The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
WORLD CONSCIENCE
SOCIETY TO BUILD

A grandly iaealstic project has re-
Gently been launched by an tnterna-
tional organization, known as the
World Conscience Society" The de-
tails and plan were conceived ana
perfected after ten years OF altrnistic
labor and study on the part OF Hen
dirk Christian Anderson, an Ameri-
can Scandinavian sculptor, residing in
Rome. assisted by some forty sculp-
tors. artists engineers. architects and
scientists. and has fer It's object the
establishment of an ideal world city
where all international activities are
to have their home and inspiration.
review of the massive and beau
tlfully illustrated volume which EN-
bodies the plan in It's detail was re-
Gently published in the Monthly Bull
letin of the Pan American union.
This proposed international city,'1
writes the reviewer. is 20 he a city
of light. health. wide avenues. parks.
Fairgrounds. fountains, laEoons and
noble buildings. II Is TO he a city
without Sums city Of efficiency
convenience and beauty. Not only
in structure. plan and equipment will
il be the ideal city. but II L. intended
to become the intellectual, artistic and
practical international capital OF the
world, a clearing house for the va
rious social, cultural. scientific and
political aspirations OF humanity
AS designed. ii will cover some
ten square miles of ground. Its ar
chitectural plans are so drawn that
il can be built at almost any spot
accessible Ia the sea that the nations
may choose. While there Is ample
room within the limits Of the city
for the hah1es OF permanent inhab4-
tants and the necessary business and
manufacturing plants. the heart OF
the city is composed Of buildings
adapted to the uniflcation OF interna-
tional interests These are grouped
into three centers. devoted respec
lively to art, science and physical
culture. The scientific center liz CON-
nected with the center Of art by the
broad Avenue Of Nations, fanked on
either side by palaces which wiia
house ambassadors and delegates rep
resenting their respective nations. II
has for its crowning motif the gil
gantic Tower Of Progress. which rises
to the height OF 1000 feet or more.
On the summit of this tower Will be
installed wireless telegraph plant
and on the lower floor of its colossal
base will be found world printing
press.
The tower rises in the midst of
circular space set apart for interna-
tional congress buildings for medicine,
surgery. hygiene. law and criminology.
electricity and invention, agriculture
and transportation. all Of which are
provided with halls. libraries, muse
ums and accessory Offices. To the
northeast is the International Hall of
Justice, and to the southwest the
Temple of Religions. Completing the
conception stand an international
bank or clearing house and a world
reference library, while in gardens
near by are found the International
institutes of higher learning. The art
ceVer is connected with the physical
culture center by means of gardens
devoted to horticulture. natural his
tory zoology and. botany. An impos-
ing temple of art. forming the chief
monument of this center. has been
planned with spacious halls and gal
leries for sculpture and painting. sur
vast auditorium. The phys
ical center Is intended to facilitate a
world reunion OF athleticism and to
promote scientific development of
the human form in all nations A
vast stadium Is its central feature.
Near it is a large natatorium. gym
nasia for men and women. and open
fields and athletic auadrangles for In