Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-22
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Tnere Is no more ardent admirer
I1l harrisburg than DR.. ]. P. McCas-
ney, secretary of the State Edu-
pest known educators in Pennsyl-
eaIia. s ia Dr. McCaskey has gone out
OF ms way to pay a few compliments
~ ~ me city and some of it's features
~ ms introduction to the annual
ttsport or the Pennsylvania Educa-
,,o.i .aoual Association's last meeting, de-
Young a whole page to his refer
ences to matters of local interest.
among other things he SAYS:
Inc simple folk in some places
tS talk OF angels. and think that still
Iney come and go as in the days of
,,tn;t e STORY. II one of these high
vlsltants should some day come To
Harrisburg and stroll at leisure
eVerywhere-seeing everything. him :
selI unseen, and forgettine nothing
that ne saw-would he, before re-
tufnlng to Paradise. go back to the
| Rouse of Flowers to Uttley's win
| COW on walnut street, for another
lingering look at the roses and lilies
ond orchids and all this wonder of
| ploomE Half sorry would he be that
ne could not transport this Easter
| iIy' this purple orchid bloom. to the
heavenly gardens. Who knows
whence they come? We will eniov
them here to the full, hoping soon
TO find them there.
IF a Greek sculptor of that olden
Tune when every third man seems
TO nave been a capable art critic
should visit Harrisburg he would
perhaps stop longest at the Walnut
and Third street entrance to the
Capitol grounds to admire the IA
miliar classic urns between which
you pass going up to the magnificent
|
summit of the gentle slope. 1t would
have its strong appeal for him,
| stronger than for us, no doubt,
though we too recognize its grace
and beauty of form and read its
poetic symbolism. Keats, in his fins
ode to Grecian Urn saw differ.
ent urn but of the same origin and
class as this of which ne sings:
Heard melodies are sweet, but thoss
unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft
pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more
endeared,
Pipe to the spirit dittie of no one,
Who are these coming to the sac
rifice?
To what green altar. o mysterious
priest,
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing al
the skies,
And all her silken fanks with
garlands drest?
What little town, by river or sea-
Or mountain-b built with peaceful
| citadel,
Is emptied of its folk this pious
morn?
All, little town, thy streets forever
more
| Ill Z. Il.
Why thou art desolate can e'er
return.
% Attic shape! Fair attitude with
breed
OF marble men and maidens over
wrought,
With forest branches and the trod-
den weed;
Thou silent forn-dost tease us
out of thought
AS doth eternity. Cold Pastoral!
When old age shall this genera
ton waste
Thou shalt remain in midst OF
other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to
whom thou say'St,
Beauty is truth, truth beauty'-that
is all
Ye know on earth. and all ye
need to know
"The dome of the Capitol was
modelled after that of st. Peters al.
Rome, as was recently stated by
'Girard' in the Ledger, in this inter-
esting way; While was talking the
other day to Joseph Houston, archi.
tect of the Pennsylvania State Cap
itol, some, one came up and congrat-
ulated him on the magnificence OF
the dome. Pennsylvania owes that
to the illness of my brother he re.
piled. That seemed curious and
when asked to explain he added:
My brother was seriously i'll IN
Rome, and I was obliged to remain
there a long time with him. My re.
peated visits to st. Peters over
whelmed me with the grandeur OF
that cathedraPs dome, and so, when
1 came to the Pennsylvania State
Capitol, duplicated that inspiration
in concrete form The proposed eX.
tension of the Capitol Park will be
of great Importance to Harrisburg
as the capital of the Commonwealth,
Walnut and North will become two
OF the best streets in the city, second
only to the River front. And the
Technical High School will occupy
, most desirable position fronting
upon the beautiful area of the Cap
itol Park, which will open up every
, thing as far as the railroad,-thus
bringing the Capitol within full view
of the millions who pass year after
} year"
. Discussing with a reporter for the
TELEGRAPH this somewhat un-
J usual manner of introduction as an
education report DR.. McCaskey
, said: at is my thought that
| tea is improved by little sugar
; and an egg by the addition OF
salt" Probably that is the rea.
son why he concludes the volume
with a number of interesting ex.
cerpts and essays bearing on things
educational in Pennsylvania, but
having nothing whatsoever to do
with the proceedings of the conven-
ton. One of these is a personal
tribute penned by DR.. McCaskey in
memory of his old friend, the late
Uncle" Henry Houck. for many
years one of the most prominent
educators in Pennsylvania
The report is bound in red and
is made up of 392 pages with full
accounts of the gatherings of edu-
Gators in Harrisburg last December,
The association has a membership
of more than $4,000 and is grow
ing