The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
BY FRANCES MARSHALL.

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Long, long ago the first Waldheri. or
set the fashion for the later famous bear
ers OF his name. He was q prince OF
Aquitaine. who fled from the fierce Hun
leader Attia. and, In spite of enemies
where he reigned for thirty years
Walter Wellman, who worked persist
emily in the frozen arctic In an effort 10
be the first American TO reach the north
pole; Walter Reed American army sur
geon, who did more than any other one
man to rid Cuba OF yellow fever some
ten years ago; Walter Damrosch, sue
cessful impresarIo and grand opera d.
rector IN the United States; Walter de
Merton. bishop Of Rochester. who found
ed the collegiate system of the English
universities; Walter. the Penniless, who
preached the crusades; Walter OF Coven-
Wat Tyler. leader OF the discontented
peasants in England-perhaps these men
have not been literally powerful warriors.
but like Waldheri of old they have had
the courage Of their convictions. and
have been willing to fight to uphold them
II need were.
Sir Walter Raleigh, too. might be in
cluded among the worthy inheritors OF
n name first made famous by warrior.
For courtier and gallant though he was,
he was one Of the men who made Queen
EliZabeth's reign one of the greatest in
English history.
After the days OF Prince Waldheri--
and nobody knows just when he lived,
if he ever did live at alone of the
first Of the famous Walters who showed
the spirit of fight which his name sug-
gests was Walter the Penniless.
Not much more is known of him than
Of the Aquitanlan prince. He was a
French knight, and he led a band OF
enthusiastic. almost fanatlcal, men
through Europe in the year 1896. calling
upon them TO follow the banner Of the
cross and rescue Palestine from the in
fidels He was killed the following year
in one of the first battles of the cru
sades, when the men he had aroused
took Nicaca from the Turks.
Just a hundred years later lived Wal
ter of Coventry. a man with his own
ideas about architecture, one OF the
most famous builders OF mediaeval Eng
land He worked In the reigns of King
Henry III, King Richard |, and King
John. and many OF the buildings OF that
age show his influence. In llSI he prop
ably had the entire direction OF the
building OF Chichester cathedral, and the
palace and cloisters at Chichester are
also attributed to him.
In their own day these two mon made
a deep impression. But the work OF the
builder OF Coventry already shows the
marks of time and decay, and the en-
thuslasm which the crusader helped
arouse and which once stirred Europe
TO frutless eastern pilgrimages, has died
down
Another hundred years passed by: and
there lived n man whose work is living
force even today, and will be as long as
there Is education In England For "
was Walter de Merton. good bishop OF
Rochester. who founded Merton College,
Oxford and thereby founded the collie
glate system OF the great English uni
versities.
The bishop had seven sisters and no
brothers. and his sisters were perhaps
responsible for his work for education
for among them they bad eight sons
and Walter de Merton decided TO look
after their training In 1851 he obtained
q charter from the Earl OF Gloucester
which empowered him TO assign some
property he had in Surrey TO the priorN
while they were scholars residing at the
schools" that is to say. at Oxford. This
Merton priory, or college. as 1t became
was the basis Of the whole university
system in England.
llsh Walter had lasting influence OF
the history Of his country, TINS wa:
Wat Tyler, who died in 1881. He wa:
the dignity Of a surname. hut who be
cause he covered roofs with tiles, wa:
called Wat the tller, or Wat Tyler.
He became a leader Of the poor n, @, o
that they used 10 carry on heated dis,
putes as to whether NE or King Richard
II was the greater man.
| FINALLY with n man named Jacl
Straw. Tyler led the peasants In n re-
volt. He went up to London and ther,
met the king to seek terms, lie rod'
UP TO the monarch. dismounted from hi'
small horse. and. with n dagger craspet
: firmly In one hand shook the kings hanc
ferventIy with the other lie told Tho
! king to be Of good cheer which nova
the admonition. Cheer up" Then hc
added. Soon we shall be good com
rades"
The king seemed disposed to listen tc
} b. CT, ayl rat
of the peasants OF Essex and Kent. L
| II had not been for Watts hot temper
| he would probably have come out of th'
| rebellion the victor. But he lost contro
| OF his feelings, stabbed one OF the king!
men, and was himself mortaly wounded
Without Wat tho movement OF th'
| pieces. and for another $50 years th,
| old feudal system prevailed In England
! But Wars rebellion WAS the beginning
| OF the end, and even today the English
poor have Tyler TO thank for some o
! their liberties,
Besides these men, who because O
| their bravery and boldness have II rea
! claim 10 this name OF warriors bold
| there have been many famous Walters
| among the great men of letters, a goo,
| halfdozcn of them stand out above tn,
others. and above other writer's OF the!
| times.
The first of them. who lived at abou
the time OF the English architect OF Gov
| entry was Walter OF Vogel Wcdc. IL
| was OF nome DIrth, rs ms name lnol
| Gates. but he was poor. and he WA
| forced to rely upon his ability as poe
| 10 make his way In the world
| lie lived In the days OF the jonsleur
and trouhadours Of the south. and th'
minnesingers of the north. and he be
came minncsingsr. AS youth he live,
| at the court of Duke Frederick th
| Catholic, in Vienna. and after the duke
| death lie became wandcrcr, and ligcC
| nrst at one court and then at another
| Wherever he could find patronage. HI
went about rcciting poems and singinl