Show THE NAME of COLUMBUS by ELMO ELKO SCOTT WATSON B E WAS born nearly COO years ago ue lie was not a native of this country and 11 never once did he see or set foot on the soil of the continental united states yeti yet every year 31 0 of the 48 states in the union celebrate a holiday that Is named for him and that also commemorates the event to in his career which has made him immortal uis ills name dame was christopher columbus and october 12 Is the date which we annually celebrate as columbus day or discovery day the 31 states which honor him on that day are alabama arizona arkansas california connecticut delaware idaho illinois kansas kentucky louisiana maine blaine maryland massachusetts chu michigan missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire now new jersey new york north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania rhode island Isi island and texas vermont and washington one of our territories honors him on a different day froni from october 12 in puerto rico rica november 19 Is discovery day for it was on november 19 10 1193 1493 that the italian nani navigator ator sailing under the flag of spain was the first white man to look upon that island 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 universally hailed balled as the discoverer of the new kew world yet pate fate ruled that the dame came of another man should be given to the two conal continents made known to the old world by the voyages of columbus in 1499 1400 a florentine name named A amerigo vespucci accompanied ojeda a span lard to espanola Esp auola haiti and the mainland in a search for pearls lie he wrote a letter in which he called the country he had seen mundus novus new land eight years later at st die in the mountains mathias ring man a latinist and martin Wald a geographer two tso members of the faculty of a little collegiate institute which was the center of the geographical learning of the time were preparing a new edition of Ptole mys geographic Geo graphia however before its ts publication they printed on the new printing press which the institute owned a little essay called to which they added the letter that amerigo vespucci had written in this essay waldsee muller offered the suggestion that since amerigo vespucci had bad seen and described this mundus novus notus it might properly bear his name and be called america later map makers followed Waldsee suggestion and that Is why we have north and south america instead of north and south columbia e 0 0 0 0 although a german scholars suggest suggestion lon cheated columbus out of baling baing two continents named for him on both there are innumerable landmarks which bear his name or a derivation of it in south america there Is a republic of colombia and the chief caribbean port of the republic of panama is colon which preserves the spanish spelling of columbus name cristobal colon in far off ceylon an island oft the coast of india which aich he sought but was destined never to reach there Is a city of colombo which honors his name dame the map of north america Is dotted with reminders of him film canada has a province of british columbia and in it rises one of the mightiest rivers on this continent the columbia the little tract of land which contains the national seat of government of the united states Is called the district of columbia and one of the poetical names tor for this nation Is columbia so when we sing two of our favorite patriotic songs gongs 11 hall all columbia happy land and 0 10 columbia the gem of the ocean 1 l we are pronouncing two syllables of the name of the italian sea captain two state capitals columbus ohio and columbia S C also honor him eleven states georgia indiana kansas mississippi montana nebraska new mexico north dakota ohio texas and wisconsin ln have bave cities named columbus and one state north carolina has a columbus county iowa has a columbus junction and ohio has a columbus grove eight states illinois kentucky louisiana mississippi missouri pennsylvania south carolina and tennessee have cities named columbia and eight states Arl arkansas arcansas ansas florida georgia new york oregon pennsylvania washington nod and wisconsin have columbia counties ohio has a columbiana Columb laua county also a city by that name came as has alabama indiana has a columbia city montana has a columbia falls and minnesota has a columbia heights the largest university la in the united states Is columbia university in new nev york city with faculty members and students there Is also a columbia college in iowa and innumerable grade schools throughout the country bear the name of columbus or columbia one of the most important fraternal organizations in the united states Is the knights of columbus and the first worlds fair in many respects the greatest ever held which honored the achievements of a man bearing his name dame was the worlds columbian exposition in chicago in 1593 memorials to columbus in the form of statues and monuments are legion one of the latest it if not the latest Is the magnificent statue which was unveiled on ca august 3 of last year the anniversary of columbus sailing from palos palo s spain on his first voyage of discovery on Chi cagos lake front it stands overlooking columbus drive one of the main thoroughfares in Chi cagos boulevard system this statue which was designed by charles of st paul and cast in milan italy Is 11 feet 7 inches high find and stands on a 22 foot pedestal of daceno baveno granite from milan it was presented to the city of chicago by italian arner amer fians of that city and august 3 1033 the date it was unveiled was italian day at t the 1933 century of progress e position exposition when thousands of people of that