Evening star., 1901-12-14

Catholic University, first opened 20 students
in 1880, occupies one of the finest sites for
the effective display OF noble buildings that
can well be imagined. Its divinity courses
are attended only by ecclesiastics OF the
Roman Catholic Church. But its other
courses are open to students of aIl crecos,
and their steadily increasing numbers
promise ere long to confirm the hope and
aim of Its founders to make II the FORE
most institution OF its kind in the new
world Mention must also be made of an
other noteworthy Washington school. the
National Deaf Mute College, which, begun
in a modest way In 1851, has been since
1872 a ward of Congress. Il is the only
school In the world where deaf mutes may
obtain collegiate education. and many Of
It's graduates have won distinguished sue
cess In the professions.
An Ideal Residence City.
"a city planned and built solely for the
purposes of government. Washington
boasts lfo and color peculiarly its own.
1t Is city of authority and leisure, and
this fact is pleasantly brought home to the
wayfarer when for the first time he be-
comes a part Of the afternoon parade on
pennsylvania avenue. The people who
make up this parade are different from
those OF other American cities. They are
from all the states and territories; most of
them live, with ease of mind. on assured
incomes from the government, and all of
them are well dressed. self-respecting and
OF q proud and confident bearing. There
are no strained faces among them, such as
one encounters In New York and Chicago,
and all walk as IL conscious of the fact
that they have abundance of time at their
command. There are the men from the
north and west. the one proud of his past
ana the other confident of his future; there
is the southerner. whose garb and speech
prove that he is well enough established in
MS own locality to be of the government;
ana there Is the joyous. laughing darky,
m he linz ola
10 take thought for rainy tomorrow
1t is Washington the capital, the center
OF peoples life, that charms and delights
the wayfarer. Washington was it's
founder; Adams. Jefferson and Madison
We're the guardians of its struggling and
doubtful infancy. Here Webster, Clay and
Calhoun won the fame and did the work
whlch have now become an inseparable
part OF our history: here began the real
RUE or the people under Jackson's master
1ul leadership; here was waged the long
contest as to whether the nation should be
pond or free, and here centered the des-
Perate ana hnaiiy successful struggle to
save IL from dismemberment. So ii is fit
ting that the tall shaft reared in honor of its
founder, and the Capitol, which is its heart
OF hearts, should be the objects which first
awaken and longest hold the admiration of
the patriotic stranger The one is the most
imposing, simple object of great dimensions
erected by modern hands, the other the
statellest home ever provided for the law
MAKERS OF nightly people. Both are
beautiful or sternly impressive at all times
but never more so than when seen with the
whole city-a city set down as 1t were in
forest of green trees-from the great mill
tary cemetery on the heights of Arlington,
tnls through the soft and restful haze of an
autumn afternoon There ranged in
grassy columns which stretch from hilton
TO waters edge, lie the heroic dead, keeping
silent vigil over the capital of the republic
fuT f,,r whose redemption they paid the last
tner shore of the silver, slow-moving river
beside the sun-lit dome of the Capitol
crowned with its statue Of Liberty. the
Whl.e smart rises heavenward to mark In
shadow time for the living the .hnurs nf
the dead mems endless days 1t is an un-
lorseetable vision to compass which adds a
supreme moment to any life. Burial
ground capitol and obelisk link the Wash
ington OF the past with the Washington of
To-Day and make both a part Of the proud
ana precious heritage of every American"