Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

An interesting aftermath OF the st.
Louis convention called in the interest
OF the removal
Gen. Sherman m of the capital
Capital Removal. ton to = mid.
city-occurs in The Star Of November
Is. 1859. in the form Of a letter by
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.
written from Washington to Col.
George Knapp of the st. Louis Re-
publican. Gen. Sherman wrote as fol-
lows:
Il see some of my friends are con-
cerned at what I am reported to have
said at supper party here about the
removal of the capital. I did not
know this matter was reported at all,
nor do I know what words were at
tributed to me. I did say that l did
not believe our capital would be re-
buildings here should not be torn
down and regretted elsewhere, etc
AS to st. Louis, l remember well to
have said I preferred a residence in
St Louis to one in Washington, be-
cause 1t was a city full Of life, COM
a
mere place Of Office routine.
OF course. my opinion on this agi-
tated question of removal is no better
than yours or of any other private in
dividual, but II you want to know
what think of it I am willing to say
that in. my judgment the capital of
the United States, If removed to the
valley of the Mississippi within the
next twenty years, will not go to ST.
Louis, Cincinnati or Chicago, because
neither OF these cities would or should
surrender the exclusive jurisdiction
necessary for the National Capital.
Today neither you nor any other citi-
zen IN st. Louis would consent. nor
would the state of Missouri consent,
to give up st. Louis county to the alb
solute Jurisdiction Of Congress. You
might agree to have the capital at
Carondolet or on the Jefferson bar
racks tract below the Des Peres. but
that Is not st. Louis. and would me-
cessttate the building not only of the
vast freproof buildings for the gov
eminent offices. but the houses. hotels,
stores. etc. for the persons connected
with the public service.
In my opinion, IL the capital is
changed from Washington to the west
a q new place will be chosen on the
miles above st. Louis. and the parties
to be Immediately benefited are will
ing to make use of your St Louis in
nuences to get the idea started"
George Washington University is
now a co-educational institution.
Fifty years
Columbian College ago. however.
Excludes Women. sucn a condi-
list. Columbian College. which was the
name Of the institution from which
the university of today developed. ex-
cluded women from it's halls. The fol-
lowing printed in The Star of October
26. 1869. bears on this point:
Mrs. DR.. Lockwood, having made
application for admission to the law
class in Columbian College, received a
letter from DIR. G. w Samson. the
president of that institution, saying,
I have consulted the professors as to
the attendance on classes at the law
school OF others than young men.
None are allowed by the trustees as
attendants on the classes except those
who pay the regular fees, and they
think the attendance of young ladies
would cause an injurious diversion of
the attendance of the students. Both
Of them the professors), therefore.
object to receive others than gen
tlemen into their classrooms. There
are public lectures. at which any PERI
sons are welcome.
According to a letter signed "A
Trustee" printed in The Star of Oc-
tober 81. 1869. the
Too Early school children of nifty
years ago were more
a. oSAAVoA. prompt in getting to
school than they are now, though
evidently there were some who were
late. The letter follows:
THE evil of hardness at school is
one of great magnitude, which the pub
lie school authorities are using proper
endeavors to break up. 1t is in a good
degree under their control, since they
have the power to prevent the schools
being disturbed by the entrance of
any pupil who does not arrive at the
proper time, and their rules provide
for the suspension or expulsion of
those who are habitually tardy.
But there is another evil closely
connected with this Of scarcely less
magnitude, which is under the direct
control Of parents alone. l refer to
that of being at the schoolroom too
early. There il no propriety in chill
dren assembling at the schoolhouses
An hour, or even half an hour. before
the time Of opening. If they do this:
the result inevitably is that most OF
them engage in rough and boisterous
snort. to the injury OF their clothing.
their books, their morals and often to