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tion of the most casual observer by the 
sheer beauty of form and line and hold his 
interest by the rarely poetic interpreta- 
tion of an idea. 
In “The Spirit of the Lakes” Mr. Taft 
offers a great national symbol. Lakes Su- 
perior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and On- 
tario are artistically represented by five 
beautiful female figures, built upon a mas- 
sive base at relative elevations, with a back- 
ground of a monumental tablet rising half 
way behind the bronze group. A stream of 
clear water rising in the basin held by 
Superior overflows and falls into the shell 
Huron holds ready, then passes on 
through shells held by Michigan and Erie 
to Ontario, standing below, who surren- 
ders her pleasant guardianship over the un- 
polluted waters of the greatest fresh-water 
lakes in the world to the rough keeping of 
the turbulent St. Lawrence. 
The group represents an expenditure of 
several years of work by the sculptor and 
$65,000 from the $1,000,000 fund left by the 
late B. F. Ferguson several years ago for 
The accompanying illustration shows the 
proposed plan, by Richard Iwersen, Park 
Superintendent of Calgary, Alberta, of the 
new Mount Royal College grounds, which 
include about 50 acres of land. Part of 
the grounds is situated on the top of the 
hill, while the greater portion slopes gently 
down, southward, towards the Bow River 
flat. The main building is located on the 
crest of the hill, 140 feet above the south 
entrance of the property, commanding a 
beautiful view over the Bow River Valley 
and the Rocky Mountains. 
The grounds north of the main building, 
which are practically flat and level, except 
for one little mound in the northwest cor- 
ner, will be laid out for “campus” ; here 
the base and football field, with running 
track around it, and the tennis courts will 
be located. 
From the pavilion, situated on the mound 
just mentioned, which is the highest spot 
on the grounds, one enjoys a splendid view 
of the grand panorama. 
The main drive (marked 1 and 2), lead- 
ing up to the hilltop, also the driveways 
3 and 4, have practically been formed by 
nature, therefore the designer had to take 
advantage of this and drew his plan ac- 
cordingly. Only a little grading work will 
Charles Bertles Jefferson, superintend- 
ent of West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila- 
delphia, a member of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents, died 
suddenly at his home, 1321 North Fifty- 
seventh street, Philadelphia, Sunday, Sep- 
tember 21, 1913, of heart disease, and was 
buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. He 
is survived by a widow and four children. 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
the erection of public works of art in Chi- 
cago. 
The five heroic-sized bronze figures make 
one of the largest bronze groups in this 
country, and the casting and setting of the 
group required careful and exacting execu- 
tion. The bronze was cast and placed in 
position by the American Art Bronze Foun- 
dry Co. of Chicago. 
The massive slab behind the group and 
the wings below are of Milford pink gran- 
ite, and the fountain basin of concrete, 
matching the tone of the granite in color. 
The work is placed in the wall on the 
terrace at the south end of the Art Insti- 
tute, where the building forms a general 
background to the view. 
Each figure in the group is ten feet high 
and the whole group, including the bronze 
base representing rock-work, is 22 feet 4 
inches in height. This base is 14 feet 
across the front and 6 feet deep. 
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge are the archi- 
tects associated in the designing of the 
pedestal. 
now be necessary to perfect these roads. 
With the help of the water, which is ex- 
pected there to be plentiful, Mr. Iwersen 
plans to construct a cascade, from in front 
of the main building, running down the 
slope 600 feet. Half way down a foun- 
tain will spout up high the water which, 
dropping into a fountain basin, continues 
its run down the cascade until it finishes 
its course in another fountain and basin. 
An archway, through the main build- 
ing, leads to the College Chapel, which is 
situated directly north of same. 
Other smaller college buildings and 
dwellings for the teaching staff will be 
scattered southeast and southwest of the 
main building on the high spots all along 
the driveways and paths. 
The soil is a very good one, a good layer 
of black loam on top being present. It 
will take a great number of years, how- 
ever, for the trees and shrubs to acclima- 
tize and show a healthy growth, as the 
land is still bare prairie now and is very 
much exposed to the winds and the weather. 
There is no vegetation noticeable worth 
mentioning except an abundance of prairie 
roses. 
The college committee intends to begin 
with an expenditure of $1,000 for the en- 
terprise, laying out of the grounds, etc. 
Mr. Jefferson was 43 years old and for 
tw'enty-seven years had been connected with 
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, his first employ- 
ment being with that concern, where he 
rose through various positions to be su- 
perintendent. Mr. Jefferson was particu- 
larly interested in the greenhouse and lot 
decoration of the cemetery, which he saw 
grow from a small beginning to large pro- 
portions, there being some 3,000 endowed 
and special care lots besides the general 
planting of the place. The ten greenhouses 
just completed under him are considered 
model houses, and the greenhouse con- 
servatory at the office, also just completed, 
is very large and affords fine display rooms. 
Mr. Jefferson was seriously injured in an 
automobile accident in 1912, being in the 
hospital nearly three months and away 
from his desk about six months. It is 
probable the effects of this accident con- 
tributed to his death. In addition to his 
cemetery work, Mr. Jefferson was a noted 
vocalist, singing in church choirs for more 
than twenty-five years. He was a member 
of Grand Fraternity and Junior Order of 
American Mechanics, and was widely 
known with a large circle of friends. He 
was a member of St. James Episcopal 
Church, of Hestonville, Philadelphia. 
PERSONAL MENTION. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Loring, of 
Minneapolis, were signally honored Octo- 
ber 14 by a unique dinner given by Will- 
iam H. Eustis at the Hotel Radisson in 
honor of Mr. Loring’s eightieth birthday. 
One hundred and forty guests had been 
invited and the dinner appointments and 
the novel decorations were a complete sur- 
prise to Mr. Loring. The dining room 
-was laid out to represent Loring Park in 
miniature. To reach the table necessitated 
a walk through Loring Park. All along 
the walls was beautiful autumn foliage in 
golden yellows, russet and' deep mahogany 
red ; the floor was turfed and gravel out- 
lined the paths that led around the two 
miniature lakes and through the tangle of 
flower beds and pretty woodland nooks. 
On each table was a centerpriece repre- 
senting the sports and amusements in the 
parks. Football players occupied the cen- 
ter of the first table, the tiny dolls in cos- 
tume busying themselves in football atti- 
tudes on the field. On the second table 
were seen men at water sports, such as 
canoeing, sailing and boating. A woodland 
scene from Glenwood Park, showing per- 
sons rambling in pleasurable pursuit 
among the trees and shrubbery, formed 
the centerpieces on the next table. A toy 
menagerie was the centerpiece of another 
table, illustrating wild animal life as it is 
seen at Minnehaha Park and Longfellow 
Gardens. Congratulatory remarks were 
made bj' old-time friends of Mr. Loring; 
two former university presidents, Cyrus 
Northrop and Dr. W. W. Folwell, Mayor 
Nye and other leading citizens. 
Myron H. West, of the American Park 
Builders, Chicago, has been engaged to 
lay out a modern townsite on the Indian 
River, near Stuart, Fla. 
Gustav W. Rosenthal, a machinist, has 
been chosen by the cemetery board as sex- 
ton of Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis., 
to succeed W. J. Noe. 
PLAN FOR FIFTY-ACRE COLLEGE GROUNDS. 
THE OBITUARY RECORD. 
