Man graduates at women’s college in Boston
Four hundred and four women seniors received diplomas at Simpson College’s commencement with one male candidate, John Humphrey Scammon of Dorchester, receiving only a certificate after a special course for Andover Newton Theological School. His presence drew little attention while he pursued the program at the women’s school.
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Boston
Mass
Simmona College
John Humphrey Scammon
Dorchester
Andover Newton Theological School
Bates graduate recalls campus mixups in foreign exchange
A Bates College alumnus notes a past incident where a mixup in foreign exchange students sent a female student to Sweden and received a male student in return. The tale underscores campus gender dynamics and cross national exchanges during earlier eras.
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Scammons
Bates
Simmons
Stockholm
Sweden
Plague Toll in Capetown Heavily Strikes Europeans
Dr Shadick Higgins Medical Officer of Health reports tuberculosis death rate among Europeans in Capetown is twice the Union average. The text notes China modernizing its transportation systems.
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Capetown
Shadick Higgins
Union
China
German American volksbund opens 21st Nazi camp in New Jersey
Fritz Kuhn, president of the German American volksbund, spoke at Andover New Jersey as the organization opened its twenty first Nazi camp in the United States. About 6,000 people attended the address. Separate excerpt notes Kent State University health chief Dr. A. O. DeWeese discussing shifts in women’s body ideals from buxom belles to streamlined misses amid changing exercise and diet trends.
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Acme
Fritz Kuhn
Volksbund
Andover
N. J
Kent
Beleves Dr
DeWeese
Kent State University Health Department
New York Day By Day By D. C. McIntyre
New York writer D C McIntyre muses on postwar culture in a column that riffs on celebrities hotels and theater, noting figures from Johnny One Note to Beatrice Lillie and Ed Sullivan while weaving literary references and social scenes from Boston to Broadway.
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New York
D. C. McIntyre
Ike Frank Crowninshield
Ethel Merman
Johnny
Margaret Case Harriman
Keats
C. D. Gibson
Baruch
Burleigh Grimes
American Mercury
King George
Ed Sullivan
Willie Moore
Eleanor Roosevelt
Beatrice Lillie
James Montgomery Flagg
Daisy
Ned Sparks
Bob Hope
Soup and cocktails shape midtown eating trends in 1937
A dated reminiscence traces soup, fruit cocktails, and modestly priced menus across New York eateries. It notes soup as a staple leading many meals, outlines price ranges from 20 cents to 1.25 dollars, and recounts an oyster cocktail origin tale from 1886. It closes by recalling industrial Brazil's manufacturing surge.
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New York
Millionaire in Austria Among 1,666,000 Taxpayers
In Austria only one person earns over a million shillings about $200,000 with taxes at 60 percent leaving roughly $80,000 annually. The note mentions Roosevelt and a playful anecdote about a one-dollar bill sent with a congratulatory letter for a commencement invitation to Mise Lae.
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Vienna
Austria
Roosevelt Dolla
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Libby Holman
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