Weather Vane (1941-11-07) 'Extra'

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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
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) . I ^ilanet Weaver
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Ruth Carper
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I t is very impr^sdivej since it can be seen
from ftny point in Ytefshin^ton, but it is not
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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
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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