The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
WASHINGTON LETTER
IspecIal Correspondence.l !

campaign for providing suitable site.
They are seeing no congressional
help but t..ir endSavOr Is to enlist the
sympathics and cooperation Of the en-
tire country. Many prominent men, in-
Guiding the president and the secretary
of the treasury, have expressed APP
prOval of the scheme. Reasons are be-
ing advanced by speakers at public
meetings why Washington, already n
considerable social center, should also
become the intellectual capital of the
United States.
A National University.
Out of the present agitation Wash
ingtOn seems likely to secure univer-
sity of distinct importance, devoted in
the main to graduate study of a highly
specialized character. That in number
of students or magnitude of private
equipment it will be on a footing with
longer established institutions of learn
ing may be doubted Its opportunity
will lie in pushing the development of
facilities which cannot be duplicated
elsewhere. In certain branches of
study it may easily outrank all other
American universities. In such sub
jects, indeed as diplomacy. interna-
tional law, American history since
1900, meteorolOgy and the application
of the physical sciences to agriculture
1t seemingly must lead all others.
Art In Capitol Doors.
The models of the large bronze doors
which the Washington sculptor Louis
Amateis was authorized to design for
the main west entrance to the capitol
need but few finishing touches before
they will be ready to be cast in bronze.
These massive doors will be nearly
eight feet in width and over thirteen
feet in height. They will replace the
plain wooden doors which are now at
the west entrance.
The bronze doors at the east en-.
trance of the capitol represent the dis
covery of America and those at the
senate and house entrances the Ameri-
can Revolution and the forming of the
nation. The new doors will tell the sto-
ry in bronze of the intellectual and
physical progress of the country, the
apOtheosis of America.
The Triumph of intellect.
The transOm panel shows the figure
of America seated in a chariot drawn
by lions, typical of strength, and led
by child, signifying the superiority
of intellectual over brute force On
this panel, to the sides of the chariot,
are figures representing learning, archi-
lecture, literature, painting, music,
sculpture, agriculture, mining, COM
merce and industry.
The four panels on one side of the
door stand for Jurisprudence, science,
the fine arts and mining, and those on
the other side for agriculture, iron and
electricity, engineering and naval archi.
lecture and commerce. The jurispru-
dence panel portrays a meeting of the
first supreme court, presided over by
Chief Justice John Marshall.
In the science panel is group Of the
worlds greatest scientific workers,
from Hipparchus, the first astronomer,
down to Darwin. Fine arts are repre-
sented by Homer, Shakespeare, Hugo,
Goethe, Beethoven and several others.
The mining panel shows scene in
mine and the agricultural panel har-
vest scene.
Architecture and Commerce.
Men building a railroad occupy the
panel on engineering, while the iron
and electricity panel shows workers in
iron and electric factories Naval
architecture and commerce are depict
ed by sailor holding a flag with
liberty cap ON top, by a boy studying
a globe and by several other symbolic
figures.
Satuettes and medallionS of the
Americans who have been foremost in
the various professions and arts sur
round the respective panels. Among
them are Franklin, Jefferson, Webster
Madison, Henry, Poe, Latrobe, Mar
shall, Holley, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, Howe, Whitney, Peter Cooper
Rowland, Eads, General Casey, Full
ton, Ericsson, Edison, Charles Graham
Bell, Simon Newcomb and others who
have won fame as scientists, inventors,
juriSts or in some other way.
Tunnels to Capitol.
Proposals will shortly be called for
by Mr.. Elliott Woods, superintendent
Of the capitol, for the construction of
Al h,,;
to the senate end of the capitol and
from the house of representatives office
building to the house end, Of the build
ing These tunnels will be planned to
be big enough to accommodate dou-
BILE line of tracks and a footpath. An
other project Is for single track, but
1t Is likely that the double track will
be adopted.
When this plan Is adopted senators
and representatives will be able to go
from the senate and house chambers
to the offices without Drawing any
storm that may be In progress on the
outside. The tunnels will be sufficient
ly spacious and will be comfortably
heated and brightly lighted by elec-
tricity
The House Offices.
1t Is now announced that the house
Office building will be completed and
ready for occupancy by Dec l, and the
senate Office building will be ready for
use about one year later.
Tne only difficulty that will be en-
countered, it is believed, will be the
furnishing of the building by Dec. l.
All the furniture will be mahogany.
and most Of it will be manufactured
especially for the offices. 1t is ques-
toned whether it will be possible to
get all the desks and tables that will
be necessary for the several hundred
Offices Each member of the house will