The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-07-31
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The summer school at Harvard Uni
versity has a registration this year OF
q little more than thousand stud
ents. The student body is largely com
posed of teachers. The curriculum is
limited and the work of student rep
resents what is termed in the college
year "one course" A better idea OF
what the work represents can be had
when il is remembered that the
amount of work required Of a stud
ent in regular standing is usually four
courses. The 1908 summer class is
the largest on record.
John Hamilton Smith, the good-na-
tured young man of the male wing kit
chen at the Long Island Hospital,
has just been notified that the Carne-
gle Hero Fund Commission has award
ed him a cash prize of S25O0 for her
oism in saving a man from drowning.
Mr.. Smith has a record TO be proud
Of in life-saying, the Massachusetts
Humane Society awarding him a
bronze medal OF the first class and
congress sent him a silver medal. He
is very popular on the island, and
like all men of bravery says little
about his act.
Sixty girls from the North Bennet
street Industrial classes, with short
dresses and beaming faces, were given
the use of Mrs Jack Gardner's beauti-
full Brookline estate one evening re-
Gently for one OF the most delightful
lawn parties ever dreamed of.
Close up to the top of the ascending
paths and roadways platform had
been built and here, under many way
ering phantom lanterns, sat the Sat
urday evening girls" as the club calls
itself
They sang the sweetest of folk songs
which delighted their hostess, Mrs.
Gardner, and the assembled guests
One of the youngest ocean travellers
TO arrive at this port unaccompanied |
was Robert Andersen, aged 10 years,
who reached here a few days ago from |
Liverpool. Across the breast of the |
boys guernsey was stitched in red his |
name and his ultimate destination. |
The lads mother died some time ago |
and when the father married again |
the boy pleaded to be allowed to come |
TO this country TO live with a married |
sister in Duluth.
When the youngster appeared before |
the immigration inspector the question !
continue his journey arose There were
other immigrants going west, some OF
them to Duluth and they promised to
see that the boy arrived safely.
Areoplanes or dirigible balloons will
be carrying passengers and freight be-
tween New York and Boston within
the next eighteen months, If the plans
of the American Aerial Navigation
company which is being organized in
this city are carried out. The an
nounCement that the company was be-
ing formed was made last week.
The American Aerial Navigation
company is created for the purpose of
manufacturing and operating aerial de.
routes for the transportation of freight
and passengers in the United States,
Canada and Mexico.
According To the present plans, the
first experiments will be made with
small dirigibles, with a carrying ca
pacity of two passengers, in addition to
the operator. 1t is planned to estab-
lish the station close to the street
car lines on the outskirts of the cities.
with facilities to supply gas for the
dirigibles.
Pending the establishment OF the air
lines and TO familiari2e the people OF
New England with aerial travel, spec
ial trips will be made about North
Adams and Pittsfeld
The animal rescue league. three Of
fcers Of which were recently appointed
official dog catchers for the city OF
Boston by Mayor Hibbard. sent out its
ambulance for the first time last week
In charge of two trained dog handlers.
The ambulance cost about $500, and
is the first of its kind TO be used i'm
this character of work II will make
daily systematic tours of the city. talk
ing different sections az a time. until
all of The abandoned and unlicensed
dogs have been taken off the streets
and byways
It is much like a hospital ambulance
and has perfect sanitary arrange
ments. Its sides and bottom are of
sheet metal and IL does not look un-
like a regulation hospital ambulance,
being black with red trimmings. There
are metal cages and compartments in.
side with accommodations for "a small
dogs, or six small ones and six large
ones at the same time The small
compartments are in front and the
large ones in behind, and the biggest
and bulkest ST. Bernard can be ac-
cOmrnodafad in tho pHi.io1 do, ..4.h