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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 29 May 1926, p. 38

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May 29, 1926 WINNETKA TALK 37 HARVARD GRADUATES FROLIC IN WINNETKA Alumni in Winnetka to Partici- pate in Great Convention of College Men Next Week Winnetka will be the center of Harvard interest during part of the ap- proaching convention of the Associ- ated Harvard clubs to be held in Chi- cago June 3, 4 and 5, as the Saturday afternoon program is to be held in Winnetka. Winnetka and Hubbard Woods men are taking a prominent part in the preparation for the convention and in the management. Among the residents of Winnetka and Hubbard Woods who are members of the committee are: John S. Miller, '11: Huyliger A. De- Windt, '81; W. C. Boyden, '86; Ayres Boal, '00; Francis A. Bonner, '07; F. W. Copeland, '13; Walter T. Fisher, 13, and W. C. Boyden, Jr., '16. What is expected to be "the biggest Harvard party ever held outside of New York or Boston" will take place in Chicago next week, when the As- sociated Harvard clubs gather for their twenty-eighth annual meeting. The As- sociated Harvard clubs, which is prob- ably the largest and most important organization of college alumni in the world, is the official organization of Harvard clubs throughout the world. There are 119 such Harvard clubs, of which most are active members of the association, situated in practically all the important cities of the United States and Canada and many foreign | cities, including London, Paris, Berlin, Rome. Peking, Tokyo, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, San Juan (Porto Rico), Honolulu and Manila. Chicago Club Oldest Of all these clubs, the Harvard club of Chicago, which is the host for this convention, is the oldest, having been organized in 1857. Chicago Harvard men are determined to make this one of the outstanding meetings in the his- tory of the association. Invitations have been mailed to the 45,000 living Harvard men. An attendance of 1,000 has been set, which will make it the largest meeting ever held, except those in Boston and New York. It is twelve years since the Harvard clubs last met in Chicago, in 1914. Previous meetings of the clubs were held here in 1906 and 1889, so that the Harvard club of Chicago will be the first to have enter- tained the Associated Harvard clubs four times. Official headquarters of the meeting will be at the Drake hotel, and sessions will be held also at the Harvard-Yale- Princeton club, the University club, the Quadrangle club (University of Chi- cago), and at the Sherman House. Special emphasis is being placed at the Chicago meeting on the affairs of the various graduate schools of Harvard university. There will be at the convention delegations from the alumni of eight of the graduate schools, including the Law school, Medical school, School of Business Ad- ministration, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, Engineering school, School of Archi- tecture and Dental school. Have Graduate Day Thursday, June 3, has been set aside as Graduate Schools day. Alumni of the various schools will meet separately for business discussions during the day and at luncheons. On Friday will be held the business in 20 Lessons on (1aZZ 5 iseeston, hristénsen | 20 B. Jackson Blvd, Write for Free Booklet meetings of the Associated clubs, at which officers and chairmen | of the various committees will present | their reports for discussion. John S.| Miller of Winnetka, president of the | Harvard clubs of Chicago, will be one | of the speakers. William Thomas of San Francisco, president of the As- sociated Harvard clubs; Clarence C. Little, president of the University of Michigan; President Lowell, and others. Saturday will be devoted entirely to recreation, with continuous opportunity for meeting old friends and making new ones. On Saturday morning dele- Harvard | gates will march behind a band from the Drake hotel to the Municipal Pier Steamship, "Alabama," for a short trip along the lake front, to give a sailor's-eve view of the city to the south. Returning to the Munici- pal Pier automobiles will take the delegates out along the north shore to Winnetka, where there will be an afternoon of sports and class reunions on the estate of Hathaway Watson. In the late afternoon the crowd will re- turn by automobile to the Edgewater Beach hotel for tennis, swimming and an informal dinner and entertainment. to board the MARRY JUNE 12 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogt Stixrud have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Audrey Beatrice, to George Elias Shipman, Jr., of 432 Warwick road, which will take place Saturday evening, June 12, at 8:30 o'clock, at Christ church, Winnetka. The reception immediately following will be held at the bride's home, 607 Willow road, Winnetka. --p-- Mrs. Welton Stallsmith of 523 Es- sex road, Kenilworth, was hostess at a luncheon and bridge Wednesday, May 26. Memorial WHERE TO OCONOMOWOC NASHOTAH LAKES NEHMABIN LAKES SILVER LAKE DELAFIELD WAUKESHA BEACH NAGAWICKA LAKE PEWAUKEE LAKE N CAKE \ 1] FOX LAKE DISTRICT Ge Qn MEHENRY ® MUNDELEIN Chicago North Shore Milwaukee Railroad Company The high-speed electrically-operated Winnetka Passenger Station Telephone Winnetka 963 HOW TO GET THERE » Leovens® J II] ® ORAYS ray, SLIT Te thle LIBE LLE GO AND LUDINGTON MANISTEE HAMLIN LAKE PORTAGE LAKE ONEKEMA RH RACINE KENOSHA f ION WAUKEGAN - BLUFF N SHORE & rayoud 2's Day Holiday ashington: Take North Shore Line to Milwaukee; con- nections at door of our Mil- waukee terminal with Milwau- kee Northern trains for these points. Through tickets. 2 Michigan points--Luding- * ton, Manistee, Hamlin Lake, Portage Lake, Onekema: Take North Shore Line to Mil- waukee; Pere Marquette night steamer from there; arrive Michigan next morning. Through tickets. 3 Oconomowoe, Nashotah + Lakes, Nehmabin Lakes, Silver J Lake, D Wauke- sha Bea ag: Lake, Pewaukee Lake: Take North Shore Line to Milwaukee--step into T. M. E. R. & L. trains at door of our Milwaukee ter- minal, for these points. Through tickets. Lake Geneva, Twin Lakes, Shore Lins iy Tc Nor to - comfortable North Shore Line Motor Coaches operate from there, on regular schedule, to these points. Through tickets, 5 Antioch, Channel Lake, * Loon Lake, Lake Villa, Grays Lake, Volo, Fox Lake Resorts, McHenry: Take North ShoreLine trains to Waukegan; North Shore Line Motor Coaches from there on schedule to these poin Through tickets. Libertyville, Mundelein: * North Shore Line to Lake Bluff where connections are made with trains on our Lib- ertyville-Mundelein division. Through tickets. Extra Service 'Extra rail and motor coach Safvics wil be supplied on Saturday, Sunday and M to meet the needs those traveling over the Memorial Day week - S checked through to destination. For ules, fares and other information, inquire at ticket office, or at Traf- fic Dept., 79 W. Mon- roe St., Chicago, phone Randolph 6226.

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