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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1904)
Bee. TJNDAY g PAGES 19 TO 26. E ST A BLI S 1 1 K D JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, A PKIL 3, 1004. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. IMJEE PI nit ow P A i '1 i Mwm vxia ii hi u; ' BEAUTIFY PUBLIC SCHOOLS f How Bar Walls and Unsightly Yards Can Be Transformed. J SOME TIMELY TIPS FOR OMAHA TEACHERS What Una Been Dob by School Children, Properly Directed, EUsewhere Can Ala i Bo Dob. Hero. Today the progressive public school a are beautiful Inside with Inspiring picture end outside with flower gardens. They are "temples of framing" In comparison with the old-time structure, which, with bare and be-sinnked rooms and a graveled yard relieved, perhups, with a polka-dot errange- tnent of scruggy bushes, looked more like an austere reform Institution, j The movement for the decoration of J schools Is becoming so widespread as to I command attention as an Important edu- catlonal factor. The organised placing of I pictures and casts, mostly reproductions of I masterpieces, began in tb eastern states f about ten years ago, the Idea emanating e from ? 11 k In rm j ami Fn.l.nil thnn.ti America has In this particular outstripped tier sister across the sea. Largely through .uuicu tiuu. kmw wvrav one cximaca 10 every comer of our country and even y schools In the rural districts have become aroused. The boautlfvlnar bv lanriaran gardening la more recent, but It la a part of the outdoor art movement developing everywhere and should be stimulated by the example of Europe with Us 0,000 school gardens. Madame Maglolre tn "I.ee Miserable" expostulated with the bishop because he gave one-fourth of the garden to flowers, whereas It "would be better to grow sal ads." "Ah. Madame Maglolre. he said, "the beautiful Is as useful as the useful. I'm not sure but 'tis snore so." This Is the excuse" for the beautifying of schools. The "school beautiful" en thuatasts believe that by ennobling the environment of children and cultivating In them a love of painting, sculpture and flowers, they are adding to the higher edu cation an Influence not Imparted by any text book. This has been strengthened In several schools by supplementary courses of study; the pupils at Aurora. III., for In stance, have Instruction on the greatest architecture, sculpture snd painting of the world, while the Georjre Putnam achonl at Itoxbury, Mass., has a wild flower collec tion of 150 specie, developed with refer ence to the scientific curriculum. Part riayod by Pictures. Think of the city boy who had seen only the Chicago river, and so defined "river" as "water that smells," having dally do light in such a study of nature as Botti celli's Spring." Think of a country youth. denied the attractions of municipal art. drawing constant Inspiration from Dona- tello's statue of 8c. Qeorge snd the best examples of architectural painting. I In beautifying the Interiors the entire 4 funds have usually been furnished by an outside society, though an occasional school ' board has co-operated by replacing the slarUts white jrU with a auft color, the UN To San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and many other Cal ifornia points. To Everett, Fairhaven, What com, Vancouver' and Victoria via Huntington and Spekane. To Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington' and Portland or Huntington and Spokane. To Portland and to Astoria, Ash land, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany, and Salem, including branch lines in Oregon, via Portland. It will be to your advantage to make inquiry in regard to these low rates to the Pacific Coast and principal Western Points before deciding on a trip. Ticket Office blackboards with a harmonious hue, and providing appropriate window shades and woodwork. To such a background the pub llo school art associations have added largo pictures with a patrlotio significance, coun tenancing only the best. In Boston, the first stronghold of the movement, the Publlo .School Art league and Mr. Rosa Turner have been most ac tive. The latter inspired tho adornment of the Phillips school, four of whoso rooms In distinctive Roman, American, Italian Renaissance and Egyptian effects have been Inspected by the leading educators of the world. Among the schools treated by the society are the Horace Mann school, with Its memorial hall, and the Gilbert Btuart school, decorated by Boston artists In ap preciation of tho painter whoso name It bears. Seme