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HOME AND FLO]YERS 



IN ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS OF MINNEAPOLIS 



culty confronting those who are interested 

 in the improvement of school methods is 

 the general failure on the part of educa- 

 tors themselves to grasp the tirst prin- 

 ciples of municipal government. Teach- 

 ers have no opportunity to learn the man- 

 agement of civic aifairs, or to realize their 

 civic responsibilities. Their work is such 

 a grind that they have no chance to obtain 

 for themselves a broader culture, or to 

 infuse enthusiasm into those under their 

 care. 



^'Municipal Improvement in St. Louis" 

 was the subject of a paper by Mrs. Louis 

 Marion McCall, of that city. Mrs. Mc- 

 Call recounted the work done by the St. 

 Louis branch of the League, a full account 

 of which Home axd Flowers hopes to 

 present in a complete article in the near 

 future. "Publicity/' said Mrs. McCall, 

 "has been the most important factor in 

 our success. The newspapers have pub- 

 lished all about our aims and their results, 

 and to this mav be attributed our success.^' 



In addition to describing the actual phys- 

 ical improvements in the city, Mrs. Mc- 

 Call spoke of the "showing up" of mu- 

 nicipal corruption. "Our success has 

 made us bold, and we are now demanding 

 the depressing of steam railroad tracks, 

 the controlling of all the railroad en- 

 trances and exits by the terminal associ- 

 ations, and the abandonment of the smoky 

 tunnel to freight transportation." 



Mr. 0. McG. Howard, of Chicago, then 

 read a paper on "Eural Communications." 

 Mr. McHoward explained the rural free 

 delivery system, and contrasted the condi- 

 tion of the rural regions of today with 

 that before the introduction of the free 

 delivery of mail, and the trolley and tele- 

 phone systems of communication. His 

 paper was received with much favorable 

 comment and several leading magazines 

 have asked permission to reproduce it. 



The afternoon session was begun with the 

 report of the Committee on Xominations, 

 which was as follows: For president. 



