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ceive the bachelor of arts degree in June
Miss Mary Paul Bradshaw has lived all
her life in the District of Columbia She
graduated from the high school and won
a scholarship to the -Woman's College,
Baltimore. but entered the Normal School
instead. She completed the course in one
year, and Is now recognized as one of
our best model first grade teachers She
has made name for herself in college.
and ther marks are nearly all "A" She
is especially proficient i'm Latin Miss
bradshaw is a member of the Classical
Club. but has not had time to spare for
the fraternities and social life of the uni
versity. Her degree is A. B.
Miss Victoria Briggs has her legal resi-
dence in New York. She holds position
w the civil service commission, and
is candidate for the bachelor Of arts
degree in the department of education.
Miss Alice Sinclair Rotkin is a resident
of Washington city where she is-a teacher
in one of the high schools. Miss Edith Lee
Compton holds similar position and
both these young ladies are candidates for
the A. B. degree in the education de-
partment. Miss Ruth Fowler is also q
candidate for the A. B. degree. and COM
pletes her course i'm June of this year.
Miss. Margaret Newton of South Caro-
lima is regarded as one of the most bril-
liant Latin scholars in the university.
She els member of the Classical Club.
and will receive the 4. B. degree.
Hn addition to the graduates. there are
two young women who will receive the
degree Of master of arts.
Miss Julia Elektra Ludlow of New York.
we'll known teacher In the National
Cathedral School. was graduated as
bachelor of arts from Barnard College,
Columbia University. Her major topic is
Latin; minors. Greek and archaeology.
Miss Marian Adams Gudmunsen of
Idaho graduated from the graduate State
Normal School of Utah: in 1903 she re-
ceved her A. B. from the University of
Utah: she has also studied at the uni
versities Of Chicago and Of California.
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could only take advantage of the scien-
tific course. Since the change was made
greater numbers of school teachers are
! taking advantage of the enlarged oppor-
tunities to broaden their culture and OBJ
tain degrees. Several of this years grad
yates are public school teachers
Eighteen young women will receive de-
grees in June of this year-three A. B..
and the others B. s.
Miss Ruth Gilbert Cochran has her le-
gal residence in Colorado She won the
fifth Columbian scholarship from Central
High School in 1905. and has had a bril-
liant career in college. Her translations
in German have attracted attention and
she is proficient in several modern Ian
guages. music and art. She has displayed
executive ability as president of the Y. w.
c. A.. is member of Pi Beta Phi Fra
ternity and class historian for this year.
Miss Cochran will receive the A. B. de-
gree in June and go forth fully equipped
for her chosen profession, that of
teacher.
Miss Vera Adams is resident of this
city. Miss Adams won the second Column
bian scholarship and has marked iinguis-
tic ability. Her work in French perhaps
stands first, but this has not prevented
her from high achievement in Italian and
English and the ancient languages. Greek
and Latin. She has also studied Hebrew.
Miss Adams is a member of the Classical
Club and her preparation has been made
for the degree of A. B. She will probably
teach after leaving school.
Miss Mildred Floyd Johnson Is a Wash
ington girl. She is in the education. de-
partment of the college and has made a
high record, her work In English being
especially notable. She is vice president of
her class, member of Chi Omega frater-
nifty and displayed dramatic ability in the
amateur plays which have been given In
the university She will probably teach
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esoue-others are laughable-others carry
with them that tinge of tragedy that
makes them the more interesting.
, Naturally there are quite a number
Of thoroughly identified ghosts registered
i'm different parts of the edi1ce. Inc
existence of the restless pilgrims from
another land is vouched for by several
of the employees of the building ana
while most of them are supposed TO con-
fine their operations to the basement
there are several who are reputed 10
roam all over the place OF these there
are tales both pathetic and amusing. The
antics of very lively cat furnish most
amusing tale.
Law in state at the Capitol. an old en-
gineer, who was employed in the base
ment. and who, ridiculed the idea of
ghosts, decided to be revenged upon the
watchmen and policemen who remained
in the building through the night He
procured two large English walnuts and
securely tied the half shells on the four
feet of the pet cat and carefully turned
her loose in Statuary Hall. The noise
cf these shells on the marble floors at
midnight, in the semi-darkness as the
distracted cat scampered about trying to
get rid of her new shoes, gave the watch
ers the worst fright of their lives. The
incident, though a harmless joke. gave
rise TO the story of the spectral foot
steps which follow all those who have
to cross the rotunda in Statuary Hall aft
er the building Is closed for the night.
