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X 1 Glad you a l l had a good time M . T .E . Editor t Russell Baer Assoov Editors Betty Weber T ypistsi Miriam Lehman E ls ie Lehman — ^ Betty Weber { -paniel M ille r \ lf~ \ A rtist s s ) . I ^ilanet Weaver / v \ . r )) I( ' RRuu-thhh MMaarr-thiinn Ruth Carper __ M-> BraokbilJL^ __ Novo 7t 194ri* 3 Eo Mo Sc E x tra « E d it o r ia ls Tramp, tramp, tramp over concrete! walks and marbl® f l o o r s « We are glad to be back on tha good oiled floo rs of Eo Me S« again* But think of the pleasure we would have missed i f we had not gone., and think of the wealth of information we would be la e k in g 0 As we went -through the Departmont of Invent™ igation and learned of the methods and schemes of a criminal how happy we were that we have a C h rist ia n h e rit a g e , and as we saw the apeoimens in the Medical Museum we rejoiced ag a in in th a t we have sound, healthy bodieso God has blessed us so riohly,, In many ways we are reminded of this daily® What a large book we would possess i f from our childhood we had w ritte n In i t the b lessings we reoeived eaoh day» “ “Weber •n K o ff we d id not see President Rooaevelto 3u t wo d id aee people and oare and more people and oars o Traveling in the c it y o f Washington is interesting,, e s p e c ia lly when the car behind you f a i l s to apply the brakes® What happens! Just a sudden j o l t plus a l i t t l e nervousness» I t was c e rta in ly a p riv ile g e to have Brother and S is t e r Hostetter w ith us* Brother Hostetter knows the c it y of Washington like a bc»ok8 I mean parts of it= I t was ju st too bad that we ootild not have a personal interview w ith F , Dos but the international situatio n would not permit ito There is one thing which we oan d o a We can look forward to going again next year* And then we can make i t a point to look longer at those things which demand closer scrutiny® Perhaps two weeks can be given to next y e a r 's toUTo •■‘"“ Baer Lincoln Memorial You d o n 't talk much when you v i s i t the Lincoln Memorials You ju st look and thinks You look at the massive beauty of the Greek architecture w ith it s marble stairs and with it® gleaming columns looming so high above youo You tread so ftly on the smooth marble fl o o r s but most o f a l l you think of the I l l i n o i s r a i l ” s p l i t t e r , and you wonder what he would say i f he knew that the nation had b u i l t for him such a marvelously b e a u tifu l sh rin e 0 But when you look at the statue of Lincoln h im se lf, you r e a lis e that the temple is indeed a f i t t i n g place fo r such a figureo The statue is giant in its proportions, y et so kindly are the features* and so benign is the expression that the most timid ohild oould s i t upon one of the great kneoa u n a fr a id <, The soulpturer has indeed caught the humble s p ir it of the man he portrayedo He has caught the thoughtfulness* the humorj, and the sadness of this one of our greatest statesmen© -“ Leah Kauffman 1 o n e s.t ‘ A b - 2 - Federal Bureau of In v e s tig a tio n Of a l l the places wo v i s it e d in Washington, this one was perhaps the most t h r i l l i n g and in tere stin g * F ir s t of a l l the guide transplanted us to war-time London® In th is room was a complete o u t f it , worn by policemen dttring blackout and a i r r a i d s , complete w it h gas mask and gloves. An actu al Nazi parachute taken from a captured German ch u tist was a ls o displayed® Shop li g h t s , stop l i g h t s , a i r raid shelter ligh ts and automobile lights used during blackouts were shown and explained by our g u id e « Amber t r a f f i c lights are altogether forbidden and only small s lit s of red and green ligh t may be used® W© saw a chart on which there was some secret w r i t ing which could be seen only under ultra v io lo t lighto The most weird part of th is demonstration was hearing an ac tu al record of the a i r raid sirens® The sound is most dismal and dolef u l and depressing® Our guide informed us that sometimes the siren w ails for twenty-four hours a t a time® Our noxt stop wns in the range room where the G-men practice ehootingo A great part of this b u ild in g is f i l l e d w ith f i l e s and more f i l e s of fin g e rp rin t s and photos of criminals and four m illio n personal id e n t if i c a t i o n f i n g e r prin t oards which are vary h e lp fu l i n id e n t if y ing amnesia victims or accident victims who otherwise are unknown, or unrecognizable® Approximately 5 0 ,0 0 0 sets of fin g e rp rin t s are received each day from 1 6 ,0 0 0 contributorso Since 1932 there have bean 206 kidnappings, a l l but two of which have baen solved by the F . B . I® There is even a nickname f i l e where c r im in a ls ’ nicknames are kept and often they are oaught in t h a t way® Bob Cat L u lu , Buok-tooth Mary, B ig Shot, e t c . , are some of themo We a l l received souvenir printa of our "t r i g g e r ” or index fin g e r * In c id e n t a lly the elevators in the F . B . T.o b u ild in g r e a lly whizzed up and down, and some of our group indulged in au dible groans and sighs enroute® We ware fo r c ib ly reminded that from every viewpoint "CRIME DOES HOT P A Y .” Sooner or later a l l wrongs w i l l be found out* — Miriam ? . Lehman Bureau of F ish e ries Early Thursday morning we entered the cool, dim aquarium room of the Bureau of F is h e rie s * Surrounded on a l l aides by the b e a u t ifu lly lighted a q u a r ia , it aaemed as though we were enjoying a s tr o ll in the depths of the ocean w ith the f i s h g lid in g s il e n t l y around us® These f i s h are collected from a l l over the United States and from neighboring w a t e rs <■ We saw C ray fish groping around in the water and smooth, slip p e ry eels s lit h e r in g along in th e ir d o s e quarters® One intere sting f i s h was the Tobacco Box fish® The Neon T a tra , a recently imported species from South America, glows very p r e t t ily under lighto Fancy g o l d f is h , Calioo B a s s , Golden Trout, W hite Perch, and Rainbow Trout ware souie of the most ish whioh we saw® The behind is a long room f u l l of large open tanks into which the f i s h food is scattered® The f i s h thrive on a d ie t of sauerkraut, groundup b e e f hearts and f i s h , and small p in llk e worms, produced esp e c ia lly for the fish® Those w ith stronger constitutions devour live f i s h w ith great relish® Lettuce is an occasional delicacy® I n the center of the main some dangerous specimens® Among them was a 35-year-old turtle of an enormous siz® , This turtle was removed from the pond fo r several days since it ate too much for its arm w e ll beingo F ish are c e rtain ly in t e r e s t in g , but ” I ?d rather sea than ba one®" — Esther Lehman Bureau of Printing and Engraving The paper money we handle is printed a t the rate of $ 1 6 ,6 0 0 ,0 0 0 a day , in b i l l s ranging from -$1 to $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 in value® I t is counted twenty times while in the making processes (eighteen times by hand and twice by machines)* The average l i f e of a one-dollar b i l l is from one to three months® There are 6 ,0 0 0 people employed in th is Bureau . Only fiv e per cent of these are men. B e tween two and throe hundred of them do nothing b ut count money® One of our group noticed that a l l of these were wearing g la s s e s , with perhaps one or two exceptions* B esides paper money th is Bureau prints Passp o rts, Army and Navy commissions, P h ilip in e money, Postage stamps, Revenue stamps, and Defense bonds and stamps® The door of the safe in which the money is kept weighs thirteen and one h a lf tons* We were p riv ileg ed to so© the door open but could not get w it h in reach of it® A fte r completing the tour through this b u i l d in g , 1 heard several sighs foilowad by "AFTER ALL, WHAT I S MONEY?" — Roy Harnieh 0 (1) © V - 3 » Franoiscan