The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
sTupENr Ne Ar MArLes.
An Interesting Description OF the schools
and Houses.

An Interesting Description OF the Schools
and Houses.
Immediately upon arriving at Naples
! set out upon search for students
boarding house. After long hunt
found one, located in one corner of
large ancient palace. The first thing
that attracts the atte alton on entering
the court of this palace is fountain
surrounded by flowers and plants.
Passing up the great stone stairway,
here and there adorned with u marble
statue, one arrives at the door of the
students boarding house. Strange as
it may appear, the kitchen comes first.
On one side of the room is built series
of small charcoal furnaces, in order that
hot fire may always be ready to cook
a meal for the hungry students. The
one little window of the kitchen grated
with heavy iron bars looks out upon a
garden of fruit trees and flowers.
Passing through long hallway which
leads to the farther end of the house
the parlor is reached. Here there is a
piano, a sofa, few chairs and couple
of large. tall mirrors. This is the
| general resort of all the students in the
house, where they come to sing college
songs or talk over affairs of the day.
The parlor windows look out upon an
other garden. The high walls of a
neighboring monastery frown down
upon it, At all hours of the day can be
heard the monastery bells calling to
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sweetness. The students private rooms
are arranged about the parlor The
rooms are so large that for economy
and company two students generally
room together.
The Italian student does most of his
studying at night. Going to bed at IL
o'clock he will arise at six or seven.
Glancing over his lessons he hurries off
to attend the morning lectures. On
his return home from the university he
drops into kind of restaurant, called
pizzaria. This is an establishment
entirely unheard of in other cities, and
owes large part of its patronage to
the students. The pizzaria is n dingy
little room, fitted up with few greasy
chairs and tables. There are sold large
griddle cakes of dough, baked up with
cheese or oil. The student, with an
appetite whetted by application, eager
ly devours one of these large hot cakes
as breakfast This costs him from
four to six cents. He then goes home
to prepare his lessons. At o'clock he
eats the one really substantial meal o.
the day in his boarding house. After
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cool of the evening he may take wall
in company with his friends along the
quay. After that comes the evening
study. Before going to bed he may
drink cup of coffee or eat salad.
The students in the university O.
Naples have the greatest license in re
gard to their behavior in the lecture
room. They sit with their hats on
sprawled out over the desks ant
benches in manner apparently dis
respectful to the professor. Strict at
tention, however, is always observed.
The university of Naples was found
ed in the first quarter of the thirteenth
century by Frederick II. 1t contains
vast court, where the students prom
enade while waiting for their classe
to begin. Along the street leading III
to the university are placed stands
where are sold the books necessary fo
study. Many old women make thei
living here by selling buns and sand
wiches to the students. Very frequent
ly dignified student may be observes
cramming the last remnant of a sand
which into his mouth as he enters tn
classroom. = p. w. Linnebarger, il
N. w, Christian Advocate.