Saaaplo WorTk. In New Tork, still behind other cities, the work bas been don by the Public Educa tional society. In Chicago, the John B. Drake school ha become a model; $1,000 has already been spent in covering the wall with tinted burlap, painting the blackboards a deep green, and hanging th walla and relieving the comers with pic tures and busts. The Public School Art society owns a collection of twenty-nine picture worth over $500, which Is lent t schools In the poorer district for six months at a time. At the opening exhibi tion pupils and Interested women con tribute a special program. The Ferestvllle school not only has attractive recitation rooms, but an artlstlo offioe for the prin cipal. Another school decoration center I Den ver. Instead of a central society, each school his an art association with a promi nent club woman as patron. The members of ths associations, mostly mothers of the school children, hold monthly meet ings and give entertainments to se cure the necessary funds. In Phila delphia the art activity originated In a memorial building erected for a beautiful woman, Alice Llpplncott, who devoted her life to educational Interests. In Pasadena the children of th Garfield school have con tributed a penny a month to the decoration fund. In Texas, where there ax numerous public school art societies, the high school st Waco has a Greek corridor. At Evans ton, 111., several schools have not only pic tures but flowering plants, like the John fll.ry school In Chicago, which has, more over, a fully equipped conservatory for both beautifying and botanical uses. Ths school at Waukegan, 111., was the prise-winner in a national contest for th most artlstlo Interior. An example of decoration by one inter ested individual Is In Menominee, Wis., where th high school andtnanual training school In connection have been adorned by Mr. J. H. Stout. On large room Is set aside as an art museum, moreover, and Is filled with picture and statuary. Exterior Garden Effects. For exterior embellishment with gardens some of the most attractive schools are In Messachusetts. Th George Putnam school at Roxbury has continuously taken the first prise offered by th Massachusetts Horti cultural society for the beat school garden. Tb Webster school at Cambridge has been transformed from a bar building Into an Ivy-covered bower while Its surrounding gardeo shows what can he accomplished In ON 1324 Famanv Street. a small area. At th Curtis sohool at Med ford, where ISO varieties of ferns and native plants are under cultivation, all the garden work except digging la don by the pupils. At Brookllne one school building is covered with vines, and the grounds are laid out with bicycle paths and flowering shrub. The Garfield school at Pasadena, Cal., la again conspicuous for Its masses of pink ivy-geraniums over the stone wall which supports th sloping lawn, its beds of pink and white geraniums, its clusters of rone bushes and palm trees. In New York, limited space has prevented extensive gar dens, but an occasional playground Is out lined by a hedge of green or beautified with elos cluster of shrubbery. In Denver, (where every tree and spear of grass flourishes only with the greatest care and expense) trees) have been planted about th schoela and th lawn kept green by dub women. In Chicago the beautifying work at the Parksld school, a prise winner In a local contest, was don by the Janitor of th building. Every seed and shrub has been bought with his own money, and from a dreary expanse of sand he has developed a floral playground. Th John Spry school ehows th effective use of window boxes over th entranc. At Waukegan, I1L, where the children sacredly guard th school garden, most of th blossoms are distributed at th hospitals and among th poor. After th School the Homo. In two cities, at least, th schools have extended outdoor beautifying t the hemes. A society In Cleveland last year sold 121.00 packages of flower seed to school children at 1 cent a package and th results of their Individual gardens were shown In a "fl.wer day" at the schools. At Carthage, Mo., prise to th valu of $100 were given to schooP children for the best examples of th artlstlo use of vines and flower gar dens. For th most part school gardens have been cultivated by teachers and pupUs. or interested Individuals, though th women's clubs, Milage Improvement associations and local branches of the Woman' Auxiliary of th National Park and Outdoor Art as sociation are beginning to tak up the work. Thus school decoration has extended Its Influence to th neighborhood. "School beautiful" promoters bono that the public schools of the futur will not only have paintings on their walls and flowers In th garden, but will bo a community center wherein parents may meet with children and teachers for lectures, concert und social Intercourse Many a principal de clares that the beautifying has already led to a closer relation between the school and Its patrons.