Robert Frost to Give Oberlin Commencement Address
Oberlin College announces its 104th annual Commencement exercises for June 6 and 7 with poet Robert Frost delivering the commencement address on June 5 in Finney Chapel. The program includes Alumni Day events, Baccalaureate services, trustee meetings, and multiple musical and social activities concluding with the Senior Class Promenade featuring Red Norvo and his swing band.
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Robert Frost
Amherst College
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Frost
New England
Oherrn College
Raymond Calkins
Conservatory
Wilkins
Board of Trustees
Glee Club
Red Norvo
Goop the Pollywog Celebrates Birthday in Barnstable
In Barnstable Mass fifth grade partygoers hosted Goop a five inch pollywog who refused to become a frog It was Goops second birthday anniversary and the Barnstable village school third and fourth graders organized the event with glee.
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Vollywog
Barnstable
Mass
Goop
Barnstable Village School
New York artist RE Campbell breaks racial barriers in top mags
June 3 dispatch outlines RE Simms Campbell as the only African American achieving recognition in major magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire. The Harlem artist lives in The Dunbar, studies in Paris, and works with models of his own race while earning equal pay with white peers. It notes his ambitions, past fears of color hindering editors, and mentions other famous Black performers and cultural figures.
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New York
RE. Simms Campbell
Cosmopolitan
Esquire
Dunbar
Harlem
Newsreel Echoes as Spanish Vessels Sink Another Ship
During the Spanish American War a man holds an inverted newspaper and proclaims the enemy have sunk another battleship. The moment captures wartime mood and public eagerness for updates from the front.
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Uncle Billy
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Huge Diamond Found in Liberia Trial Involving Disappearance
In Monrovia Liberia Zachariah Jackson found a large diamond nearly a cu blc inch in size. The stone vanished before trial as Henry Bell was convicted of stealing it. During proceedings the diamond reappeared and surfaced in the hands of counsel H. L. Harmon, a member of the court.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Zachariah Jackson
Henry Bell
Lor H. L. Harmon
London Mystery Stone Smuggling Scandal Sparks Expulsion
Bell's attorney defended a bill in the House as Harmon allegedly tried to smuggle a stone to England. Ward Jackson, sole identifer of the stone, died shortly after and was said to have been poisoned. Rep. Horace led the expulsion of Harmon amid the scandal. Five Cambridge scientists plan six months at Titicaca to study lake waters and wildlife high in the Andes.
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Bell
Harmon
England
Jackson
Jeffrey Benjamin Horace
Sow Horace
Cammbridge
Titicaca
Great Lake
Andes
South America
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