Sunday June 8 008TroyRecord Article 100years ago Monday June8,1908 “Teddy Purcell is the newest addition to the Trojans, Troy’s baseball team. Gene Goode leads the Troy offense. Emma Willard’s graduating class has its ‘Theme day’ today at Gurley Hall. Alice Edith Aird leads off with a discussion of “our National Songs” and concludes there is no one song accepted universally as our national song. She is followed by Marian Elizabeth McLaughlin on "Lessons of Silas Mariner”. Catharine Leeds does “characteristics of Egyptian Architecture”and Ida Klepetko on “Spring Flowers”. Jeanette Woodruff Badler performs a violin solo. Sarah Frances Rose does “Lamb’s Favorite Authors”,Eoline Spearman discusses “ evidence of Habitation on Mars” Gladys Marguerite Crockett on "Wordsworth Walking Tours ",Florence Fern Badger closes the exercises with a discussion of ‘The Quest of the Holy Grail”. Saturday June 7, 2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoSunday June 7,, 1908 “Graduating students of the Emma Willard School fill Second Street Presbyterian Church today to hear Rev A.C. Sewall talk on ‘The pursuit of the Ideal” which is the belief in human progress toward ultimate perfection as anticipated by the ‘Great Idealist’- Jesus of Nazareth.” PS if you click on the below link it will take you to the Troy Record newspaper website. From there at the top click on Opinions then click on This Day in the Record and it will give you about a current weeks worth of This day in History. _http://www.troyrecord.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/BigDaily_ (http://www.troyrecord.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/BigDaily) ?_ **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 )