Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-07-30


If the population of adjacent |
suburbs were counted it would be
over two millions. There are col
contiguous villages. The city al
ready is three times as large as |
Chicago. in area, that is 442 square |
miles San Pedro, the harbor, is |
joined by shoe string miles long
and IL mile wide. 1t hangs like the |
pendulum of clock, or the clapper
of bell. Yet it is one of the worlds
greatest harbors. It's acquisition
reads like a romance. Senator
White fought for it. Coils P. Hunt
ington fought against it favoring
Santa Monica.
President Mckinley, in 1899,
pressed button. The first train
load of stone was dropped in the
bay at Point Fermin, to make the
breakwater, which cost $9,00O,O0O.
The harborI usually shelters the
the fleet is The town is surnamed
"19 suburbs in search of city"
The city is magnet to draw
residents from everywhere. They
come for climate, health, pleasure,
rest, ease, or maybe job. They
come to educate their children, to
get into the movies, or find para
disc for declining years. Systems of
education are splendid. U.C.L.A..
use, Cal-Tect and Occidental
have fine advantages. use. is a
Methodist institution, with faculty
of 700 and 5000 students. It is
the oldest and largest in southern
California. Eldoheny, who developed
the Memorial Library, costing 81,
100000. The nearby Coliseum is
we'll named. 1t is larger than the
Roman Coliseum, seating 100000.
From 10S portals, it is evacuated
in 20 minutes.
Here the tenth International
Olympiad came in 1892, l shall
never forget the picture of the
U.C.L.A. buildings, as they photo
graphed themselves on the mental
eye. All were built at the same time,
in the same style. So, there is an
orderliness, and unity sadly lacking
in educational plants elsewhere.
The newcomer finds himself in
a strange land, of dazzling white
ness. From the many hill-tops one
views scores of alabaster clusters,
once individual villages, now sub
merged in the great municipality.
Houses are almost uniformly one
story. Architecture is Spanish,
Bungalows are mostly concrete,
with red-tile roofs, and no base
ments. The stucco exterior is in
harmony with the climate, sunshine,
Spanish inheritance, and open air
life of the people. Graceful palms,
stately eucalyptus, and feathery
pepper-trees heighten the contrast
with our eastern cities.
These strange new surroundings
produce something like ferment.
Changes in character, sentiments,
even religion follow. Religious cults
are here, as in probably no other
city. "The Athenians sought to tell
or hear of some new thing" Here is
the "Metropolis of Isms.' All fads
grow and prosper here.
Aimee Mcpherson, founder of the
Four-Square Gospel, has established
400 branches here, with 1875 mis-
sions in other parts of the world.
5000 trained evangelists and mis-
sionaries have been sent out from
her Bible College. Her dramatic
appeal is supported by four robed
choirs, and many orchestras and
bands. The Tabernacle is a magni-
ficent building, with blue sky cell
ing set with stars The city has
1883 churches, the Methodists have
189. Exuberant sects are legion.
Legions too, of social fads, are
here. Men go hatless, women stock
ingless. Long haired, bare headed
and bare footed men herald strange
doctrines. Economic vagaries are
born here. The unstable are swept
off their feet and follow the crowd.
Nevertheless, the heart of the great
majority is sound, and the citizenry
patriotic and reliable. Good sense
and order prevails over tumult and
chaos, and sects and nationalities
blend in a hopeful and promising
future-Howard H. Scott.