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A NEW SCHOOL POLITY
Education Board Urges Inquiry
tiith Vines to Establishing It. ■
The Beard of Education passed yesterday a
resolution for at: Investigation which has for Its
afar. th» complete reorganization of the public
•cbool «ystem of this city. Th*. subject came up
Vim th« report on the establishment of three dis
ciplinary' fchools was submitted for adoption. The
•chools «ere to 1- In Manhattan. The Bronx and
Brooklyn. The report was not adopted, but the
following resolution, sulimitted by Nathan 6. Jo
nas, was passed, after warm opposition:
Resolved. That the report on disciplinary **»olf
he referred back for further consideration and
that the committee or. elementary schools and the
boerd of superintendents jointly re requested to
7oMader In connection therewith the broader and
mo% important proposition of the ''r- a ' : ra ' n < :" n^
« new school polity which will make for smaller
classes, full time for all pupil*, for ■ „r n^.'^,
course of study, for more playgrounds, for increased
sassrtßß. for businesslike And «rononiicHl lan -
Moment, all of which can be accomplished on ap
rr^™ed educational lines and with a decreased bud
»et
Frederic R. Coudert si^mitted a resolution for
the establishment of two vocational school*, one
in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn, to have day
and evening -««■ on*. It was referred. The board
derided to ratM the salaries of the cxn miners from
$5,000 to J6.000 a year. Of th* three district super
intendents who came up for re-election John Dwyer
«-as elected, and the action on the others was post
poned.
The complaints eralnst Miss Julia Rlchman. the
ruperintendent of the East Side district where the
school chlldrer. who were srarvin;: were aided, were
dismiss as inadequate. Miss n'.ehman Started
the work of aiding the rhildren. It was also de
cided to discontinue the investigation which Mr.
■fC - was conducting in Vi*s Rlohman's ©strict
President Butler of Columbia wrote to the Board
rf Education in reference to the European trip
of fifty New York teachers. BasjwestaßS that the
lesv* of absence with nay be extended from six
to ei«r.: weeks. The recommendation was ap
proved.
.On the motion of Dr. D. J. McDonald It was
vctea to have the flairs on all school bnlMbi«s
placed at halfmast as a token of respect to ex-
President Cleveland. The order is to be in effect
for Thirty days.
BETTING CASK GOES OVER.
Corpormtitm Cmuud Wants to Argue
Issue in Person.
At The request of the Corporation Counsel. Jus
tice Blanchard adjourned a?ain yesterday the hear-
Ins en the application of the OtM! Island Jockey
Club to have its ex parte injunction aca'.nst the
Police CoTnTn»!>«=ir.n»r made permanent, unti! »••-
Car- Assistant Corporation Counsel H^hio »M
jTFterfiay that Mr. Penflletrn. the Corporation
Counsel, flpplrea to appear personally. No opposi
tion was made to the requ^t by the lawyers for
the club
A third case on which an appeal to the hieher
courts may be taken was tw-Run yesterday, when
Justice BischofT Issued a writ of habeas corpus
fllrpctlnp Sheriff Hobley of Kinss to produce at
cnee Joseph Loptvy. Loeiry was hoW by Magistrate
VofrTi«-«. In Brooklyn. It Is paid, for maklns a
verbal b*>t. Th« case is MM to differ in several
essentials frem that of M«Scifle Collins. Argument
en the writ of habeas ccrpys in the Collins case
•w:!] !•>«• heard bf Justice BMbsß to-day.
Collins ma(3* a bet of $5 and handed the money
over to the bookmaker. tinnrr. according to the
ettorn-ys for the Coney Island Jockey Club, fim
ply mede a verbal bet.
DOG SLAUGHTER HELD UP.
The order to kill docs found without leash or
muni? was not enforced yesterday. Colonel "Wag
*taff. or the Baasstv for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animal*, appeared before the r<>ard of Health
and will meet i<r Dartlnaton to-day or to-morrow
to disenss further the matter of disposal of Stray
dor*. "When nske.s about the apparent suspension
of the ordinance. Dr. Darlington said: "The. order
has not been rescinded. It stands as formulated
last -week Further than that I cannot pay." No
does •w-ni lie killed until after the next oonferonce
■with Colonel %VaKstafT. end then nothing may l>e
done. Colr>ne! Wagtuaff believes that the order for
the killing of stray dogs will be lined. He is
"aTil'rur. to increase the force of his department to
Fa*i f-- th«» Health Commissioner. The Soriety for
th«^ Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' loss in li
cense fees would he great if the dog flaying ordi
nance wer* risrldly enforce 1
nb&jov General Putnam, XX. 5. H.