The rotunda has its own especial haunt.
The prevailing belief in regard to this
particular haunt is that on certain days.
presumably anniversaries. the bent and
huddled up figure of a workman with his
tools may be seen fitting through this
section. The foundation for this idea
doubtless arose from the account of the
death OF a workman which occurred there
during the early days of the construction
of the Capitol. He lost his footing upon
a scaffold and was killed by the fall to
the floor
The wrath of John Quincy Adams.
from all narratives on the subject, seems
to be the one most often encountered
At times il Is alleged that he may he
seen in Statuary Hall. formerly the old
House Of Representatives and the scene
OF his death, accompanied by the whole
Congress of 1S4S, gathered in ghostly
conclave. He is also accredited with
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by the enemy and were tortured TO death.
Their sweethearts, three sisters. upon
hearing of their bereavement, decided to
join their lovers in the happy hunting
river and drowned themselves. and on
the morning following this tragedy, 1t is
said. the three rocks in the river ap-
peared and were named the Three Sisters
in memory Of the girls who chose death
as a solace for their grief On the anni-
versary of this drowning the ghostly
forms Of the sisters appear standing on
the top of the rocks and wringing their
hands
fishermen used to tell of phantom army
coming up the river in spectral boats
and landing their silent company on
Braddocks Rock. Upon approach they
would Chamber up the rock and disappear
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~ held at the Willard Hotel under
the auspices of the National
Academy of Art. Not only were
many subjects of vital Importance pre-
sented by able speakers. but a distin-
guished body of men and women-artfsts
and laymer interested in art-was in at
tendance There were lis delegates. rep
resenting sixty-fiv organizations in vari-
Gus parts of the United States. Indeed. it
is doubtful if for many years there has
been in this country such a gathering.
Two sessions were held daily and hearty
enthusiasm was manifested from first to
last. Tuesday morning was devoted to an
explanation of the purposes of the con-
vention. a statement concerning the pro-
posed bureau of fine arts. and report of
existing conditions as regards the govern
ment and the fine arts. Tuesday after
noona the cultivation of public taste and
art education in the public schools were
comprehensively discussed. Wednesday a
closer alliance between the artS-more
common sense in decoration and crafts
manship-was urged. and the work of Ger
tain art commissions. municipal leagues
and associations reviewed-Boston. New
York and New Orleans each being cited
as examples. Thursday civic art en-
crossed chief attention. the city beautiful.
the garden and even the highway coming
up for discussion. Thus. it will be seen,
n wide territory was covered and the rela-
ton of art to everyday life strongly en-
phasiZed. Indeed. throughout it was the
human side which was chiefly dwelt upon
and the practical nature of the papers
read as well as the discussions may we'll
be remarked. 1t was not art merely for
the sake of art. but rather for the sake OF
man. But aside from all this the great
thing accomplished was the organization
of an American federation of arts, the
purpose of which is to encourage the ad-
vancement of art, cultivate the public
taste stimulate effort. and serve as
general clearing house among the numer-
Gus societies and associations having SIM
liar aims The headquarters of this fed
Grafton will be in Washington and here,
annually. great convention will be held.
The possibilities of such an organization
are almost limitless and its powers of
good unmeasured. provided it is given
hearty cooperation. Apparently the time
was ripe for it's inception and at least
a good beginning has been made. A con-
stitution has been adopted officers elect
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at Poland Springs, Me-. in which ex-
cellent work is always shown. At Worces-
ter, Mass. one of the best of the an
maui exhibitions is to be seen during the
in July the Copley Society of Boston
usually max fine display in its own
galleries.
TN connection with the Hudson Fulton
celebration to be held in New York
next September a great art exhibition
will be set forth in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum which will consist of a collection
of old masters of the Dutch school. of a
group of paintings by American artists
of Fultons time. and of seventeenth and
eighteenth century furniture. art objects,
porcelains. potteries. textiles. etc. There
will be twenty-five paintings by Rem
brandt eight of which will not have
been previously shown in this country.
and examples of Vermeer Ruysdael, de
Hoogh, Cuyp. Hobbema. Jan Steen and
others. Among the collectors contrib
uting will be Messrs. j. p Morgan. W.
