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

many of my friends in Audubon and
vicinity will cheerfully corroborate.
The Audubon party for the N. Il. A.
consisted of the Misses Crow, Larsen
Gene Culver and two friends and my
self. Leaving Chicago at 2:30 p. m.
we arrived at Buffalo for breakfast.
After partaking of goodly repast we
started for Niagara to spend the day.
1t used to be 'ssSee 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 Niagara Falls that
would put out his Vesuvius in half
minute he made a fair estimate of the
power of Niagara Falls.
We arrived i'm Boston five hours
late. This gave us some difficulty in
finding ourselves and our rooms, but
the fates were 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.
E. 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 a 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 toe
great jam. Each party was number
ed. Ours was nine. Should we be
come separated we were to call fol
"nine." To this means we were offer
obliged to resort. Thence to Kings
Chapel and its famous old buryinG
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 Fanniel, Paul Revere
Mother Goose and many other perhaps
: equally distinguished.
On the way to the Old South Churcl
we passed the coasting grounds of tn
early Boston boys and the "Old Cor
ner Book Store" In the curtaine'
corner of the old store there met re
/. markable group of men-indeed it wa
the first group of American author
which Familiarity frequented the corner
We are now at the Old South Churcl
-"The sanctuary of freedom" A
one time its demolition was imminen
. the most sacred and historic struc
ture in this country was in danger @
destruction, but public interest wa
aroused, preservation meetings wer
held with lectures, addresses an
poems by Emerson, Lee, Lowell
: Holmes and many others; finally tn
estate was purchased subject to Gel
. tain restrictions for 100000. Mrs
. Mary Hemenway, the leader of th
Old South work, contributed $4,000
' II is now a loan museum of revolt
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 po
i tai cards, but when / got to thinkin
/. about this Old South work and u
library work / could not keep fro
saying something as long as 4 had
opportunity. You know we wome
n generally avail ourselves of all sue
}. opportunities.
II .'These lectures have proved TIL
$ our American history can be presentt
J. to our young people in such way
Z shall awaken their deepest intere
u and make them want to come aga
e and again for more and more; thu
q have shown to those who have be-
II concerned in the management nc
o broad and rich and varied are q
n fields into which the young stude
70 may be led; and they have made
Q serious people who have attended 7
IS the lectures feel their important pra
10 teal bearing, how close the relate
q of history to politics, and how pote
, an fundamentally such lectures mi
n be made for the promotion OF go
IS citizenship" And then there are
70 Old South leaflets, prepared primari
d for circulation among the young pc
y pie attending the lectures. The Writ
Do of these leaflets is that they bri
10 students into first-hand instead OF s
es ond-hand touch with history. Sa
Zone: To teach history by the study