Stamford Union Free School - Camera Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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gotten. The Washington Monument is an Obelisk of white marble. The shaft rises five hundred fifty-live feet five and five-eighths inches in height. In the walls are stones representing various states, cities, orders and organizations. Five hundred four feet up are Windows affording a View from every side. These may be reached by the stairway or elevator. The Lincoln Memorial, made of pure white marble, is on the Potomac side of the Monument. Around this building are thirty-six columns, repre- senting the States of the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. ln the cen- tral hall is a colossal statue of Lincoln. On the south wall is inscribed the Gettysburg Address. On the north wall, the Second Inaugural Address. The Union Station, United States Treasury, the Army and Navy Build- ings are among the many other places of interest that may be visited. Washington visitors always make a side trip to Mount Vernon and Arlington. The home of Washington is the same as when he lived there. Washingtoxfs tomb may be seen also at Mount Vernon. The Arlington National Cemetery is about sixteen miles from Wash- ington. Here lie the nationis dead of the Civil, Spanish American, and World War. The Memorial Amphitheatre and tomb of the Unknown Sol- dier may be seen here. At Alexandria is the old Christ Church where Washington and Lee worshipped. At the Masonilc Lodge Hall there are many relics of Washington. These are the things that high school classes visit on their Washington trip. There is much educational value in this trip. I think some times that this value is overlooked. Perhaps it is thought that these classes go for just a good time. This may be because this good time is discussed more than the educational value. Yet when this good time has been told and perhaps forgotten, the things that were seen, that added to the educa- tion of the person, still remain with him just as the lessons he learns in school. Thus his travel has played a vital part in his education. Lord Bacon says, When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the places he has visited entirrely behind himf' -K. B. H. ,27

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Of the places visited by the sightseers let us take first the National Capitol. This has been called unquestionably one of the most beautiful public structures in the world. There is certainly, in all Washington, no more beautiful sight than the lighted dome of the Capitol at night. When entering the building, one finds himself in the vast circular hall of the rotunda. Many huge columned corridors spread out before him. The walls are decorated with paintings and frescoes. One hundred eighty feet above him is the great canopy of the dome. This is sixty-two feet in di- ameter. A tour ,through the Capitol includes the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court Room, the Senate Chamber, the President's Room tsaid to be the most beautifully decorated room in the worldl, and the Hall of Fame. This Hall was at one time the room of the House of Representa- tives and when it became too small the room was set aside by Congress for statues. ln this room are the famous echoes of the Capitol. A climb to the dome may also be included in the tour iwf it is wished. The Library of Congress on Capitol Hill is just back of the Capitol. This, visited at night, is one of the most beautiful places in all Washington. It is an immense building of whirte granite. On the first floor are the rooms of the library. These were intended primarily for the members of Con- gress, but they are usted by other people. Sight-seers are not allowed iln these rooms. On the second floor are collections of various kinds on ex- hibition. At the top of the central stairway is a piece of beautilful Mosaic work. The entire library is decorated with sculptures, statues, paintings and quotations. The White House, home of the President, is on Pennsylvania Avenue some distance from the Capitol. It covers one whole block and is sur- rounded by Lafayette Park. Visitors are admitted to the East Room only. The Bureau of Printing and Engraving is one of the most interesting places to visit. Here one may see the money and stamps made. The New and Old National Museums and the Smithsonian Institute should be included in a tour through the cilty. ln the Smithsonian are many collections of Various kinds that are very interesting. The New National Museum is sometimes called the Museum of Natural History. Here is seen the Roosevelt collection. The Old National Museum contains an art collection. At Seventeenth Street are a group of buildings well worth seeing. The Corcoran Art Gallery, the Memorial Continental Hall, the American Red Cross Building and the Pan-American Union make up this group. The Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial must not be for-

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MY TREASURES If I could choose the things life holds dearest, The things that I would always take with meg I'd take some things with which I am surrounded, Some little things that every day I see. The scent of roses on a summer evening, The first arbutus found beneath the snowg The soft, sweet song of wind in dusky pine trees, Like organ music, tender, lovely, low. I would take a day of springtime gladness, A word that's spoke for only me to hearg The love of those whose love is worth the havingg These are the things that life itself holds dear. -D. BARTHOLOMEW