Monastery We wore inpresaed with the b e a u t ifu l w e ll kept grounds that enclosed the Monastery* also known as the Commissariat of the Holy Land fo r the United S t a t e s 0 Surrounding the stately church is the colonnade of the Hocary Portico® The ground plan ia b u i l t on the lines o f the Five-fold Cross, and the architecture ia symp-l i f i e d Byzantine^ W it h in the church are many r e p lic aa of places in the Holy Landn The sig n ific a n c e of the shrines., a l t a r s , chapelo, crypts, grottoes, and v a lley s ia in their likeness to the o r ig in a l , having in them parts of what was thought to be the o r ig in a l stone# Consequently, Catholics may ^ a in indulgences by re c itin g prayers a t certain s h r in e s . These with the cataoorabs and many paintings gave us a fe e l in g of awe and gladness that we can truly worship without these man-made embellishmentso — Mary Florence Shonk Supreme Court We stepped across the street and faced 011® of the most niagnifioent b u ild in g s in Washington* I t was the Supreme Court Building.. Aa we a s cended the steps we read EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW lettered high above the C o rinthian columnju There she stood in her Vermont marble dreaa welcoming ric h or poor, black or white to equal ju s t i c e * The lobby was graced b y Io n ic columns* The scarlet draperies and Dorio p i l l a r s in the courtroom spoke d ig n it y and s t a t e l in e s s *» We sat i n the fin e pews for a minute and then l e f t f e e lin g disappointed as the court we a not in seaaion* Ab the guide proceeded to show us the courts and rooms we were impressed with the jisajestic appearance of *aoh one0 The chandelier in the committee room cost $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 * This b e a u tifu l b u ild in g was f in is h e d in 1936 at a cost o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 * -- Grace Metsler The National Zoo We spent one afternoon a t the zoo* The f i r s t thing we saw was the g e e se 0 We ace our lunch outside th e ir pen* There were many i n tere stin g a n m a l s o The monkeys were most ente r ta in in g a One mother monkey held a three-day old baby in her ersst A chimpanzee hung by one arm and swung himself back and fo rth ap-airet the sides of his pen* Another monkey-wept as i f he had great pain« One of the g ir l s a ffe c t io n a t e ly called one honey-buncho Some other interesting things we saw ware a l l i g a t o r s , t u r t l e s , and crocodiles in their tropical habitato King Cobra was the la rg e st. most venomous of the Cobras* There were liza rd s that could extend t h e ir tongues almost one-half the length of t h e ir bodies to pick up in s e c t s 0 Vie saw a llig a t o r s and tortoises with moss growing on th e ir backs a Two bears performed a w e s t ling match <5 Feeding the lions was intersstingo They were given government-inspected moat® We were d isa p pointed that they d i d n 't r o a r 0 They grabbed the meat g re edily and started to chew away0 The g ir a ffe wps the most graceful animalo Besides these were porcupines, hippopotomusea, wolves* coyotes, in f a c t almost everything from elephants to Black Widow spiders® Department of the In t e r io r Here we were fortunate enough to have one of the o f f i c i a l s of the department as a g u i d e a He told us th a t the Department of In te r io r is called "t h e house keeping department*” Thia is because the work has to do w ith the Conservation of our resources both natural and human* Vie v is it e d the museum which showed us the various aspects of the worko I n the In dia n g a l” lery were seen e xh ib its of In d ia n b ask etryj and scenea of In d ia n l i f e * We were told that there are 3 0 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 In diana in the Western Hemisphere of whom 3 6 1 ,0 0 0 are in t h is countrya U* S* is one example of the conqueror turning around and fe ed in g the conquered® Our f i r s t national park,, the Yellowstone, was given ns a land grant to Jo si&h Hedge who, when he saw it s beauty, said that i t did not belong to him but to a l l the people* I t was made a na tio na l park by an act of Congress. Other things of interest were ths g a lle ry on mining and o i l w e l l s , e xh ib its of old and new surveying instruments, collectio ns of rocks., and the disp la y of In dian idolso Many mounted birds and an imals, which Theodors Roosevelt shared from hia African^oollection,, besides a l l kinds of stones in the mineral department, greet your eyes as you walk miles of halls to see the e x h i b it a u I f you take time and r e a lly look at everythin} you w i l l have to start over afte r f i n is h i n g for new specimens are always being addedo — Caroline Plank r > . - 4 ♦ Bo tan ic al Gardans Flowers and more flower a I We were impressed with the many d iffe r e n t types of p lan ts— t r o p i c a l , common garden flo w e r s , c actus, and ahrube of a l l k in d s . The main flower i n bloom at the time of our v i s i t was the Chrysanthemum, which was on d isp la y in many d if f e r e n t colors# In the cactus room most of us were very carefu l to keep i n the path* Contact w ith the plants proved p ain fu l to those who "j u s t wanted to see what it f e l t l i k e . ” The cactus were a l l s iz e s , ranging from one inch to f i f teen f e e t . Those who had never been i n a jungle had a taste of i t in ono room. I t seemed b o real that some f e a r fu lly peered through the tangled mass of trees and v i n e s . Maybe they expactsd a lio n or tig er to jump out, but nothing that bad happened. The next room quitted a l l fears when we saw harmless l i t t l e g o ld fis h swimming around in a l i l y pcnd that might have f e l t at home in any of our back y ard s. -- M elvin Weaver Dora H ertzle r Congressional Library "The true u n iv e rsity of these days is a collectio n of b o o k s ." This and other great sayings were engraved on the walls of the most b e a u t ifu l b u ild in g in Washington, the Congressional L ib rary . We saw rows and rows of books, 415 miles of shelves to be more s p e c i f i c . The books are carried from the t h irte e n floo rs of book shelves and also from the lib r a r y annex which is across the s tr e e t, b y means of the w o r ld 's largest pneumatic tube system. There are 1 0 ,8 5 2 traya in the catalog f i l e . We saw only a few of the 1400 employees and only a few of the interesting relio s on d is p la y ; such as the smallest B ible in the w orld, the Gutenberg B ible which was the f i r s t one to be printed w ith movable ty p e, and the Magna Charta now 400 years o ld . The Declaration of In d e pendence and the Constitu tio n are kept in the libra ry under special glass which protects them from the ligh t r a y s . A guard stands by these precious documents twenty-four hours a d ay . The b e a u tifu l architecture of this b u ild in g almost made us fee l that we were in an art g a l l e r y . I t is copied a ft e r a French opera house. The paintings are done by an American a r t i s t and the marlle of the huge p i l l a r s ia imported from I t a l y , — B etty Weber .V The National Academy of Science I n the Science h a ll the thing that impressed me most w t a movie e x h ib it of a sulphur mine i n operatio n. I n the orig inal state, su lphur is a solid below the e a r th ’ s c r u s t . To mine sulphur, you hava to go through a very long proc ess. A large pipe is d r ille d to the sulphur b e d . On the in s id e of th is pipe there are two smaller pipes extending to the b e d . Through the large pipe hot water is foroed down, in the next smallor pipe steam is forced down. When the hot water and steam have liq u ifie d the sulphur, enough pressure is put on the l i q u if i e d sulphur to force i t up the smallor p ip e . From there it goes to p urifying vats where i t is allowed to cool and go