Ills of loose conduct at Columbia spark campus regulation debate
A discussion at Columbia University after its summer session centers on regulating housing and visiting rights for students living off campus. Teachers, apartment lessees, and university officials urge supervised social spaces and proper chaperones to prevent late night meetings in sleeping rooms and public parks, warning of broader moral decline and calling for authoritative rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Columbia University
Kirkpatrick
Teft
Thedday
Boy Scouts Award Badges At Swimming Exhibition
The First Troop of Boy Scouts held a swimming and diving display at Glaize pool with Howard Taylor Lanier Gray and Garland Potts earning first second and third badges. Talks on the fall program followed with W S White and M M Lynch scheduled to speak on preparedness and scholarship. A first class badge was given to Richard Gray, Scout Testaments to Lynch Green and R Gray, and a wireless station proposal debated. A hike to the cabin is planned next Friday. a slide show at Empire Theater raises funds for the scout cabin.
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Glaize
Howard Taylor
Lanier Gray
Garland Potts
W. S. White
M. M. Lynch
Richard Gray
Lynch
Green
R. Gray
Wireless Committee
Scout Wheat
Empire Theater
H. F. Byrd
M Cormick Stillman Wedding Planned in September
Mr and Mrs Marshall McCormick of Berryville announce the engagement of their daughter Harriet Taylor McCormick to Thomas Bliss Stillman. The ceremony will be at Grace Episcopal Church Berryville at eight oclock Thursday evening September 14 1916. Guests from Winchester expected. The bride to be is noted for charm and popularity in society.
Crepe Myrtle in Mrs Hillyard’s Braddock Street Garden
A pink crepe myrtle blooms in Mrs J W Hillyard’s South Braddock Street garden. The plant, once owned by the late Miss Mary Kurtz, is prized and flowers briefly each season. Also noted are seeds and lime products offered by H H Bakers at 46 E Piccadilly St.
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J. W. Hillyard
Braddock Street
Baltimore Grain Markets Report
At 3 o clock this afternoon No 2 red wheat closed at 1 56 per bushel and corn quoted at 93 1 2 cents. The brief note records wholesale market prices in Baltimore for wheat and corn.
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Baltimore
Coop ers Wanted on No 1 Apple Barrels at Turkey Knob
Help wanted on No 1 apple barrels at Turkey Knob Orchard Mt Jackson Va. Good pay and board offered. Location Mt Jackson Virginia indicates rural farm work with housing provided.
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Coopers
Turkey Knob
Orchard
Mt. Jackson
Vaipte
Grave Crisis in Railroad Strike Push
Washington Aug 26 The railroad crisis deepened as Presidents and managers met in secret at the Willard Hotel to accept Wilson’s 18 hour shift proposal on a 10 hour wage basis pending arbitration. Brotherhood leaders warned of a strike if the plan failed. President Wilson remained in his study, called the situation serious but not hopeless.
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Washington
Wilson
Willard Hotel
Brotherhood
White House
Brotherhoods’ Committee
New Advertising Feature Promises Bigger Winchester Fair
The Winchester Fair adds exhibitor name tags to each entry for better publicity. Exhibitors benefit from attendee interest as crowd engagement grows after judges award prizes. Organizers urge more classes and earlier entries to attract funding and county benefits.
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Winchester Fair
Winchester
Frederick County
Automobiles For Sale Two 1916 Overland Tourers and Ford
Two Overland Touring Cars, No. 83, 1916 models, plus one Ford Touring Car, 1916 model, all in first class condition. Will be sold at a bargain if taken at once. Apply at 25 South Main Street.
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South Main Street
William Reid Lucas Laid To Rest In Mount Hebron Cemetery
Funeral held for William Reid Lucas proprietor of Hotel Hv ans who died suddenly at Wrightsville Beach North Carolina. Services led by Rev Walter Mitchell with Masonic rites by Hiram Lodge Winchester. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Winchester Chamber of Commerce and Masons attend in a body.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Hiram Lodge
William Reid ‘Lucas
Hotel
Hvans
Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Lucas
North Braddock Street
Walter Mitchell
Charleston
8. C
Christ Episcopal Church of
H. B. McCormick
William Wagner
H. C. Sheetz
A. ©. Slonaker
A. J. Tavenner
George Fansler
Messrs
H. D. Fuller
L. C. Janney
E .B. Sheetz
J. H. Lacy, Jr
W. A. Baker
R. C. Green
E. C
Winchester Health Board Intercepts Two Children From Trains
Sanitary Inspector Robert Doran enforces new Virginia health rules by detaining two children under sixteen who disembarked in Winchester. Myrtle Corder from Charlestown WV, ten years old, with nine cents, was returned to Charles Town after verification. Stella Michaels, with her parents from Marton PA, was held and sent back on the afternoon train.
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Virginia State Board of Health
Robert Doran
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
Doran
Piccadilly Street
Myrtle Corder
Charlestown
W Va
Levi Corder
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Michaels
Stella
Marton
Pennsylvania
Parsonage Guests Entertain in Winchester
Reverend Walter R. Alexander and his wife hosted visitors at the parsonage on North Market Street all week. Mrs. Alexander of West Philadelphia intends to stay another week in Winchester before returning home.
