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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
9
President Roosevelt attends Harvard commencement with Eliot, Taft, and Long. Honorary degrees conferred. alumni gifts announced. parade through Cambridge. addresses emphasize scholarship, athletic conduct, and public service.
Amherst Mass June 28 commencement exercises in College Hall featured speakers F Thomas Union City Pa B S Kneeland Northampton W V Spaulding Worcester E H Van Eten Rhinebeck N Y R J Bottomly Worcester diplomas presented by President George Harris Alumni dinner in Pratt Gymnasium included Harris Congressman George F Lawrence and Rev W L Robbins of New York The Phi Beta Kappa meeting chose E A Crowell Amherst as president The reunion trophy went to the class of 1880 for highest attendance Bond prize of 100 awarded to E M H Van Etten Rhinebeck N Y Other brief remarks included Sir Chentung Cheng Chinese minister to the United States and T W Morrow New York City who spoke briefly Llrs conferred honorary degrees
The thirty first Grand Conservatory of Stusse commencement concluded with an opera in one act La Corsteana by J. Lewis Browne. Degrees and diplomas were conferred by Dr. Eberhard after an elaborate musical programme.
Yale University held a formal commencement with a grand procession through New Haven streets to Woolsey Hall where 669 degrees were conferred. Degrees included Arts, Philosophy, Fine Arts, Music, Law, Masters, Doctors, and honorary distinctions to notable figures such as Taft and Elgar. Special prizes recognized achievements in politics, history, science, and literature.
Dartmouth College held its commencement with 170 graduates. President William J. Tucker conferred degrees including honorary doctorates for Wheeler Miller Dana Willard and others. At College Hall alumni luncheon Judge Stephen Moody Crosby announced a gift that boosts the building fund toward a $250000 limit.
In Oberlin Ohio Jane Dill of New York condemned graft in business and politics. He urged a return to beginnings, warned against two standards of morality, and urged educators and professionals to resist money driven corruption. He argued fraud harms policyholders and undermines public trust, stressing civic duty over personal gain.
A Rock Island line telegraph from Fairbury Nebraska to Superintendent Wilson reports Phillipsburg Kansas was struck by a tornado this evening. Six people are dead, with the official message detailing wreckage and casualties in Phillipsburg and surrounding areas.
A man identified as Louis Straklein, a plumber of East 1st Street, allegedly insane after Harlem lightning, was found last night on a lamp post at 3d Avenue near 104th Street. He claimed storms cannot touch him and said his wife, the janitor at his listed address, confirmed his identity and past work on a Riverside Drive area building ruined by Monday's storm. He described witnessing wreckage and a body recovered from the ruins. In separate notes, note mentions of gypsy moth insect shipments arriving in San Francisco from the Orient to Massachusetts for pest control, detailing insect eggs and larvae.
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