The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01

from a: handsome g STREET. to; q charming
boulevard is another natural step;. and
from boulevard to a beautiful park, and
from that. to a grand system OF parks ana
drives the development is easy. THIS IS
what has happened in Minneapolis POI
have done much for par cular, streets
and localities and educated public senti5
ment has founded a park. system which
includes about. 1850 acres, Or. a larger
area. to each :infabitant, than in any other
city in the world. These: parks are ac-
cessible to rich, and poor alike. There. IS
a. system Of neighborhood parks scat
tered over the city and a more extensive
scheme. of outlying parks extending along
the, charming lakes and the river banks,
and connect by beautiful drives IN
this park system is incleded the famed
Minnehaha Falls. 80. - IS, x.
But if Minneapolis has developed on
thes idee of home comforts and punHc
identifying. to degree unparalleled IN
the west and not exceeded in the east,
her citizens have not been unmlndtul OF
the desirability Of affording every means
for intellectual development me state,
early in its history, put the public schools
on a firm basis. Minneapolis followed in
the same line, and her-public school sys-
TEN has worthily achieved arreputation as
the equal Of any in the country; its high
schools are thorough and we'll equipped,
| and the state university affords means for
| higher education in it's numerous depart
| n1ents. The pupil who enters the pflma-
nv department Of a Minneapolis school
may pass SUCCESSFULLY through high school
and university, receiving a complete elias
steal or technical education In the uni
versity, which now ranks with the fore
most in the United States in scholarship,
| there are all the usual college depart
ments, and in addition, schools OF tech
| nolcgy, law, medicine, and agriculture
Besides this public school system there
/ schools and colleges: All these institu-
tions, both public and private, are sus.
tanned by a cordial public sympathy; the
interest in the public school system is
especially marked Altogether Mime
! apolis is a very desirable place of resi-
I dence> for families having children to edu
! cate.
i Separate from the school system, bu
i forming a very Important adjunct to it
| is the public library No institution il
the city is more Characteristic OF tn
spirit of Minneapolis. Few cities have.
| finer library building, few have displayed
j more enterprise in the purchase an
greater wisdom in the selection of books
and few libraries are better patronized i
i proportion to their size and the popula
. ton Of che city to which they. belong. TIL
library building is a. handsome brow
Il stone structure, which, with the site, cos
+ about $340, 600. It contains about 1880
Z volumes, and its circulation reaches NOR
Z than half million. This great circula
{ ton indicates an unusual degree OF inter
est upon the part of the public; perhaps
Z: higher intellectual tone than librarian
usually observe. There are branc
libraries with reading, rooms in all sec
! tions of the city, and especial attentio
is paid to cooperation with the work G
+ the schools and universities A very larg
T number of clubs and societies studyin
!. literary and social questions find the well
z equipped library an invaluable aid t
4 their work In the library building
{ housed the. Minneapolis School of Fin
& Arts and the Academy. of Natural Sci
T enees--the names suggest their part
& the life of the city--and a, gallery Of al
4 ! and a we'll stocked museum are open t
. the public. ..5
minneapolis rivals Brooklyn as a city5e
2 CHURCHES. There are over $50 churc
buildings including missions and ehapel
The strongest denominations numerical
Is are the BAPTIST, Catholic, Congregations
Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist and Pres
y Ibyterian. There are comparatively fe
z organized churches which are not sell
q supporting, and q considerable nunnbe
rank among the Wealthiest and mostslit
B orally benevolent of their denomination
= in the United States The Young Men
Christian Association has handson
u and we'll appointed building and is doir
- aggressive work. The Young Women