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topography of the surroundings, and 
not on strictly geometrical lines. The 
buildings, drainage, water, lighting, sup- 
plies, policing, and a hundred and one 
other matters that he has to supervise, 
would be too numerous to mention in 
detail, hut he is supposed to be a sort of 
walking encyclopedia on information in 
his department. 
To accomplish these many duties the 
Park Superintendent must have the thor- 
ough support of his Park Commission- 
ers, and must prove himself deserving of 
their confidence. 
He should have complete control of 
his working force, and give them to un- 
derstand that neither religion, politics 
or nationality gives them a preference, 
hut rather an interest in their work, and 
its best accomplishments, will insure the 
many favors. 
He may not get any more credit from 
the powers that be, but he has the con- 
scious reward of doing his duty, and the 
untold pleasure of seeing the gradual ac- 
complishment and development of work 
undertaken, and have the feeling that, in 
a small way, he is helping to make this 
world more beautiful, so that it may 
be a joy forever to those who may fol- 
low sooner or later in his footsteps, for 
as we train a young tree so shall it grow. 
MSCUSSION FOLLOWING: 
Mr. Mische — I would like to provoke 
a little discussion. I would like to know 
what the members think of combining 
the office of Superintendent with the Sec- 
retary. It always occurs to me that the 
Park Superintendent is one thing and 
the secretary another. I would like to 
know what other members think of it. 
Maybe some members fill that position. 
Mr. Richards — I am only the Assistant 
Superintendent and I don't think the 
idea is a good one. I presume there are 
many who disagree with that, but there 
are many reasons why the Superintend- 
ent should not be Secretary. In most 
cases he is not adapted for that kind 
of work. T feel that I am not. 
Mr. Manning — If the secretary was 
under the Superintendent and not re- 
sponsible to the Board it would he all 
right. In Baltimore the Secretary is sub- 
ject to the General Superintendent as 
much as the .\ssistant Superintendents 
would be. 
Mr. Wirth — I think that there are sev- 
eral places where one man fills the po- 
sition of Superintendent and Secretary. 
I don't know how that works, but it 
would seem to me that in a very large 
department the Superintendent had all 
he could do without being hampered 
with the duties of the Secretary. In Min- 
neapolis I do not think it would he pos- 
sible for one man to fill both offices. I 
believe the Superintendent should be the 
executi\-e officer of the Board, and the 
office of the Secretary is so entirely dif- 
ferent from the duties of the Superin- 
tendent, and that the department should 
have the two offices distinct, hut there 
should be harmony and the two offices 
should work hand in hand, but I believe 
in any' large department the Superin- 
tendent has all he can do without the 
e.xtra duties of the. Secretary'. 
PARK MEMORIALS TO GERMAN GARDENERS 
The Trip memorial shown in one of our illustrations 
is a tribute to a German landscape .gardener, and stands in 
Masch Pafk in Hanover, Germany. It is distinctly German 
and unusually rich in sculptural adornment for a memorial 
to a private citizen. Its very appropriate character for its 
situation in a public park is one of its chief charms. It is 
a sculptured fountain with wide e.xedra seats, not shown in 
our illustration, extending from either side of the main 
structure, which is itself an unusually massive architectural 
form. The male figures signifying creation and the female 
forms oppo.site them .symbolizing growth and abundance are 
admiral)ly suited to an expression of the work of a public 
gardener who had much to do with making the landscape 
beauty of the park in which the memorial stands. The archi- 
tecture of the central structure is typical of the massive style 
of the more elaborate German memorial art and is very sug- 
MONUMENT TO PARK DIRECTOR, ESSEN, GERMANY. 
Prof. Goldkuhle, Sc. 
gestive to the student of monumental design. The work was 
executed by Sculptor George Herting, of Hanover. 
Another simple, but interesting, memorial, remarkable 
for its appropriateness and its handsome setting in the 
public park in Essen, Germany, has just been unveiled 
in memory of H. J. Stefen, the City Park-Director of 
Essen. Mr. Stefen had rendered long and valuable serv- 
ice to his city in the improvement of both parks and 
cemeteries, and had been instrumental in establishing a 
nursery and a school of forestry? which lately opened there. 
The memorial was erected by the city and consists 
of a massive block of granite finished in natural style and 
bearing a bronze relief portrait of Mr. Stefen, modeled 
by Sculptor Goldkuhle. The unveiling was attended by 
appropriate public exercises, and the memorial, as may 
be seen in our picture, has been given a landscape set- 
ting in harmony with the character of the man it com- 
memorates. 
MONUMENT TO A GERMAN GARDENER. 
George Herting, Sc 