nationality gathered to honor not only the great navigator of years ago but also a modern navigator who he had led his cars cara mels els of the air across the atlantic admiral balbo ot of the italian italia navy davy besides the le new new statue which R aich thousands of worlds fair visitors passed on their way to the exposition there was another reminder of columbua lumbia at last years exposition that was the model of the columbus memorial lighthouse which formed the exhibit of the republic ot of fanto banto domingo tills this lighthouse which Is 1 to cost approximately al 50 la is being erected on a point ot of land facing the harbor of the city of janto banto domingo not tar far from the ruins of what W Y S S 00 inar A est inq ved eikenes H columbus of I 1 61 statue I 1 ain eim f ai A I 1 I 1 X the new statue of columbus Columbu 5 in N I 1 I 1 III 1 10 4 V F T 40 I 1 I 1 K L V J the landu l of columbus f I 1 re enar enacted L ed at the worlds world 5 fair was once the palace of columbus brother bartholomew tholo mew I 1 it Is just such a memorial as columbus hl himself would have most desired a beacon of light shining through the darkness to guide the sailors of both the sea and the air and since the project Is in charge of a committee of the ran pan american union Is composed of representatives of 0 all the 21 states of north south and central america it will be an enduring symbol of friendship among the nations whose existence columbus voyages made possible 0 0 4 0 he be has been dead 4 as years but his bis name still frequently makes the headlines la in our newspapers recent years have hare seen many discoveries about the discoverer which adds to our knowledge of him bin it was only a few years ago that dr A S W rosenbach the noted collector acquired abroad and brought to this country a manuscript volume some years old and written by one andres Berna bernaldez idez which revealed christopher columbus in the hitherto unknown role of a bookseller the reference in the volume was only a casual one but interesting nevertheless it said there waka was a man in the land of milan who ho was a merchant in books and who traveled in and andalusia alusha who tho was called chresto christopher columbus a man of high genius who nho was not a man of letters but was very shrewd in the art of 0 the cosmography of the world who followed what lie he had read from ptolemy and other works regarding the world in aich we navigate and walk and this man who had read from ptolemy was to see in the declining years of his life a revised edition of Ptole mys that of ring an and wallsce muller with another mans name dame given to the two continents which he be had bad discovered 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 indicative of the tact fact that this man dead and buried these four centuries can still provide live copy for our newspapers Is the following news story which appeared in the now new york times last may A life size white marble statue of christopher columbus carved in rome in for many years unnoticed in the storage yard in central park will be placed shortly in columbus park at baxter mulberry bayard and park streets this announcement was made yesterday by park commissioner robert moses who abo said the statue was an exceptionally fine piece of work it was carved 67 years ago by miss bliss emma stebbins then in italy existence of the statue was disclosed to the park department officials through receipt of a letter two months ago from john barnell of syracuse to in which the writer said a beautiful statue of columbus was stored la in one of the park department part ment buildings mr darnell barnell wrote that as a collector of columbus monuments he would like to have a photograph of the statue carved by miss bliss stebbins A research worker of the park department was immediately instructed to locate the statue search brought to light in the files blea of the department part ment correspondence in from the donor of the state to the board of commissioners commissioner of central park and the reply the donor was as marshall marshal 0 roberts Koli erts whose letter follows jl aej oat Stcl statue tle new kew york february 20 1889 fifth avenue corner eighteenth st lion hon andrew 11 green comptroller ot of the central park lly dear sir I 1 have the pleasure through you to present to the central park commissio commissioners nerT the colossal statue of columbus the work of 0 our gifted countrywoman emma stebbins columbus Is represented as standing upon the deck of a ship alono alone and at midnight just before the land of the tha western continent burst upon his view ills mutinous crew have all deserted him and are feasting below balle hile he the intrepid discoverer with a firm grasp upon the rudderpost rudder post looks eagerly anxiously forward piercing the darkness with his eye of faith and with earnest prayers to heaven for success waits tor for the dawning of day that day which coming at last brings with it victory and repose this statue Is truly grand in lt its conception and beautiful in its execution worthy indeed to occupy a prominent place in eur ur central pork park it will add one wore more attraction to that charming spot which the commissioners ners and yourself have done so much mach to adorn for the pleasure and delight of t the people the statue and pedestal are both at the academy of design subject to your order as toon roon as a sul suitable table glass house has been provided to protect the marble from the weather with the hope that the commissioners will be able to provide this during the present season reason and receive the proffered gift I 1 remain your obedient servant MARSHALL MAK gnALL 0 ROBERTS 6 by West ertl NO pam union |