The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30
FARGO COLLEGE NEWS

i rue or other eatables in the sulY---Cr
sometimes saw fishing nets spread out
to dry There were always many peo-
pie out Of doors-that's where they
live--and they don't wear any super
fiuous clothes especially on the chill
Il dren We spent the night at Pompeii
and took the following day for seeing
1 the ruins of the ancient city. In the
museum some of the remains of hui
man beings show clearly the agony in
their features and in the muscles OF
the body, the awful horror of the ex-
i perience by which they were overtaken.
The best preserved of the houses show
in what manner the people lived and
how artistic they were. You know
the excavations are still going on and
they are constantly finding new and
interesting remains Of that long buried
city.
Upon arriving. in Rome and for
twenty-four hours afterwards, / could
not make mystelf realize that we were
in Rome The city seemed too mod
ern entirely, with its splendid build
ings, automobiles and all the whirl and
hustle Of modern life. But Sunday
afternoon we took a carriage and drove
for an hour around and through the
old city and then my ideas of Rome
were realized. 1T is a city of mark
| ed contrasts, and so full OF interest
That we were tempted to spend long
time there. Monday morning we be-
/ gan our sight seeing by going to the
Colosseum-and as 1t happened we
ended our sight seeing there too,-the
night before we left Rome It was fine
moonlight and we had the coveted
| pleasure of seeing that great amphi-
4 theatre as the softer light Of the moon
shone through the hundreds of open
ings and toned down the harsher lines
which are prominent by daylight. Then
too, ones imagination is perhaps more
powerful at night, and we thought OF
the days when the great and mighty
of that old city took delight I'm seeing
the blood flow there on the sand OF the
arena. It was the thought of the mag
niicence and pomp which used to as
semble there to watch the fierce lights
between men and beasts rather tnan
the magnitude Of the structure which
/ impressed u.s., But the amphitheatre
itself is wonderfully interesting. Nina
and climbed away UP into the fourth
and highest tier and studied out q
good deal about the structure itself
We thought the Colosseum large with
Its seating capacity OF 81 900, but when
we read that 1t could be put down in
SIDE the Vatican grounds and then
nave room to spare, our conception of
It's size did not decrease, but that OF
the vatican increased. We spent one
morning at st. Peters and three at
the vatican. st. Peters did not i'm
press me as being place for worship
/ Inere was nothing of the atmosphere
| winch one feels so strongly at Milan
cathedral for example. Tt seemed rath-
er 70 be sort Of picture gallery or
museum-very well arranged to be
sure put nothing more. Milan, on the
otner hand, with its 'dim religious
hght coming in from the stained glass
WINDOWS and the ever present smell
ship
Of our visits to the old Roman For
ulrl' 20 the art galleries, museums, the
/ lnnumerable fountains, the ruins OF
/ anclent baths, the many churches, etc.
1t would take too long to tell YOU
| We stopped at the cataconbs OF 81.
| Callistus and with our little taners
went down into those great ,,nder-
ground tombs. Miss Pollock,s taner
kept going out and the old monk who
acted as our guide, said she was a
foolish virgin" with no oil in her lamn
was glad enough to see the light of
day once more for it was a terrible
spooky place down there with nothing
but dead mems bones.
The Mamertine prison, the church az
Quo vadis, the English cemetery.
where Shelly and Keats are buried
were also among the interesting sights
we visited.
/ The unusual and truly wonderful ex-
perience we had in Rome. however
was our audience with the pope. Yes
| 1t Is truel We did see the holy father
and had an audience with him-not
| a private one, of course-for there
were probably hundred people In the
audience room. 1t came about through
/ no effort of our owrl-merely the ex-
! preston of a wish. There was q
Catholic priest on board the Moltlre
who was going to Rome to teach. AS
/ ne was jolly sort of man and liked
to play shuffe board we got acquainted
with him and he arranged the audience
| for us, 1t is much coveted privilege
! know. and probably we did not an
/ precfate 1t as a Catholic would have
done, for 1t was curiosity and not
piety which was our motive. How
ever ] think my esteem for the none
IS much greater than 1t was-and
may add my sorrow for him ID greater
too. He Is a very kind looking old
man and his blue eyes seem to indi-
1 cate that he would prefer his old pleas.
ant life with his sisters at Milan rath.
4 er than to be the great pope at Rome
and the prisoner OF the Vatican
Everyone knelt at his approach. and
remained in that position until he had
passed around and extended his hand
to receive the kiss on the papal ring.
Many spoke to him, evidently asking
for some special blessing, and he stop.
ped and conversed with them lust as
any good old man might do When he
had passed by everyone he pronounced
a benediction over us and passed out.
All the ladies were dressed In black
and wore black wells, the men were in
dress suits for the most part
On the way up north we stopped d
day at Pisa to see the leaning tower.
another night was spent at Genoa. and
another at Milan There we saw era
Angelico's Last Supper. From Iyu-
cenne we came to Eisenach, we may
stay here or we may go on to either
the University OF Leipsic or Hanover.
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