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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
JnfricnGIy Comment in the
Monthly Point Of View.

Further on the Isis opposes the Amer+-
can character E!l t- swrro-sC hv an Eng
Iisb education. and thlt this improvement
WILL D. heuesg.-I 70 us. but IL adds that
10 dos rot s-ppJSH tEa rubbing the angles
III urcuIuya-eL American youth was
matter OF concern 20 Cecil REcdes. the I'm,
pire maker"
The oxford Poir: o. View for his month
has an article ysnturl1g that the founda-
don % the American scholarships may DO
e mistake. u states that "tHe Americans
a-- really our friends very lizzie moro than
;-a French or the Gsrmans.' and goes en-
-. rlv that where al sentimental cant
has ben brushed asiIs the friendship be-
tween America and England viii be FOUND
90 "a what Aristotle terms a wotery
friendship. oa.rg. perhaps. TO the inter
verir- ~Ts. Il saws tlat the Americans
are foreigners. and that they are
u1t as welcome as 'lr Germans.
The VARSITY quotes . speech from MI
-. T.. Sr-a-r q S.. JIhn' College a. tbs
Union U-ras.r- Society. the chief one OF
The uu,ye.sf-y. iu which ne says: This
American scholar w01lI have too much
money. ard t-ls hviLlns lCUt would set a
bad example Of e-ZtrIvIrGucc."
/ ra.=Lt add other opinions, but / regard
the most OF them as lrsre froth and am
prone % believe tla, the majority OF tbs
professors ant students here are inclined
20 be fl.r. and thai when the young Amer
Jeans DO come they viii b fairly treated.
II ls 20 be hoped that the best OF our
-.I~g ucu Will b. sent. and = 50 7 have
10 fear whatever bat they viii more than
hold ;heir own
FRANK @. CARPENTER
Cr-y-i=h.. IT2. ~ ?. O. Carpenter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Scheme of Fines for
Being Out Late.

II they ind a man on the streets without
q college cap or gown they sccost him
with the Question:
"Do you belong to the university"
II the man answers yes" his name and
colIegs are Srusquely inquired. He IS asked
why h. IS out without his gown and cap.
and is ordered to 60 In at once and report
without delay before the vice chancellors'
court at 10 the next morning for nne and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Walls Are Paneled in
Old English Oak.

I understand the students 50 not esps-
cially like the dinners I'm the ~banQuetins
halls. The hall in Christ Church College
makes you think more OF one OF the aisl-s
OF a cathedral than a dining-room. Il has
beautiful windows OF stained glass. Its
walls are pancIed IN old English oak ard
fits ceiling IS about fifty feet high, The room
Is $50 feet long and forty feet wide. and its
walls are hung with portraits OF the great
men OF the college. 1 noticed a fine portrait
OF Gladstone. OF John Wesley. John Locke
md OF Lewis Carroll. the author OF Alice
in Wonderland" among them. Another
portrait vas that OF the Doctor Eel OF
whom you may remember the verse:
90 not i!xe thee. Doctor Fell.
The reason Nhy I eann1t tell:
But this ore thing I know fun well.
! do not Ike thee. Doctor Fell.
There are also portraits OF King Edward
VII. who WAS n student OF Christ Church,;
OF Cardinal wolsey. who founded -. and OF
80 nan others that II would require a
column TO mention them all.
Leaving Chris; Church 1 visited many OF
the other colleges. Each has It's students
who have made names In English hteTa-
ture. in finance and in other ways. Al
MaSdaien. Addison went TO school and the
beautiful two-mile walk about the rscT-a-
ton grounds behind IL Is known as Add
sons Walk"
In Pembroke College you may see the
room Which Samuel johnson occupied and
the desk on which he wrote his dictionary.
At New College. founded in l57s. Sydney
Smith was educated. and IN Balliol- Car
dInal Manning. Dean Stanley and AaiheW
Arnold studied. Onel College IS especially
Interesting tust now, because Il was the one
which Cecil Rhodes attended and 20 when
he lately gavS $1,000 for improvement
and repairs. OrieI was founded IN lS& II
had among It's students Sir Walter Raleigh.
Bishop wnberforcs and Thomas Hughes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

