Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-24
HOME FROM A YEAR
 OF TRAVEL AND STUDY
Albert R. Chandler Says City 5eauti- ful Committee Would Find Much to Praise in German Cities.

Albert R. Chandler has recently re- turned to his home in this city after . year of study and travel in Europe. He sailed from Boston to Liverpool in August last year and spent six weeks travelling in England France, and Switzerland. On the frontier of Switzerland and Italy he saw some of the first Italian troops that were mo- bilized for the invasion of TripoH.
 Early in October he settled in the quaint old town of Marburg, Germany, for five months of study. The town occupies the steep slopes of hill, and the narrow, crooked streets are lined with picturesque old houses.
 A castle on the top of the hill and fbe fine church of St. Elizabeth at the foot contribute to the mediaeval at mosphere. The peasants still wear the pdd, gaily colored costumes which aave been in. vogue there for centuries. From this district came the hated He's nans of our revolutionary times. The modern Hessians, however, have no 1ntipathy toward Americans and in Iact their ancestors fought against us ohly under compulsion.
 While in Marburg, Mir Chandler had the rare privilege of residing in the family of professor in the university and thus had favorable opportunity Tor becoming acquainted with German 6fe. He studied philosophy at the university during the winter term, which lasted from October to March. Meanwhile he found occasion to visit Iome of the chief cities of Germany committee on the City Beautiful would find much to praise in Germany lt would be hard. to be sure, to find In Germany any more attractive resi- nential streets than Broadway and Washington street, but it would be uuite impossible to find streets so bad ly filtered yards as unkempt, or build lngs as dilapidated as those that dis figure some other districts of the Rose of New England. tl.
 In March and April, Mr. Chandler made leisurely journey through It. HIy, crossed to Greece, where he visit cd Athens and Olympia, and returned 10 Germany by way of Constantinople, Costanza, Budapest and Vienna. He found more of beauty and interest in the landscapes and churches and gal leries of Italy than in any other coun- try he visited.
 Neither Rome nor Constantinople suggested by it's aspect that the ma tions were engaged in war; but the seriousness of the situation was shown by the fresh batteries along the Dar- dEdl0SJ mines which steamers were required to take. MT. Chandler's steamer was among the last to reach ConstantinopIe before the bombardment of the straits by the Italians and their closure to traffic by the Turks.
 The simmer term from May to August l was spent in the university of Goettingen. Germany. MT. Chand- Ter had the pleasure of seeing several Norwich people toward the end of the year, He met Mrs. H. E. Haskell. in Goettingen. where she gave an ad- dress before the International Society of Students and he spent several days in Berlin as the guest of Willis A. Briscoe and his son, Traver Briscoe, He sailed from Bremen August 6 reaching New York seven days later
 MT Chandler will remain in Nor wich until he returns to Harvard mi versity in the fall. where he will com plete his work for the degree of Ph.D at the same time serving as assista Inf in philosophy.