New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1929, Page 11

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i iyt MRS, CONLIDGE IS AVARDED DEGREE Smith Collogs Homors Former First Lady—Foodick Speaks Northampten, Mass. June 17 UP— Grace Goodhue Coelidge, ' wite of termer President Calvin Coolidge, Wwas awarded the degree of doctors of lawa at fhe S1st commencement at Smith college today. I v e - Charies . [tion of graciousness and dignity” . Vicent Hubert ~Mullen, Joseph |with which Mrs. Coolidge occupied Benediot: Scully. the most conspicuous position open- Louise Bernadette Albert, Flor-|ed to a woman in America.” Badalete, R Three Womored Three other honorary degrees Mary (were conterred. Degrees of doctor of were awarded Mis Helen Elisabeth Thompson, principal and Agnos lowner of the Mary A. Burnham scheol for girls in Northampten; and ry Derothy Pitney. Filorenos |Sidney Bradshaw Fay, professor of Margaret Pitney, Anns es Sulik, |Eurépean history on the Sydenham Helen Elizabeth Walsh, Julla Anne [Clark Parsons foundation at Smith Zottola. college since 1914. Miss Annetta Isa- bel Clark, secretary to the president at Smith college. veceived the de- gree of master of arts. Dr. Raymond Foedick of New York delivered the commencement of Living Comfortably.” to be diffeffrent; a confempt for ma- jorities; a determination to climb mountains if one climbs alone—this is the true end of education,” Dr. Fosdick said. Text Récent Book Dr. Fosdick stook as his text the recently published “Middletown,” a carefully documented, acientific scru- tiny of the way life is lived in a typ- ical American community. “My fear is,” Dr. Fosdick said, “that returning to the Middletowns of the United States, your lives will be very respestable and very dull.” New Marquette Is a Winner! W. O. Woolley, manager of the Capitel Buick company, in explain- inge.the qualities of the new Mar- quette, related the following: “A story is told of a man dining in a restaurant, who was served a lobster with only one claw. Upon complain- ing he was told by the waiter that this happened cccasionally because the live lobsters ought among themselves in the kifchen. ‘Bring me the winner!’ said the diner. levery phase of car conmstruction and, “At the General Motors Proving grounds,” continued Mr. Woolley, “a fieet of specimen cars, built long in advance of factory production, fight a battle of hills, bumps and every othcr sort of torture. These cars are torn-down and rebullt until they are able io beat every test. The tests involve speed, power, endurance, braking, riding comfort, handling ease; fuel, oil and tire economy; performance. “‘Only the winner of all these tests is sent back to the factory to be used as a model for the construction of the car you buy. No matter what Ariving condition you face,” sald Mr. Woolley. “your Marquette is equal to it. You have the winner.” * Graham-Paige Wins Paris Trophy | Graham-Paige won the challenge trophy of the Automobile Club of Paris, scoring highest in its particu. lar class, in the 2,730 mile Tour de France, a classic French motoring competition under the auspices of the Motorcycle Club of France. The Graham-Paige entry, a four- |- speed six-cylinder cabriolet, strictly standard, finished without penaliza- tion of any sort, despite the strict schedule that imposed a loss of points for the sliehtest delay due to mechanical trouble. i Display Convertible Model ! The convertible sutemeblle, beth in the two and five passenger mo- dels, has met with such public fa- vor that the epen car has becem: an unimportant facter in car manu- facturing. This model now in dis- play at local show reom. Until the convertible typs car was produced there were those who clung to the open medels for one reason or another preferring thir inconvenience in ramy er celd weather to the pleasurs derived from driving with the top down onm warmer days. Gradually the demand for open cars dwindled until in 1927 nearly 85 per cent of all cars preduced in the United States were of the closed type. Introduction by Aubura, hewever. in 1928 of the five-passenger con- vertible, the tirst production car of its type produced, introduced & new era in motor car body building. The public that preferred the car found that all its conveniences were embodied in the new phaeton. sedan along with the pretection and convenience of the closed car. Since the introduction of the twe and five-passonger convertible, however, this type of car pidly supplanting its forerunne it i not unlikely that with years the open car will mest with as little faver in foreign countries as it does in America. |Ensminger to Report To Watertown Arsenal By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspondent. N. B Mersid) Washington, D. C., June: 17w Captain LeRoy Christian Ensminger of 113 Brighton street, New Britain, an officer in the Ordnance Depart- ment Reserve Corps of the Army, hes been ordered to active duty by the War Department, effective July Captain Ensminger is to repert for duty at the Watertowa Areenal, Mass.. for training in connection with ordnance activities. He will re- vert to inactive status and return home on July 20. THEN-YOU HEAR “"CHRYSLER" EVERYWHERE! l % % . 5 i “Not merely a new note in motoring — a new school in engineering " and performance, is the Chrysler. + + Height, weight, balance, accelerstion, power, appearance —these are some of the things Chrysler has revolutionized. + + Make no mistake — you are witness- ing the rise of new principles in motor manufacture which are profoundly affecting 4ll motor car design. + + No car is immune to the iesistible attractions of the Chrysier.” v =Advertisement Motor Life : Janery, 1925 WHAT IS CHRYSLER ENGINEERING? Itis s matter of opiaioa as to who did most in cresting the sutomobile, but it is s mateer of fact that Cheysler bas done most in moderaiziag it. Some of the most vital and chrill- iag chapters is the history of the motor car have been written by Chsysler engineers. Chrysler eaginoering, ssalyzed in simple teems, is & com- pJonsin Risg: bisstion of farvsighted vision aad resourceful genius that succeeds ia sccomplishing iaspired improvements. Ia This is sot s valaglorious gesture—it is s ststement of plais, bard-shell fact fally borae out by the following pardial list of sdvancements which Chrysler has origi- asted, pionetred or developed: Face Tappets Ths Chrysler you buytodayisthedirect beneficiaryof a//the progress that Chrysler engineering has made in the five yearsofitsbrillianthistory. Letusgiveyou s demonstration. CHRYSLER “73" — $1535 to $179 — Eight Body Styles CHRYSLER “65” — $1040 to $1145 — Six Body Seyles AR prisss f. 0. b focsery, Chryslor deslers extond conveniens fime poyments. puct st skt st bt o el CHRYSLE THE CITY SERVICE A. M. PAONESSA, Pres. 238 HARTFORD AVENUE CHRYSLER STATION, Inc. MOTORS PR NEAR STANLEY opbucTt ST. 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