1.-THE world has no place Ike u, and n
would take a lifetime and more than one
to comprehend and enjoy It satisfactorily"
I have visited most Of the classic spots on
the globe. but none like this Oxford Is
more impressive than Athens and the spirit
of learned antiquity seems TO hover moro
closely over II than over the older ruins OF
India, China and Japan. For more than
Loo years men have gathered here for
study. Tradition ascribes Oxford's fOurda-
tion to KIM Alfred in s52. When It began
It was connected with the monaSteries, but
for more than seven centuries It was a uni
versity pure and simple. During the middle
ages II had as many as 5000 students at
one time, and on through the centuries new
colleges have grown up about II, and II has
held its own as one Of the CHIEF educational
institutions OF the world.
Twenty-Three Different Colleges
in Town of Oxford.
The town OF oxford has now 5000 people.
1t is situated about sixty miles from Lon
don, In the heart of rural England. Il is
embraced by the Isis OF Upper Thames. and
/. The Cherwell, which here join and flow on
20 London. as the Thames TO the sea The
colleges are scattered all over the city.
They are not like our great schools and
you can get no idea OF them by such COM
: parisons.
Oxford University Is not one college, but
twenty-three colleges Each college has It's
{ own buildings, missive stone structures OF
two and three stories, surrounding green
? courts or QuadrsAGies with mighty trees
lining the streets in front Of them, and
parks are scstt41ed here and there about
them BY some the Isis and the CherweQ
dow and in others stand trees centuries
old
" The colleges are indGscribsble IN their
time-worn and venerable grandeur. Many
Of them are mora AXE monRsteries than col
leges. They have their cloisters looking out
upon the Quadrangles and through their
; carved dooEways you might expect TO see
q monk IN gown and coWl come forth The
walls are fairly chewed by the teeth OF
time. The pIlars have holes in them like
those in the bark of a mighty tree long
/; since dead. and OF the roofs OF some the
3 slate IS as worn as the wooden shingles
Z OF a house 100 years old Each college has
sts chapel and dining hail. with its windows
7 of stained glass, many OF them painted by
1he old masters. Soma have walls beauti-
s fully carved. some are paneled in oak, and
( wondrous architecture meets you at every
step.
Each college is independent OF the others.
Each has its own students, its own profess
sors and its own lecturers, although the stu
dents OF the various colleges may attend
lectures where they please. The students
of & college live IN Il and the number va
ries according to the room and popularity
of the institution. At present there are 1900
undergraduates going 10 school here. There
are nifty professors and = large number of
tutors.
The system Of instruction IS different from
anything we have at home, and It seems to
me that the American boys Will have an
easy time and will be able 10 take honUrs
without working as hard as IN the United
States.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

the man who wrote Tom Browns School
days at Oxford" I might also speak OF
BrasenCse College and Others. hut they are
all the sGme-0id and q~uliEt-dued with tie
famous literary ghosts % the past and the
serious black-EoEncd northumberland
professors md tbs gay young students q
the present.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Arched Entrance Similar
to That of a Vault.

We now. pass on into the quadrangle.
This Is an immense hollow court OF about
four acres. covered with grass. shaved as
closely as though It was carpeted. There
Is q fountain in the center and wide. we'll
kept walks rsdiate from this TO the main
entrances OF the buildings. This Is only one
ouadrangis OF thu institution. Christ
Church has five. but this is the largest and
finest. The great stone structure about It
IS Of only two stories. but the ceilings are
50 high that Il has the effect OF q four
story building Of the United States.
The walls are entered by arched doors
much ike those OF a great vault A wide
stone pavement runs clear around the build
ing. corresponding to the c~loisters Of some
of the other colleges. and on this you may
see students IN black caps and gowns walk
ing.
The many windows which look out upon
the court have long boxes OF lowers In
them. Those windows belong 10 the stu
dents rooms Every man ~ Oxford has :
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