back into the solid sta te , ready fo r commercial u s e . — John Wenger The American Red Cross B uild ing Situated between the National Art Gallery and the b u ild in g of the Daughters of the American Revolution is the Red Cross B u ild in g of VJashington, the national headquarters of a l l Red Cross work. For the enlightenment of v is it o r s and to u r is t s , e x h ib its and displays f i l l the rooms. Here Florence N igh tin g ale is shown in her work at F ie ld Hospitals where she found a warm welcome from the s u ffe r in g men and began Red Cross work. The e x h ib itio n carries one from the C iv i l War period w ith its need of Red Cross workers and their contributions to the World War where t h e ir work and achievement was gre a te r. Miniature scenes show the b a t t l e s , the dead and wounded carried o ff the f i e l d , the surgery room in the f i e l d , hospitals and the nurses in the w ard s. I n our array camps thoy help in the adjustment of soldiers to th e ir environment and the solving of t h e ir problems. The displays were made complete by samples of Junior Red Cross contributions to flo o d, drought, and storm r e l i e f and modern incendiary bombs as used by the figh tin g countries today. As a culmination in your seeing here, "T h in e is the Glory" hangs so that your eyes natu ra lly rest upon the b e a u t ifu l face of the Red Cross nurse painted thereon. Her b e a u tifu l face is a composite of 1000 Red Cross nurses and she stands as a monument to t h e ir wonderful work. — Ethel Yake * Catastrophe Did you know that the rotation of the earth was completely stopped by a very distinguished member of the College Junior C laH B ?! Yes I Vie aaw i t w ith our own eyes while v i s i t i n g the National Academy of Scienoe in Washington, D«C» !3ow d o n 't get excited because there r e a lly i s n ’ t anything to get excited about« Upon entering the Science B u ild in g our a t ten tio n was immediately attracted to a metal b a l l about six inches in diameter which was swinging from a cord about twenty-five or th irty fe e t long* This was to represent the rotation of the e a r t h « A young lady who was e s p e c ia lly interested in th is p a rtic u lar part of the e x h ib it attempted to obtain a better view of the sit u a t io n by stooping and placing her head d ir e c tly i n the path of the rotating world* A "t h u d " resounded e-a the world and the young l a d y 's head came together* The earth stopped rotating at onoe and a l l was quiet except fo r a few giggles from fellow classmates. But i t really w a s n 51 very serio u s , for the ro ta tio n was soon resumed by simply starting the b a l l on it s swinging course again* Oh I 1 almost fo r g e t to t e l l you who i t was that caused this to happen® I t m s none other than Miss Caroline Plank„ I f you want to have the tine of your l i f e , d o n st misg the annual t r i p to M r .ah in g to n o “ “■David. H«~ EcTs tetter The C ^ i t o l “ The Dome ia its Spawning glory»n Page boys were dashing arci®d in the Senate Chamber running errands fory'tHe" 'Senators® Do you re-member what the Saha tor frtom Utah was trying to t e l l us? Maybe...mJhMB&wjr listeners could have gotten more tii^if^ssage i f we h adn’ t delayed our lun< lunch u n t i l 2 s4f n, but postponing - t - fflatter a p p e tite « Thj2,jStfetiia pf. s/Ttyrmer ly the mo s e rj?aji orrTa 1 1ve a „ had;" forty' out strand in $ tetaitUes J(n ijti • ' ■ ' I,In,£ho pouab of ije)jfe»Wit*iivflfij< one/man,',, was; 8pea^ijpg» By another! fcan’ d centinuflil^ijil-4' terrupting* the' speech result Capitol peean resulted in a dialogue,-, in the midst of a l l the other b u ild in g s in Yteshington, disting uished one® you ar© the most sther Mast Washington' M^ijument The cornerstone of in 1848 in memory of |f/a is monument was laid M n g t o n 0 It was f i n ished in 1885 at a cost! i f $ 1 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 . I t i» an obelisk which is 355 ifeet h igh , 55 fa e t square at the base, sjnd• «)3 fe e t square at the top* The w alls are 15 fd e t thick at the base and 18 inches at th e jto p i A stairway of 900 steps and an elevator ab^and to its peak® On the inner face of th i o r ia l stones from d i f f e b coun tiest and lodges donated by V irg inia America ’Washington* freedom*" M edical Museum Before noon on Saturday, the la s t day of our v i s i t to Washington* we entered the red brick b u ild in g which houses the Medical Museum* Even before entering we saw looking at us through the e s p e c ia lly b e a u t ifu l long narrow windows skeletons of people long d e e d s As its exterior was d if f e r e n t from the marble b u ildin g s we had already seen, so also was its in te rio r -vastly different® Microscopes old* very old and simple ones, and new, very new and complex ones, f i r s t greeted our e y e s «, 'Che next two rooms gave us in p la s t ic form s tr ik in g ly r e a l i s t i c diseased eyea, noses and throats* So also were diseases such as cancer and leprosy and venereal diseases portrayed-- the d if f e r e n t a f f l i c t e d parts being shown to us in, mouldse More in terestin g than these was the room which showed the development of human embryos* e sp e c ia lly to those of us who were taking biology* A fte r seeing these specimens or. diseased humanity wa could, not help giv ing thanks to our Maker for healthy, normal bod ies* — Ethel Take landing are seen memr nt states* churches* & memorial stone nay i*j "V ir g in ia gave tiijngton as gave America I I t is very impr^sdivej since it can be seen from ftny point in Ytefshin^ton, but it is not Jblm Horst y rQi' s / > 0 # 2 r The g ir ls roomed on the th ird flo o r and the boys on the second at M l l a r d Apt rtmente ■* One day Caroline Plan^aeked whether the boys were not eager to get back to So Me So where they could liv e ’'above'5 the girls 0 ■"-Aldus Hertzler ° ^ A f t n f ' i A rlin gto n Cemetery On®* two, three— the aoldior paced back and forth in rhythmical step before the tomb of the Unknown S o ld ie r , h a lt in g , turn in g, and back a g a in . "Here rests in honored g lo ry , an American S o ld ie r , known but to God ," was on-graved on the tomb, also six wreaths syirbolio of the s ix major engagements in the World W ar, and three fig u re s representing V a lo r , Peace, Viotoryo Change of guards at 5 j 0 0 o 'c lo c k was d ig n i f i e d and impre a o ive * A soldier stepping accurately as clockwork guards the tomb day and night* Hfits o f f 3 — E lsie Lehman Corooran Art G allery To me Washington was largely a c it y o f art and marble, the Corcoran Art G allery was no exoeption to t h is* The b u ild in g ia Neo-Greek in style* I t houses a c o llec tio n o f works of a r t . These consist of p a in t in g s , sculptures, and ceramics. The p illa r s on the inside of the b u ild in g are Doric and Io n i c * Several works of sculpture that attracted me were Augustus Caesar, Adam and Eve, Jason, Cupid, M ic h ael, the P u rita n , and the Slave* Many tapestries and 16th and 18th oentury Persian rugs graced the w a l l s . Terra C0 tta figu re s ty pio al of Greece and It a l y in the 10th to 2nd Century B* C* stood in glass oases. There were o il and perfume va ses, o il orusttes, and funoral vases* The g irls in our group spied the needlepoint l a c e , I t a l i a n , French, and Flemish* I was happy to fin d fam ilia r portraits by Reynolds, and Gainsborough. The huge port r a it of F ran klin D , Roosevelt by Frank Salisbury was imprescive. I t vms lent to the g a lle ry by the President* The sp e cial sculpture by Maria M a rtin , the landscapes and water colors by Agnes Stone would have held us longer but other intere sting sights called us* The Corooran Art G a lle r y was founded and h eav ily endowed by W illiam Wilson Corcoran* — Fern Metz lor Mount Vernon As wo entered this old souther,,plantation home, i t seemed like