—^ IHE hero of Bunker Hill- who
I first marshaled the Riflemen of
z== the Revolution — and left his
f < lp' r plow standing in the furrow to
"■"—^ hoist the banner of defiance
against legislative oppression! Who
has not heard of him?
When others faltered and grew pale,
facing fearful odds, this intrepid old
Puritan Commander remained strong
hearted, steadfast and true. His tavern,
known to fame as the "GENERAL
WOLFE," was (in its day ) a celebrated
meeting place for Revolutionary
veterans.
In its cozy bar parlor they delighted
to periodically gather and drink with
him the foaming juice* of the malt;
toasting each other in memory of the
splendid and heroic days when they
gave blood and treasure to found this
nation and write the immortal princi
ple of "PERSONAL LIBERTY" in
our laws forevermore.
Hale, hearty and generous minded
to the last, Israel Putnam died at
eighty-three, and what living Prohibi
tionist dare 'stand up and say, " I am a
purer patriot than he ?
Arr: ■i i Encyclopedia— or any Biography.
Facts all well known.
IMMIGRATION PLANKS.
Liberal League Wants Them In
serted in Denver Platform.
The National LJberal Immigration League an
nounced yesterday that it had instructs its rep
resentatives in Denver to submit to the committee
on resolutions of the Democratic National Conven
tion the three recommendations submitted to the
Republican National Convention, and to request
that they be Inserted in the platform of the party.
The recommendations are for the maintenance of
the present immigration laws, for a law provid
ing free, transportation to Immigrants and others
desirous of leaving congested districts to settle in
th* countrj's sparsely populated regions, and for
a law providing for the deportation of aliens con
victed of felonies.
It was. also decided by the league to begin at
once an organized fight against House bill. No. 307,
introduced by Mr. Richardson and now in the
liar. ls of the Committee on Immigration and Natu
ralization, raising the head tax on alien passen
gers from $2 to $2'\ and other measures now pend
ing designed to restrict immigration. N. Hehar.
managing director of the league, said last night:
•I have Just received advices that the restriction
is^ will make a strong effort to have House bill
No. SOT made law. I consider it a dangerous meas
ure, as it would debar an army of immigrants
yearly from landing who are needed here for the
hard." unskilled work of developing the resources of
the country.
"One of the most active of the restrictionists is
Congressman Augustus I*. Gardner, of Massachu
setts, son-in-law of Senator Lodge, who was the
author of the Gardner bill of 1905. raising the head
tax to lit. This bin was defeated largely through
the. efforts of the league."
He said the league had a hard fight before it
against the restrictioriists, but It had received en
couraging letters from many influential men.
among them Congressman Bennet, of the Immi
gration Commission of the House of Representa
tives, who said that only for the efforts of the
lea^i* there would be an educational test upon the
statute books to-day which would have excluded
two hundred thousand deserving immigrants yearly.
"We are opposed to the exclusion of the illiter
ate." he said, "but favor the ten-year probation test
for citizenship."
MORE UA TIFIC A TIONS.
Republican County Committee Will
Shout for Ticket To-night.
Representative Herbert Parsons, president of the
county committee; Representatives William S.
Bennet and J. float Fateett and .lob E. Hedges
will be the speakers at the meeting to he held by th»
Rej übtlcan county organization in the Murray Hill
Lyceum to-night to ratify the nomination of Tart
nnd Sherman. Governor Hughes was Invited to
speak at the m*-»tins. but he had an engagement to
speak at the commencement exercises at < olgate
University, where he was a student before he went
to Brown, and will not b<; there.
At the me^tlnc of the committee of the :9th
Assembly District on Friday night plans will be
talked over for a mass mating to be hold in Car
n«>eie Hall at an early date, to which Secretary
•; ; fi and Representative Sherman will be Invited.
