THE OUTDOOR WORLD. 



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"THE TENTS ARE UP; NOW LET'S PUT IN THE BEDS AND ARRANGE THINGS. 



charge continue as a loyal little army 

 persistently through the vacation as 

 well as through the school months of 

 the year. 



As an outdoor summer home for the 

 boys Professor Horchem secured one 

 of the choicest, most beautiful plots 

 of ground in all the course of the Mis- 

 sissippi. The enterprise, public spirit 

 and personal influence of Judge Shiras 

 has secured for Dubuque "Eagle Point 



Park," on the noble bluff overlook- 

 ing the great river. Immediately ad- 

 joining this magnificent pleasure 

 ground, which could scarcely be dupli- 

 cated in a thousand miles, are the 

 acres which have thus been consecra- 

 ted to "Park Life." Here is the garden, 

 where corn, tomatoes and potatoes 

 grow ; where fruit trees and shade trees 

 and hedges are planted ; where the 

 boys, in light, summer garb, swing the 



"CHUMS" IN ONE OF THE SMALLER TENTS AT THE LEISURE HOUR. 



