Hood College History Told To Kiwanis Club
President Joseph H. Apple outlined Hood College’s origins in Frederick and Mercersburg along with its growth to a leading women’s college in the East. He traced the 1803 start as the Woman’s College of Frederick, highlighted gifts from Mrs. Margaret Hood, campus expansion, and the May 28 designation as a fully accredited college by the Middle States and Maryland Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
East
Joseph H. Apple
Kiwanis Club
Wayside Inn
Apple
Rotary Club
Grayson H. Staley
Judge Shawbaker
West Virginia
Hagerstown Duting
Frederick Club
Hagerstown
Washington County
Tammany Farm
Eiwanians
Frederick
Rotary
Kiwan
Franklin & Marshall
Washington & Jefferson
Emory
Henry
Frederick Female Seminary
Mercersburg College
Mercersburg
F. F. Seminary
Maryland
Woman’s College of
Woman's College of
Margaret E. S. Hood
Hood College of Today
Groff
Campse
Falls
Commission On Institutions of Higher
Mraliel
Tival
Porch Frocks 22 Reveals Growth Through Donations and Endowment
A college notes rapid progress funded by gifts including 25 000 dollars from an anonymous donor and a 30 000 dollar bequest for an observatory named after Miss M. Janet Williams. Brodbeck Hall will gain a new pipe organ funded by Theodore M. Wood. Enrollment reached 443 students, about 300 in regular college work, with expectations to rise. The speaker emphasizes a college as a benevolent institution benefiting the community and argues funds and gifts support growth without harming taxes.
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M. Janet Williams
Brodbeck
A. R. Brodbeck
Theodore M. Wood
Chambersburg
Dreco Promises Relief From Stomach Ailments
A Frederick Maryland letter quotes Mr. Allen C. Gosnell describing severe indigestion with gas heart palpitations and dizziness. He credits Dreco with ending his gas and heart fluttering restoring sleep and appetite and touts it as a cure addressing the root cause rather than masking symptoms. The ad claims widespread use and effectiveness of Treacy's medicine introduced by a Frederick druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen C. Gosnell
West Patrick Street
Frederick
Gosnell
Drece
Kidner
Endowment and Growth Aimed at College Future Progress
Expressions of broad support, pride, and active participation mark efforts to increase endowment gifts, build facilities, and fund scholarships or professorships. The aim is to lift the college’s name, usefulness, and standing as it moves toward its foundational goal.
Insect Losses Hit Swallows Amid Heavy New England Rains
State Ornithologist Edward H. Forbush reports record bird deaths caused by relentless rains in New England. Chimney swifts starve as insects vanish from the sky, with Maine seeing extreme losses and Massachusetts less affected. A 1903 rain and cold spell produced a similar collapse in the region.
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New England
Edward H. Forbush
Massachusetts
Forsush
Maine
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Hood
J. H. Apple
Roy W. Poole
Bestee
East Pass St
Mary
Mullinix
Bentz
North Market St
Fredericto, Md
Chas. Opel JR
Liberty Loan
Victory Loan
Quaker City Cleaning
Frederick County
Greenawalt’s Drug Store
Tilghman’s Meat Market
Purina O Molene
C.S. Schermerhorn & Son
N. Markei ST
Frederick, Md
A. A. Lough & Son
South Market St Frederick, Md
Jesse H. MI
South Market St
Bank of Personal Service
Pratt St
Baltimore
Stricker Bros. Toc
the News Job Printing Office
McCleery
Jewelry
North Market Street
P. O
Robeson
Seeger & Company
Bett
Optical Department
C. L. Kefauver
P. L. Hargett & Co., Inc
Helfenstein & Urner, Insurance
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