Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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16 THEt'ROCKETY-I'i of 111is piazza $1111 preserve the shape 01 1he grounds on which $111011 11m 13111115 111' Diocletian. A part. of the ancient structure is 1'0111111' 113011 as 11 chureh. Another 131111 eentnins 1111 alwiltlenillgimli 111115011111. The 1'11: A'rIzI'aImie whieh 11211111 10 111111 from the rounded ttsquai'ei1 is one 111 111a 11min hushwss thm'oughl'nres 01 1110110111 Rome. It 111111111 1111111151 111' 11111011 11 haulewn'd, 11s it is wide 111111 straight l.'ur the greater part: 012 its length 11nd 01'111111101111'11 on either side with shade trees. To 11111111151120 the 11'1111ie nt 0111' point 11 humei 01f nhout fifty feet in width 11115 119011 pierced through the QIIiI'iiIIII hill at right 2mg 5 with 111a 1-111. A'ngiomgi'c. It 111151-111 111111131 1110 grounds of 1111- royal 1111111112 Hume II'II: one 01 the tirst cities 01' any i111pm'111111-e 10 provide its sire ' with eiectric light, There is an excellent system 01' eien-ti'ie ti'nnnvnp'. The 111m I'III'ies with the 1eIIgtl1 01' the 1I'ip. AIItmIIIJlIiies am: 1101; $0 frequenth' seen 113 in the larger cities of unithem Europe, hut the patient little donkey ili'Ini'ing' 11 huge twe-n'hevied 1-1II't is 11 1-h111'11e1c1'istie feature 01' Ilhnost: 1111'1' sil'ee1-sc'ei1e. 111 Rome the practice is 111 hang 11 wisp of 11111 within easy 111111-11 111' the animalis: 1101111, which wisp 1011111115 the 1-1051- of the 11111111101111 is 1' ' mII1-I1 reduced 111 size. 11; 11011111 be 1111111 to 3111' whether the Romans 01' 111-11111 indulge 111 this practice 1'111' humane reasons 01' whether their 11i111 is to keep the 11001 animals at work the entire day without even 111I111I'ing' 1110111 11 pause I11; iiieaitime. As for 1111', 1101111 111111113 of the drivels 111111 of othei 1111101015 115 11',e11 they seem 10 rnIIsist 111 nothing but :1 111cm 0f liiead pus silih' softened undo: 11 iet 01' water which is 1IN1'ttl11V11'11111ll 01131' ieauh. 11 11011111 he futile to attempt even 10 oIIumel I111e the sites 01' interest in 111111 11l1011t Rome. 1111 who is 111101051911 in any one 01' 111 1111 01 the periods 01' 11111111111 11111121111011 1i1111s i11 itIIIII' IIII unbroken perspective extending 11:11:11 about: three thousand years. Hhe 101I1'1st 01 the suIIIIIIeI' 111 15111 111II1111 the country celebrating the fiftieth 1111111191 11' 01' 11 united 111111'. -1II international exposition has held with the industrial 11111:.im1s 111 Turin 111111 the 1111111111 11140111111, 111111 archaeological diiisious at J10I11e.i:1 II111nIIs park 01' the I-ilII. '1'0 11. foreigner the most interesting 111111 111' the. r-nlleI-finlis displayed in the 11eighlmrhnor101' 111111 1111110111 pile, tIII' t'IIstel $1111 Angelo, was doubtless the 1a1'ge 1II11m Iiuthm's III111 IIi'1i. 3 produced 111 01' treating exhihi11ml 01' works 1141' 111111- 01 Rome. Among the nations having exhihifs here the 1Yll11l311 States was 1101 conspicunm hut the SeandiImvinII countries were represented 111' TilOI'WFl1I1sCD, YikLOI' Rydberg. Grieg and 11111111; 11111215. The art exhibits; outside of the city proper, were 1'1 guud indeed and would have 1111111157 repaid 11 jeIiI-Iiey 1mm 11 t-unsiIieI'IIh1e distance. Se :11 1111110115 1I'IIcl buildings 111111 exhibits :11 their own. Among these 11115 the 11111111 5111105. The less, however, 111111: is said about the 110111011111 011 0111' own building, 11m better. 3.1111 one whn expected to see 11 real exhibition of American :1 It was 11001111111 10 disnppnim- 11113111; and hu111i11111i011. Ameiig the 1-31-111111iI1111'11111 Countries Sweden easily tool: the 101111 with seveI'111 I'nnIIIs ot' excelient works. 0111' entire room was 1113101111 1:1 paintings 113' 111111 IIIIT'ssnii, :11111 there were several m'iginah 111' Zorn. rThe zh'ehaeologiml Expnshion was 1uc'nte11 in the zmeicni. 13111115 of Dioele1iIIII near the railroad station 11ml was entireiy distinet; from the 11I1Ise11111 mentioned

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THE'hROCKETY-I'h 15 Some Italian Reminiscences. BY PHOF. L. W. KLIXIL T was the nineteenth of June, 1.911. Arts? speeding with but fmv interrup- tions fer twentydline hours, the overland River from Paris was reuching the curl of its journey. Dusty fcllow-Imssongers were tlcarl ' expecting soon to loam their narrow compm-f'ments. A lmrh- German adjustml once more his sandy lrmstuchm The JI'LUIIOJ'OLES knnpsm-hs hclonging: to his party r-nmc flown from the racks above our hands. Surely tlleSe Gmnun tuurists :n'e strenuous as well as s. :temnfim An ngecl priest folded his newspaper and removed his h-nveling cap. Groups of pmsengcl's wore painting out various objects of interest that were Hyjng pasL in :1 bewildering n 120. Here :1 line of giluntwlnnking aqueducts appeared; soon