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view. In all the lectures and open air 

 talks, practically philosophy mingled 

 with science. The Honorable George 

 H. Maxwell, of Chicago, told the boys 

 of the possible betterment of home 

 surroundings; the editor of The Guide 

 to Nature added more home truth ; 

 many thinkers, writers and speakers of 

 note contributed to the oral work of 

 the past season. 



Professor Horchem is a pioneer in a 

 great new education. The educational 



welfare of the future, a preventive of 

 loss to the body politic in the coming 

 generation. As such, it is deserving of 

 the support of the public, and would 

 be a most legitimate recipient of public 

 funds for its maintenance. It is worthy 

 of note that "Park Life" has to a re- 

 markable extent attracted the atten- 

 tion and received the warm commen- 

 dation of jurists of high rank, as well 

 as of educators throughout the nation. 

 The noted Judge O. P. Shiras, of 



THE VIEW OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THE "PARK LIFE" GARDEN. 



press of the nation speaks of it in 

 terms of highest praise. Many cities 

 are inquiring about it. The departure 

 is radical, in its way. It bids fair to 

 prove as practical as Dr. Leipziger's, 

 New York City, scheme for the edu- 

 cation of adults, and to prove as 

 worthy of support from public funds. 

 At present it rests only upon the 

 unbounded energy of Professor Hor- 

 chem and the aid generously given by 

 public spirited private citizens of Du- 

 buque. Judge Matthews holds that 

 the scheme is a species of "social in- 

 surance" — a guaranty for the social 



the Federal bench (retired), Judge 

 Lacy, Judge Matthews and other jur- 

 ists of eminence have joined with the 

 educational and sociological writers 

 and critics of the country in emphasiz- 

 ing the value of the ideal and of the 

 practical results of "Park Life" for the 

 present and for the future. 



Gentlemen of means in Dubuque 

 have come forward to aid in the work 

 in its incipiency, supplementing the 

 words of the eminent jurists and edu- 

 cators, and the future of "Park Life" 

 seems to be well assured. But such 

 an enterprise, as a matter of "social in- 