A. Clark. P. A. B. Wiener and w. A.
Slater. This exhibition is being assem-
bled under the direction of Miss Florence
\. Levy, the editor Of the American Art
Annual, who was one of the speakers
at the convention of art societies held
here this week.
MIR. v. q. FISCHER, the we'll known
AVA art dealer and connoisseur sailed
for Europe today, to be gone four or
five months. part of which will be spent
in rest and recreation
A n exhibition of paintings by Mrs. A.
I ! c. Barney of this city opened Mon
day in the knoedler galleries, New York.
q 1t includes about seventy-five works and
has been highly commended.
KANSAS CITY is to have an art mu-
II scum, and, marvellous as it may SEEM
it is TO be established not by some pri-
vate bequest, but by the common council
of the city. A first appropriation of
$4,000 has been made. This will be the
first art museum or gallery SD estab-
lished in this country and should serve
as a spur to the nation.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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undertaking so difficult task. 1t meant
a minute study of one of the oldest ma
tions of the earth thorough acquant-
ance with its art. literature. religion and
customs. and a personal intimacy with
its monumentS-thoSe stone documents
that tell the story of the builders of
Spain
Beginning with the assertion that Spain
lacks initiative, that her native stock
has produced no rulers. that her litera-
ture was founded. in the beginning. on
Rome; that the Spanish school of paint
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The Best Subject.

<STHE late Marion Crawford" said
New York editor. was good IL
not a brilliant speakers He imputed his
success to a little Sorrento girl.
'In Sorrento. once, he rose to address
a children's school.
Children he began what shall 1
talk about?'
And this little girl piped from a rear
bench very wisely:
What do you known"
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year. be two. and that field twice the
size of that at present occupied will be
covered This kind of cooperation could
not fail to be beneficial in effect The
Society of Washington Artists has now
over forty members. the majority of
whom are resident and active.
THE Corcoran School will hold it's clos
: ing exercises on the evening of the
2sth, and a week from today all work in
competition for any of the prizes must be
handed in to the director. This means
busy and exciting times for the students,
Tor the Corcoran awards are much COW
eted and the last days are always the
most precious. Good advance has been
made this year. it is thought. in all the
-hibition is anticipated with interest.
x
MIR. MAX WEYL has been prevented
>vA from doing his usual quota of out
door work this spring by the prevalence
of rain, but he has managed to produce
number of very attractive landscapes.
One is nocturne-a small canvas show
ing stretch of water separated from
the sky by q strip ow low-lying land dot
ted with trees. The moon, which focuses
the interest is still comparatively high
and its soft light illumines and colors
the drifting clouds which threaten to OBJ
scure it. Like all of Mr.. Weyl's paintings
this is simple in composition, broad In
treatment and yet full of artistic feel
ing. Several of Mr.. Weyrs landscapes
have been taken to England by his son
and will probably be exhibited in London.
THE tariff on art Is matter which
= hSs been Of late warmly discussed
and the cause of much veXation. For
years a war has been waged against it
by both the artists and collectors and at
last it would seem it may partially be
removed. According to report. as the
tariff bill now stands. all pictures over
twenty years old will be admitted free
and all so-called antiques over hum
dred years old. This would mean that
only extremely modern paintings will be
taxed. and while the majority of the
artists do not care for even this protec-
tion they would feel that much had been
gained If the provision were at all prac-
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rest of Europe. was pretty well sup
piled with churches.
In her comprehensive review of the
almost endless chain of centuries that
stretch from pre-Roman civilization TO
young Alfonso. and of the monuments
that mark each successive age. Olym-
pian. pagan and Christian. the writer
makes very vividiy real the men and
women who impressed themselves on
the epochs that stand out in the his
tory of Spain.