The Republicans of the 29th District will unfurl a
banner at ."9th street find Madison avenue next
Tuesday.
The MaiThatt.in Republican Club of the 23d As
sr-mMy District, of which Moses M. McKee is
leader, will ratify the nomination of Taft and Sher
man tO-rJgllt at headquarters. Seventh avenue and
!34Th street Ex-Attorney General Julius M. Mayor
and Assemblyman Conkling; will speak.
The Progress Republican Club of the 10th Dis
trict, of which Internal Revenue Collector Kidman
[a leader, will ratify th*> nomination of Taft and
Sherman to-morrow night at the clubhouse, Ko. 40
Second avenue
The F\irk Republican Club of the 24th Assembly
District, of which Thomas \V. Whittle, secretary of
the county committee, Is leader, will ratify the
nomination of Taft and Sherman on Saturday night
at •':;•-• clubhouse. No. 414 Tremont avenue. Mr.
Whittle -will tell of the work of the national con
vention and a banner will be raised.
RIVERSIDE REPUBLICANS FOR TAFT.
Tile Riverside Republican Club met last night
and formally ratified the nomination of Tuft and
Sherman. William McAdie presided, and addresses
were made by Representative Pptmot. "Abe" Gru
ber and' Senator Saxe: "there was a. .rumor that
Mr. gage might --take occasion tr> publicly urge a
second term for Governor Hughes, but he did not.
Toward the clo«!e of his .<=(.»efh he remarked dryly
♦hat "Abe" OfMber had considered the situation in
the state. The Riverside club has already put Itself
on record in support of the" candidacy of Repre
=. motive Rennet. - - ... . - ...
T HE art of brewing has
"" | been vastly improved
in the past fifty years.
Formerly brewing was an ex
periment-now it is a science.
Is a true cereal beverage
foaming with creative life,
exquisitely delicious to the
taste, unequaled for daily
family use — one of nature's
best gifts to man and as health
ful as it is pure and rich.
Bottled Only at Use
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWERY
' St. Louis, Mo.
Corked or with Crown Cap*
K. 0.. BRANDT. Mngr..
ANHEUSER-BUSCH AGENCY. New York City;
Bronx Branch I>l<ip!i«n« 8084 Melrose.
Main Office Telephone 375S— 88tli Street.
*A. BIJSCII. Mnsr..
V Bl M H BOTTLIXO <I) . BROOKLYN*.
Telephonr*. Main 53T0-SS7I.
NEW-YORK " DAILY r TRIBUNE. THURSDAY; JUNE 25. »JB.
POUR OIL 05 MEAT
Angry Brooklyn JYomeviSpoil Stock
of Butchers.
A band of determined* women, armed with
cans of kerosene oil, marched through tho
streets of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn
yesterday, and, walking boldly in upon the
kosher beef sellers who had taken a (stand
against them in their fight for lower meat prices,
dashed the ■ destroying; fluids over the meat in
the stores. ; .-
One of the meat sellers, Isaac Sned2er, of No.
1753 Prospect Place, was roundly beaten when
he resented the women's actions. This brought
on a free fight between friends of the butcher
and persons ■who sympathized and soon a mob
of* two thousand persons filled the street in
front of the place. Reserves were hurried to the
scene, but it was only after ten minutes of wield
ing of nightsticks that the street was cleared.
Four women and one man were arrested. In
the mean time every particle of beef in Snedzer's
store and Ludwf? Snyder's store, three doors
away, at No. 1789 Prospect Place, had been
ruined by oil Snytler did not wait to be beaten.
Most of the six hundred kosher retail dealers
in Brownsville have declared themselves in sym
pathy with the women, and last night there was
a mass meet in Prospect Place, near Howard
avenue. Butchers present declared they would
stand by the Brownsville people, and women
speakers declared emphatically that they would
keep up the fight on the offending butchers. :
SEES BETTER TIMES COMING.
Adolph I«wisohn Expects Steady Improve
ment in Business Conditions.
Adolph Iv>ivi!=ohn, head of the Miami Copper
Company, speaking yesterday of his recent short
trip to Europe, said that while he saw no evi
dences of a basinets boom in any of the commer
cial centres which he visited, he felt sure, that
business conditions abroad were healthy and that
steady improvement may be looked for.
