fide 
a a enh al aC iy tr eee ae eo ei 
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yet unable to house in its own 
buildings one-sixth of its students. 
The girls who live in our halls are 
sympathetically cared for, judi- 
ciously advised and admirably chap- 
eroned. But without the assurance 
of college rooms at reasonable rates 
only the enterprising come and. only 
courageous parents will part with 
their daughters. Radcliffe college is 
obviously the one college for girls 
that constantly avails itself of Har- 
vard tradition and Harvard teach- 
ing,’’ says President Le Baron R. 
Briggs. To meet this great need it 
has been planned to erect in Cam- 
bridge at the expense of eighty 
thousand dollars, a new dormitory 
to bear the name of Sarah Wyman 
Whitman, who in life was a devoted 
friend of Radcliffe. Mrs. Whitman 
is well known on the North Shore 
and much interest has been taken by 
her many friends in Beverly Farms 
and Manchester in the new move- 
ment. The treasurer, Ezra H. Ba- 
ker, 23 Ames building, Boston, al- 
ready has $13,000 subscribed pro- 
visional to the raising of the entire 
amount and in addition to $20,000 
previously given. [Concerning the 
new enterprise, Dr. Eliot explains, 
“‘that it is not wise to invest funds 
of the college itself in building dor- 
mitories, since as time goes on, 
they require extensive repairs and 
ble income. The very fact, how- 
changes, and cease to yield profita- 
ever, that college authorities con- 
tinue to make these expensive 
changes to keep up dormitories, in- 
stead of abandoning them to other 
uses when they grow old-fashioned, 
makes a dormitory a peculiarly at- 
tractive form of memorial to one 
whom we wish to honor. It is loved 
by whole series of college genera- 
tions, who look back to their life 
there with affection and gratitude, ~ 
to those who taught them while they 
lived there, to those who guided 
them while they lived there, to those 
whose memories are sweetly pre- 
served there.’ It is an additional 
reason for promoting this hall that 
it is to bear the name of a person 
whose name is precious and honor- 
able, — Sarah Wyman Whitman. 
Success is assured and no better me- 
morial could be conceived for Mrs. 
Whitman. 
The Ephebic Oath. 
The front cover of the American 
Issue for August displays attrac- 
tively and worthily the Ephebic 
Oath taken ‘‘by the young Athen- 
ians when assuming the responsibil- 
ities of citizenship.’’ The oath is 
worthy of the prominence given it 
and would repay committing to. 
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memory. In truth it would not be 
an unworthy proposition to suggest 
that it might be taught to each high 
school pupil. It has in it elements 
of instruction which will remain in 
the mind long after the instructions 
of civic government teachers have 
been forgotten. ‘‘We will never 
bring disgrace to this our city, by 
any act of dishonesty, or cowardice, 
nor ever desert our suffering com- 
rades in the ranks. We will fight 
for the ideal and sacred things of 
the city. We will revere and obey 
the city’s laws and do our best to 
excite a like respect and reverence 
in those above us who are prone to 
annul and set them at naught. We 
will strive unceasingly to quicken 
the public sense of civic duty and 
thus in all these ways, we will trans- 
mit this city, not only not less, but 
greater, better and more beautiful 
than it was transmitted to us.’”’ 
Essex County WRC Meet in 
Manchester. 
The Essex County association, 
W RC, met in Manchester Wednes- 
day of this week. As early as nine 
o’clock, the guests began to arrive. 
They were met at the station and es- 
corted to the Town hall by members 
of the local corps. The _ visitors, 
numbering about 250, were delight- 
fully entertained and returned to the 
Corps they represented with great 
praise for Manchester’s hospitality. 
Norfolk, Middlesex and Suffolk, as 
well as Essex County were well rep- 
resented in the gathering. The busi- 
ness meeting was held in the morn- 
ing, when the following officers were 
elected and duly installed by Mrs. 
Haynes and acting Conductor Mrs. 
Libbey: 
President, Mrs. Annie K. Day, 
Groveland; senior vice _ pres., Mrs. 
Emma Wallace, Ipswich; junior vice 
pres., Mrs. Eliza Alland, Salem; con- 
ductor, Mrs. Seddie Follett, Man- 
chester; chaplain, Mrs. Geo. Burn- 
ham. Essex; guard, Mrs. George 
Smith, Georgetown. Various re- 
ports were read, showing that the 
past year had been a most success- 
ful one and the benefits derived from 
the work was such that the entire 
association feels inspired in their 
work for the coming year. Among 
those present was Mrs. Libbey, the 
dept. president; Mr. Fiske, com- 
mander Essex Co. GAR; Mrs. 
Haynes, national inspector; Mrs. 
Fannie Wheeler, past patriotic in- 
structor; also Mrs. Cook, Mrs. 
Knowles and Mrs. Wales, all ener- 
getic workers. The presence of as- 
sistant adjutant Wetherbee of the 
GAR, was a valued addition to the 
company. 
MANCHESTER. 
Harmony Guild will meet at the 
Chapel, Monday evening, September 
18th, at 7.45. 
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mann are to 
occupy the Gorman bungalow on 
Pine street during the winter. The 
bungalow has been occupied during 
the summer by attaches of the Ger- 
man embassy. 
K. Perey Lane has a position in 
Boston with the structural engineer- 
ing department of the Boston & 
Maine railroad. He was for a num- 
ber of years in a similar position 
with the N. Y., N.H. & H. R. R. in 
New York City. 
Lamson & Hubbard Fall Hats at 
Bell’s. = 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Valentine 
and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bell are ex- 
pected back tonight from their auto 
trip to the White Mts. They left 
last Sunday morning in Mr. Valen- 
tine’s car and reached No. Conway 
Monday night. 
Kmerson, Douglas and Nesmith 
oxfords at Bell’s. . 
An unusual sight attracted a 
large crowd of people to the little 
inlet near Sheldon’s market and the 
Police station last Saturday. The 
rough sea outside had driven mill- 
ions of little fish, mostly herring, 
into the harbor and these had fol- 
lowed the stream and had packed 
into the little inlet referred to almost 
in a solid mass. Fishermen and 
others’ helped themselves to what 
they wanted of the fish and those not 
carried out by the tide were buried 
in the mud. So thickly packed in 
were the fish that they formed an 
almost solid mass. 
Dinner was served the company 
in GAR hall at one o’cloeck by an 
efficient committee of which Mrs. 
Hannah Tappan was chairman. 
During the afternoon the follow- 
ing program was presented: Drum 
solo, Miss Isabelle Lee; vocal solo, 
Mrs. J. W. Lee; selection, Fiji or- 
chestra; reading, Patrick Boyle; ad- 
dress, F. M. Stanwood. There was 
also a number of other speakers, 
whose remarks were well received 
and enjoyed. F. M. Stanwood of 
the summer colony gave a most in- 
teresting address. The drum solo by 
Miss Lee was well rendered. The 
Fiji orchestra made a decided hit. 
The trombone solo by Madame Bara- 
kima was the great feature. The or- 
chestra was led by Queen Alikema. 
At five o’clock the company dis- 
persed going to their various homes 
after a day well spent in both 
pleasure and business. 
