accommodated as well here as in their city theaters. Among others, the original cast of the “Yellow Jacket,’’ that immortal little play, have come to this stage while no less a genius than Paderewski played at its dedication. Mr. Vanderlip conceived that the
theater, being perhaps the greatest single educational influence in the world at large, could not be omitted from the experience of a child’s schooling. Each pupil is obliged to do his turn on the stage —before all the other children as audience—at frequent intervals. Plow many of us have suffered from the lack of such an experience in our early years when for the first time we were called upon to face an audience in unfamiliar surroundings!
A moving picture booth is arranged over the en
trance in the rear of the auditorium and once a week the neighborhood is entertained with a regular “movie” program—while of course the gymnasium is adapted admirably for dances as well as basket ball or other indoor games. Out of doors, the land slopes down steeply in the rear, forming a beautiful amphitheatre bordered by a picturesque ravine and running brook. This gully is spanned by a rough stone bridge of single arch, reflected in the pool below and shaded by fine old trees of unusual magnitude and variety.
One can hardly imagine more perfect conditions for children to grow up in. There are tennis courts and a swimming pool, and every modern method is brought into play to train these boys and girls to a full and balanced development of both body and mind.
Mr. Vanderlip is planting seeds of good citizenship which will go far to bulwark as also to extend the boundaries of civilization.
George Elling.
BUST OF FRANK A. VANDERLIP RUDULF EVANS, SCULPTOR
THE GOLDEN HOUR
STATUE IN LIBRARY OF MR. VANDERLIP
RUDULF EVANS, SCULPTOR