The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

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which must be beaten hard as possible. AS
the wall rises above the ground q frame
of blanks Is set up, to keep il within proper
dimensions, this curbing being moved mp
whole is completed. The wallis are gener.
ally of enormous thickness. and under
the troplc sun soon become indurated, like
one massive brick or stone. imperylous
alike to fire and water. When covered by
o projecting root of tiles to preserve the
adobe from the effect Of rains. they have
been known to stand for three centuries;
and when handsomely finished, outside
and in,Nwith successive coats OF delioately
tinted cement they resemble polished mar
bic, and are far more imposing than the
great mass OF frail structures one secs In
the United States. The roofs of San Paulo
houses project tive or six feet over the
street, affording cooling shade to the
from sun and rain. The city bears
no resemblance to q other
In Brazil-but with Its white cottages EN-:
powered in trees, Its green prairies dotted
mountains remind one of Piedmont and
burgundy; while the quantity overriding
Ing caves give 1t an appearance not unlike
v.evay on Lake Geneva, and the immense
plantations of genuine Chinese tea that
flourish in the neiGhborbood, transport one
in imagination to the interior of tho
Flowery Kingdom. In other respects, too,
San Paulo differs from the rest of Brazil,
for it's great univsrsity-the Oldest and
best IN tho cO%untry-has exercised o
marked influence upon the people. The
word dinheiro money. does not sound
constantly in your ears here a. In Rio de
JaneIro. and society has less of q COM
mercial and more of an intellectual air.
FIRST SETTLERS.
Tho history of this section dates back to
an early period in the settlement Of the
new world by Europeans-to the year 1853
when some of the Jesuits who accom-.
panied Thoms de Soma 1.-THE first captain
general of the Portuguese colonies In Bra.
zil found their way to this plain. which
they named Piratininga. They bpils .
school for instructinR the Indians; and
from that humble beginning spranR the
famous college which occupies the same
site. The early school happened to
" % '01 asy on Which wi Jan til. 20; sonv 1s9s
sion of St. Paul is every where cele-
brated by the Romish Church-snd 90
they considered the apostle the special
f pasT tow o. tn sd pis s%Sb, s0a save 10 n' sb name n%or to
ince. The University Of San Paulo. with
it's academy of lows, has long anked first
among oil the literary institutions of South
America. Its Curse Jurldlco has upwards
of five hundred students, and occupies the
old Franciscan Convent, the government
having compelled the monks to abandon il
to it's present moro profitable use. The
lecture and reception.rOOms are on the first
the second; and there are ample court
yards. wherein the students ramble and
memorize their lessons by reading them
aloud. and two great chapele with vaulted
roofs and many monkish relies aoa:
taIns some ten thousand volumes, mostly
the old FRANCISCAN collection. added to by
requests of two or three defunct bishops,
and an occasional donation from the gov
eminent. To enter this college. q student
must not be under sixteen years of age, and
we'll up in preparatory studies. He cannot
advance without having passed q satis-
factory examination on the studies of the
preceding year, and. when the examina-
tons of the fifth year are acceptably passed,
the academy confers the degree of bachelor
of arts. Every bachelor Is entitled to pre-
sent theses on which to be as q
candidate for the degree of bachelor of
laws. In examinations on the course,
students are Intercepted by three profess
sors for the space of twenty minutes each.
Competitors for the doctorate are required
to argue upon their theses with nine pro-
fessors successively, each discussion last
ing half an hour. At the erd of each ex-
animation the professors determine, by
secret ballot, the approval or rejection Of
the candidate. Having taken the ancient
fP 20 mo University So of Coimb1 re-
study In this institution Is rather
~antIQuated. but. in connection with the
smaller Law School of P~ernambucO, it has
for centuries furnished Brazil with all her
statesmen. The genus student il about the
same the world over, as full of pranks and
mischief as of intellectual effort. Swarm
ing over the green town at all times and
seasons, they remind one of Harvard or of
MISUNDERSTANDING up rows in the the
ater, flirting with every female, old or
young. that comes within their range of
vision and numbering sleep for tired trav-
elers in the hotels By rafting billiard
ANN b. WARD.