Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-02

, OF superior educational facilities. this i'm
migration has given 20 the population a
| tone and 20 its civic life a flavor that
raise Il above the dead level Of a mere
home town. condition like this makes
| for a democratic community. since Il
raises the average OF education and ex-
perience, the sources OF real learning.
and thus elevates the general level.
whereas in most cities the tendency Is
! towards an aristocracy of wealth on one
hand and a communism Of poverty on the
! other-the big house on the hill and the
matched cottage in the lowlands
While the cultural advantages OF Lincoln
as residence city have been emphasized
} in its development, there has been no
neglect Of the material side. Completely
encircling the city, but within its borders
runs a paved boulevard, interlaced with
dozens OF other equally well-surfaced
streets, that accommodates a constantly
increasing automobile pleasure traffic
Leading out from the city In other d.
reotions are other boulevards, paved part
way and tapering off into well-dragged
and well-graded dirt roads. These lead
out to and past a dozen parks, including
amusement resorts. grounds attached 70
state institutions and municipal recreation
grounds.
The city maintains two parks, one IN
the west section and one In the east Sec
ton. The latter. Antelope park. is but
the beginning of an ambitious project
that will include n wide strip of land,
partly woodland now and part Of II rail-
road right-of-way. running through the
city diagonally. Already Antelope park
IL the mecca OF thousands who find
recreation In Its leafy shades. The city
A., employs a band to give concerts regularly
In the summer season, Il maintains a ZOO
and botanical gardens, and IL developing
all other phases OF park growth. South
west of the city Is Epworth Lake Dark,
the homo Of the Nebraska Epworth as
sembly. where for ten days each summer
thousands of Nebraskans live the simple
life in tents and listen 20 programs that
excel in attractiveness any OF the west
ern chautaudua gatherings. West of the
city Is Capital Beach park. located upon
n wide spreading lake and equipped with
the usual white city amusement devices.
To the northeast are the grounds OF the
Nebraska state fair. where one of the
greatest live stock and agricultural exc
positions In the country Is held for eight
days early each fall. On the east are
several small parks, maintained by the
state OF by suburban towns that lure hum
dreds TO their cool stretches in summer
time. Lincoln holds a membership in the
Western Base Ball league. which MAIN
tains two parks.
Its Educational Plant.
No city in the west lie so well equipped
with an educational plant as is Lincoln.
This city offers opportunity for a COM
plete education, from the kindergarten up
through the high school and into the uni
verslty, and from there into any one of
the leading professions. The secondary
schools consists of twenty-eight public
and private schools. A new high school
building that Is the latest word In con-
struction and In devices for effective
work. and which will cost nearly three
quarters OF a million. Is nearing COM
pletion. Sixteen ward school buildings
house the remainder of the 1900 school
children. The parochial side OF educa-
ton Ia given strong emphasis in the
schools of lincoln. The fact that so
large a percentage of children leave
school before they complete the grades
in every city has been recognized here