•"The late depression in American business," he
said, "was naturally reflected In Europe, and man
ufacturing centres received less orders than they
were prepared to execute, but that will all be made
up again. The industrial situation is better to-day
than it was a year ago, just as it is in our own
country. I look for better Vusinesß here right
along. There will be a steady demand for our prod
ucts and prices will improve, although the top
notch in prices may not be reached for some time."
While at Berlin Mr. Lewisohn was the guest of
Privy Councillor Goldberger, who shared the opti
mistic views of his American guest. Mr. Lewi3ohn
also saw many of the great financiers In Pails and
London and paid a flying visit to Hamburg, his
birthplace, where he and his brother founded a
hospital.
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RULING ON COMMON LAW MARRIAGE.
Referee Decides Man's Verbal Promise Con
stitutes a Valid Contract.
A decision upholding common l.iw marriages wns
hpnied a< wn yesterday by Edward F. Whittaker.
in the special proceedings brought by
one Mabel Blackman to revoke letters of adminis
tration granted In l!* v > t<> Mr?. Elizabeth Blackman
as the widow of Hairy Blackman.
Xl i referee decided that the promise made by
Blai kninn fourteen years ago to take Elizabeth
Blackman as his wife, made in the presence of her
(ptir.- family, constituted a valid contract of mar
riage, and therefore the widow was entitled to ad
minister the oprnf as administratrix. He also de
cided that Harry Blackman, jr.. an issue by the
first wife, wa? lecitiiiiatc.
KILLED SHOWING FIRE ESCAPE.
[Fly Telegraph to The Tribune. 1 -
Springfield. Mass., June 24.— Frederick O. Eng-=>l.
of New York, was Instantly killed this afternoon
by a fall from the sixth story of the Court Square
Hotel, owing to the breaking of a chain in a fire
escape which he was demonstrating before the
fire engineers. Kneel weighed 210 pounds. He was
the inventor of the device, on which he had previ
ously descended from an eighth story window in
safet; . He had lately received foreign and Ameri
can patents C-n the invention, and had Interested
the Springfield Board of Trade. Kngel has two
brothers, it is said, who are attorneys at No. 309
Broadway, New York.
THE KING OF ALL
BOTTLED BEERS
MUST PAY for repaying.
Supreme Court Rules Against Street
- ; Raihcay Lines.
Justice Oreenbaurn, In the Supreme Court, di
rected judgment yesterday in favor Of the City
against the New York City Railway Company for
J5.506 78 the cost of repaying the "railway area
the space between the tracks and two fee* outride
them, in West Broad-way, between Canal and TN est
4th streets.
The company asserted it was only liable for trie
repavement between Its tracks from Dey street to
Canal. It v also objected that the notice only •»
manded that tlje railway area be put In ■*»■"*•
while the city had put down a wood pavement in
stead of the granite pavement formerly tnere.
Justice Greenbaum holds that the notice clearly
set forth that the street was to be repaved and
that under the charter the surface railway com
panies were bound to bear the expense of repaying
whether the space between the tracks And in the
"railway area" was In good repair or not.
Justice Greenbaum aSM directed judgments
against the Drydock. East Broadway & *""'"[
Railroad Company for $11,866 72: against the Eighth
Avenue Railroad Company for ****** and
against the Ninth Avenue Railroad Company for
$6 71188, for repaying trie railway area in certain
portions of West Broadway, Greenwich street.
Eighth avenue and other streets.
FIGHT OVER NOTE SALE.
D., T. Ǥ /. Protective Committee
Gets Restraining Order.
The fight to secure a. majority of the $s,s M**>
notes of the Detroit. Toledo & Ironton Railroad,
which carry control of the Ann ' Arbor Railroad,
began in earnest 1 yesterday, when Joseph Ramsey,
jr.. chairman of the protective stockholders' com
mittee, Newman Krb and others secured a tem
porary injunction from Justice Bisehoff, of the Su
preme Court. preventing the sale yesterday of
J1.205.000 of these notes which had been pledged
with the United States Mortgage and Trust Com
pany by Rudolph Kleybolte & Co. as security for
a loan of $.520,000. As already explained In The
Tribune, this loan was taken over several months
ago by H. B. Holllns & Co.. which firm, in order
to obtain legal title to the collateral, advertised
It at auction with the intention of bidding it In.
