~The institution 
The 
pectations of the promoters. 
Pageant from a certain religious 
paper was criticized as a departure 
from the ‘‘Puritan Inheritance of 
the Christian Church.’? Even a 
missionary organization cannot ed- 
ueate the public without criticism, 
but the more alert business men in 
the management received the criti- 
cism with pleasure. Nothing will 
make an enterprise ‘‘go’’ like a 
little opposition. One of the hard- 
est things in the world is to kick 
against nothing. The exposition 
united the divided forces of Protes- 
tant Boston in a concerted action 
which, independent of the mission- 
ary propaganda, was a triumph: in 
itself. It revealed to an otherwise 
ignorant public the real scope and 
work of Christian missions. Many 
left the exposition with the same 
feeling that Hon. W. B. Reed ex- 
pressed, ‘‘I went to the East with no 
enthusiasm as to Missionary Enter- 
prise. I came back with the fixed 
conviction that. missionaries are 
great agents of civilization.’’ The 
exposition was a perenne influ- 
ence. 
The Massachusetts Institute. 
The Massachusetts Institution of 
Technology is coming in to its own. 
The last week has been an eventful 
one and the President and Trustees 
and the students are in high spirits. 
The graduates of this institution 
have gone the world over and mes- 
sages of congratulation have come 
from the ends of the earth. The 
good fortune follows the appropria- 
tion made by the legislature to 
cover a period of ten years. Mrs. 
Emma Rogers, the widow of Presi- 
dent William B. Rogers, leaves the 
residue of her estate amounting to 
a half a million. Hon. Francis B. 
Greene adds another half-million, 
and from Delaware comes the news 
of another half-million from T. Cole- 
man du Pont. One million, five hun- 
dred thousand dollars will help in. 
the solution of Technology’s prob- 
lem. The standard of scholarship it 
has maintained and the place which 
her graduates have filled in the tech- 
nical life of our state has won for 
it a place second to none of the great 
technical institutions of the world. 
The gifts reflect the judgment of the 
givers and the worth of the receiver. 
is worthy of the 
great trust which these gifts in- 
_volve. 
The Summer White House. 
The movement inaugurated to es- 
tablish a Summer White House has 
resulted in the appearance of eleven 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
contestants for the ‘‘national hon- 
or.’’ The idea is a good one and the 
American people want their chief 
executive well housed, summer and 
winter. The inconvenience caused 
to President Taft by his first Bev- 
erly landlord in removing the house 
to develop an Italian garden in its 
place was displeasing. It is a strik- 
ing illustration of American liberty 
and individual independence. It 
would seem that most Americans 
would rather be honored by the 
presence of the President of the 
United States than possess a hun- 
dred Italian flower spots. Duluth, 
Rock Harbor and Isle Royal want 
the President. Is there any better 
place than the North Shore? There 
is this advantage. It is known that 
the present President is interested 
in the North Shore. Surely some 
spot on our coast can be found. 
The Henry Lee estate at Beverly 
Farms would be ideal. It may be 
that the Hooper estate at West 
Manchester would be available. It 
is unsurpassed for location, isola- 
tion and convenience. The North 
Shore is ‘‘the’’ pldce for the 
Summer White House. Here is 
an opportunity for the industrious 
Crane, the eloquent Lodge and inde- 
fatigable Gardner to secure. the 
summer home for the President in 
Massachusetts. 
The West Beach Corporation has 
received a check of one thousand 
dollars from Henry C. Frick of 
Pride’s Crossing. A few more con- 
tributions like his will be well in- 
vested. It would be splendid if sev- 
eral others would hear the call. The 
enterprise has been a benefit to the 
whole North Shore from Beverly to 
Gloucester and that unsightly row 
of ‘‘shacks’’ has been the cause of 
astonished questionings .of every 
passer-by. The movement is worthy 
of support. It is not a charitable 
enterprise because every property 
owner for miles about, especially 
those away from the shore, are bene- 
fitted. 
The clergyman in Boston who 
would consign the Senior Senator of 
our State to ‘‘some vast wilderness”’ 
beeause of his objection to the most 
flagrant ‘‘graft’’ perpetrated in the 
name of the Grand Army of Repub- 
lic has for years been in normal 
health enjoying an unusual salary 
in his profession and in addition his 
pension. Silence is igolden. Sen- 
ator Lodge has been a loyal friend 
of the GAR and ean be counted 
upon in every legitimate interest of 
the loyal men of 1861. 
The people of Manchester knew 
the value of the parable of the vir- 
gins, only it’s water in their reser- 
voirs instead of oil in their lamps. 
Beverly would like a good glass of 
clear crystal water from Gravelly 
Pond once a week. Manchester was 
very much awake. Beverly is still 
asleep. 
Mr. Foss in signing the fifty-hour 
bill, previously vetoed by Governor 
Draper, has placed Massachusetts 
in the front rank. No other state 
has so admirably eared for its la- 
borers. All the world loves a work- 
er. The toilers of our land should 
be well protected, but im their 
union wisdom must be used with 
their strength. The eight-hour ideal 
approaches. 
A eopy of the new Encyclopaedia 
Britannica should be purchased in 
the India paper edition for the h- 
braries at Beverly Farms and Man- 
chester. The old edition could be 
used to advantage in one of the 
schools. 
Everything suffers for rain. Will 
some one start. a Lawn Party? New 
York will be dry by September 1st, 
it is said. Yonkers also is threat- 
ened. Beverly is needy. All wealth 
is not golden. 
The tariff on sugar costs the con- 
sumer two cents a pound or about 
eight dollars a year to a small fam- 
ily. Still many people do not realize 
the tribute they pay to maintain the 
nation. 
Dr. W. H. Ryder in his Memorial 
address said, ‘‘Beverly Farms is 
like a pearl set in the crescent of old 
ocean.’’ Good judgment in the Par- 
son, 
Wouldn’t the lot on the corner of 
Everett and Hale streets make an 
ideal spot for the new Pe library 
at Beverly Farms? 
The Slogan of the Women’s Re- 
lief Corps on Wednesday, June 14, 
will be, ‘‘On to Andover,’’ The Es- 
sex County Association. 
The Parent-Teacher association is 
a helpful institution. It steadily re- 
fuses to be an interference society. 
The Beverly Farms Brass band 
worked hard for a reputation on 
Tuesday and they earned it. 
Oh you Cut Worm!!! 
