Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-06


yet written home. Frank Harold, Jr,
Georgia's Rhodes scholarship at Ok
ford, England, describes ths visit 10
Oxford Of the japanese Crown Prince
and his suite, tells more Of life on
the river at Oxford, describe his
visits to Pompen, Naples, Mount
Qesuvius and Venice, and ends wlrn
& postscript telling u Tie ,hriE ae
received ct :ha Rvs from home tnat
he might return for visit this sum
mer. lie said he would sail June
4 reaching Athens in time for the
University commencement His let
Ter follows;
Oxford. Eng, May 10, 1921.
Dear Father: You could never
guess where am writing this letter.
/ am right out on the river IN punt.
How J do wish you could see OK
ford at this time Of the year. 1t Is
lust little piece Of heaven dropped
down in the middle of England. the
life now is ideal.
After the morning lectures ! 90
out to play tennis till 4:30, stop an
hour for tea at the club house, have
another set Of tennis and then 90
to the river, or have dinner ana JheA
90 to the river.
The river is the life. Instead Of
bleak, damp, rainy days, Oxford IS
lust one mass Of sunshine now. All
the trees are in their full coating Of
green and the broad fresh meadows
are in their glory
So late insthe afternoon we 90 out
in a punt 1t is a large flat bottom
boat filled or rather lined with huge
cushions. There's plenty Of room for
four and one man stands in the back
and pushes the boat along and il IS
certainly great to lounge around IN
the coy corners under the trees aad
study and rest.
II stays light till after Q O'Clock,
so there's plenty Of time for punntlng
after long game Of tennis. It's
almost Ike a dream here now.
In two Of my letters recently !
have mentioned a Virginia lady and
her daughter / met in Rome and later
in Paris. | invited them to come by
Oxford They came last Tuesday
and give me so much pleasure to
show them the different colleges and
gardens l had them in my rooms
for tea one afternoon and also took
them punting. They were simply
wild ever the place.
Atlantans in England.
Tom ,Connally, of Atlanta, was an,
other very interesting visitor to
StabBs+ and me recently. lie is one
of the most interesting men / have
ever met. He has known all the
Rhodes scholars We had pleasant
afternoon and evening together
AleXa Stirling and Bobby Jones
are certainly prominent in sporting
circles The papers are full of what
they do and say
Quite funny thing happened yes
terday | was standing in front of
the college talking to an Englishman
when two autos passed and we both
noticed that there was something
unusual about the dress of the occu-
pants. We couldn't see. them well
but Just saw one or two high hats
and uniform or two. They stopped
right near to US at the Bodleian IL
brarY but .tweapaid no especial atten-
ton: to them. The Englishman re-
marked some American tourists !
replied that ] didn't think SO and we
walked off. And do you know that
1t was tiieSerown prince Of Japan and
his S0ites When | found out a little
laterwhe. thew were | got my bicycle
and,s4eeated them in charge Of the
yic&aehancellor in one of the col
leges:
He. q a small delicate looking fell
lowssMith sharp ugly features and
with very little character in his face.
lie had lot of laps accompanying
him and the whole crowd were re-
pulsive to me.
No Love for Japs.
J. believe. we are going to have to
20 over these. or meet them on the
~easoI somewhere before many years.
] was specially struck with one thing
about his visit There was no demon
stration Or. crowds anywhere he went
here sat Oxford and l Just thought
that if@Alr Hearst and a few others
could nave seen the reception Oxford
gave him, they MIGHT change their
minds about the intense love thew
seem to think the English have for
the Tapanese The Australians and
the South Africans hate them as bad
as We do.