The Portland daily press., 1899-11-22

4, the expression "Hobson's ohoios."
Newnham or Girton College In the
suburbs of Cambridge Is one OF the TWO
colleges In the university open Tor tne
higher education Of women. . Gam
bridge which recall phases OF college
me hods In America. For instance on
the bulletln. boards of st. Johns college
we read: "K. q. Browning lst class,
Tripos Part & II will he glad to read
with gentlemen In chemistry and physics
| for lst NJ. B. etc., h. New court, anu
other similar notices.
Eootsore but not tired OF the diversified
objects of interest, we turned our oacks
upon the old courts and the students In
their gowns and the rusty-looking pro-
fessoIs and took the fast express Tor
| L Ioldon where We reviewed some OF ths
old familiar scenes which are always
fresh, new, Instructive and interesting.
The following morning fo7nd Us at an
early hour in the quaint old streets OF
Canterbury, SO unique and peculiar, tnat
except for the express trains and ooacnss ss
which come In loaded with people OF the
modern world for the purpose Of seeing
tn > cathedral and attending It's services
you would think whole universe mad
gone back seven hundred years or more 70
| tie time when Thomas o Beoket was
murdered In front Of the wall OF st. Ben
edict's Chapel
Canterbury used to be known In Re OF
Roman times as tae British villa pre-
Durwhern, Latinized Durovernun. After
the Saxons invaded England they called
| 10 Cantwafabyrig, or burgh OF tne men Vi
Kent. Here In s97 King Ethelbert re-
ceiyed St Augustine who had come from
Rome to convert the hsathen. Bertha,
his queen, had Just finished chapel on
ST. Martins Hill, which was the earliest
ssat Of English Christianity; this was the
site Of the present st. Martins Church
which Is now the second place Of interest
In Canterbury. There is saxon iont
in St. Martins In which King Ethelbert
was baptized by st. Augustine, who
became Archbishop Of Canterbury: Ten
thousand Saxon subjects hmm sd1ateiy
were added to the church.
There is large illustrated volume de-
voted to Canterbury Cathedral and it'
architecture and the utter impossibiiity
of briefly conveying an idea OF its mag
nifloenoe Ia apparent to all.
The present cathedral which Is the third
church on the same site represents archi-
tectural history extending over four CEN
turtles, for it 10 said that date can DC
put upon every stone. As whole, " Is
Of the Perpendicular style. The ohuron
which was piilagsd by the Danes and
burned down before the Norman Conquer
was in the Roman British times Cn ris-
| tian church; but 1t afterwards became q
Pagan temple and, being given TO 81.
| Augustine by King E.neiDerb io WAS oou-
vsrted into q cathedral and monastery
The second building was commenced In
1910 and was completed by the prior Con.
rad, the magnificent choir being called
the "Glorious Choir Of Conrad" This
was the church In which Beckett was
murdered. and this choir was burned
down In l174. the present ono In the
Transition style being completed In 1880.
and in l4i0 the present nave and transspte
were finished.
Over the principal entrance In the
South porch are some old sculptures rep
rssenting the altar of Bscket's martyrdom
with q sword lying In front, but the
| figures of the murderers in the niches
have been superseded by those of kings
and arch bishops.
The beadls who takes you around. piks
many In the English oathedrals, 10 nc
common lackey, but q learned and e1u
GATED man. He takes you to the door
on the west side Of the transept leading
TO the oloisters where the four bsrons whs
murdered Beckett approached. ant
through which the Archbishop with hii
clerks had previously entered the church
where vespsSs were then bsing sung. Tut
bsadle points out the spot whore the a.
sassina struck Beckett near ths fooe 9
the original staircase. Afterwards bu!ped
but which used to lead 10 the old cheis