The noteholders' committee and Newman Erb.
who is soon to become a member of it, are de
sirous of separating the Ann Arbor from the De
troit, Toledo & Ironton, which is in the hands of
a receiver, but in order to carry out their inten
tion they must secure a majority of the Detroit.
Toledo & Ironton notes, which were issued in pay
ment of the Ann Arbor and are secured by a ma
jority of its capital stock, tnus carrying control
of the road. H. B. Hollins & Co.. on the other
hand, have a large interest in the Detroit. Toledo
& Ironton. are opposed to a segregation of the
properties and have Deen buying up the notes with
the intention of preventing the noteholders' com
mittee from carrying out their plan. It is under
stood that the block of notes, the eale of which
has been temporarily enjoined, will give the ma
jority to the side that secures them.
In their application for an injunction the com
plainants alleged that the United States Mortgage
and Trust Company had agreed to deposit the
notes in question with the. protective committee,
and that they refused to carry out their agree
ment, on the ground that they had, subsequent
to their promise, sold or transferred the notes to
Hollins & Co.
A representative of Hollins ft Co. said yester
day the firm had been informed by the trust
company that no such agreement had been made,
and even If it had been, he added, it would have
been invalid, for the reason t-iat the trust com
pany had never owned the notes, but merely held
them as collateral for a l'>an. He "id there was
little doubt that the temporary injunct'on would
be dismissed when the case comes up for a hear
iriET to-morrow, and in that event the «ale would
be held next Monday.
FOUR HURT IN EXPLOSION.
Much Excitement Follows at Penn
sylvania Railroad Excavation.
An explosion which occurred in the Pennsylva
nia excavation at 41st street and Ninth avenue
yesterday afternoon Injured "Tour men. two of
them so seriously that" they -were taken to the
New York Hospital It is believed that escaping
gas from broken mains under the street accumu
lated and In some way became Ignited. Men of
the Consolidated Gas Company had been sent to
repair the mains and. It was said, stuffed up the
leaking place? with baes of cement
The Injured are: Edward Turner, thirty-two
years old. of No. SOT West 68th street, lacerations
of the face and head and bruises of the body;
James Cappo. thirty years old, of No. 419 West
39th street, cuts and bruises about the body. Both
were taken to the New York Hospital. The two
others, although badly bruised, did not go to the
hospital.
It was by chance only that a half-dozen men
escaped death when a large rock crashed down
from the top of the cut and heavy timbers fell
about them.
SUIT TO RECOVER $1,200,000.
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
Seeks Amount of Mortgage.
The Farmers' T.oan and Trust Company filed a
suit in the United States circuit Court yesterday
against the Central Park. North & East River
Railroad Company, the Metropolitan Street Rail
way company (its receivers), the New York City
Railway Company, the Morton Trust Company.
the Guaranty Trust Company, the Pennsylvania
Steel Company, the TV-gnon Contracting Company
and the Central CfOßStOwa Railroad Company.
The suit Is instituted to recover $1,200,000 and in
terest, the amount of a mortgage made to the
plaintiff by the Central Park. North and East
River Railroad Company on December 1. 1872. to
secure the payment of an issue of bonds payable
December 1. IMB.
It Is held by the plaintiff that the mortgage con
stitutes a lien having priority over ail other claims,
and that the trust company'is now prevented from
fulfilling its obligations by the insolvent condi
tions of the New York City Railway Company.
According to the terms of the leases the Metro
politan and New York City Railway Companies
ere responsible for all «he defendants' obligations.
The lessees have been operating the lines since Oc
tober 14, 1*92.
In addition to asking for the recovery of the
amount of the original trust mortgage the Farm
ers' Loan and Trust Company asks that "all Its
money on hand, and the earning of the same. b«
placed in the banils and under the control of a
receiver or receivers to be appointed by this court."
It is probable that action on the latter request
will be. taken by Judge I>acomhe to-morrow at the
time he will consider the petition of Messrs. Jolinfl
and Robinson, receivers of the New York City Rail
road Company, for pei mission to cancel the lease
of the Central Park. North and East River Rail
road Company, which they assert Is unprofitable.