Washington himself might appear* I t ie a quaint old house w ith original f u r n it u r e . We entered by the vanity h a ll* Downstairs were the music room, ooffee room, the study, and the din in g room in which was W ashington’ s high ohaifc* I n most of these rooms were firep la ces and elaborate c h an d eliers. A grandfather olook stood on the landing of the winding s t a ir s , tic k in g the years away. Upstairs were fi v e guest rooms and the room where Washington died* The wallpaper io new but the same design is used that Washington had. The kitchen was a separate b u i l d i n g . Around the large fir e p la c e were huge k e t t le s , wooden dippers and a c h u m * There were a number of other bu ildin g s on the homestead— the servants* headquarters, ice house, museum, spinning house, store house, o f f i c e , smoke house, wash house, barn and coach house* The old coach i n the ooaoh house was equipped with candle-povrer h e a d lig h ts. Washington’ a tomb is also located on this s ig h t . The Pan American Union B u ild in g The Pan Amerioan Union, Washington, D. C . e is the o f f i c ia l organisation of twenty-one American Republics, including the United S tate s. This b u ildin g has a room oallsd the Governing Board Room. The large oval ta ble and twenty** one chairs were made from one t r e e . Eaoh chair bears the coat of arms of one of the countries comprising the Union* The Patio v^as in the center of the b u ildin g and looked similar to the parks of Central America. I n this place lived a p o lly parro t. She d i d n ’ t have a word to say u n t il a redheaded man appeared* Then she s a i d , " I d o n ’ t lik e h im .” This bu ildin g oost $ 1 ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0 and is maintained by the twenty-one c o u n trie s. The purpose of the Pan American Union is to promote peace, commerce, and frie n d sh ip between the republics of the American continent by fo stering economic, j u d i c i a l , s o c ia l, and oultural relatio n s and cooperation* — Charlotte Y/enger Treasury and State Buildings The stacks of $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 b i l l s seemed almost unbelievable as we gazed upon them in the Treasury B u ild in g * Also the $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 oheok, payable to J . P . Morgan, eeemdd unreal* Wo took a good look because we hardly expected to sea any lik e them a g a in . There were eeven=* teen d iffe r e n t kinds of marble used in the ooxistruotion o f this b u i l d i n g . The lines in ono blook of marble resembled the fig u re of C hrist* Another interesting feature of this b u ild in g ia & spiral stairway supported only on one side against the w a l l . According to Brother H o stetter, the State B u ild in g is the u g lie s t government building in Washington. Some of us thought d iffe r e n t ly and. admired it s be au tifu l old Etiropean arc h itecture* The b u ild in g contains nothing of public in t e r e s t . — Dora Hertzler Novonb*or 7 ? 1941 , . 7 .- ,* The Old N atio nal Museum Tha b u ildin g of the Old N a tio ral Museum was begun in 1079 and completed in 1881* Tha b u ild ing has been occupied for 60 years a nd has ac commodated 2 5 ^ 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 v isito rso As you enter the door you w i l l see suspended in mid-air as in actu al f l i g h t , the original S p i r it of S t . L o u is8 which was flown by Lindbergh in his famous non-stop f l i g h t across the A tlan tic ® Around i t are monuments of famous Americans,, These include pars ana1 belongings of George 1 ashingtonj, the "S t a r Spangled BRnner" which inspired Francis Scott Key, and a lso the per-sonal belongings of Lincoln and other famous statesmen« Gowns worn by the presidents* wives and some c l o t h s of Presidents f i l l another room® Coins and stamps from a l l oountries f i l l more rooms□ An e x h ib it of a l l m ilita r y e n counters of the United States f i l l the west central h a l l . Models of modern manufacture of rubber, graphite* g l a s s , e t c . , f i l l s t i l l otherSo Eliao Howe' s sewing machine is an e x h ib it of great interest® Another a x eallan t e x h ib it is that of early automobiles® W r ig h t 9s f i r s t plane and John B u l l ’ s steam engine are there to oo The g a lle ry contains the evolution of photography, uniforms» chemical in d u s t r ie s , f u r s , and le a t h er s , watches and clocks* radios and ta lk in g machines among which is E d is o n ’ s f i r s t one0 ' It was in ten se ly in te r e s t in g , but I suggest that you take a whole week to study it rather than one hour. -“ John Horst The National Cathedral I t was a w e t , pray day in Washington, but upon entering the Cathedral ws forgot a l l about that# The very sim plicity of the N atio nal Cathedral, one of Americans most b e a u t i f u l , is in i t s e l f grandeur. The radiance of the rose window and the smaller stainod-glasa windows share in the semi-darknosa of the nave and ohapels. The Natio nal Cathedral, 'not yet f i n i s h e d , is French Gothio in architecture and i s b u i l t in the shape of a cross* B esides the na ve , there are four main c hapels, each portraying a d i f fe re n t theme* such as Christmas and the Resurre c tio n . There is also a chapel e s p e c ia lly for c h ild r e n « You can c ertainly r e a liz e tha u n iv e r s a lity of.’ C h r is t ia n it y here® The \vork o f P o lish and other fo r e ig n a r t i s t s , p;ifts from Palestin e and Canterbu ry , beauty from a l l over the world contribute to this Cathedral, and a l l people o f a l l C h r is t ia n fa it h s worship kora® Perso n alities Twenty-eight college students a l l cam© back from Washington fee lin g that they knew each other better from having spent four days together tramping through tha marble halls of Washington*. Who of our group d o e sn ’ t know that John Horst makes "ohpy” wherever he goes? He has even promised some of us a recipe for "choy” juice® He finds some of his joy in o fferin g 5 / "c o k e s” to his fellewman and women, while David Troyer fin d s greater joy in serving 10^ "cokes f However, Caroline Plank would have no one consider her a gold digger and returned a l l money invested i n Coca Colas fo r her b e n e f i t , but bananas she would accept without remuneration® She created lots of fun w ith her w it and ready repartee® Who would think that an humble* unassuming man lik e Paul Peaohy should covet tha o ffic e of a Senator? To see him sleep in the Se n ateP one would not think he is at a l l interested® But than we a l l took advantage of that opportunity to take a l i t t l e siesta® Margaret Horst proved her executive a b i l i t y by the e f f io io n t way i n which she got the boys to cooperate in washing dishes and packing lunch©So Evan with her voice being weakened from the effoots of a oold she was able to command the boys in a remarkable way® — B etty Weber W illa rd Apartments T ir e d , happyj hungry collage students retreated to W illa rd Apartments from a d a y as touring in Washington® -he good supper and a swaet n ig h t*s rest were accepted by a l l of us e With fiv e or six people working in our l i t t l e "two-by-four" kitchen you would not wonder that galoshes were almost necessary fo r the d is h washers® Some of the f l o o r , aa w e ll as the d is h e s , got washed® G i r l a , you should have seen how "o u te" the boys looked w ith aprons on in the kitc h e n . F a ilin g to mention the good times we had as a family livin g in W illa rd Apartments would not do ju s tic e to our t r ip to Washington® Bo stop in to sea us when we liv e there next year again® — Esther Mast. Melvin Vieavar at the Aquariumi "Do these f i s h d ia vary much?" Quids 3 "They only d ie on ce/ 1 —Weldon Martin
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Title | Weather Vane (1941-11-07) 'Extra' |