the t-ifj' u'alls rose into view; pres- ently could he soon a group 01' statues perched on ihc roof of n lnny edifice. Could that be St. Pel'er'h? But the train lmcl shipped and the wel- c'nme cry of Hiumn h heard :11: last. It has been truly lid that the mast trying por- tion of oneas first nslt to :1 forc'm city is the first half hour. X01: that it is diHu-ult to reach any desired point, but the question presents itself as to what point shall he - chcd, In Italy the ques- tion assumes this form. s'Where run I find :1 901117 Immtivcly Heailess abode? Smll it he a hotel or a pension, that happy compromise hetweeu :1 hotel and a hnm'ding house? Happy ynu are if, 12mm 'T; W. Rum. AM. 011 arriving in an Italian c-ipv. you are encumbered hSenior Class Guardian: with only :1 modest amount nf haggage: doubly happv, if you possess a copy of Baodekc s Guide- hook, even ii its red covers bctl'n. 01:. at once as a stranger: and thrice happy, if some friend in the home countu has rec'onunendcd 501110 place to stay which he has found congenial. is; hnggnge is not nhmwtl in street cars the usual method of going to 01' from a railroad station is by cah. Rates are so reasonable in Italy that even an impocnnious professor L-rm nme'd 1he occasional luxury of :1 hip in 21 taxi. As you issue forth from the terminal station in the Eternal! C'ityn-the only one, by the way, within the city properiyon find yourself in :1 unuro? embellished with a handsome fountain, but lacking 11m usual Eirvypfian ohcli. 9 outlines

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THE ltROCKETY-Ill 17 above. This museum contains original sculptures and other remains discovered in recent years. It comprises one of the most important coller-tions in Rome and is steadily growing in importance, as all limls are now the property of the state. For the Exposition several rooms haul been prepared to receive reproductions ill miniature m- in full size of important remains in countries that once formed ln'uvincus of the Roman empile. it was thus possible to study and compare. monu- ments which could utherwiuc hare been seen only hy traveling mer a great portion at Europe as well as of .tstn Minor mid Northern Africa. Greece was J'epi'ccentml ht a numhei' of casts and by two interesting tlisplag'si One of these was :1 series 01' photographs of archaeological sites in Greem numbering four hundred and sixty-two. S'ome of the photographs were at unusual size and they were all executed with exceptional cleminess. The taking of these photographs had required nearly four months of labor and travel in every part 01' Greece. The other digpluy was that of an almost complete collection of portraits of the four hundred and eight B znntinc emperors ending with Andre Paleologue who died at Rome in 1494. These portraits had been. derived from all possible sources, such as statues, carted ivories and gems, manuscripts: paintings, et. cetera. The original plan had been conceived over twenty years ago and its execution had involved 11 search thmugh various libraries and museums of Europe. The results arc of importance for Byxnutine history and for the history of Byzantine art. This project as well as that at the series of photographs had been carried out under the patronage of the Greek government. Very interesting were FOHlC litiniature reproductions in another division of tho cxpoEition of the Roman remains recently discovered at Timgad in Northern Africa. Here are found in a remarkable state of preservation the forum, temples, theatres, trinmphat arches, etc, of this long forgotten city. With the return of European civilization to this part of the dark continent, these deserts may he made to blossom once more. ,It is nut easv to dismiss this expo:- ion without at. least a passing mention of two other exhibit Immediately adjoining the Baths of Diocletian there had been set up a full- zed reproduction of the temple at Am-ym in Asia Minor hearing the famous inscription placed there by Augustus in which he recounts in his own words the cVents of his longr reign. C'he other exhibit was a miniature representation of the city of Rome in the fourth century A. D. This was the work of a French architect and former member of the French A a:lemj' at, Rome. He had been engaged upon this pmee of work for sctcn years. It was displayed in mm of the best preserved rooms of the ancient, ruin. There were reproduced the structures and the general contours of the imperial eitv. The st-nlv was 1 to 4:00. Each'111easurcmcnt 1: based on careful studies of existing remains aml, for monu- ments no longer ex 'ng, upon representations or descriptions un coins, in old prints, ancient authors and mediuevut trm-c-lera The whole gixus 21 vivid impression of what. was by fur the grandest city architecturally that the worh't has ever seen. Continued on page 82.