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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
7
Dr Conwell handed diplomas to 106 Temple College graduates as seniors of Manual Training Schools delivered orations. The city and nearby academies held class day events with thousands attending celebrations at multiple sites including Temple College and the Central and Northeast Manual Training schools.
Graduating classes of the Manual Training School and Northeast Manual Training School held class day exercises yesterday. Bath theatre decorations featured red and black. speakers, poems, and presentations marked the event with honors awarded to top students.
John H. Converse addressed De Lancey School graduates on character over capital stressing Christian values for success. The program included salutatory by Sidney Brock and class history, poem, prophecy, and mock presentations by classmates.
The class of 1902 was confirmed yesterday morning at Keneseth Israel Temple on Broad Street. Confirmants carried a Bible a prayer book and six white roses and placed them in the shrine after the opening prayer. Hymns and the shabaoth service followed with selections from the Service Manual. Confirmation services were also held at Rodef Shalom Synagogue Broad and Mount Vernon streets with Rabbi Henry Berkowitz delivering the sermon.
The thirty first annual Cheltenham Military Academy commencement was held at Ogontz in the school gymnasium. Cadets formed outside and marched in as Rev. Ethelbert Talbot delivered the address. Diploma awards were presented by Rev. John B D Skilton, with students and class speakers named.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces affordable round trip fares to Denver Colorado for delegates to the International Sunday School Convention. Tickets will be sold through the convention period with return travel allowed from designated stations.
At Princeton University on June 11 a hurried trustees meeting raised President Patton's salary by six thousand dollars a year for five years to match his prior compensation. The day featured the 155th commencement with the procession from Nassau Hall to Alexander Hall, honorary degrees, and the annual address by Edwin Kellogg. The program included bachelor degrees in arts and science across multiple disciplines and awards to several graduates.
The Franklin and Marshall College board elected Rev. Dr. Joseph W. Santee of Philadelphia and J. Theodore Keel of Pittsburgh as trustees, reappointed W. A. Hensel for ten years, and chose officers including President George F. Baer Reading Railroad. Degrees were conferred and the new science building was dedicated with Edgar F. Smith as orator. Alumni events followed at Ursinus College with a luncheon and alumni oration.
At the Johns Hopkins University commencement in Baltimore the president reported $902,000 of the $1,000,000 relief fund raised with only $98,000 more needed and twenty days left to complete the drive.
Michael Gallagher, who has spent most of his life in prison, received three years and six months in the Eastern Penitentiary from Judge Beitler in Quarter Sessions Court No. L. He was convicted of stealing a horse, carriage, and harness from John Eagleson and attempting to break into the building of J H Gelts.
The Zoo named its three week old elephant Kaiserin in a baptism led by Dr. Thomas Biddle. The ceremony featured an apple with a paper slip bearing the name and a hose spraying water as spectators cheered. Bolivar and Empress trumpeted in celebration as the crowd enjoyed the moment.
Coal shipments from Newport News and Norfolk are tied up as West Virginia bituminous miners strike. Tugboats and tramp steamers idle at Norfolk and Newport News while ships await coal or fuel. Hampton Roads suffers, with only large contracted liners securing coal.
Ten year old Eddie Wood testifies before Magistrate Rochersperger that John McCollum of Twenty third and Jefferson streets choked him and dragged him along the street after accusing him of stealing a rat trap. The magistrate reacted with visible shock as the tale began.
London reports Chamberlain favors subsidizing the Canadian British Line over the Cunard plan. Proposers cite a £10,000,000 capital with six 25 knot ships and freight steamers, plus subsidies and imperial guarantees. Paris notes Etienne warns American shipping tie ups could threaten European fleets.
District Attorney Weaver, after reviewing evidence from the elementary schools committee on an extortion scandal, plans to refer findings to the Board of Education or prosecute if warranted. Accused director John A. Liggett promises an affidavit post convention, potentially linking to a political leader.