Each ruler. and hfs work. good or bad
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barrie splendors of India"
The history of Spain as told by
her monuments is a history of
Roman domination; of conquest
by the Visigoths: of submission to
Moslem rulers and of invasion by
any Christian king of any nation
who was able to seize the throne. Pa
gan chronicles are chiseled in tenn
pies. gates and bridges. while the early
Catholic sovereigns were SO Jealous in
the building of cathedrals that "by the
sixteenth century Spain, as well as the
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HE number Of
young women en-
rolled as students
in the collegiate de-
partment of George
Washingto Uni
versity has as
sumed such pro-
portions that it has
become necessary
to rent special
buildings for their
use as dOrmitories
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HE big Capitol
building on the hill
has it's ghosts,
identified and 9TH
e r W l Sc w ! t h
which to conjure
up tales of other
days. Some of the
tales told by the
old employees of
the building In
reference to these
ghosts are pictur-
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ing followed in the lead OF Italy. and
that her architecture of each period is
''permeated to a marked degree with the
personality OF the native. Iberic stock"
generous recognition is also made of
the greatness of Spanish literature and
art. And the author is emphatic in her
statement that under foreign leader
ship and in spite of lack Of original
ity, ''the important monuments of Spain
are scarcely rivaled elsewhere in Europe:
and in richness of ornament many of
them are only comparable to the bar
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ticable- But how. 1t is asked. will II be
possible to prove whether or not picture
is within this limit IL ii is undated and
the painter himself has no record? Take,
for example. work by Josef Isreals. who
has been producing for fifty years. and
is still In all probability II would be
perfectly impossible even for him to say.
if called upon. whether he painted GER
tain picture in 1883 or 1899 So it would
seem that there is much trouble ahead
for custom house officials if this becomes
law, and 1t is earnestly hoped that
before the bill passes even this restriction
will be remOved-but one would not pro-
test too loudly lest the whole proposition
be withdrawn. and in this case the half
loaf is infinitely preferable to none.
A LREADY the artists are beginning to
close their studios and prepare for
summer outings. Quite a number of the
local painters will go abroad some will
go north and others west. Mr.. William
H. Holmes. the president of the National
Society of the Fine Arts. is now in Colo
RADIO on his way to Seattle. where he will
superintend the arrangement of the ex-
hbit from the bureau of American eth
nOlogy which has been sent to the Alaska
Yukon exposition.
DOUBTLESS many Washingtonians
- will visit the Alaska Yukon eNposi-
tion. and may be glad to know that it
will include an excellent collection of
pantngs--a collection insured for S1,375,
900 The art building is of gray concrete
and brick and will contain ten galleries,
two of which measure forty by sixty
feet. There will. in ALL be only about
three hundred pictures, SO that adequate
space for effective hanging is assured
These will be divided into two groups
one consisting of old masters and famous
nineteenth century paintings. and the
other OF the works of cotempopary
artists. institutions and private collec-
tors have contributed generously, and the
list of paintings represented looks very
engaging. The collection has been as
sembled by Mr.. G.. l.. Berg of Seattle,
who promises that everything will be
ready for the opening, June I.
THIS will not be the only notable sum-
! mer exhibition. Announcements have
already been received of the exhibition
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An old-Fashioned Tragedy.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Queen Gertrude-Isn't it terrible. Ophelia
raving out here and Hamlet soliloquizing
all over the place. What a trial.
King Claudius-Yes, but, thank heaven!
there won't be any expert testimony in it,
or any unwritten law.
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CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

ed-a board of directors will soon be
chosen, and the proceedings of the con-
vention printed and circulated. The off1-
GERS for the ensuing year are: Mr.. Charles
l.. Hutchinson of Chicago, president vice
presidents Mr.. Herbert Adams of New
York. Mr.. John w. alexander of Pennsyi-
vania and Mr. Ralph Adams Cram of Bos-
ton; secretary. Mr. F. d. Millet, and treas
urer. Mr.. ]. P. Morgan. jr.
A MONG those who attended some OF
the sessions of this convention was
Mr.. Alfred East. the president OF the
Royal Society of British Artists, VINO
chanced to be in Washington at this time.
Mr. East was a member of the interna-
tional jury of the Carnegie Institute eX-
hibition, in which, by special invitatoni
he is showing a group of twenty-five OF
his own paintings. This has indeed been
made one of the features of the eXhlbl-
ton. and it is interesting to know that in
all probability the entire group. will be
shown in the Corcoran Gallery OF Art
some time next winter. MIR. East Is a
landscape painter of decided distinction.
