The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05


cry day.
TIE 81 states which honor him on that day
are; Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas. California.
Connecticut. Delaware. idaho. Illinois Kansas
Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine. Maryland. Massa-
ehusetiA Michigan. Missouri, Montana Nebraska.
Nevads. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New York
North Dakota. ohio Oklahoma. Oregon. Penn
sylvania. Rhode Island Texas. Vermont and
Washington.
one Of our territories honors him a differ
eni esy from October l.. In Puerto Rico Sovem.
Der 10 Is Discovery day. for Il was on Soyem-
Der 10. l4a3 that the italian navigator sailing
under the naE os Spain vas the FIRST white man
20 look upon tha, island.
Universally hailed as The ~dlscoverer OF the
New world" yet Pate ruled that the name Of
smother man should be given TO the two contl-
heats made known to the Old world by the voy.
ages Of Columbus In 1870 a Florentine named
AmerlKo Yespuccl accompanied Ojeda. q Span
lard 10 EspanoiA tHaitll and the mainland In q
search for pearls. He wrote a letter In which
be called the country he had seen ~Mundus
Sovus" New Landl. Eight years later at St.
Die Ia the Vosges mountains Matthias Rlngman
a Lstinisi. and Martin Waidseemuler q EeoE
rapher two members os the faculty Of little
collegiate institute which was the center Of the
geographical learning OF the time. were prepAr
inE new edition Of Ptolemy's -Ceographla"
However. before It's publication they printed on
the new printing press which the institute owned
a little essay called "Cosmogrnphlae In,roducio"
20 which they added the letter that Amerixo
yespucei had written. In this essay waldsee-
muller offered the suggestion that since Anerigo
Nespuccl had seen and described this "Mundus
Novus" II might properly bear his name and be
called America
Later map-makers followed waldseemuilcr's
suggestion. And that Is why we have North
snd South America instead Of North and South
Columbia"
Although a German scholars suggestion cheat.
ed Columbus out ot having two continents named
for him. ou both there are lnnumerable land.
marks whlch bear his name or a derivation of
II. Ia South America there Ia a republic of
Colombia and the chief Caribbean port OF the
republic 81 Panama y Colon. which preserves
the spanish spelling of Columbus name-crls-
tobal Colon In faroT Ceylon an island OF the
coast % India. which he sough, but was des.
tined never 10 reach. there is a city OF Colombo
which honors his name.
The map Of North America Ia dotted with
reminders of him. Canada has n province OF
British Columbia and in II rises one OF the
mlghtiest rivers on this continent-the Columbia
The little tract os land which contains the ma.
tional seat Of government Of the United States
IS called the District % Columbia and one Of
the poetlcai names for this nation IL Columbia
So when we sing two OF our faroriie patriotic
songs-~HaE. Columbia. happy land . =" and
20. Columbia. the gem OF the ocean we
are pronounclng two syllables OF the name Of
the Italian captain.
Two state captals-Columbus Ohio. and Co
lumhla. s. C.--also honor him. Eleven states
Georgia Indiana. Kansas, Mississippi. Montana
Nebraska. New Mexico. North Dakota. Ohio
Texas and wlsconSln-have cities named Colum
bus and one state. North Carolina. has Colum.
bus county. Iowa has Columbus Junction and
Ohio has a Columbus GROVE.
Eight staies-Illnols. Kentucky Louisiana
Mississippi. Missouri. Pennsylvania. South Caro-
lima and Tennessee-have cities named Columbia
and eight states-Arkansas. Florida. Georgia
New York. Oregon. Pennsylvania Washington
and wlsconsin-have Columbia counties Ohio
has ColnmbIana county also a city by thar
name. as has Alabama Indiana has a Columbia
City. Montana has Columbia Falls and Mime
sofa has a Columbia Heights.
The largest university In the United States Is
Columbia university In New York City with 3.0S4
faculty members and 3o.5ss students. There Is
also Columbia college In Iowa aud Innumerable
grade schools throughout the country bear the
name OF Columbus or Columbia one OF the most
important fraternal organizations in the United
states is the knights OF Columbus and the nrst
worlds fair-In many respects the greatest
ever held which honored the achievements Of
man bearing his name was the Worlds Colum
bsan exposition in Chicago In 1893
Memorials TO Columbus In the form OF statues
and monuments are legion One OF the latest. II
not the latest. is the magnificent statue which
was unveiled on August OF last year tthe ami
yersary OF Columbus sailing from Paos. Spain.
on his FIRST voyage OF discovery Chcago's
lake front ct stands overlooking Columbus
drive one Of the main thoroughfares In ChIcago's
boulevard system.l
This statue. which designed by Charles
Brloshi OF 81. Paul and cast in Milan Italy Is
II feet inches high and stands on a 22-foot
pedestal of Bayeno granite from Milan. II was
presented 10 the city OF Chicago by ItalianAmer-
leans OF that city and August 3. 1888. the date
II was unveiled. was Italian day at the 1888
Century OF Progress exposition when thousands
OF people OF that nationality gathered 10 honor
not only the great navigator of 800 years ago but
also a modern navigator who had led his cara.
vels OF the air. across the Atlantic-Admral
Balbo OF the Italian navy.
Besides the new statue which thousands OF
Worlds fair visitors passed on their way to the