The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-09
MOOSEHEART.

Appropos of the state convention of
the Loyal Order of Moose to be held
here on July %, "a, Is and 26, the
following relating to Mooseheart, Ill,
will draw attention to the noble work
being done by the order for its de-
pendents at the Child City of the
Loyal Order of Moose"
More than $4,000 persons, some of
whom are students of child welfare,
while others are merely interested in
the routine of 1,40O orphaned children,
yearly visit Mooseneart, the Child-City
of the Loyal Order of Moose, situated
thirty-five miles west of Chicago. 1t
is fitting that the first building this
army of visitors find as they enter the
parklike estate is the campanile,
fashioned after the famous bell-towers
of Italy.
While each of the 173 buildings on
the vast estate of MooSeheart has been
constructed for a special purpose and
to serve a special need, beauty as well
as utility has been included in the
clock tower.
The tower, from which chimes record
the passing hours, stands overlooking
the prairie land of Illinois, and from
its balcony a magnificent view of rolling
plains dotted with rich farms may be
obtained. At the foot of the tower
spreads a lofty portico, sweeping in a
majestic hemicycle and opening toward
Roosevelt Han, the assembly place OF
the 1,4O0 youngsters. The portico is a
natural forum for open-air speakers
Almost countless distinguished orators
including not only national but inter-
national figures, have addressed Moose
gatherings there. Among these are the
late President Harding, the late Vice
President Thomas Riley Marshall, the
former Premier David Lloyd George, the
late William Jennings Bryan, and scores
of others who are taking part now in
the nations councils.
The rotunda at the west side of the
clock tower is a most appropriate back
ground for a great bronze group which
portrayS James j. Davis, Director Gen.
eral, and Secretary of Labor in the
cabinets of three Presidents, in a pro-
tectiVe attitude as he stands with a boy
and girl at either side. The boy holds
a hammer in one hand and books in the
other, indicative of the training of hand
and mind he receives at MooSeheart
The little girl, also clasping her books
looks up with faith and confidence into
the face of the director general, who
himself gazes out into the future with
that vision which first conceived
MooSeheart, the great home-school and
Child-City of the Fraternity.
In raised letters that form a decora-
tive plaque behind the figures is the
legend that gives the mission for which
Mooseheart was founded:
Every child is entitled to at least
a high school education and inStruc-
ton in a trade"
The base of the bell tower forms a
reception room where the hostess meets
the visitors and assigns guides to take
them through and around the estate OF
more than 1900 acres that make up the
city of MooSeheart. Visitors are asked
to register in a great book that pro-
vides for $4,000 names. The book al
ways is filled before the year is up
Addresses the world over are inscribed
in it. Among the names written in it
are those of cowboys and statesmen
moving picture actors and actresses anC
humble and unknown citizens coming
thousands of miles to view the Child
City that trains for life.