The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-15

| king three centuries and quarter ago,
stuck fast soon afterwards and has re-
NAMED a fragment ever since, Intend
ed by It's architect (the celebrated Her.
rera) to be the most magnificent speci-
men of the Graeco-R Roman style on
earth-either the money gave out or the
artist died, and only the nave and tow
ers were ever finished. One of the tow
ers (here We're four in the plan), fell
down about a hundred years ago, and 1t
is Enthusiastically Spanish that it's
debris remains to this day in the streets
of Valladolid
A more interesting church known as
Santa Maria de Antigua. was built in
the year 1900. The university, now the
best in Spain since the decline OF Sala-
manca, has an average of fifteen hun
dred students. 1t was founded in the
year 1916, but the present painfully
Rocco building is not yet twenty
years old Near the tumble-doWn Pa
lacio Real of Philip III is the grim
convent OF San Pablo a Dominican in
stitution of the earliest days, which
was rebuilt in 14G3 by Cardinal Torque-
mazda, who had been one of it's monks
He was the ferocious Confessor of lsa-
bel the Catholic, and he it was who eX-
torted from her the promise that she
would devote herself ito the glory of
God and the exaltation of the True
Faith Under Torquemada's infiu-
ence the numerous autos de fe, held in
the main plaza, became greater sport
than the bull-fghts and were attcnded
by the court in gorgeous array, the
victims of the burning dressed in yell
low shirts on which were painted
flames and figures of devils. The car
dinal was also an enthusiastic patron
of art and literature. and the inscrip-
ton "operibus credite," referring to the
splendid buildings which he founded, is
repeated around his tomb. The facade
of San Pablo is still a miracle of laby-
rinthine Gothic tracery and 80 is the
facade of San Gregonia, one of the
foundations Of Cardinal
Ximenez. The latter is the great show
place of Valladolid, with it's wonderful
quadrangle and staircase, its artesna-
do halls and chapel, and the portal,
rich in heraldic ornament, which runs
up into an armoral tree. Close by Is
the curious old house in which Philip
III was born The museum is hand
some building externally, dating back
to 1929, but hardly worth visit. 1t
all the paintings. carvings and |
that could be collected in |
the provinces when the convent was |
Several of the ex-convents |
now do duty as barracks, factories and |
shops. The public library is said to
contain twenty thousand volumes |
There is a fine new hospital in the spa |
cious Parque de la Magdqelena and |
several Summaries and colleges. Most |
interesting among the latter Is the CO.
egio de los Escoceses, formerly a Je-
suit institution, founded at Madrid by |
Colonel Semple, in 1927, and transferred /
o Valladolid about a century and
1alf later A score OF young Scotch
or the priesthood. The English col
eye Geologic de los Ingleses), Is anoth-
II unique institution. 1t was endowed
~ Sir Francis Englefeld, one of the
most Jealous adherents of Mary Queen
# SCOTS, who withdrew to Spain after
Ter, execution. In 1890 Philip II grant
d certain privileges to this college,
which it still enjoys" Forty-five stu
ents from the United Kingdom are
he usual number in training for the
Priesthood. The Irish college at Sala-
nanco completes the t'io of British Ro-
nan Catholic Institutions In Spain.
FANNIE b. WARD.