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Date | 1941-11-07 |
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Text | X 1 Glad you a l l had a good time M . T .E . Editor t Russell Baer Assoov Editors Betty Weber T ypistsi Miriam Lehman E ls ie Lehman — ^ Betty Weber { -paniel M ille r \ lf~ \ A rtist s s ) . I ^ilanet Weaver / v \ . r )) I( ' RRuu-thhh MMaarr-thiinn Ruth Carper __ M-> BraokbilJL^ __ Novo 7t 194ri* 3 Eo Mo Sc E x tra « E d it o r ia ls Tramp, tramp, tramp over concrete! walks and marbl® f l o o r s « We are glad to be back on tha good oiled floo rs of Eo Me S« again* But think of the pleasure we would have missed i f we had not gone., and think of the wealth of information we would be la e k in g 0 As we went -through the Departmont of Invent™ igation and learned of the methods and schemes of a criminal how happy we were that we have a C h rist ia n h e rit a g e , and as we saw the apeoimens in the Medical Museum we rejoiced ag a in in th a t we have sound, healthy bodieso God has blessed us so riohly,, In many ways we are reminded of this daily® What a large book we would possess i f from our childhood we had w ritte n In i t the b lessings we reoeived eaoh day» “ “Weber •n K o ff we d id not see President Rooaevelto 3u t wo d id aee people and oare and more people and oars o Traveling in the c it y o f Washington is interesting,, e s p e c ia lly when the car behind you f a i l s to apply the brakes® What happens! Just a sudden j o l t plus a l i t t l e nervousness» I t was c e rta in ly a p riv ile g e to have Brother and S is t e r Hostetter w ith us* Brother Hostetter knows the c it y of Washington like a bc»ok8 I mean parts of it= I t was ju st too bad that we ootild not have a personal interview w ith F , Dos but the international situatio n would not permit ito There is one thing which we oan d o a We can look forward to going again next year* And then we can make i t a point to look longer at those things which demand closer scrutiny® Perhaps two weeks can be given to next y e a r 's toUTo •■‘"“ Baer Lincoln Memorial You d o n 't talk much when you v i s i t the Lincoln Memorials You ju st look and thinks You look at the massive beauty of the Greek architecture w ith it s marble stairs and with it® gleaming columns looming so high above youo You tread so ftly on the smooth marble fl o o r s but most o f a l l you think of the I l l i n o i s r a i l ” s p l i t t e r , and you wonder what he would say i f he knew that the nation had b u i l t for him such a marvelously b e a u tifu l sh rin e 0 But when you look at the statue of Lincoln h im se lf, you r e a lis e that the temple is indeed a f i t t i n g place fo r such a figureo The statue is giant in its proportions, y et so kindly are the features* and so benign is the expression that the most timid ohild oould s i t upon one of the great kneoa u n a fr a id <, The soulpturer has indeed caught the humble s p ir it of the man he portrayedo He has caught the thoughtfulness* the humorj, and the sadness of this one of our greatest statesmen© -“ Leah Kauffman 1 o n e s.t ‘ A b - 2 - Federal Bureau of In v e s tig a tio n Of a l l the places wo v i s it e d in Washington, this one was perhaps the most t h r i l l i n g and in tere stin g * F ir s t of a l l the guide transplanted us to war-time London® In th is room was a complete o u t f it , worn by policemen dttring blackout and a i r r a i d s , complete w it h gas mask and gloves. An actu al Nazi parachute taken from a captured German ch u tist was a ls o displayed® Shop li g h t s , stop l i g h t s , a i r raid shelter ligh ts and automobile lights used during blackouts were shown and explained by our g u id e « Amber t r a f f i c lights are altogether forbidden and only small s lit s of red and green ligh t may be used® W© saw a chart on which there was some secret w r i t ing which could be seen only under ultra v io lo t lighto The most weird part of th is demonstration was hearing an ac tu al record of the a i r raid sirens® The sound is most dismal and dolef u l and depressing® Our guide informed us that sometimes the siren w ails for twenty-four hours a t a time® Our noxt stop wns in the range room where the G-men practice ehootingo A great part of this b u ild in g is f i l l e d w ith f i l e s and more f i l e s of fin g e rp rin t s and photos of criminals and four m illio n personal id e n t if i c a t i o n f i n g e r prin t oards which are vary h e lp fu l i n id e n t if y ing amnesia victims or accident victims who otherwise are unknown, or unrecognizable® Approximately 5 0 ,0 0 0 sets of fin g e rp rin t s are received each day from 1 6 ,0 0 0 contributorso Since 1932 there have bean 206 kidnappings, a l l but two of which have baen solved by the F . B . I® There is even a nickname f i l e where c r im in a ls ’ nicknames are kept and often they are oaught in t h a t way® Bob Cat L u lu , Buok-tooth Mary, B ig Shot, e t c . , are some of themo We a l l received souvenir printa of our "t r i g g e r ” or index fin g e r * In c id e n t a lly the elevators in the F . B . T.o b u ild in g r e a lly whizzed up and down, and some of our group indulged in au dible groans and sighs enroute® We ware fo r c ib ly reminded that from every viewpoint "CRIME DOES HOT P A Y .” Sooner or later a l l wrongs w i l l be found out* — Miriam ? . Lehman Bureau of F ish e ries Early Thursday morning we entered the cool, dim aquarium room of the Bureau of F is h e rie s * Surrounded on a l l aides by the b e a u t ifu lly lighted a q u a r ia , it aaemed as though we were enjoying a s tr o ll in the depths of the ocean w ith the f i s h g lid in g s il e n t l y around us® These f i s h are collected from a l l over the United States and from neighboring w a t e rs <■ We saw C ray fish groping around in the water and smooth, slip p e ry eels s lit h e r in g along in th e ir d o s e quarters® One intere sting f i s h was the Tobacco Box fish® The Neon T a tra , a recently imported species from South America, glows very p r e t t ily under lighto Fancy g o l d f is h , Calioo B a s s , Golden Trout, W hite Perch, and Rainbow Trout ware souie of the most ish whioh we saw® The behind is a long room f u l l of large open tanks into which the f i s h food is scattered® The f i s h thrive on a d ie t of sauerkraut, groundup b e e f hearts and f i s h , and small p in llk e worms, produced esp e c ia lly for the fish® Those w ith stronger constitutions devour live f i s h w ith great relish® Lettuce is an occasional delicacy® I n the center of the main some dangerous specimens® Among them was a 35-year-old turtle of an enormous siz® , This turtle was removed from the pond fo r several days since it ate too much for its arm w e ll beingo F ish are c e rtain ly in t e r e s t in g , but ” I ?d rather sea than ba one®" — Esther Lehman Bureau of Printing and Engraving The paper money we handle is printed a t the rate of $ 1 6 ,6 0 0 ,0 0 0 a day , in b i l l s ranging from -$1 to $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 in value® I t is counted twenty times while in the making processes (eighteen times by hand and twice by machines)* The average l i f e of a one-dollar b i l l is from one to three months® There are 6 ,0 0 0 people employed in th is Bureau . Only fiv e per cent of these are men. B e tween two and throe hundred of them do nothing b ut count money® One of our group noticed that a l l of these were wearing g la s s e s , with perhaps one or two exceptions* B esides paper money th is Bureau prints Passp o rts, Army and Navy commissions, P h ilip in e money, Postage stamps, Revenue stamps, and Defense bonds and stamps® The door of the safe in which the money is kept weighs thirteen and one h a lf tons* We were p riv ileg ed to so© the door open but could not get w it h in reach of it® A fte r completing the tour through this b u i l d in g , 1 heard several sighs foilowad by "AFTER