Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1917 — Decoration of Schools Urged. [ARTICLE]

Decoration of Schools Urged.

Importance of proper environment in education was emphasized by Rev. Dr. John Van Schaick, Jr., in a brief address before the League for the Decoration of public Schools at its annual meeting at Washington. Dr. Van Schaick declared that proper artistic environment makes not only an esthetic but a moral appeal. * He intimated that the time would come when more public funds could be used .for the decoration of school buildings. He commended the work that is being done by the league, and pointed out that it was private Initiative which first awakened public sentiment to the need of kindergartens, hospitals and other Institutions now supported by public funds, but first started through individual effort.