Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-03


The Northeast High School is having
two wings added to the building. The
west wing when completed will contain
, an assembly room or auditorium with a
seating capacity of 1900.
1t is Of horseshoe shape. after the &C =
cepted architectural idea Of the modern
theatre and opera house, with main
floor and gallery.
One Of Its attractions will be great
pipe organ built by funds contributed
by the alumni. of which Prof. Vincent
B. Brecht is president.
Its unique feature will be twenty
beautiful designed memorial windows in
stained glass;
TWENTY-FIVE years ago such a
L thing as q memorial stained glass
window in a public school building was
undreamed Of. 1t would have been con
sidercd reckless waste Of the taxpay
jers' money
There would have been Indignation
meetings, protests by the score and con
demnation Of the idealists who fathered
the project.
But the world is progressing. and so
is the public school idea in Pcnnsyl-
vania.
It is long, long trail from the little
red schoolhouse, with It's bare and
meager equipment. to the modern high
school building, even in the country.
But the taxpayer is not footing the
bill for this artistic adornment. It is
a grace added to the ensemble OF the
Northeast building that Is sponsored
by the old g.sids.
DROFESSOR BRECHT tells me as
an odd feature that the windows are
being installed before the auditorium
has been completed. There are twenty
Of them.
Two arc to be dedicated to the alumni
and pupils who participated in the world
war. One each for the navy and army.
OF the remainder. sixteen will be me-
MORALS to classes, while the rcmsining
two will be held In reserve to commcmo
rate future events in the history of the
school.
II is a beautiful conception. So far
as ] have learned, it is the first of its
kind in the state.
T OVER MERTON township con
- tains more beautiful homes. and in
greater number, than any similar area
in this country.
1t has the finest roads of any town
snip OF eHuai size. ms ~ because the
Weather residents took the matter in
mand ana constructed roads TO their
The more pretentious residences of
Lower Merton in point of cost, beauty,
location ana embelllshmcnt, barring, OF
I;s,n;o.s 'n UJ i bna m .uum.ainouS ;,", ;a,
tho oho toans ord -, ,stIo,' at Eron:o
-
FOR not all chatcaus IN france are
large, ann NOT an castles are castelintcd'
"',r ,,,,,, - ,. "'n'' anu n"' '1n' '''".s'
hhs huEope nnu tne uhiteu states
tneir oomeSIm architecture ana the
cannot homo to attain ,bo nronorn;ronc0 "ovH omrs
os I.oIr. .,,;, e,,. ~ IN M,
VI III it.s az III In sn,' aesp'tt uur.uE tue M'u
uu nSrS, 'h"i i;J ": IL au'ho'i''es Vi 'na'
pe..o' a,e " oe'ie''u'
Inc Elkins' Stotcsbury and other es'
tates, impressive as they are today,
Nou'u na't perp s'rlhlne' out perhaps
hoI 'Nc.p.lonai, among nunurcds OF
otner es,aIes hdJacent 10 home' FLOR
INV anu uini"
Bnrkhardt' IN MS work on the ltal.
ian Renaissance says the Florentines of
snaI periou ieYi'tu .nelr taste ior villas
ahu spuaa spI;. 90 nun upon tn'll mat peo-
pr Vi auia.en. ies'ohs t"oushI 'nem III
s"nu. ,it says
\. Mithih radius OF twenty miles OF
ont n,S ;,h .trfe soo Mere fa,u 10 De -o,oVo
estates WIN oUo palaccS whose walls
were constructen OF cut stone.
According to this Lower Merton isn't
in it. and County Treasurer Bardman,
had he lived during the period referred
to, would have been the busiest man in
OF course. II all donerdod uno, .h.
size Of the Florcptine estates S" '"e
A MEXICAN tourists. as l indicated
"A recentIv in tba n,ro,ronbs -, &C.
overseas to Switze,,anJ or ",i doo 10 20
South Americas Andean chain TO GET
all the thrills that are associated with
mountaineering on ice peaks and over
glaciers.
The Mountains of CoIorodo a
southern C'anado .re ne nrio,,o % IN nnu
~ SuitzerIand orJ as faarf',I Il" '"USe tt
Aims IN tbs warn;nos h thar 'oter osnu as .he
men or women barJv anornb - ~ dosn efn
tboir beiabts " uei'
Not even tne Coloradans, to the
mann manner porn; nave surmounted them.
mere are Peaks III 'nat STATE yet await
ing 'heir Pioneers
The venturesomc individual who
bankers to strap pa ir of spiked boots
on his feet. put IN iron shaft on the