-Bertha Darn aria Knob tn World s Work. As tho Jal(. I'nderstood It. A lawyer, addressing a Jury In a Blllville Justice court, quoted, in defense of his cli ent: "Honl solt qui mal y pens." where upon th Justlc. striking the desk a thun dering blow with his flat, shouted: "You'll never do It. sir-not In (hi court!" "Do what, your honor r asked tho sur prised attorney. "Hit 'em a swst an' pitch "em over th fence. ir!' replied tb Justice Atlanta Constitution EVERY DAY Uivtil April 30, 1904, VIA PAG SIDE TRIPS All passengers holding tickets from Cheyenne, Denver or points east thereof, to points west or north of Ogden, will bo furnished a free ticket Of den to Salt Lake City and return, provided the limit ou the original ticket allows a sufficient time for a stop-over. These side trip tickets between Ogden and Salt Lake City will be honored on either Oregon Short Line or Ulo Grande Western trains in either direction whichever may be most convenient for passencer. Application should be made to the Ticket Agent, Union Pepot, Ogden, or conductors cn route, for side trip tickets to Salt Lake City. STOP-OVERS On application to conductors, stop-over of ten (10) days will be al lowed at and west of Tocutello, Idaho, on the O. S. L. and O. R. and N. lines, on all second class tickets sold at or cast of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo, to Xanipa, Idaho, of points west of Idaho, Oregon and Washington. By exchange of tickets, Portland Union Depot, ten-day stop-over may be secured at any point or points south of Portland to Ashland, iuduslve, on Colonist One-Way tickets. HIGHEST AMERICAN COURT Method of Procedure When the Senate Sits as a Court of Impeuohment FAMOUS TRIAL OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON UUtorlo Institution Hnrely Is.vok.ed to Heach High Offenders Federal fads of Florida on the Griddle. On two occasions in the history of the nation th federal court of Impeachment has been Invoked to try judges of the United States for misconduct. Tho first was that of Judge Pickering and the sec ond that of Judge Humphrey, charged with "complicity In the rebellion." The third la likely to be th case of Judge Charles Swayne of the district of Florida, charged with various offenses against the Integrity of the bench. Th house of representatives bas not yet acted on the charges, but the prospect of action arouses publlo curiosity as to what Impeachment really means. Not sino th memorable trial of President An drew Johnson has such a thing happened, so a little ruitiness of knowledge on th subjeot Is pardonable. The popular notion la that ths heuse of representatives tried to impeach President Johnson and failed. That Is an error. Th house actually did Impeach th ohief mag istrate, although th court of impeachment that Is, the senate failed to convict him on the Impeachment. In Impeaching a high federal official the lower house of congress simply acts as a grand jury ths highest In the land. To Impeach means to accuse, or to Indict, not to convict. The accused official must be tried and found guilty or th mere Im peachment amounts to nothing. To explain the mods of procedure let ue recall the Johnson case. Blander svt h Start. As vice president, Andrew Johnson mad his first misstep on the very day that he was Inaugurated. Not to gloss over his offense with polite words, he was drunk. He was In no condition to figure In on of th most solemn ceremonial occasions in history th installation of en administra tion during th closing days of the civil war. That circumstance disgusted and hu miliated th country. No longer could th people trust the second man In the republic. And when a little later President Lincoln fell under an assassin's shot the grief of the north was accentuated by the knowl edge that a man like Johnson must step into th vacant executive chair. But for a little while Andrew Johnson did much to redeem himself in northern estimation. Th Union states had been filled with rage by tb murder of Lincoln; they wer In a mood to wreak rengesnc upon th south, and the new president seemed as bitter ss anybody in his de termination to punish. By and