The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-07
Penna. Railroad Tour to Washington, DO.
State Normal Schools Annual Excursion to
the National Capitol.

The annual excursion of the Norm
al School, to Washington will leav,
here on the eighteenth of the month
The cost of the trip will be $I3.75
This embraces all necessary expenses
including railroad fare (chair cars)
hotel charges (three meals per day al
first class hoteD, fees of guides al
capitol and elsewhere, and transport
alton of baggage between the hote
and railroad station. 1t also Includes
the expenses of trip to Mt. Vernon,
Alexandria and Arlington, with ad
mission to the grounds at each place,
The return will be by way of Phla
delphia and the above named sum
includes cost of dinner on that day
in the Dining Rooms of the Penna.
Railroad Company, at Broad Street
station, Philadelphia. The train will
leave Philadelphia Broad Street Sta
tion), at q p. M, Friday. Stop over
privilege in Philadelphia can be had.
DR.. Welsh will be assisted IN the
conduct Of the party by teachers and
others well-informed in regard to all
places to be visited, and the same over
sight of the students will be exercised
as is exercised at the school,
The excursion will be open to all
students, graduates and former, and
prospective students of the school. A
limited number of special friends may
also be admitted.
AS mere matter of education the
trip is worth many times its cost. In
fact, 20 young people just acquiring
an education its value cannot be estl-
mated.
Following is a complete itinerary of
the trip:
MONDAY, DECEMBER IS.
Leave East Bloomsbury at 1880 a.
m. by special train via Pennsylvania
Railroad. All baggage should be tag
ged with the owners name and home
address. The train will stop at United
States Navy yard, where the afternoon
will be spent. Leave at 500 p. m. on
Pennsylvania Avenue green cars to
Fifteenth Street and New York
Avenue. The party will be located
at the Elsmere, 1903 H Street, and
the Oxford Hotel, Fourteenth and
New York Avenue. Dinner at 600
p. m. (Buy SIX street car tickets for
twenty-five cents. In Washington,
street-car tickets on one line are good
on all lines).
TUESDAY, DECEMBER I9.
Take Street cars from hotels to
East Capitol Street. Meet in the ro-
tunda of the Capitol at 600 a. m.
sharp for tour of the building, under
escort of special guides Re-assemble
in the rotunda at 1890 a. m. Visit
the new Congressional Library until
II:4o a. m. Visit the United States
Supreme Court, Capitol Building, at
IL o'clock noon, and witness the
assembling of the Judges and the
opening of the Court. The Senate
and House of Representatives con.
vene at I2 o'clock noon. Take street
cars at East Capitol Street at 1880
for hotels. Luncheon at p. m. Spend
the remainder of the day in the Cap
itol, attend the sessions of the Senate
and Honse of Representatives, and
complete tour of the new Congression-
al Library, Take street cars at East
Capitol Street for hotels. Dinner at
6 p. m. The Congressional Library
will be open every evening until Iop.m.
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 20.
Visit Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at 9 a, M, Smithsonian In
stltution, and National Museum.
Luncheon at hotels at 2 o'clock noon.
Special trains of electric cars over the
Mount Vernon Electric Railway will
leave station on Pennsylvania Avenue
and I5I Street at p. m. sharp for
trip to Mount Vernon, stopping at
Alexandra and Arlington National
Cemetery on return trip.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2I.
Visit State, War, and Navy Build
ing at 9 "a M, White House at 10 a.
m, United States Treasury at II a.
m. Luncheon athotels. In the after
noon visit the Public Printing Office,
Pension Office. new Corcoran Gallery
of Art, and the Washington Monu-
ment. The ELEVATOR in the Monu'
merit will carry only thirty persons on
each trip. Trips commence on the
hour and half hour, and occupy thirty
minutes. Last trip starts 4;3o p. m
1t is not wise to attempt to ascend Of
decend the Monument by the stair
way. Dinner at hotels at 6 p. m
sharp.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22.
Take train for Philadelphia at 6tf