College Fines and CharceIors' Courts More Play Than Work in
English Student Lfe-Iow Americans Can Live Well
There on Fifteen Hundred Dollars a Year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

punishment II be creates Q disturbance IN
the street or gets into trouble of any kind
he IS called before this court. and tho man
who is out after Il has q serious time with
the authorities.
There IS 4 regular scheme Of fines for be-
ing out late. Each college has Its own pen
aItiea, but in general the charge for abb
sence between 9 and 10 IS 1 penny; between
10 and II. 2 pence. and between II and l.,
l shilling. The man who is out after j
may be fined Il or S. OF even more. &C
cordlnE TO the oTcnss. He IS also liable to
b gated-that is. TO be kept in the college
after S o'clock every night for q week. n
month. or perhaps a whole term. The fines
for misdemeanors run as high as IS. and
in serious cases the students are EOme-
times represented by counsel in college
court.
The university has complete control over
the students. and IN many respects ever
the town OF oxford as well. The vice cham
ceIlor can order Objectionable persons TO
leave the city. and can enforce the going
away OF young women whose characters
tend 20 injure the morality OF the stu
dents. The officials can imDrlson such cha--
acters. and fine them. and they do their
best TO keep them out OF Oxford.
But let US enter the gate under when
Big Tom hangs. II IS now noon and the
heavy doors are thrown back. You can see
a wicket through one Of them through
which the GooTkeeper looks at night and
takes the name Of the student who calls
after hours and collects his nno.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

Frank G. Carpenter Describes Engands Foremost University as a
--M Medieval Institution With Medieval Ways. --
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
aa'SAAn

rrN Tcu 70 down stons Eteps INTO me
basement, entering q reat Btone-walieo
room with . ceiling At least sixty feet
high. A. one side Of the room Is a fireplace
large enough to roast an OK. before which
fowls and meat. are sim roasted on s7;tS.
The fireplace IS SO arranged that 4 dozen
CT more iron splits can be hung in front OF
Il at one time. and as many as sixty chick
ems can be thus roasted st once. In other
parts OF the room there are large ranges.
steamers big enough TO cook two sacks OF
potatoes at a time and all the accOmpani-
ments OF the kitchen OF a large hotel.
Twenty-Five cooks are kept busy preparing
meals for the students. They dress IN
white. with white caps. and have their
chiefs and EubOrdinateS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Baked Haifock.
Fiquants SaGcA
Roast Mutton.
gteak and Kidney Pie
Nincei Pastry.
Wine Jelly

'@@@ NN"aa
Extras: Asparagus. / pence new pota-
toes. 2 pence: cream. 2 pence; sweet ONE
lettc. s pence.
In addition to the charge for the regular
dinner are the buttsry bills. including the
vine. Most OF the students drink wine. beer
or whisky with their meals. The college
Itself furnishes n variety OF beer and a mild
claret. but most men keep their own stock
OF wines ard liquors. / asked some ques-
lions as TO the drinking habits OF the coll
leges and was told that the men as 4 rule
are temperate. although now and then one
oyersters his limit and becomes intoxocat-
Ell. without q disturbance is made. how
ever. such a matter would not be noticed.
one Of the most common forms OF enter
tsinment In the college IS the giving Of
lunche81s and wines. There were thirty
luncheon parties last Sunday in Christ
Church alone. At such ~luncheons all tho
GeliCacies OF the season are provided. in
Guiding champagne and other liquors. The
average kitchen expenses amount 10 Il o.
s. Il week. Many Of the students are high
liyers. and the expenses OF = number Of
those at christ Church range from $40 TO
s. pCr week each
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Students Who Do Not Comply With Curfew Rules Are Hunted by
--Keepers With Human "Dogs"-=

but get 81 sr1 who applies tbs principle
no less thoroughly 90 his football matches
than 20 htS s-ugG-ich5inS transactions"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Food Is Served
at Cost Price.

