Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-12
EhFtttng Chat

Announcement that the State Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings will
have brought to this city paintings
executed for the State building at the
San Francisco exposition will result
in two big additions being made to
the art works in the State Capitol in
the coming year. Miss Violet Oak
ley, the Philadelphia artist, who exc
cuted the notable series in the Gov
ernor's reception room, is about COM
pleting the series for the Senate cham
Der and it is understood that they will
be placed during the early part of
next year. This series is a remarkable
portrayal of big events in State his
tory. The San Francisco paintings
are of an allegorical type.
Miss. Oakley is also to paint the
mural decorations for the Supreme
Court chamber which are to be COM
pleted in about three years and which
will be submitted in outline or sketch
form to the board next year.
Since the death of John w. Alex
ander it is probable that arrange
ments will be made to have some not
ed Pennsylvania artist paint the four
teen lunettes for the north corridor.
No appropriation is now available, but
probably negotiations will be under
taken soon.
l.. r. McGinneS, superintendent OF
the Steelton public schools, in intro
ducing DR.. p. p. ClaXton, United
States Commissioner of Education, at
a joint meeting of the teachers and
directors of schools in Dauphin coun-
ty, told of double coincidence which
happened several years ago. DR.. j.
George Becht, secretary of the State
Board of Education, had just finish
ed speaking, and the condolences re-
1nk kn1 90 IAps ll
Superintendent McGinnes said that
several years ago he stepped into
barber shop in a town, and remarked
about the fine normal school at that
place. He also commented on the su-
perintendent and the barber imme-
diately said, He's a crackerjack of
superintende ent." DIR. Becht was the
man. Later Mr.. McGinnes was in
barber shop in Cincinnati during
his stay there while attending a big
educational conference. Again the
barber became tallkative and finally
said that he was glad that he came
from the town in which DR.. ClaXton
was born. The Steelton superintencc
dent then introduced to an audience of
600 the United States Commissioner
Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Potts
Vile, happened in town yesterday on
| State business on a day when the
county school teachers were all at the
Capitol attending county institute.
| The Senator was one OF the cham-
pions of legislation for teachers in
the House and kept up his activity i'll
the Senate in their behalf. And to
this the fact being added that he is IL
native of Dauphin county, made him
mighty popular among the teachers.
Living in Washington must agree
1o
ant postmaster general, who was here
yesterday for a short time. Mr.. Blaks-
| lee is we'll known to many residents
| of this city as he was a member OF
the House in 1907 and famed for
practical jokes. In the Democratic
reorganization he developed some very
practical ways of playing politics and
became q power in the organization.
He was nominee for secretary of in
ternal affairs when it was hopeless
and took an awful licking from DR..
Houck. In those days Mr.. Blakslee
was rather slim. Now he is getting
rotund and even more urbane than
when he was here years ago
H. H. Wheaton, who is connected
| with the immigration bureau of the
United States government and who
spent some time here as a special at
tache of the Department of Labor and
Industry. has been here for a few
days. Mr.. Wheaton developed the en-
ployment bureau plan authorized by
the last Legislature and just being put
| into effect and made an exhaustive
study of labor conditions, the unem-
ployment situation and the immigra-
| tion problems as peculiarly applied TO
Pennsylvania. He is now making OBJ
servations for further work. It was
Mr.. Wheaton who designed the poster
put out by Uncle Sam and attracting
so much attention. This poster, which
| is in a dozen or so languages, urges
pepole to become American citizens,
not soiourners.