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ONLY SIXTY-TWO MORE FOR HEARST.
Out of 165 Brooklyn Boxes — Recount Near
ing Completion.
William R. Hearst gained 62 votes yesterday
when the ballotu contained in 165 boxes from
Brooklyn were recounted in the Huprtmia Court
l-ff ■• .1 .-(!•••■ Ijambert.
From the 1,615 boxen bo far recounted Hnarst has
made a total gain of 703 votes, leaving Mayor Mc-
C.lellnn's plurality 3.131, Instead of 3.834. With only
a few boxes In Brooklyn to be counted. It was
thought yesterday that the court would start in
counting the ballots In Richmond to-day.
Mr Hearst polled a big vote In the Wllllamsburg
districts. The recount showed that Hearst polled
800 to McClellan's V) or 60 In some of these dis
tricts. clarence J. Shearn, counsel for Mr. Hearst,
said yesterday that the recount would be carried
through, even if the rains' to date for his client
have not been altogether encouraging.
ASSEMBLYMAN MANCE SERIOUSLY ILL.
Mlddletown, N. V , June 34 — Charles H. Stance,
a Member of the Assembly from the 2d District in
Oranga County. Is seriously ill at his homo h»j%
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin,
ASBURY PARK SUMMER SCHEDULE.
The full summer schedule between Xew York and Long Branch,
Asburv Park, Spring Lake, and point* on the Sew York and Long
Branch Railroad will be \u000c in effect on Sunday, June 28.
A number of fast trains will be established, and the service wiU
be improved by the addition of parlor cars to practically ail expret*
trains! and parlor smoking cars to the more important on«.
There is no section of the Atlantic Coast more attractive than that
Ivini between Long Branch and Point Pleasant, and its popularity is
attested every summer by the thousands of New lorkers who make
their summer residence there, or patronize its many excellent hotels.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a schedule of fast and frequent
trains to and from the popular resorts of this section, and maintain .
service that must commend itself to all travelers.
New time tables may be obtained of Ticket Agents, on and
after June 26. , ———«—___
#f Interest toymen
THE PROPER WAY TO AflCatUß STAIRS.
"STUNTS " BY GRADUATES.
Closing Exercises of Washington
Irving High School.
Principal find teacher? were conspicuously absent
from the closing exercises of the Washington Irvine
Hl^h School, which took place in the De Witt Clin
ton Hisrh School last nljrht. and not a commissioner
or other dignitary wns to bo seen, except for the
few minutes that Patrick F. McOowan. President of
the Board of Aldermen and patron saint of th*
Washington Irving High School, was in th» chair.
This was before the- girls had appeared. Headed by
a band of De Witt Clinton hoys, they marched, all
in -white. into the great assembly hall of the school,
and then Mr. McOowan explained th.-it his solo
office was to resign the management of the occasion
to this galaxy of youth and beauty, and that they,
and not a lot of tiresome commissioner*, would do
the speech making. He then introduced Miss May
Moran. who was followed by a succession of fair
and youthful chairwomen, chosen from among the
graduates by the throwing of the glove. This is a
ceremony by which the Washington Irving girls are
in the habit of challenging on© another to th» per
formance of various "prints." and the gloves used
for the purpose were the gift of Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt. Under the direction of these various
chairwomen an epitome of the work of the school
wa» given, but because the. subjects of study are so
numerous the audience was asked to say what It
would like to see. "Emmy I,ou" (Miss Elsie Grass
man) responded to this Invitation, and as It soon
became evident that she wanted to see nearly every
thing an exploring party was dispatched to search
the school for the necessary properties. Among
other things they discovered some of their own
di awing*.
"We lent them to De Witt Oilmen school to show
them how to draw." explained the chairwomen.
Two minutes was allotted to each subject, and in
most cases the. demonstrations were as different as
possible, from the ordinary classroom routine
Biology was represented by the evolution of the
American Beauty rose from the wild rose, and tha
algebra students correlated that subject with do
mestic science and art by "proving" with great
elaboration that 2.- 1. Otherwise how could there
be any domestic science or art? Th« geometry
class formed geometrical figure* with ribbons
and argued about them, with great solemnity.