ALL, WHAT I S MONEY?" — Roy Harnieh 0 (1) © V - 3 » Franoiscan Monastery We wore inpresaed with the b e a u t ifu l w e ll kept grounds that enclosed the Monastery* also known as the Commissariat of the Holy Land fo r the United S t a t e s 0 Surrounding the stately church is the colonnade of the Hocary Portico® The ground plan ia b u i l t on the lines o f the Five-fold Cross, and the architecture ia symp-l i f i e d Byzantine^ W it h in the church are many r e p lic aa of places in the Holy Landn The sig n ific a n c e of the shrines., a l t a r s , chapelo, crypts, grottoes, and v a lley s ia in their likeness to the o r ig in a l , having in them parts of what was thought to be the o r ig in a l stone# Consequently, Catholics may ^ a in indulgences by re c itin g prayers a t certain s h r in e s . These with the cataoorabs and many paintings gave us a fe e l in g of awe and gladness that we can truly worship without these man-made embellishmentso — Mary Florence Shonk Supreme Court We stepped across the street and faced 011® of the most niagnifioent b u ild in g s in Washington* I t was the Supreme Court Building.. Aa we a s cended the steps we read EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW lettered high above the C o rinthian columnju There she stood in her Vermont marble dreaa welcoming ric h or poor, black or white to equal ju s t i c e * The lobby was graced b y Io n ic columns* The scarlet draperies and Dorio p i l l a r s in the courtroom spoke d ig n it y and s t a t e l in e s s *» We sat i n the fin e pews for a minute and then l e f t f e e lin g disappointed as the court we a not in seaaion* Ab the guide proceeded to show us the courts and rooms we were impressed with the jisajestic appearance of *aoh one0 The chandelier in the committee room cost $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 * This b e a u tifu l b u ild in g was f in is h e d in 1936 at a cost o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 * -- Grace Metsler The National Zoo We spent one afternoon a t the zoo* The f i r s t thing we saw was the g e e se 0 We ace our lunch outside th e ir pen* There were many i n tere stin g a n m a l s o The monkeys were most ente r ta in in g a One mother monkey held a three-day old baby in her ersst A chimpanzee hung by one arm and swung himself back and fo rth ap-airet the sides of his pen* Another monkey-wept as i f he had great pain« One of the g ir l s a ffe c t io n a t e ly called one honey-buncho Some other interesting things we saw ware a l l i g a t o r s , t u r t l e s , and crocodiles in their tropical habitato King Cobra was the la rg e st. most venomous of the Cobras* There were liza rd s that could extend t h e ir tongues almost one-half the length of t h e ir bodies to pick up in s e c t s 0 Vie saw a llig a t o r s and tortoises with moss growing on th e ir backs a Two bears performed a w e s t ling match <5 Feeding the lions was intersstingo They were given government-inspected moat® We were d isa p pointed that they d i d n 't r o a r 0 They grabbed the meat g re edily and started to chew away0 The g ir a ffe wps the most graceful animalo Besides these were porcupines, hippopotomusea, wolves* coyotes, in f a c t almost everything from elephants to Black Widow spiders® Department of the In t e r io r Here we were fortunate enough to have one of the o f f i c i a l s of the department as a g u i d e a He told us th a t the Department of In te r io r is called "t h e house keeping department*” Thia is because the work has to do w ith the Conservation of our resources both natural and human* Vie v is it e d the museum which showed us the various aspects of the worko I n the In dia n g a l” lery were seen e xh ib its of In d ia n b ask etryj and scenea of In d ia n l i f e * We were told that there are 3 0 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 In diana in the Western Hemisphere of whom 3 6 1 ,0 0 0 are in t h is countrya U* S* is one example of the conqueror turning around and fe ed in g the conquered® Our f i r s t national park,, the Yellowstone, was given ns a land grant to Jo si&h Hedge who, when he saw it s beauty, said that i t did not belong to him but to a l l the people* I t was made a na tio na l park by an act of Congress. Other things of interest were ths g a lle ry on mining and o i l w e l l s , e xh ib its of old and new surveying instruments, collectio ns of rocks., and the disp la y of In dian idolso Many mounted birds and an imals, which Theodors Roosevelt shared from hia African^oollection,, besides a l l kinds of stones in the mineral department, greet your eyes as you walk miles of halls to see the e x h i b it a u I f you take time and r e a lly look at everythin} you w i l l have to start over afte r f i n is h i n g for new specimens are always being addedo — Caroline Plank r > . - 4 ♦ Bo tan ic al Gardans Flowers and more flower a I We were impressed with the many d iffe r e n t types of p lan ts— t r o p i c a l , common garden flo w e r s , c actus, and ahrube of a l l k in d s . The main flower i n bloom at the time of our v i s i t was the Chrysanthemum, which was on d isp la y in many d if f e r e n t colors# In the cactus room most of us were very carefu l to keep i n the path* Contact w ith the plants proved p ain fu l to those who "j u s t wanted to see what it f e l t l i k e . ” The cactus were a l l s iz e s , ranging from one inch to f i f teen f e e t . Those who had never been i n a jungle had a taste of i t in ono room. I t seemed b o real that some f e a r fu lly peered through the tangled mass of trees and v i n e s . Maybe they expactsd a lio n or tig er to jump out, but nothing that bad happened. The next room quitted a l l fears when we saw harmless l i t t l e g o ld fis h swimming around in a l i l y pcnd that might have f e l t at home in any of our back y ard s. -- M elvin Weaver Dora H ertzle r Congressional Library "The true u n iv e rsity of these days is a collectio n of b o o k s ." This and other great sayings were engraved on the walls of the most b e a u t ifu l b u ild in g in Washington, the Congressional L ib rary . We saw rows and rows of books, 415 miles of shelves to be more s p e c i f i c . The books are carried from the t h irte e n floo rs of book shelves and also from the lib r a r y annex which is across the s tr e e t, b y means of the w o r ld 's largest pneumatic tube system. There are 1 0 ,8 5 2 traya in the catalog f i l e . We saw only a few of the 1400 employees and only a few of the interesting relio s on d is p la y ; such as the smallest B ible in the w orld, the Gutenberg B ible which was the f i r s t one to be printed w ith movable ty p e, and the Magna Charta now 400 years o ld . The Declaration of In d e pendence and the Constitu tio n are kept in the libra ry under special glass which protects them from the ligh t r a y s . A guard stands by these precious documents twenty-four hours a d ay . The b e a u tifu l architecture of this b u ild in g almost made us fee l that we were in an art g a l l e r y . I t is copied a ft e r a French opera house. The paintings are done by an American a r t i s t and the marlle of the huge p i l l a r s ia imported from I t a l y , — B etty Weber .V The National Academy of Science I n the Science h a ll the thing that impressed me most w t a movie e x h ib it of a sulphur mine i n operatio n. I n the orig inal state, su lphur is a solid below the e a r th ’ s c r u s t . To mine sulphur, you hava to go through a very long proc ess. A large pipe is d r ille d to the sulphur b e d . On the in s id e of th is pipe there are two smaller pipes extending to the b e d . Through the large pipe hot water is foroed down, in the next smallor pipe steam is forced down. When the hot water and steam have liq u ifie d the sulphur, enough pressure is put on the l i q u if i e d sulphur to force i t up the smallor p ip e . From there it