The Minneapolis journal., 1905-01-19
CITY NEWS
PUPILS GIFT TO
SCHOOL IS PIANO
LOGAN THE SCENE OF INTEREST.
ING CEREMONY.

Four Highest Grades United in Pur-
chase Of Memorial Dayton Dry
Goods Company's Prizes for Essay IS
on Panama Canal Announced Belle
Abramowitz, Of Sumner School, Wins
| First.
Following the eighth grade commence
ment on the North Side this morning,
interesting exercises were held at the
Logan school under the auspices Of the
graduating class, altho the occasion was
one that concerned the whole school and
particularly the seventh and eighth
grade classes. The four highest classes
of the school decided to anticipate their
class memorials and all join: in one large
undertaking, the purchase Of a piano, in
/ graduating class. The presentation of
this memorial was a leading feature Of
the exercises and as the pianosis largely
to aid the work in music and physical
culture, these departments Of school
work were finely illustrated in the pro-
gram.
The Logan school won the second
prize, $40, in the essay competition ar
ranged by the Dayton Dry Goods COM
pany, on the subject. of the Panama
canal and this occasion was taken for
presenting this prize. George D. Pay.
somers, winner Of, the prize, read his
essay. W. K: Hicks accepte both the
piano and the Dayton prize in behalf Of
!. the board Of education. The latter
l1prize, instead Of going to the individual
pupil, goes into the picture purchase
:. the board of education, was present and
| spoke informally. 'r
q = Canal Competition Prizes.
In the Panama canal competition the
grade school pupils were divided into
groups and one prize was awarded to
: the winner Of each group, SC. the Logan
( a sixth or seventh grade pupil. Only
; eighth grade pupils competed for the
? first prize Of $l5, which was won by
, Belle AbramoWitZ, Sumner school, and
the competitors for the third prize Of SIS
kere the fourth and fifth grade pupils,
! the winner being Hazel Ellis Of the
t Washington school. -
...-.. Story of the Canal. ~
: = Belle Abramowitz in her ESSAY re,
/ viewed the history of the canal~work
I which she spoke of as the dream Of
y navigators from the time Of the discov.
e cry of the Pacific ocean. The first sur.
e vey was made in 1881 and the Nicara.
. qua route was surveyed thirty years
later. The present plans had thei1
i origin with Ferdinand de Lesseps, who
e presented them to a congress of twenty
f four nations held in Paris in 1879 tc
: decide on the route and lay plans fol
: the canal. It was decided that the
o French engineering company Of which
8 De Lesseps was the head, should do the
$ work. The progress Of the work Of
cutting fortysix miles Of canal was de
= scribed accurately ly, also the difficulties
: drawal Of the French company. Afte,
$ the complete failure Of the De Lessep
: company, another French company un
: dertoOk to carry on the work, but it
3 too, failed and the buildingof the cana
L was left to- other nations. ~. ~ g.iss
= = After investigation the United, State
,. = decided to buy the French rights AM
g paying to France $4O,0OO,OOO. Colon
bia refusing to ratify this treaty, tn
people of Panama became dissatisfie,
and declared their independence, whicl
Ell the United States acknowledged: afte
s. the evacuation of Panama by the Colon
J. Dian troops. By the treaty with tn
ct new republic, the United States agree,
10 to give her $1OOOO,OOO and an annua
n. payment of $250,000 during the life o
l. the treaty, beginning nine years afte
date. .-- 80 - -
le The Canals Effect -
ct The. essayist predicted the compile
y tion of the work withinS ten years an
Id pointed out that the work now is les
s dangerous than formerly and that plan
g. are being made to employ all kind
Id Of protective measures for the work
fe men as well as all kinds Of modern az
le pliances for the work. The importan
14c ~ ,,11
10 as great saving in time and coal thr
ul the reduced distance between the leac
g ing ports. "Taken all together, the ca
a nal will be Of great benefit to tn
n, world, and will prove a good invest
lg ment for the United States. BY bring
ss ing the countries into close sympath
with each other, it will give a grea
a impulse to commerce and prove one o
$ the greatest events of this country"
s A Kings Dire Hunch.
sG1 Among the points noted by Will
IL Somers not contained in the first priz
20 essay was the attitude of the Spanis
- king towards the first canal propos
~ - tion. He replied to those presentin
ts the plans that God made the isthmu
"a whole, and whoever tried to separat
90 it should die. The Dutch also mad
w plans for a canal in the sixteenth Ger
Jury, DuI were unaDle TO OBTAIN tn
necessary funds. He also noted th
.. States is to build the canal, that
~ times of war or peace it is to protee
- all vessels passing thru the canal. /
ry conclusion he said: 'HThere was wis
#. Statesman who prophesied that in veal
er after the canal was completed, tt
e. United States would be the creates
he power on land or sea and the creates
n commercial country on the globe.
ng the present time England holds bot
er these titles. -
The essay of Hazel Ellis showed a
unusual grasp Of the subject for p,
n pil Of the fifth grade. She pointed OF
II, chiefly the way in which the canal wi
ed benefit the United States. She mel
s. toned particularly the enormous sa'
ad ing on freight rates. This will he]
as the southern states especially, whic
by will be able to ship cotton cheaply