The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-19

! be done quickly or never.
THE Southwest Society is going t.
puild that museum-beginning right away
IL will be no amateur r.or provincial
/ thing. Its standards will be set anC
sealed by the most critical scientific body
in this country. the Archaeological Insti
tIte of America-which was done more
than any other organization to make thu
ART of Greece and Rome familiar tc
americans.
AT two years old the Southwest So
ciety will have the largest membership
OF any of the fifteen affiliations of the
institute, and therefore the largest rep
lesentation in this council. The Archaeo-
logical Institute has already appropriated
nearly s2400 to help US to build our mu-
scum. This is the first time the institute
has taken such action. and the first time
that Los Angeles has received such a
gift from outside
THE Southwest Society knows what it
wants and how TO get it. Its plans are
matured-not visionary. 1t means to have
the noblest piece of architecture in Cali
fornia for its museum-and it has already,
owned by it or pledged, over $50 900 worth
of exhibits proper to be put in that build
ing. 1t has been digesting its plans by
meetings nearly every week for eighteen
months and in consultation with the fore
most experts in America.
There are many things to be done in
Southern California, and many people TO
do them; but this society is attending to
those things which must be done at once,
If ever. For this it has enlisted the most
serious forces, individual and collective
local and national; and 1t will do its work
now as this community will demand that
such work shall be done-up to the strict
est standards of scholarship. 1t asks
your cooperation
Here's success to Mr.. Lummis in his
splendid endeavor to lead the people of
California to a realization of their civic
and national dutiesi And here's to the
enterprise of Southern California, where
the voice of the prophet is hearkened
unto, and the ''knocker'' thriVeth not
And while there are those who would
rather see the great historical museum
of California located in San Francisco,
let the clubwomen and others herea bouts
get together and help Los Angeles perfect
her plans, now that SO brave a start has
been made and such energetic effort put
forth.
The Outdoor Art League is no longer a
corporate body, having become two
months ago a department of the Califor-
mia Club. its official name now being "The
Outdoor Art League Department of the
California Club"
anu WASn Tic GlQDS convene III loeplSm-
Der for their winters activities that is
the name by which the league shall be
known-perhaps. That the passing of its
identity as a corporate body might be
properly celebrated, and that its well-be-
loved founder and president, Mrs. Lowell
White. be fittingly honored, the league
gave breakfast on Saturday afternoon
at the California Hotel.
The decorations, under the direction of
kalfr
and attractive. great masses of oak
branches and ferns forming an effective
background for the pink blossoms that
nodded from everywhere.
Pink sweet peas graced the table, while
at each place lay bunch of pink carna-
tions tied with green ribbon, upon which
was written the name of each guest and
the date.
And there were toasts, too-clever
toasts, tbs said. and toasts that weren't
CLEANED from betwixt the slabs of an en-
cyclopedia. These ranged widely as TO
matter, as you will observe by the titles:
The Greeting" "Our Members, Flow
ers,'' Are Clubs Trumps?" 1.-The Psychic
Moment" Art School Gardens
Sensitive Souls" and Life In the Open
Following these came a clever little
story written and read by the honored
guest of the day. who also responded in
lection bestowed upon her.
Altogether 1t was a notable day.
It is declared by the school authorities
that there are 10000 children between
and IA years not attending school in San
Francisco.
If this be true. and there's no reason to
doubt its correctness. the outlook for a
cleaner city morally and physically is
not encouraging.
The State Board of Charities and Cor
rections informed us a few days ago that
there were 4SS boys and girls in the re-
form schools Of California; 2612 men and
women In the State prisons: 5796 in the
insane hospitals and 537 in the Home of
the Feeble Minded.
Now, If ii be true that right education
is the only rational cure for crime, and
that crime is largely productive of insan-
fly and of feeble intellect, with these fig
ures confronting us, can we be too vigil
liant in our enforcement Of the compulsory
education law-that the children now
growing to maturity shall be normal,
morally and physically?
The school authorities are bending their
best efforts to round UP every urchin Of
school age in town, and when the schools
convene in August, it is believed that the
rodeo will have produced a good effect.
What of it that the unusual activity
among the educational heads is due to
scarcity of funds-that the State moneys
were apportioned on the daily average
attendance, rather than on the census
count2
What matters it. indeed, If the children
are gathered up and led to good citizen
ship?
The motive, in this instance, is not
material.
It's the result that counts.
IRR ARY ASSOCIATION WILL