The physical culture clans Illustrated th« correct
way to go ap stairs, and a debate on coeducation
was introduced Into the programme.
The ceremonies closed with the presentation by
Mr. McGowan of three hundred diplomas.
CLASS DAY AT NORMAL.
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Three Functions in One Enjoyed
by the 'Graduates.
The graduating class of Normal College crowtJed
throe functions into one yesterday afternoon. At
lo clock there wa« the annual »unoSi«on at th»
*_^J__*_flTTani;^jf- ri'^mh «>-™- *>^> .-.<.*
spetjltng statistics.
exercises in the college chap*!, and at 5 • r e*>*
the !vy was planted. _^ '
Statistics, as usual, proved The most ~'*"T\l
feature of the lls— llaj ex*rci<>»s and w«rt ***f T^
■M Meta Fishofer. She made paßße ""• t*>* !,"
nine of the graduates are engaged saal two «a.
ried. They couldn't decide w' - : y- was th" P ret j£f
but Miss Fishofer said Ml two thought Wm»i
selves the prettiest. Than was m doubt. cff»
ever. as to who is the m**t popular mMnB *JJ
the class. She 1? Miss aXnrfel ROeftwtrti th-presv
n>nt. The I>t«sc*sT btuffer is> Mi» 3*rah (V *^**J
and Miss Rob* Urn and ™«» Res* "^
divide the honors as the bisrsrest erinds. ThW
fifty-five finffragists in ÜBS class, twenty-Bi«»"
publicans and nineteen Demo-rat?. The awst »•
dent of the suffragists Is Miss Elizabeth 9c ° wa^
a most amiable and inoffenslTe looking yC ~^
woman, and twenty years trorrt now tie *~^j
prophet. Miss May Morris. expects to •*• cc * r^
the White House after <» -Ion? and bitter «•»•
paiern against the tyrant man." 4i«#"»
The class history was given by Miss •«*-
Starkweather and the presentations were :aaC
Miss Marie Pequion and Miss Madeline C&*»:*^
The Ivy oration was delivered by Miss Vera »aos
vltch. -
The new president of. the college. G * ers rtt^
Davis, was a guest of honor at the h— *"^^2
Professors George M. Wniciior. James M. KJer^n
B. B. Davis. Helen O. Cone and Clara Byrnes
MEETING OF CLUBWOMEN
Details of Second Day's Session on
Boston Convention.
Boston. June 24.-TB* representative club *«=»»
or the nation in their capacity as «•»*«* t *JJJl t^ BJ
ninth biennial convention of th» O«nerai Fedfaiaw*
of Women's Clubs, to-day held the second 2*«-£
of the convention and began in earnest tn«
of taking part In Its deliberations. _
Th* meeting w«a opened with Mrs. *jl^
Decker presiding and greetings were T ** d '
representatives of foreign club*. Mr*. ' -^1
Cooler, of lowa, vJc.v-presldent of the °« n r *: v .
•ration, spoke SrleCy of the perfection •*",„„
rangements made by the Massachusetts feJ«r
for th» reception of the vtsUin* club wom *~; h 4
The many committees of th» general bony o
perfected their annual reports during t&a » * f , f
days and w«r« ready to present a record j> -','."
doings to th* delegate* at to-day's n "\^'. flt^
ad.lltjor. to the reports of th« general o •"• _
consumed most of the time at the forenoon r^^
Th« report of Mrs. Docaar a* president «•» *^ *
tho»« submitted during the morning. , f
The great number of civ& women gather*! -^
for the convention mad* It lmpoastbl* *"" rto
take part in th« morning meeting. *"<* In oro _
accommodate th.v 9 left out a «•«*•"« *", vra - .
ranged In the afternoon *> go •*•■ ta ml<s -.
th« business considered at the formal *^ es4
This plan baa also been adopted for ta«
on Saturday. Monday and Tu ** d * > ' c— t* ••••
At th* afternoon's session i* •*■■ TjJJLIMI »•
a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Ci*v
the death of the «c«-Pra«lils»rt , VIJS
Miss Georgia A Bacon, of w ' ()r *^ nj
ch.Jrraan of the local HaMM !»*•'». ««*» ■■ "
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