June 11 Beaver report notes no Beaver county return judge appointed by the Republican committee. Certifying the Lawrence and Washington county primaries, Creighton G. Logan and E. C. Umstead reported Lawrence 4,341 votes and Washington 4,083 votes, with Beaver blank.
Thomas Coward of Claysburg near Jeffersonville asserts he is the most remarkable grandfather in Indiana or Kentucky. At 36 he has four grandchildren aged 4, 4 months, and two younger. He was 15 when married and became a father at 16, his daughter having a child at 16. Coward lost an arm in childhood and suffered leg injuries, later undergoing a leg operation by Dr Peyton. He now walks with a slight limp and no crutches.
The report details Professor Angelo Hellprin of Philadelphia risking the Mont Pelee crater to study the eruption. He faced blazing ash, heat and mud as thirty thousand lives were claimed by the blast, while he calmly took notes from the crater lip.
Heinrich Conried plans to bring the Central Theatre Berlin opera company to the United States next April with chorus. Gertrude Atherton collaborates on a Daughter of the Vine adaptation with Olga Nethersole, and Elsie De Wolfe is linked to a Atherton play. W H Crompton and Genevieve Reynolds wed after recent stage work. Spong returns to Virginia Harned’s Pinero season. Eleanor Robson touted for the title role, though the US rights lie with a rival. Bernhardt and Maude Adams rumored to revive Romeo and Juliet in the US with Frohman. negotiations in London on language of performance.
A programme of specialties and sketches is prepared for next week at the Lyceum Theatre and Grand Opera House. The Rounders ends its run at the Grand Opera House with final performances. Lovers Lane continues at the Park Theatre until next Saturday. Millie James as Simplicity will be photographed for distribution during the last two performances. Two Juliets, a short farce by Lawrence Sterner, features Lena Merville Marion Elmore and Sidney Booth at Keith's Theatre. The Lukens accordionists join the lineup for Keith's week.
Victor Herbert opens a Willow Grove engagement Monday afternoon while Sousa and his band plan a concert at the resort. Phinney and his band end Chettnatill Park engagements next week, with daily concerts in the new pavilion. Woodside Park features include Conterno's "Battles of Our Nation" and a show by Adgie with trained Hons. The Republic steamer resumes daily Cape May trips from Chestnut Street Pier 3 at 7:30 A M, with charter trips for area church groups. Delaware Bay House ownership and Delaware River Navigation Co schedules listed with multiple daily departures to upper-Delaware points.
The Broad Street Theatre offers afternoon and late shows while Grand Opera House has matinee and night performances. Keiths Theatre runs a long daytime program and the Lyceum and Park theatres present multiple shows at 2 15 and 8 15. Sousa’s Band and Conterno’s Band play Willow Grove and Woodside parks with afternoon and evening times listed.
The ninth exposition of the National Carriage Dealers Association will be held in Philadelphia October 13 18. It is connected with the thirteenth annual convention of the National Carriage Dealers Protective Association.
A Cincinnati Enquirer report notes an inventory filed for the Provident Union fraternal insurance society after an assignment to Robert Pugh. It lists odd initiation items such as spankers, a hobby horse, and costumes. Real estate is valued at 4400.52 with notes due about 40, and the assignee is expected to offer around 3 percent on claims.
Fragmentary report notes that arranged marriages for daughters are common or pursued abroad when parents fail to wed them locally. Gossip and travel stories follow such women, with long absences erasing inquiry as the fate of a foreign husband is told in distant lands.
The piece argues that birds largely lack smell and taste, rely on sight, and that even praised birds may feed on unsavory, sewer-adjacent foods. It contrasts animal noses with human money and scent noted in June Outing, noting birds roam and eat despite smells.
A sparrow couple feature in a comic scene of nest making. The male overstates his help while the female quietly manages the nest, discarding the straw at first sight of its impractical placement and continuing until the proper material is found as the female patiently works.
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