Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-31
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AT Ct ASG0W.E
|ae Portland Party Extends
lis Trip Into Scotland.
Wit to Oxford University During
Concentration Week.l
Ill. and Iriblla.ions Of Americans on Brit
ISL Empire Railroads.

Il 70 i's Recommendation week" at which
or ,ha founding of this ancient univer-
lne ! celebrated. The event of the week
aa ~ ronfarr.ng of degrees on a mum
W. ~ Colonial premiers. and one New
s n1l.sar-yNr. Godkin. When we learned
iW ~, rnraema. this most characteristic
'h .a. ~ oxford was to occur on the day
ssta'wine our arrival, we were over
ivn 'i and thc lcVeliest of June mornings
;ss.a ns in good season before Queens
.s slaee awaiting the procession which
pusi,,aa of Dons and all the high dgni-
e s.as wearing their black caps and scar
~ =, GOWNS. The line of march was to the
ed17dnnian theatre where the exercises
s 81 held Admission" without money
VT yIthout price'-~coud be obtained
ariy through friends. What possible
OEance could two unknown American
vomen have, of securing the coveted
/ 80 of cardboard? " WAS surely, III
par ease. the wholly unexpected that
| ssroened We We're looking and longing
ahpn from the crowd about us stepped a
rauug woman. a stranger, and with a
ssasgnt smile offered us ticket which
ise was unable To use, Gratitude nearly
ysn1ered us speeches., but time was has
,snipg 10 midday and w. hastily entered
ne theatre. There was scarcely time to
rntlee the lower gallery, hiled with gaily
rowned Young girls and their chaper-
amos. the upper, with rows of undergrad
Mates. and the floor denseIy packed with
eergy and fellows; before the organ
pseled forth. and the choir sang the ma
,oaa anthem as the mace-bearers filed
n followed by the line of candidates
wearing the red gown with deep pink
seeyes, a combination of shades that
only d man smitten with color blindness.
could have conceived. The gray-bearded
VICE chancelors address given in-what
we presume were-well rounded Latin
periods was to our amaZement interrupt
"A nv eat-ealls, cries of don't gabbie so
fast" where does the laugh come inn"
ETC. by the students. and received with
laughter and applause by the audience:
much Of the interest and all the impress.
syeness OF the exercises being thus de-
stroyed. We We're told that this is the
one day on which the undergraduates
have license, and that really they were
much more orderly than usual. owing to
the reprimand received during the Prince
Of Wales visit in the spring. To our I'M
accustomed ears ii all sounded most IN
sutng. and the calmness and dignity
with which those Premiers from Austria
LA, Africa and New Zealand bore such
remarks as init him on the back THAI
is a name. Sir George Eastwood Lamp
man Godie! where did you get it?' would
have shamed and silenced any but OK
ford undergraduates.
At the close of the first half of the ex-
ereises still retaining the piece of paste
board ". left the hall TO give to f. her
share Of the sight. and at the door met
that young person on her way in. re-
joleng in having through the magical
combination of a policeman and a six
pence obtained admission. The surprises
OF the day were by no means over. Lat
er. While on our way to Merton College
casually CHANGING down n Side street We
thought we recognized familiar figure
we looked again and in an instant We're
J0yfully shaking hands with a prominent
Portland minister, the Rev. Mr.. Perkins.
who with his wife. had landed at Liver
pool only the previous day, and on whom
we aiterward had the pleasure of calling
at their hotel
Magdalen" with its tower and chapel
-penefated Addson's walk-the impress.
sive grand quadrangle of Christ churcH4
The ancient glory of new college--are not
for us TO attempt to describe The fine
dlhlng hall and kitchen of Christ church
were duly inspected, and much to our
surprise we discovered that the "Merin-
CUES which the chef offered us lacked
classic flavor as well as vanilla. If any
iootsore and weary traveller. desiring a
lew days in which to recuperate, longs
Tor the quiet of home where beds are
aowhy and the table excellent let such
an one seek 'Shakespeare's Inn" at War
WICK IT Is all there, what every one has
feae ABOUT and wanted to experience: the
pleasantest most comfortable of land
H.ies-Mrs. Hunt-the neatest and deft-
est OF English maids to attend TO all ma
.erial wants, Warwick is the most con-
fehient starting point for all excursions
anu me drives are dreams of quiet beau
" me driver to secure tone who
Tnows MS Warwick and its environs) is
ioih mortimer, and his most intelligent
ani,ha' Artful Dodger."
Indeed Miss 'ees that artfIl Won
wouldn't believe" and certainly the
urooping head and general air of weari-
MSS ABOUT the orse never would have
.,iussested any quality so brisk We ques-
AZ aiter our drive were over. If Tom
a ~. ~ snare with his servants in sSnple
l;ia III . IN not drive you furious
nm l aia am through the country. III give
you Time TO look about n bin True 10
~. 10 "ora' we often fingered long. but the
IN. = not always to the swift and art
Nv Soy, saye US opportunity to write indeli-
6a,de "poh our memory pictures of green
at nios anu fipening wheat. and to listen
to The son On our return from Stratford
moods . W vns OF many nightingales II
neeus Walter Scott in the fieeh IN hula
factin me sight-seer's perfect salts.
ihougs i, te ruined Castle of Kenilworth
banana, ~, spot Is indicated where the
green s,,, sill was yet the thick carpet OF
with oni,, Inc ceiling of blue heavens
remaninp dasment of ivy-mantled wal
flon ~ - require a most vivid reeollec-
,l ,on " the great romance "a rac,Ii ~,
r.. "a ~, : former glory.
C'astla nbt Is it with lordly Warwick
hIxnrfo whose magnificent grounds and
wealth ~, iI'tellor, give every evidence OF
span;ai,, anu unremitting care. We were
painting Interested in the noted French
ps..i ,e, ana inquired of tho nondescen,1ine
/, a. 'eihah IN gold lace ana ,,.,,,1, ,o,,dJs
fam" as good likeness? Instantly We
AL ne question to be n fatal mis-
c,arr sEtdam. was the answer T.,
wa Ana surprised tones. there never
ness =, ,neIe never could he. n good like.
tess ~ 9Ws pne so beautiful as the Coun-
to rerro marWlck; II is simply impossible
lova,,pent with brush and oaint such
,wy,ntthn ness This did not tallv arcnratalv
side tS Si'at we had previously heard out
onr,an, edstle walls, but fearing impris-
Inely ,or doubt we blushed deprecat-
wsr,, rlia moved on. by reouest The
the kin,. VI me art gallery were shown
neen aits makers historic maee--and a
dent n al MIC the dining-room resplen-
act,. =. q crimson and gold. 1t wanted ex-
MY I'VE minutes Of Sin that same aftnr-
settle ,iier we had sat on the chimney
Hath Mhere Shakespeare won Anne
a,ra as and visited the memorial the
hest M ~. church. that "Artful'' with his
whin ~, ioremost and Thomas with his
befara' aueh irayed at the end. drew rein
Kind me ane bard of Avon's'' birth place
our s,iie'euer imagine 1--WE cannot depict)
viii 'ismay when the keeper of the door
mast gesture of command said in a
"closo ekasperatingly cheerful voice.
We 81 lor the night ladies' In vain
ssta h,sued. with that sometimes insen.
give n ne called man" that if he would
Instead sSe I'VE minutes the law allowed
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