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Walter R. Alexander
North Market Street
Wiliam B. Alexander
West Philadelphia
Alexander ‘Intenay
Winchester
Minister to Preach at Brad dock Street M E Church South
In the pastor's absence Rev. Mr. Van Der Linden of the Moore field district will preside and preach at Brad dock Street M E Church South on Sunday August 27.
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Mr. van der Linden
Moorefield
Braddock Street M. E
Notice on Sprinkler Rule Penalty After Eight PM
If any sprinkler runs after 8 P.M. the owner faces a six dollar penalty. City Manager A.M. Field signs the notice.
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A.M. Field
Macedonia 16 Owept by the Flame of War
From Saloniki to Petrograd and Paris reports detail Balkan operations as Bulgarians advance near Seres and refugees flood coastal cities. Russian forces join Greeks and British in Macedonia while German and French fronts clash with heavy artillery fire.
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Macedonia
London
Aus
North Sea
Admiralty
Condor
Royal Navy
Saloniki
Struma River
Seres
Petrograd
War Office
Greek Macedonia
Balkans
Carpathian
Russian War Office
Guta
Muh
Vipnna
Carpathians
von Hindenburg
Paris
Champagne
Verdun
Fleury
Maurepas
Somme
Berlin
Lost Black Silk Handbag Reward
A black silk handbag is missing. Reward offered for its return to the Star office. Please contact the Star.
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Star Office
Colored Sunday schools plan union picnic at Rouss Springs
The colored Sunday schools will host a union picnic at Rouss Springs next Thursday. John Mann Church stewards announce weights and measures party on Monday and Tuesday evenings, free to all. Ladies Aid Society plans to attend Mt. Carmel F B Church reopening tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. C E Neville returns from extended visit to son Charles Neville and daughter Mrs Oscar Anderson in Philadelphia. Mr A H Conyne of Mount Claire New Jersey attends funeral of cousin W R Lucas in Winchester.
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Rouss Springs
John Mann Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mt. Carmel
C. E. Neville
Charles Neville
Oscar Anderson
Philadephia
Georgia Aroused Over Killing of an Army Surgeon
Georgia reacts to the killing of Captain Edgar Spratling at a state military camp in Macon. Mrs. H. C. Adams, Atlanta matron, remained in jail refusing to see anyone or explain her act. Nurse Maud Monk links jealousy to the murder. Spratling’s body to Atlanta for burial. he was a Heidelberg graduate married to a Florida senator’s niece.
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the Star
Macron
H. C. Adams
Atlanta
Edgar Spratling
Maud Monk
Dr. Spratling
Florida
Adams
Apples Wanted at C. W. A. R. in Miller Warehouse
Apple buyers announce a fall and winter fruit purchase at the C. W. A. R. in the old Miller warehouse. Operations begin Monday August 28 with Fr. A. BCK offering the highest cash price for first class apples.
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Apple
2nd Va. Regiment Needs Musicians
The Winchester Star prints a recruitment ad from C. Richard Boyce of Company I Second Virginia Regiment stationed at Brownsville Texas. It seeks musicians for the infantry band including first and second B flat clarinet players and E flat clarinet players with expenses paid and commission to the right men.
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Winchester Star
Richard Boyce
Second
Virginia Regiment
Brownsville
Texas
Virginia Infantry
Grangers Picnic Train Service Announced at Wil Hams Grove
The Oev R R schedules connections for the Grangers Picnic at Wil Hams Grove from Aug 28 to Sept 2. A Thursday special departs Winchester at 5 30 am. return Grove departure is 5 22 pm. Excursion tickets valid to Sept 2 go on sale all week at reduced rates. Two day passes available from Timel ay to Friday at 1 00 for the round trip.
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Wil Hams Grove
Oev. R. R
Grove
Winchester
Frank Woore Improving After Shoulder Injury
The many friends of Mr. Frank R. Woore report he is recovering from a broken left shoulder and collar bone suffered in a baseball game. He is staying at his parents home in Martinsburg and will not have full use of his arm for some time. The Woores formerly lived in Winchester.
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Frank R. Woore
Mr. Woore
A. J.woore
Martinsburg
Woores
Winchester
Unanimous Resolutions on Judicial Vacancy in Virginia Seventeenth Circuit
Citizens of Frederick County and Winchester gather in the county court room to urge Governor Stuart to appoint a properly qualified judge to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. The meeting endorses Thomas W. Carter as a candidate and adopts a resolution urging selection of a fit appointee. The text also notes endorsements and procedural steps by local officials and citizens.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Stuart
Cartmell
R. Faye
Robert Worsley
Worsley
Star
Harvey Kline
Vaucluse
S. L. Lupton
Virginia
17Th Judicial Circuit
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front. Roy. Va
House of Delegates
County of Frederick
Chester
Betsy
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Mooney
Nemo
Page &Y
BOY Scouts
Empire
M’cormick-Stillman
Lancaster County
Penn
Kansas
H. H. Baker’s
E. Piccadilly St
Wire
W. A. Lucas
MT. Hebron
A. H. Conyne
Mount Claire
N. J
W R. Lucas
Georgia
Spratling
Fr. A. Bck
Grangers’ Picnic
Frank Woore
Julge Harrison
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