The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23

gives IL a mellow Subdued effect. The
altar Is very grand with many delicate
roses that the rosy light from the WIN
dows makes more lovely. Under the all
tar is the grave of young Dahlgren. The
shadows were softly playing across the
peWS and there was none of the noise
and bawling volubility that one always
expects to find around a college. The
| holy-water fountain is of smooth white
marble and stands in the entry before
you pass the double doors leading into
chapel. When we came out again into
the bright sunlight the boys were play
ing upon the campus and pushing and
tripping each other in a game Of football
CAN SEE THE POTOMAC.
There is little spring under sum-
mer house just in front of the chapel and
we stopped and took a drink OF the cool
water. before going away. When we
came around to the other side of the
building we could look down at the Poto-
mac river flowing quietly along, and
spreading out for miles and miles toward
the south, while the steep green bluffs
to the westward showed where it narrow
ed into rushing mountain stream as
you see it at Point of Rocks But the
finest view is obtained from Observatory
hill. On one side of you are the beauti-
full tall buildings of the university, while
rising just beside them is the tall needle
ike Washington monument, that can be
seen from any part Of washington or
Georgetown. Across the river are the
hills of Virginia rising gently for miles
and miles back, and the thousands of
graves in Arlington, with their white
headstones, look like the waves of a
lake. Corn fields and peach orchards
show in places, and old wooden barns
and worm fences divide the land hera
and there. Back of you the great build
tngs Of the observatory look as white as
milk in the glare of the sun, and in &.
dozen places your eye is greeted by the
cheerful colors Of the stars and stripes
The most beautiful thing about this beau
tiful city is the many flags that are al
ways floating.
ONLY LACKS GYMNASIUM
For most of the information contained
in this article I am indebted to Mr.. T.
]. Cullen, secretary of the university, to
whom my thanks are due After leaving.
the college and its obliging secretary we
crossed the splendid athletic field and
running track. If Georgetown only had
some sort of gymnasium the college
would quickly take a foremost place in
athletics, a branch of college work now
becoming so important. Going out at the
old gate in the stone wall made my
way down the narrow street and back
water front great three-masted schoon-
ers filed with ice from Maine were being
unloaded by gangs of blacks. Dozens of
canal boats filled with coal from the
mines of West Virginia We're being tow
ed in strings to the unloading docks. A
rank smell of decaying fish was very per-
ceptible every time the wind came from
a certain direction. There is no place
in this region more thoroughly disagree
able than the water front of Georgetown
But after you have been rowed UP the
river and land on Analostan island you
are many times repaid for it all. This is
one of the most beautiful islands to be
found in any river in the country, and
it is dotted@ over with the huge black
rocks that seem to abound in this sec
ton of Maryland. Through "a vista in
the trees we can see the old stone bridge
that takes you to Arlington, and rising
in the hills just above it stand the col
lege buildings. The sun was turning the
windows into red flame, and the bell was
ringing the Angelus. The sweet tones
came pealing across the waters to the pic
nickers under the trees. The sun was
sinking behind the Virginia hills, and
throwing shadows across the many white
little headstones in Arlington, and the
famous old college was being made to
stand out boldly against the pink and
gold sky. clarifying it and making it
beautiful.
Robertson Howard Jr.