by his policy suddenly changed. Th north was amased and Indignant. As soon ss congress realised the change tho struggle began. Statesmen lavished upon ths chief magistrate such epithets as "cheat" and "swindler" ana "traitor" and 822.58 $20.00 "rebel." The president In his hsrangues to the people retorted by calling the agi tation against him a "new rebellion," Congress began to pass bills to cripple the president's power in every possible way. Johnson promptly vetoed every on of them, and congress just as promptly snd contemptuously passed th measures over th vetoes. The senate likewise rejected all presidential appointments. Soon the presi dent found himself tied hand and foot If he choose to obey the law, but he didn't choose to obey It, and then something was done. A Pennsylvania statesman made the first overt move. Row with the Chief Justice. It was Friday, February 21, IMS, when John Covode of Pennsylvania Introduced into the house the resolution cf impeach mentthat Is, the congressional Indictment a measure that does not require the con currence of th senat. The resolution was referred to the committee on reconstruc tion, which favorably reported the next day. On Monday, the 24th, the resolution was adopted by the emphatic vote of 126 yeas to 47 nays, seventeen members not voting. Thaddeu Stevens Immediately offered a resolution that "a committee of two be ap pointed to wait upon the senate, and, at the bar thereof. In the name of the house of representatives, impeach Andrew John eon, president of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors;" also that a committee of seven be named to prepare articles of Impeachment. Both prepositions wer carried, and on the first committee Steven and John A. Bingham wer ap pointed. Th other committee reported the articles on February 29, and two days later th house elected seven managers, or prosecutors, to conduct th impeachment. Meanwhile, there were a few cool-headed public men, who. If they did not openly disapprove of these headlong proceedings, held aloof from them. Among them was Chief Justice Chase, th man whoso duty would be to preside over th senate sitting as court th highest ever convoked on this continent. So the very first friction cam when the senat deliberated on rules of procedure. Those who distrusted Cause were for so framing the rules as to reduce the chief Justice to a mere presiding officer, considering him ao not a member of th court and depriving him of any vole or power as a member of the court. This fac tion prevailed. Danger of a Deadlock. In consequence there was grave danger of a deadlock. Constitutionally no other person than the chief Justice of ths su preme court could preside at an Impeach ment trial, and it began to look as If that offended functionary would simply ig nore the Impeachment. March i, the day for opening the trial, came. The supreme court was in regular session, and until 12:30 remained so, apparently without thought of adjourning for a mere trifl Ilk tb Impeachment of th president of th United States. Then an envoy from congress hurried over to ths chamber to offer a compromise and to beg Chase to adjourn court. The senate waited In suspense until half sit hour after noon. Then th baise door opened and two dignified men In silken robes walked dews th aisle. Oca was To Spokane, all intermediate main and branch lines on O. R. & N. also to Wenatchee and intermediate points. To Butte, Anaconda, Helena, and all intermediate points, in cluding Ogden and Granger. To Ogden aud Salt Lake City and main line points on U. P. where regular second class rates are higher. TPhone 316 Chief Justice Chase, the other Associate Justice Nelson. Instinctively every senator and representative rose to bis feet. Ar rived at the vice presidential chair the chief justice raised bis band, the associate Justice administered the oath and the high court of Impeachment was ready to pro ceed. laved by One Vote. The rules had been carefully framed with a view to depriving the chief justice of any power as a member of the court, but Chose was able to so Interpret and manip ulate th rules as to make himself a y.ry Important factor In the proceedings. Yet his decisions were so fair that the prose cutors did not complain. Finally the hour for a vote en the ques tion of guilty or not guilty arrived. The result was: Guilty, 85; not guilty, JJ Just one less than the two-thirds majority necessary to convict One senator, who changed his mind almost at the last mo ment, eaved Andrew Johnson from, being ousted from the presidential ohalr. These historic facts are Interesting Just at this time, because they show th md of procedure that, ne doubt, will be fol lowed In th forthcoming trial of United States Judge Charles Swayne. SEATS WORTH MUCH MONEY Right to Trade on th Paris Bous Costa th Holder sv Lairg Fortune. A seat among tb seventy of the Paris bourse (they call It a charge) casts about $.000,000 francs ($600,000), or susae times J.