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' 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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Uivtil April 30, 1904,
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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
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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.
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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
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"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.
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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,
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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.