His style is broad and authoritative, his
sense of the pictorial keen and his
power of expression exceptional. His
paintings are of kind which appeal both
to laymen and artists. He is furthermore
not only painter out dill ttCHeI, duu III
the Franco-British exposition. last sum-
mer, at Shepherds Bush. was ably rep
resented in the black and white. oil and
water color sections. Mr.. East has been
in Pittsburg for some weeks. where he
has found some congenial subjects for
transcription and from here he went to
New York with the intention of later
spending a short time in the New Eng
land country sketching. OF the collection
of American paintings in the Corcoran
Gallery he spoke with enthusiasm and to
the picturesqueness of this city he paid
high tribute.
THE Society of Washington Artists
held a meeting at the home, of Mr..
Carl Smith, the secretary, last Monday
evening, at which some interesting mat
ters were discussed A proposition to
affiliate with the Baltimore artists in
holding each year joint exhibition, al
ternately in the two cities, is now under
consideration. If this is carried into ef-
feet it will mean that instead of one ex-
hibition "a year there will, every other
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IN the story so distinctly vivid. except.
perhaps in that last scene when Mudo
and Lope stand together under the trees.
BUILDERS OF SPAIN. BY Clara craw-
ford Perkins. Illustrated. In two
volumes. New York: Henry Holt &.
Co Washington: Lowdermilk.
As this work comprises nearly six hum
dred pages of text and illustrations. the
readers first impression is one of ad-
miration for the courage of the author in
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PARTNERS THREE; /;

DROMINA. BY John Ayscough. author
OF Marotz. etc. New York: G. =.
Putnams Sons. Washington: Wood
ward a. Lothrop.
Dromina is an old castle on the Irish
coast. Its owner-who would have been
a king, except that English history went
wrong-lives there in shabby state with
his twin sons and pretty daughter. The
story has for its hero another king. the
son of Louis XVI of France. who hides
his inedtity under the guise of Ludovic.
king of the gypsies. The story is rather
overrun with royalties who do not rule
though there is sef-made emperor,
whose reign. of itself. furnishes excite
ment enough for an ordinary book in
these days when an episode serves for
plot. But "Dromina' is not story of
today. 1t harks back to the first years
of the last century, and as the author
makes claim to historical accuracy,
question as to his right to endow the
ill-fated Dauphn with life that French
authorities have so emphatically de-
prived him is lost In the charm of his
marriage to Ethna. daughter OF the Nc
Moroush of Dromina Other romances
take the reader to the far ends of earth
and back again to the castle, and these
shiftings of scenes rather overcrowd the
pages with royalties. popes, cardinals
priests, nuns, peasants and gypsies. Each
character sustains its interest. however.
and the result is an enjoyable whole.
Mr. Aysccugh has the faculty usually
defined as putting a thing before one.
and IL is this gift which enables the
reader to see, very really, the life that
goes on at the old castle; its master for
ever tracing his ancestry back to Chris
tian kings and pagan emperors: It's young
people wholesomely centered in the life
about them lis ancient rivals, the harper
and piper, who serve as retainers: the
peaceful convent near by and the Sypsles
below the cliff. There is no other setting
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LII interest centered this week In
the convention of art societies
held at the Willard Hotel under
the auspices of the National
Academy of Art. Not only were
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-21
University OF COPENHAGEN
DECIDES AGAINST DR.. COOK.
Records Do Not Carry
Conviction That He
Reached Pole.

COPENHAGEN, Dec, 21-The COM
mittee of the University Of COpenha-
gen. which has been examining the
nolsr data of DR.. Frederick Cook, to-
cay reported to the University con-
sistory that Cooks records do not car
~ conviction and the observations
are wholly insufficient to warrant a
verdict that he discovered the North
pole.
The decision Of the committee is
final
Copenhagen members Of the examin
ing committee declare that they were
convinced in half an hour after Openin
the data submitted that the claims
were not upheld.
Walter Tonsdale, Cooks private
secretary, is trying to have the decis-
ion withheld, claiming other data is
coming by another route The re-
guest viii not be considered. The
Danes are highly incensed and think
they were imposed upon
Cook is being bitterly denounced
throughout Denmark.