The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-18
John Nolen, Landscape Artist, Win
Lecture at Public Meeting at
Grand Theatre Next
Week.
PROMINENT MAN IN EAST
Man Who Has Built Many Small
Cities viii Talk to Keokuk Audi
ence About Ways and Means
For Improvement.

The Identification OF the city which
has been hanging fire for over year
IN the Industrial Association. will be
revived next week when John Nolen,
of Cambridge, Mass, one of the fore
most city planners in the country, will
lecture to the citizens of Keokuk at
the Grand opera house.
Nearly a year ago list of com
mittees was made up but they have
never been appointed. The committees
are as follows:
Public health, schools and educa-
ton, parks, Fairgrounds, ETC.. building
laws and housing, good roads, retail
trade, conventions and visiting delega-
tons, transportation, streets and al
leys, legislation and membership. All
of these committees have numerous
eide issues that pertain to the various
conditions in the city and careful
thought IS required to pick the chair
| men OF them in order to get men in
terested in the movement to take
charge Of tie affairs.
President C. R. Joy is now busy
working up the committees and in a
few days will announce them. In the
meanwhile steps are being taken to
arouse interest in the "city beautiful"
movement by securing Mr.. Nolen to
address the citizens of Keokuk and
give them an idea of what can be
accomplished in this city.
Mr.. Nolen makes speciality Of town
and city planning, notably small cities.
Fairgrounds, parks and housing are
especially interesting to Keokukians
Just now and Mr.. Nolen is an expert in
untangling the problems that are
daily confronting this city in regard
to these.
\ Many of the smaller cities OF the
country, notably, Reading, Roanoke
San Diego, Scranton, Milwaukee an6
st. Paul have been vastly benefited
by the work of Mr.. Nolen and that thu
Keokuk Industrial Association hal
been able to secure him looks we'll fol
the management of that body.
The following taken from the Stone
ham, Mass, Independent, gives {
fairly comprehensive idea of the worl
Mr.. Nolen Is doing:
The lecturer was John Nolen O
Cambridge, landscape gardener ant
city builder. Where town or city
which has grown in hit-or-miss, hap
hazard fashion, develops civic con
science and realizes that 1t is ugly, in
convenient, lacking in all the mod
r ern improvements such as artistic
/. public and semi-public buildings, al
adequate water supply, lighting plant
board of health, parks, clean streets
; proper disposal Of waste, ETC., thel
l that town sends for Mr.. Nolen and h
! makes the plans, which when CARRIE
> out make the Town Beautiful"
Also the letter from prominen
eastern man is we'll worthy of atten
ton:
4 n Grove street.
: Montclair, New Jersey.
| take great pleasure in recommend
ing my friend, Mr.. John Nolen, t
lecture committees, women's clubs
and other organizations desiring sci
ious and effective public teaching.
have known Mr.. Nolen for many year
and have watched his development
with the greatest interest. He is
man Of the highest personal characte
and devoted public spirit. He has ha
wide experience in executive position
in connection with public lectur
work, and he has also had experienc
as public speaker. In addition t
this, he has given a period of year
to obtaining full equipment in hi
profession as landscape architec
having taken an advanced degre
from Harvard University in that fel
of work. This two-fold preparatio
gives him a unique equipment il dea
ing with subjects referring to tn
identifying of communities and tn
use of nature by human art. M
Nolen is fluent and effective speake
with an earnest message. His illu
trated lectures are not pictorial di
plays, but serious discussions
mich the illustrations furnish an In
portant element of teaching. It is a
unusual satisfaction to recommend
man Of whom one can speak with tn
confidence have in Mr.. Nolen.
(Signed)
uDwAPn HOWARD cPIrcS