All the cooking FOR the go students OF
Christ Church College Is done in this kitch-
en-. and the kitchen accounts Of the boys
are kept here. The kitchen clerk has a day
book and & ledger. He keeps 70 the cent
what each student has and gives him a
memorandum at the close OF each week, al
though payment IA not expected until the
term following the one for which the ac-
count IS rendered.
As I went through the kitchen I stopped
ct the clerks oiice and looked at the ac-
cunts. Food IS given at cost price and
the charges seem 10 be very moderate. The
Ordinary breakfast consists OF fish or bacon
and eggs. The student Is served with three
boiled Eggs and some bacon for about
. cents. He gets a luncheon Of cold meats
for q little more. and his dinner In the
common ~banquetinG hall costs him about
a cents. I give you here the menu Tor last
NIGHTS dinner:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15
A Kittens Intelligence.

\ hungry kitten was put into cage,
the door of which would fall open when
loop of wire that hung in front of the
cage was pulled down an inch. The
kitten tried to squeeze between the bars.
and clawed and bit at them, thrust its
paws out between the bars, and clawcd
at various objects in the cage. 1t clawed
the loop several times. but not with
enough force to pull it down. After 100
seconds of such activity, il happened TO
claw the loop hard enough and so es-
capped. After it had eaten food outside
it was put into the box again. There
was a repetition of the same activities.
but the successful movement came this
time after 30 seconds. On the next trial.
general activity for 90 seconds was re-
Quired before the kitten escaped. With
repeated trials the association betwc IN
the interior of the box and the act of
elawing Mt the loop became fixed. so that
finally the kitten would do it in a few
seeonds-that is, as soon as put into the
box. This progress is shown in the
times taken in the different trials. They
were 100. so, 30. 60. IL. IS, 20. so ~.
IL, 10. 20. II, 10, Il. 10. s. s, :. 10. 5.
G. q and : seconds. -International Month
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15

We live in an age of good breeding. in
an atmosphere of kindly courtesy and
tactful manners. and Yet any hostess
who has had the slightest experience has
sometimes wished that she might draw
mp code of laws for the conduct OF
guests.
A guests obligation begins with the re-
ception OF the invitation. 1t should be
either readily and courteously accepted
or promptly and couvteouSly declined.
Nothing is more trying to the patience
of the hostess and to the temper of the
cook than belatcd dinner guest. Per-
hapS no invitation, once accepted, should
be more strictly kept than this one to
dine. \ guest should he at the hostess
house five minutes before the hour ap-
pointed, and. 10 use auother'S expression,
Nothing but death should hinder"
We should go to any function resolved
TO be entertaining and easily entertained.
An appreciative. responsive. animated,
guest lifts part of the responsibility from
a hostess. IL our dinner partner bores
MS we can pretend 10 be interested. and
thus show our good breeding, and COM
pliment both him and our hostess
Womau'S Home COMPANION
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15
A Fragrant Heirloom.

J. Il. Mcdowell, one of the tipstaves
of the Delaware county court ut Media,
has in his possession cigar that is
more than 50 years old. 1t is kept in a
long glass case, which is closed at one
end with a cork, and the fragrance of the
tobacco is as strong and good as the best
Havana cigars of today. The case is
labelled: Bought by J. Miller in St
Jago de Cuba, 1921" y grandunclc of
Mr.. Miller, who spent many years in Gu
ba, bought the cigar, and it was among
his effects when he died many years ago
in Media. 1t came by will TO Mr.. Miller.
and he treasures the heirloom highly. At
the time the cigar was made not only Gu
ba but also Mexico and Central and
South America were under the Spanish
yoke. The elder Miller was not a smOk-
err. and it was a comparatively easy mat
ter for him to keep the cigar intact. Its
present owner. however. smokes. but he
says he has always been able to resist
the temptation to light his ancient cigar.
philadclphia Evening Telegraph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15
Age of Earth and Man.

