Show 1 J JOUR OUR TOWN We want our town to grow to be beThe beThe beThe The city that our fathers dreamed dreame A city known from sea to sea The better known the more esteemed We We want t to build a city great Yet greater than our city now Through every hour of ot changing changing- tate fate We w want nt our town to grow grow but but how We want our town to grow but groa-but but not In numbers only onty on only alze Our population Is not what Shall make US us mighty make us wise Now naught our Nineveh and Tyre I Where Whore huddled thousands used used to I dwell J- J Humanity will not Inquire How many live here here but but how well We want our town to grow In wealth But grow In wealth that counts th the thi most Our childrens children's happiness and health A better wealth a better boast In song In soul In sympathy In love lovo of good In hate of sin In loyalty In unity We want our town to grow grow and and win I And then we Vie want to grow without To tear away the ancient walls Big Biff brother to the world about Whatever comes whoever calls A city not of brick or stone We do not want to stand apart The more esteemed the better known We want our town to grow grow In In heart Charles J. J Ugliness an Expensive Luxury for Any Town There Is a common belief that certain certain tam tain forms of ot ugliness s have a commercial commercial commer commer- cial value The existence of cheap buildings gaudy signs and shoddiness In general about a city Is due as much to the Idea of ot economy or profit as as to bad taste But ugliness Is a drag on any city on the Individual as well as the com corn It thrusts Itself Into the dally daily life Ufe of the Inhabitants It tt Intrudes intrudes intrudes In in- up upon n the thu visitor and leav leaves 8 no opportunity for pleasant skins One ugly spot or unsightly object object ob oh- may block the effectiveness of beauty In a dozen places nearby Many clUes cities are realizing that ugliness ugH ugh- ness Is expensive and wast wasteful ful accordIng according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Andrew Wright Crawford a member of the art Jury of Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia phia Mr Crawford declares that Philadelphia and several other cities of at the country are planning to replace public buildings the principal reason being that the structures are ugly He declares that an art Jury or commissIon commission commis commis- sion aba composed of Individuals competent ent to pass judgment on the artistic features of any public structure may save cities good sums of money an an- In one year the Philadelphia j Jury ry f for r example recommended changes In desI designs ns of about a dozen structures with a saving of more than |