&00. 000. and a charge earns from 6 to 1$ per cent (net) a year, so that th annual profits are from $30,0u0 to $M),uQ0, or more in exceptional years. But these are usually divided among several associates, for it rarely happens thut an agent Is th sole ownr of his seat. More often he has paid for ouly half of it or a third of it and has three or four allent partners who own the rest and who may again hv subpartners, ao that yeu will hear of a sixteenth of a seat or even a thirty-second, thes being simply Invest ments that carry no rights or privileges on the bourse. As to procuring a charge, th thing has none of the stork exchange simplicity, where the main requirement for getting a seat is to be able to pay for It. Here a cumulate must be a Frenchman and at least 21 years old. He must have served four years In certain forms of busineas. He must bo personally acceptable to the agent from whom he would purchase th seat, and often to his family, Including th women. He must be passed upon by the seventy with formed voting, ss If h wer Joining some select club, which h la There must bo no stain" on his business record and no slur on his personal charac ter. A candidal was rejected recently for his bad habits and another for no fault of his own, but because his brother had bean concerned tn questionable transactions. With alLthls favorably settled, there is still needed the approval of the minister of finance and the sanction of ths president. This makes It clear enough why many of the ablest dealer on the bourse have not been uienters of the parquet, but of the coulisse. They could not get Into ths par-luet, C W." 1 J I I U "" . IS I DAVIDSON ACCEPTS PLACE Topeka Man Finally Takei Feine'i Flaoe After Visiting City. COMES FOR SAME SALARY AS NOW PAID Kansas Board Willing! to Rolens Superintendent April Eleventh, Whan Be Comes t Worlt in Omaha. W. if. Davidson of Topaka, Omaha's new superlntandant of schools, spent Saturday In Omaha meeting members of the Board of Education and principals and teachers and gathering Information concerning the schools. He told President Maynard that he formally accepted the place at 13,(00 a year and would report for duty Monday, April 11. AU talk of increasing th salary to M.000 a year was dispelled by Superintendent Davidson's formal acceptance. He was to leave for his home after the banquet to Superintendent Pears by th Co xunerciai club: Superintendent Davidson said: , "While I have soma regrets on leaving Topaka I son happy to com to Omaha. Th reception I have had at th hands of members of th board, the many teachers who I hav met and th cltiscns generally has been generous and kind In the ex treme. Get Release on Time. "The Beard of Education at Topeka has ' signified a willingness to release me April U. so I expect to gut to work In Omaha on that day. I am glad to have an opportunity to come into a community which has such a sympathetic attitude toward the publlo schools as I find here In Omaha. I am greatly pleased at what I know of the Omaha schools, which are something more than twice as larg as those In Topeka. I, think I shall like th conditions of work her. It is an Inviting field to any man an gaged in publlo sohool work. "My purpose Is to get Into th work at th earliest possible moment and put forth every effort to maintain the reputation which these schools already have through out th length and breadth of the country. Th standard of the Onutha aghools has been high, and I consider It an ncuor, In. deed, to be Invited to serve as their super intendent." Ooalda't Swell Anything. Heinrlch Conrled was standing in th back of th Metropolitan opera house a lew night ago, during th performance of a Oerman opera. As he leaned on ths rail behind the back row of seats, he heard th whispers of two men sitting almost la reach of his hand. On of them was apparently a natlv American; th other talked with a decided German dialect. "The acoustic of this house," whispered th American, "are very bad." Tb German was heard to sniff audibly once or twice. "Vot makes you say dot!" he asked of his American companion; "I doa't amcll acy t'Uig." New York Tune.