Wooster Library Dedication Speech at Public Library Opening
A dedication of the University Library at Wooster commemorates H C Frick’s gift and T H C Erick’s endowment. The address reviews the library’s growth since 1870, funding efforts, and the Librarian Thomas Davis’s leadership, calling the library a vital educational force and a monument to benefactors.
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Hohten
Tittaburg
Taylors
Hh Prick
Board of Prustees
University of Wooster
Plicean
HC Frick
The University Library A Vision of a Beautiful Campus Structure
A detailed portrait of the university library building as an architectural and scholarly hub. It describes white stone, green tiled roof, semi Greek design, inscription tablets, a wide reading room, cataloging area, and four ground floor seminars. The piece emphasizes beauty, simplicity, and practical function inspiring use.
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University Library
Demosthenes
St. Paul
Beethoven
Handel
Homer
Cicero
Shakespeare
Plato
Socrates
Phidias
Miss Flora Parsons Receives Warm Recital Acclaim
Miss Flora Parsons presented a piano recital Monday night to strong approval. The Wooster graduate impressed audiences with a varied program, superior touch, and sympathetic expression. Her Kappa sisters sent chrysanthemums in appreciation of the performance.
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Flora Parsons
Miss Parsons
Wooster
Kappa Kcappa-Gammna
Kappa
What a Woman Thinks A series of old time maxims and proverbs
A collection of sayings on romance, manners, and womanly wisdom. It ponders whether love is easy to win or keep, value of plain virtues, politeness to a wife, and the wisdom of restraint. The piece blends humor with social advice and observations on marriage and behavior.
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Prince Charming
Proper Lace Care for Ironing and Storage Patterns
Tips for ironing lace starting on the right then wrong side, covering with tissue to prevent shine, winding on a card for storage, using cornflour for stiffening, avoiding damp storage near heat, and pulling out each lace edge before ironing to keep faces looking neat and fresh longer.
Etiquette Do's and Don'ts For Public Behavior
A list of social guidance covering bearing in public spaces. It advises keeping to the right, avoiding elbowing others, excusing accidental contact, not staring or laughing at others, carrying a cane or umbrella safely, avoiding crowding, keeping quiet at performances, shaking hands with gloves off, offering help, ensuring mutual agreement before introductions, not rushing for seats, avoiding doubtful stories, not interrupting or quarrelling, and avoiding slang.
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In & Cor
Houte
The Price Of Skill And Work In Society
A vignette contrasts value across professions and classes, noting wealth from capital, currency, and production. It highlights that editors, mechanics, merchants, lawyers, and laborers achieve distinct justified earnings or perceived excesses, while criticizing inequities in wages and pricing.
Pointed Paragraphs Reflect Trinkets of Social Wit
The piece surveys social behavior with aphorisms on fame and speech. It notes hospital bulletins as weak news, likens a vain woman to a street piano, and jokes about ambition, talent, and talkativity. It ends with a caution about keeping enemies informed while shielding friends.
Reflection on life and marriage in a moral essay
The excerpt muses on kindness, heredity, and happiness in marriage. It contrasts celebrating ancestors with honoring individuals, questions marriage licenses for divorced partners, and reflects on enduring values and age as a measure of achievement. The tone is cautious and contemplative, with questions about virtue and heaven.
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Henry A. Chittenden
Earth
L.neve
Heavor
Matrimonial League
Chicago
England
Lebanon
Explosive Water Power Centennial Met with Nickel Ore Found
Italian Colonel Cornara reveals a water split method producing an explosive stronger than gunpowder. A new Mohawkite ore rich in copper and nickel is found near Houghton Michigan. Ravens’ longevity appears overestimated with parrots lasting longer. Swiss plan electric smelting in the Alps using Agr river power. Dublin Zoo reports over 200 lions raised in 20 years. American Chemical Society backs a national bureau to enforce pure food laws. Hydrographic division to warn floods under Weather Bureau.
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Cornara
Houghton
Michigan
Alps
Switzerland
Germany
Zoological Garden
Dublin
Council of the
American Chemical Society
Bureau of Chemistry
Weather Bureau
Largest South Dakota orchard owned by Mrs Alderman
The 160 acre orchard of 8000 trees and multiple crops is run by Mrs A Alderman. The Gold Digger issues mention rising prices for eggs and other items. A Minnesota lake cave called the Blue Grotto is praised for vivid water colors. London waiters form a union demanding higher wages and oppose tipping as unfair.
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South Dakota
Capri
Minnesota
London
Good Tuck and the Charm of Acceptance in Life
The Chicago Record commentary urges agility to ride favorable chances and enjoy cheerful entertainments. It notes a virtue in putting oneself in others’ shoes even when feeling superior, promoting humility and shared perspective.
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Chicago
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Kew
NTT
Thomas Kh Davis
Yale
Davis
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NEW Type
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Rockefeller
United States
Science and Invention
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