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vertising on street lamps, and telegraph poles, and com- 
plimented St. Paul on the new capitol site and on fore- 
sight in having the public buildings in the center of 
a square, so as to give an opportunity for the proper 
display of architectural beauty. 
The report of Secretary E. G. Routzahn, of Dayton, 
Ohio, was devoted largely to an account of the expan- 
sion of the work of civic improvement throughout the 
country during the year. He read extracts from many 
letters showing the encouraging growth of the move- 
ment in towns and cities of all sizes. 
The other speakers for the first day were: Miss 
Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago; Archbishop 
Ireland; Mrs. Florence Kelley, of New York, secre- 
tary of the National Consumers’ League; Prof. S. B. 
Green, of the Minnesota Agricultural College ; and 
Earl Layman, secretary of the Civic Improvement 
League of St. Louis, who told of the results achieved 
by that organization. 
Reports were made by Mrs. Louis McCall, of St. 
Louis, Frank Chapin Bray, of Chautauqua, Mrs. Fran- 
cis Sherman, of Milwaukee, Miss M. Eleanor Tarrant, 
of Louisville, and Mrs. J. E. Turner, of Dallas, Texas. 
Second Da.y, September 25. 
The business of the second day, in addition to listen- 
ing to a number of interesting addresses, consisted in 
the election of officers and the adoption of resolutions. 
The following are the new officers : President, How- 
ard C. Heinz, Pittsburg; first vice president, Edmund 
J. James, Northwestern University, Chicago; second 
vice president, Mrs. Louis Marion McCall, St. Louis ; 
third vice president, Gen. William J. Palmer, Colorado 
Springs, Colo. ; treasurer, Martin D. Hull, Chicago ; 
corresponding secretary, Charles Zueblin, University 
of Chicago, Chicago; recording secretarjq O. G. Mc- 
Howard, Chicago ; field secretary, E. G. Routzahn, 
Springfield, Ohio; executive board, Mrs. Conde Ham- 
lin, St. Paul ; Edwin L. Shuey, Dayton, Ohio ; Clem- 
ent Studebaker, Jr., South Bend; Frank Chapin Bray, 
Chicago ; Mrs. W. E. D. Scott, Princeton, N. J. ; Mrs. 
Percy V. Pennybacker, Austin, Taxes; J. Horace Mc- 
Farland, Harrisburg, Pa. The executive board was 
authorized to fill any vacancies that might occur. 
The following were among the resolutions which 
were unanimously adopted : 
“The American League for Civic Improvement 
notes with great pleasure the very general approval 
which has marked the public reception of the sugges- 
tion for a model city exhibit at the St. Louis exposi- 
tion, first made at the Buffalo convention of the league. 
Recognizing the great importance of this municipal art 
and science exhibit and its preparation and develop- 
ment in a practical and efficient manner, this coven- 
tion most cordially indorses the plans which have been 
placed before the exposition management by Albert 
Kelsey, and urges their adoption.” 
“Resolved, That the American League for Civic 
Improvement recommends to the favorable considera- 
tion of the St. Louis exposition authorities the estab- 
lishment of a model school garden as one of of the 
features of the exposition in connection with the model 
city and model farm at St. Louis in 1904. 
“Resolved, That the American League for Civic 
Improvement favors the introduction in the public 
school system of the country of a method of instruction 
in civic improvement so that its principles may be 
taught in the schools.” 
The speakers for this day, and their subjects, were 
as follows : Albert Kelsey, of Philadelphia, spoke on 
billboards and advertising signs ; Prof. W. W. Fol- 
well, of Minneapolis, “The City Beautiful ;” Dr. E. 
W. Bemis, of Cleveland, Ohio, “Practical Municipal 
Reform ;” Dr. Justus Ohage, of St. Paul, told of the 
work of street cleaning, abating the smoke nuisance, 
garbage collection, etc., in that city. The afternoon 
session was devoted to the arts and crafts movement, 
and was addressed by Mrs. Martin W. Sherman, Miss 
Colter and Principal George Weitbrecht, of the Me- 
chanic Arts School. 
Third September 26. 
The last day of the convention was given over to 
practical field work in visiting the parks of St. Paul 
and Minneapolis, and inspecting the free public baths 
at Harriet Island under the guidance of Dr. Ohage. 
Members of the Woman’s Civic League and the Com- 
mercial Club accompanied the visitors, who were well 
entertained in Minneapolis by members of the Park 
Board and their wives. A cordial welcome to the city 
was extended by Prof. W. W. Folwell, president of the 
Minneapolis Park Board, and Mr. C. M. Loring, the 
father of the Minneapolis park system. 
The feature of the day was the address by Prof. 
Charles Zueblin, of the University of Chicago, presi- 
dent of the league. The subject of his address was, 
“A Decade of Civic Improvement.” He commented es- 
pecially on the advancement made in the last ten years 
in civil service and municipal and public reforms of 
many kinds. Improvements in the metropolitan park 
systems made in the last ten years constituted the 
greater part of his very interesting talk. The majority 
of the great park systems of the United States, said 
Mr. Zueblin, had been started in the last decade, in- 
cluding those at Boston, Harrisburg, Pa. and Wash- 
ington, D. C. The exceptions cited were : Stockbridge, 
Mass., started in 1853 ; the bath building in Mil- 
waukee started in 1889; and Central Park, New York, 
which was projected in 1851. 
The other addresses were : “Louisville Playgrounds,” 
by Miss M. Eleanor Tarrant, of Louisville, Kv. ; and 
“School Reforpi,” by Miss W. E. D. Scott, of Prince- 
ton, N. J., a member of the Woman’s Educational As- 
sociation, of New York City. 
