Arizona republican., 1909-10-27
VACATION DAYS Of
 THE OXFORD STUDENTS
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SEE AND DO ON THEIR OUTINGS.
An Interesting Letter From Clarence
 Spauldino, Rhodes Scholar"

letter from his son Clarence, who Is
 a Rhodes scholar" at Oxford. The
 following extracts from the letter are
 published. as they are of general in
 terest to the public. in that they show
 the variety of experiences and privi-
 leges enjoyed Dy student holding
 such a scholarship.
 Last June the young man. who is
 preparing for the ministry, wrote that
 he preached in the village of Cumnor
 Ga place made famous by Sir Walter
 Scotts Wentworth" as it was in
 Cumnor castle that Amy Robsart was kept in semi mi-confinement by the
 Earl of Leicester and where she met
 her tragic fate) quite aoceptably. In
 his next letter. from Hildesheim. Ger
 many. the young man states that he went to a neighboring town to cele-
 brate Fourth of July with the Ameri- can club. The celebration was held on
 Saturday and. as it was usual for the
 students of a university nearby to spend several hours on each Saturday in fighting duels. the Americans wit messed two or three of them before proceeding to the regular exercises of the day. These duels are fought under rigid rules. no thrusting allowed 5and the body is padded so that only the face and head are exposed. but for all that they are sometimes quite bloody affairs. as the first one was on this . occasion.
 In the letter just received. he states: "I left Hildesheim for Eisenach. where Luther translated the Bible. on Wednesday,. the 2sth- of September. Sid Mckee, an old college mate of mine, was down in South Germany and We planned to meet there. He has the travelling fellowship from San AnselmO seminary. Eisenach is beautiful place and of great historic interest. Luther made it his head quarters the year after the diet of Worms incident, and Wartburg castle. which crowns the summit of the high est of a group of hills. is most pie turesque. Then this is also the heart of the Thurungian forest. the scene of so many knightly tales of the Robber Barons. etc. I only stayed over night. but had time enough to see the places of interest. The room where Luther translated the Bible is in the castle. and in that room tradition says he hurled a bottle of ink at the devil.
 Thursday I caught the through train to Amsterdam. arriving there at D. m-. after a most delightful ride through the Westphalian mountains. which follow the Rhine I met Holman in Amsterdam. He is fellow student from Oxford Friday we spent in visiting some old Dutch villages. We took the trip by boat and were gone from 10 a. m. tiE 6 D. m. The villagers were dressed in the costumes of cen turies ago. Most of them were fisher folk It was like traveling through fairy land. for one reads in history what a mighty influence they swayed: now it can plainly be seen they are nation that was. Their language is doomed English is usurping its place. 1 even supplanting German. The coun try lives on tourists" you might say. Things are very expensive compared with the rest of Europe.
 Saturday we spent in Hague and | Rotterdam. sailing from the latter l port at p. m. and reaching London | Sunday at s:45. We went immediately |
 
 there getting a line on their settlement | work They are working with the | lowest classes and reaching them in a l way that leads them to be respectable. | One of the features of their work that | seemed to me most useful was what | they call the poor mans lawyer One night every week (Tuesday) four | or five London lawyers come out. The | people of the community who fancy | they have legal grievance or are in doubt as to the proper course to pur- sue. can come free of charge state their case to the lawyer. who in turn advises kindly and willingly the right course. The cases are of all sorts, marriage troubles, rental troubles, ac- cidents. -ete. Eighty or ninety cases are disposed of during the evening. I never saw the idea carried out before.
 Yesterday Holman and I visited parliament and saw the house in ses- sion. They are having stirring times over here and. though the budget will pass the house of commons. the house of lords. who are mostly conservatives and who are affected particularly by the taxes imposed in the budget on in- comes. land. death. etc. it is thought will reject it, in which case there will be general election. If the people return the same government. i e. the the lords will have to knuckle under. But if the conservatives get | in. new ministry will be formed and a new budget will be introduced The general impression seems to be that the lords will refuse to pass the budget and an election will ensue There seems to be no doubt but that the same government will be reelected. It is a constitutional crisis as well. for should the lords reject the budget. which is the financial proposal of the coming year. l. e., the amount to be spent and the method of raising the money. about the first thing a bill would be introduced in the house cur failing the government. There is great excitement over here. Last night I sat on the platform with MT Stanley. a member of parliament. a packer of the present government. He was ad- dressing meeting in Canning town on the results to the country should the budget be rejected. He is a bright fellow and can't be more than 30 years old. He is an oxford man nal al