Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-13
SOME AUDUBON TEACHERS IN
BOSTON.
CENTER Lowell, MAINE, !
August 6, 1903. (

some time ago. | hesitated for at
least two reasons: First, | did not
know where to begin nor where to end.
you will be convinced of the truth
fulness of this statement.) Second,
in the apportionment the gift of writ
ing was denied me, statement that
many of my friends in Audubon and
vicinity will cheerfully corroborate.
The Audubon party for the N. +. A.
consisted of the Misses Grow, Larsen
Gene Culver and two friends and my
self. Leaving Chicago at 2:3O p. m.
we arrived at Buffalo for breakfast.
After partaking of goodly repast we
started for Niagara to spend the day.
II used to be "See Rome and die"
here, "See Niagara and die" later,
"Boston and die" And in each place
we came near taking their advice.
Yet at both places we were richly re-
warded for all efforts put forth.
When the American boy told the Ital-
ian boy we had a Niagara Falls that
would put out his Vesuvius in half a
minute he made fair estimate of the
power of Niagara Falls.
We arrived in Boston five hours
late. This gave us some difficulty in
finding ourselves and our rooms, but
the fates we're with us, we were very
pleasantly located within less than
ten minute walk from Copley Square.
The next morning we started out in
quest of New worlds to conquer.
Among the many exhibits at the N.
f. A. was that of the Indian which
was certainly very interesting. Here
we were enabled to trail the Indian
from savagery to civilization; here we
saw what manual training could do
even for savage. As one recently
said: '"The adoption of craftsmanship
as part of general education, while
implying almost reversal of old
ideals, is really the most important
educational reform that has taken
| place IN recent years.
In the afternoon we decided to join
the walking parties. We were asked
to find our way to the Shaw Memorial.
There competent guide was furnish
ed us and parties of twelve started five
minutes apart in order to prevent too
great a JAM, Each party was number.
ed. Ours was nine. Should we be,
come separated we were to call fol
mine" To this means we were otter
obliged to resort. Thence to Kings
Chapel and its famous old buryine
ground where are the ashes of the
Winthropes, Winslows and many dis
tinguished dead. Passing on we came
to Park street church where ''Ameri
ca" was first sung, and its Old Gran
airy burying ground. Buried here are
the parents of Franklin. Their cpl
taph written by him is very interesting
reading. Here are also graves o
signers of the declaration of indepen
dence, Peter Fannieb Paul Revere
Mother Goose and many other perhaps
equally distinguished.
On the way to the Old South Churci
we passed the coasting grounds of thu
: early Boston boys and the "Old Cor
ner Book Store" In the curtainet
corner of the old store there met a re
markable group of men-indeed it wa!
the first group of American authors
which Familiarity frequented the corner
We are now at the Old South Churcl
1.-THE sanctuary of freedom" A
one time its demolition was imminen
the most sacred and historic struc
ture in this country was in danger o
destruction, but public interest wa
aroused, preservation meetings wer
held with lectures, addresses ant
, poems by Emerson, Lee, Lowell
Holmes and many others; finally tn
, estate was purchased subject to Ger
tain restrictions for 100000. Mrs
. Mary Hemenway, the leader of tn
Old South work, contributed $l00,00t
1t is now a loan museum of revolu
tionary and other relics, also use
for the Old South lectures to youn
: people. At first thought | coul
, hardly find time to write even my pos
| tai cards, but when got to thinkin
about this Old South work and tn
library work | could not keep froi
saying something as long as | had a
opportunity. You know we wome
a generally avail ourselves of all sue
. opportunities.
"These lectures have proved thi
; our American history can be presente
to our young people in such way q
shall awaken their deepest intere'
l and make them want TO come agai
and again for more and more; the
have shown to those who have bee
concerned in the management no
broad and rich and varied are Il
fields into which the Young studel
may be led; and they have made a
9 serious people who have attended Il
$ the lectures feel their important pra
teal bearing, how close the relate
of history to politics, and how pote
= an fundamentally such lectures ms
n be made for the promotion of goo
s citizenship" And then there are I
Q Old South leaflets, prepared primari
/ for circulation among the young pc
y pie attending the lectures. The Writ
o of these leaflets is that they bri