University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Morally, Milwaukee is unrivalled, it being a remarkable fact that the number of policemen per czzpzhz is less than in other large cities in the world, and it might be added that this number have very little to do. The water supply of Milwaukee and all connected with it, is owned by the city, and its market value alone exceeds the public debt of the city. The new intake tunnel for the supply of water is located 8,000 feet from the shore of the lake and 45 feet below the surface, and is so situated that absolutely pure water, as cool and clear as crystal, is supplied in unfailing abundance. By means of a tunnel from the lake to Milwaukee River 525,000,000 gallons of water are forced every twenty-four hours into tl1e stream, and by accelerating its motion, keeps the river clean and pure throughout the year. There are nearly I4O churches, Chapels and' missions, representing every phase of religious thought, and meeting the requirements of every religious mind. Among the many features that 'commend Milwaukee as an educational center and make it specially adapted for a Normal School for thc educating and training of teachers, are: The Public Library, The Public Museum, The Layton Art Gallery, The Public School System, which offers opportunities for practice teaching that no other city in the State possesses, its Banks and Banking Systems, of great aid to classes in Civics and Economics, its immense manufacturing plants, always Open for inspection to students, its Art stores, its Book a11d Music stores, and the Soldiers' Home. 15

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Che flbtlwaukee llbnblic library. LUTIE E. STEARNS, Supt. Circulating Dept. President Eliot of Harvard College sounded the key-note of modern library thought and spirit when he said: It is always through the children that the best work is to be done for the uplifting of any community. The problem of the child is the problem of the State and no less the problem ofthe Public Library. The librarian strives to reach every child at the earliest possible moment with the very best and most attractive literature, believing that what we make children love and desire is more important than what we make them learn. School statistics show that more than halfthe children who enter school leave before they are twelve years of age. It is while at school, therefore, that the child must be taught to know something of the great world of books. All teachers are gladly welcomed and encouraged to come to the Library, where they may go directly to the shelves and select a number of books in proportion to the size of their classes. These books are then sent to the schools, where they are issued by the teacher to the pupils of her class. This makes of each teacher a librarian for her class. She knows best the individual wants and capacities Of her pupils. 17