goes to p urifying vats where i t is allowed to cool and go back into the solid sta te , ready fo r commercial u s e . — John Wenger The American Red Cross B uild ing Situated between the National Art Gallery and the b u ild in g of the Daughters of the American Revolution is the Red Cross B u ild in g of VJashington, the national headquarters of a l l Red Cross work. For the enlightenment of v is it o r s and to u r is t s , e x h ib its and displays f i l l the rooms. Here Florence N igh tin g ale is shown in her work at F ie ld Hospitals where she found a warm welcome from the s u ffe r in g men and began Red Cross work. The e x h ib itio n carries one from the C iv i l War period w ith its need of Red Cross workers and their contributions to the World War where t h e ir work and achievement was gre a te r. Miniature scenes show the b a t t l e s , the dead and wounded carried o ff the f i e l d , the surgery room in the f i e l d , hospitals and the nurses in the w ard s. I n our array camps thoy help in the adjustment of soldiers to th e ir environment and the solving of t h e ir problems. The displays were made complete by samples of Junior Red Cross contributions to flo o d, drought, and storm r e l i e f and modern incendiary bombs as used by the figh tin g countries today. As a culmination in your seeing here, "T h in e is the Glory" hangs so that your eyes natu ra lly rest upon the b e a u t ifu l face of the Red Cross nurse painted thereon. Her b e a u tifu l face is a composite of 1000 Red Cross nurses and she stands as a monument to t h e ir wonderful work. — Ethel Yake * Catastrophe Did you know that the rotation of the earth was completely stopped by a very distinguished member of the College Junior C laH B ?! Yes I Vie aaw i t w ith our own eyes while v i s i t i n g the National Academy of Scienoe in Washington, D«C» !3ow d o n 't get excited because there r e a lly i s n ’ t anything to get excited about« Upon entering the Science B u ild in g our a t ten tio n was immediately attracted to a metal b a l l about six inches in diameter which was swinging from a cord about twenty-five or th irty fe e t long* This was to represent the rotation of the e a r t h « A young lady who was e s p e c ia lly interested in th is p a rtic u lar part of the e x h ib it attempted to obtain a better view of the sit u a t io n by stooping and placing her head d ir e c tly i n the path of the rotating world* A "t h u d " resounded e-a the world and the young l a d y 's head came together* The earth stopped rotating at onoe and a l l was quiet except fo r a few giggles from fellow classmates. But i t really w a s n 51 very serio u s , for the ro ta tio n was soon resumed by simply starting the b a l l on it s swinging course again* Oh I 1 almost fo r g e t to t e l l you who i t was that caused this to happen® I t m s none other than Miss Caroline Plank„ I f you want to have the tine of your l i f e , d o n st misg the annual t r i p to M r .ah in g to n o “ “■David. H«~ EcTs tetter The C ^ i t o l “ The Dome ia its Spawning glory»n Page boys were dashing arci®d in the Senate Chamber running errands fory'tHe" 'Senators® Do you re-member what the Saha tor frtom Utah was trying to t e l l us? Maybe...mJhMB&wjr listeners could have gotten more tii^if^ssage i f we h adn’ t delayed our lun< lunch u n t i l 2 s4f n, but postponing - t - fflatter a p p e tite « Thj2,jStfetiia pf. s/Ttyrmer ly the mo s e rj?aji orrTa 1 1ve a „ had;" forty' out strand in $ tetaitUes J(n ijti • ' ■ ' I,In,£ho pouab of ije)jfe»Wit*iivflfij< one/man,',, was; 8pea^ijpg» By another! fcan’ d centinuflil^ijil-4' terrupting* the' speech result Capitol peean resulted in a dialogue,-, in the midst of a l l the other b u ild in g s in Yteshington, disting uished one® you ar© the most sther Mast Washington' M^ijument The cornerstone of in 1848 in memory of |f/a is monument was laid M n g t o n 0 It was f i n ished in 1885 at a cost! i f $ 1 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 . I t i» an obelisk which is 355 ifeet h igh , 55 fa e t square at the base, sjnd• «)3 fe e t square at the top* The w alls are 15 fd e t thick at the base and 18 inches at th e jto p i A stairway of 900 steps and an elevator ab^and to its peak® On the inner face of th i o r ia l stones from d i f f e b coun tiest and lodges donated by V irg inia America ’Washington* freedom*" M edical Museum Before noon on Saturday, the la s t day of our v i s i t to Washington* we entered the red brick b u ild in g which houses the Medical Museum* Even before entering we saw looking at us through the e s p e c ia lly b e a u t ifu l long narrow windows skeletons of people long d e e d s As its exterior was d if f e r e n t from the marble b u ildin g s we had already seen, so also was its in te rio r -vastly different® Microscopes old* very old and simple ones, and new, very new and complex ones, f i r s t greeted our e y e s «, 'Che next two rooms gave us in p la s t ic form s tr ik in g ly r e a l i s t i c diseased eyea, noses and throats* So also were diseases such as cancer and leprosy and venereal diseases portrayed-- the d if f e r e n t a f f l i c t e d parts being shown to us in, mouldse More in terestin g than these was the room which showed the development of human embryos* e sp e c ia lly to those of us who were taking biology* A fte r seeing these specimens or. diseased humanity wa could, not help giv ing thanks to our Maker for healthy, normal bod ies* — Ethel Take landing are seen memr nt states* churches* & memorial stone nay i*j "V ir g in ia gave tiijngton as gave America I I t is very impr^sdivej since it can be seen from ftny point in Ytefshin^ton, but it is not Jblm Horst y rQi' s / > 0 # 2 r The g ir ls roomed on the th ird flo o r and the boys on the second at M l l a r d Apt rtmente ■* One day Caroline Plan^aeked whether the boys were not eager to get back to So Me So where they could liv e ’'above'5 the girls 0 ■"-Aldus Hertzler ° ^ A f t n f ' i A rlin gto n Cemetery On®* two, three— the aoldior paced back and forth in rhythmical step before the tomb of the Unknown S o ld ie r , h a lt in g , turn in g, and back a g a in . "Here rests in honored g lo ry , an American S o ld ie r , known but to God ," was on-graved on the tomb, also six wreaths syirbolio of the s ix major engagements in the World W ar, and three fig u re s representing V a lo r , Peace, Viotoryo Change of guards at 5 j 0 0 o 'c lo c k was d ig n i f i e d and impre a o ive * A soldier stepping accurately as clockwork guards the tomb day and night* Hfits o f f 3 — E lsie Lehman Corooran Art G allery To me Washington was largely a c it y o f art and marble, the Corcoran Art G allery was no exoeption to t h is* The b u ild in g ia Neo-Greek in style* I t houses a c o llec tio n o f works of a r t . These consist of p a in t in g s , sculptures, and ceramics. The p illa r s on the inside of the b u ild in g are Doric and Io n i c * Several works of sculpture that attracted me were Augustus Caesar, Adam and Eve, Jason, Cupid, M ic h ael, the P u rita n , and the Slave* Many tapestries and 16th and 18th oentury Persian rugs graced the w a l l s . Terra C0 tta figu re s ty pio al of Greece and It a l y in the 10th to 2nd Century B* C* stood in glass oases. There were o il and perfume va ses, o il orusttes, and funoral vases* The g irls in our group spied the needlepoint l a c e , I t a l i a n , French, and Flemish* I was happy to fin d fam ilia r portraits by Reynolds, and Gainsborough. The huge port r a it of F ran klin D , Roosevelt by Frank Salisbury was imprescive. I t vms lent to the g a lle ry by the President* The sp e cial sculpture by Maria M a rtin , the landscapes and water colors by Agnes Stone would have held us longer but other intere sting sights called us* The Corooran Art G a lle r y was founded and h eav ily endowed by W illiam Wilson Corcoran* — Fern Metz lor Mount Vernon As wo