The question of the antiquity of the
earth and man has caused no end OF
discussion among scientists. The geolo-
glsts have figured themselves into n dis
reputable state. They have gone on add
ing ciphers TO their estimates until they
have caused all other scientists TO revolt.
They are themselves abashed when they
contemplate the results of their own en-
thusiasm. The anthropologsts, who
have made study of the characteristics
of the human race on scientific lines.
have been more moderate in their calcu-
lations, but they can come to no agree
ment. The most modest admit that
man existed and had reached a complex
social condition at least seventy centuries
ago.
There are scientific reasons for assum-
ing that it required thousands of years
for the race to achieve the social condi-
tions which are revealed by the lettered
tablets of 5000 Il. c. The ruins of an
extensive system of waterwOrks afford
presumptive evidence that there was
a hustling business community at Baby
Ion. for people who do not hustle cannot
pay plumbers bills. The tablets prove
the use of printing press and of re-
volving cylinder with raised type.-Bal-
timore Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15
Commerce and Industry.


Gold is always sold at S20.67 a fine
ounce.
Out of 1000 French soldiers 80 die
by suicide
In Massachusetts the average farm is
GA acres.
The hens of New Jersey produce more
than 100000 per annum.
Tea is the principal item of through
freight on the Trans Siberian railway.
Louisiana sells seven to eight million
dollars of cotton seed products from each
crop.
An Indianapolis printer has set and
corrected $1,000 ems in seven and three
fourths hours on linotype machine.
An electrical bed warmer is now made.
The current is run through a coil of as
bestos-covered wire placed in the bed
The number of cotton mill operatives
in North Carolina now exceeds 10000,
which is nearly half the number of wage
earners in the state.
Elihu Thompson, the well-known in
ventor, has devised an apparatus for
welding of the edges of metal sheets, I'M
der pressure. by electrical heating.
The railway interest employs more
men and distributes more money than
any other interest except agriculture.
One from each fifteen ahle-bOdicd men
is employed directly or indirectly by the
railways
a shower bath. with facilities for
bathing 200 boys per day, which was
placed in one of the New York city
public school buildings, is very popular.
4 boy is given fifteen minutes in which
TO undress. wash and dress.
The experimental underground electric
railway of Paris, which. although bat
eight and t,lwe-fourths miles in length,
handles 10000 fares day, has been
so satisfactory that two important
branches will b. added to it during the
current Year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15
Silk Scrap Portieres.

There have been so many inquiries
about the silk scrap portieres. / am still
at work on mine, and likely TO be so ELI
gagged for few years at the present
rate.
Wind in one ounce balls, about the
size of goose egg, cut as neatly as pos
sible with sharp scissors. Sew strongly,
and this may be done by machine as well
as by hand, putting one fold in after the
other. till many are sewed, tnen emitting
the threads between.
One ball. weighing one ounce, win
weave ~ inches If one yard wide: pa
inches if A inches wide; 1A inches If
81 inches wide.
1t will take 16 to 1S one-ounce balls
for one square yard of woven purtierc:
20 to % one ounce balls Cor one yard Of
portiere IA yards wide: % to u one
ounce balls for one yard of porticre ,
inches wide. Have it woven with a fine
hut strong and elastic linen thread. dyed
deep turkey red. Cut the scraps any
length, under II inches. Cut the pieces.
as they are light weight silks. medium or
heavy weight, little more than half an
inch. just half an inch and less than half
an inch, and sew from light to dark and
back again. This is the whole thing
about woven portieres, and If you cut
this out and paste inside the cover Of
your piece box, You'll have it.
MARCH FOURTH.
Note for silk scrap portieres-Mine is
to be 81 inches wide. allowing twenty
four balls to a yard, three yards long
This shape may be use to throw over a
couch or chair. or for n rug when | tire
of it as portiere. | have been told
they never wear out, and l should hope
they wouldn't, for it is work enough to
sew them. The only way you'll ever get
enough is TO make a "stent" as you had
to when a little girl and sew just 50
long q time each day.