with him. A second cabin passenger, Mrs Camp, died at sea en route to Buffalo to meet her son and was buried at sea.
Asheville June 26 Bishop Ellyson Capers head of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the South Carolina diocese lies unconscious at his home near Cedar Mountain. His left arm and leg are paralyzed and recovery is not expected.
A collection of death notices and funeral details for Bridget Ryan George Spencer Josephine Willis Frances Wilson Emily Winant David Wood and related cremation and cemetery information. Includes references to The Woodlawn Cemetery access and Frank E Campbell Co funeral services with addresses in Brooklyn Manhattan and New Rochelle.
The Tribune details its Uptown Office at 1364 Broadway with hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and lists comprehensive domestic and foreign subscription prices, postal information, and multiple international office affiliations. It also notes ad placement and distribution options in New York and abroad, including various European and global hotel reading rooms.
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