entered this old souther,,plantation home, i t seemed like Washington himself might appear* I t ie a quaint old house w ith original f u r n it u r e . We entered by the vanity h a ll* Downstairs were the music room, ooffee room, the study, and the din in g room in which was W ashington’ s high ohaifc* I n most of these rooms were firep la ces and elaborate c h an d eliers. A grandfather olook stood on the landing of the winding s t a ir s , tic k in g the years away. Upstairs were fi v e guest rooms and the room where Washington died* The wallpaper io new but the same design is used that Washington had. The kitchen was a separate b u i l d i n g . Around the large fir e p la c e were huge k e t t le s , wooden dippers and a c h u m * There were a number of other bu ildin g s on the homestead— the servants* headquarters, ice house, museum, spinning house, store house, o f f i c e , smoke house, wash house, barn and coach house* The old coach i n the ooaoh house was equipped with candle-povrer h e a d lig h ts. Washington’ a tomb is also located on this s ig h t . The Pan American Union B u ild in g The Pan Amerioan Union, Washington, D. C . e is the o f f i c ia l organisation of twenty-one American Republics, including the United S tate s. This b u ildin g has a room oallsd the Governing Board Room. The large oval ta ble and twenty** one chairs were made from one t r e e . Eaoh chair bears the coat of arms of one of the countries comprising the Union* The Patio v^as in the center of the b u ildin g and looked similar to the parks of Central America. I n this place lived a p o lly parro t. She d i d n ’ t have a word to say u n t il a redheaded man appeared* Then she s a i d , " I d o n ’ t lik e h im .” This bu ildin g oost $ 1 ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0 and is maintained by the twenty-one c o u n trie s. The purpose of the Pan American Union is to promote peace, commerce, and frie n d sh ip between the republics of the American continent by fo stering economic, j u d i c i a l , s o c ia l, and oultural relatio n s and cooperation* — Charlotte Y/enger Treasury and State Buildings The stacks of $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 b i l l s seemed almost unbelievable as we gazed upon them in the Treasury B u ild in g * Also the $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 oheok, payable to J . P . Morgan, eeemdd unreal* Wo took a good look because we hardly expected to sea any lik e them a g a in . There were eeven=* teen d iffe r e n t kinds of marble used in the ooxistruotion o f this b u i l d i n g . The lines in ono blook of marble resembled the fig u re of C hrist* Another interesting feature of this b u ild in g ia & spiral stairway supported only on one side against the w a l l . According to Brother H o stetter, the State B u ild in g is the u g lie s t government building in Washington. Some of us thought d iffe r e n t ly and. admired it s be au tifu l old Etiropean arc h itecture* The b u ild in g contains nothing of public in t e r e s t . — Dora Hertzler Novonb*or 7 ? 1941 , . 7 .- ,* The Old N atio nal Museum Tha b u ildin g of the Old N a tio ral Museum was begun in 1079 and completed in 1881* Tha b u ild ing has been occupied for 60 years a nd has ac commodated 2 5 ^ 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 v isito rso As you enter the door you w i l l see suspended in mid-air as in actu al f l i g h t , the original S p i r it of S t . L o u is8 which was flown by Lindbergh in his famous non-stop f l i g h t across the A tlan tic ® Around i t are monuments of famous Americans,, These include pars ana1 belongings of George 1 ashingtonj, the "S t a r Spangled BRnner" which inspired Francis Scott Key, and a lso the per-sonal belongings of Lincoln and other famous statesmen« Gowns worn by the presidents* wives and some c l o t h s of Presidents f i l l another room® Coins and stamps from a l l oountries f i l l more rooms□ An e x h ib it of a l l m ilita r y e n counters of the United States f i l l the west central h a l l . Models of modern manufacture of rubber, graphite* g l a s s , e t c . , f i l l s t i l l otherSo Eliao Howe' s sewing machine is an e x h ib it of great interest® Another a x eallan t e x h ib it is that of early automobiles® W r ig h t 9s f i r s t plane and John B u l l ’ s steam engine are there to oo The g a lle ry contains the evolution of photography, uniforms» chemical in d u s t r ie s , f u r s , and le a t h er s , watches and clocks* radios and ta lk in g machines among which is E d is o n ’ s f i r s t one0 ' It was in ten se ly in te r e s t in g , but I suggest that you take a whole week to study it rather than one hour. -“ John Horst The National Cathedral I t was a w e t , pray day in Washington, but upon entering the Cathedral ws forgot a l l about that# The very sim plicity of the N atio nal Cathedral, one of Americans most b e a u t i f u l , is in i t s e l f grandeur. The radiance of the rose window and the smaller stainod-glasa windows share in the semi-darknosa of the nave and ohapels. The Natio nal Cathedral, 'not yet f i n i s h e d , is French Gothio in architecture and i s b u i l t in the shape of a cross* B esides the na ve , there are four main c hapels, each portraying a d i f fe re n t theme* such as Christmas and the Resurre c tio n . There is also a chapel e s p e c ia lly for c h ild r e n « You can c ertainly r e a liz e tha u n iv e r s a lity of.’ C h r is t ia n it y here® The \vork o f P o lish and other fo r e ig n a r t i s t s , p;ifts from Palestin e and Canterbu ry , beauty from a l l over the world contribute to this Cathedral, and a l l people o f a l l C h r is t ia n fa it h s worship kora® Perso n alities Twenty-eight college students a l l cam© back from Washington fee lin g that they knew each other better from having spent four days together tramping through tha marble halls of Washington*. Who of our group d o e sn ’ t know that John Horst makes "ohpy” wherever he goes? He has even promised some of us a recipe for "choy” juice® He finds some of his joy in o fferin g 5 / "c o k e s” to his fellewman and women, while David Troyer fin d s greater joy in serving 10^ "cokes f However, Caroline Plank would have no one consider her a gold digger and returned a l l money invested i n Coca Colas fo r her b e n e f i t , but bananas she would accept without remuneration® She created lots of fun w ith her w it and ready repartee® Who would think that an humble* unassuming man lik e Paul Peaohy should covet tha o ffic e of a Senator? To see him sleep in the Se n ateP one would not think he is at a l l interested® But than we a l l took advantage of that opportunity to take a l i t t l e siesta® Margaret Horst proved her executive a b i l i t y by the e f f io io n t way i n which she got the boys to cooperate in washing dishes and packing lunch©So Evan with her voice being weakened from the effoots of a oold she was able to command the boys in a remarkable way® — B etty Weber W illa rd Apartments T ir e d , happyj hungry collage students retreated to W illa rd Apartments from a d a y as touring in Washington® -he good supper and a swaet n ig h t*s rest were accepted by a l l of us e With fiv e or six people working in our l i t t l e "two-by-four" kitchen you would not wonder that galoshes were almost necessary fo r the d is h washers® Some of the f l o o r , aa w e ll as the d is h e s , got washed® G i r l a , you should have seen how "o u te" the boys looked w ith aprons on in the kitc h e n . F a ilin g to mention the good times we had as a family livin g in W illa rd Apartments would not do ju s tic e to our t r ip to Washington® Bo stop in to sea us when we liv e there next year again® — Esther Mast. Melvin Vieavar at the Aquariumi "Do these f i s h d ia vary much?" Quids 3 "They only d ie on ce/ 1 —Weldon Martin |
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