Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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'Z RICHARD WAGNER April 5, 1920 ' August 10, 1936

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SCO T JAMBUREE Cool ocean breezes were bringing relief on July 10th as the skyline of New York and the Statue of Liberty disappeared behind us. Behind us also were the twelve happy days of encampment at. the Na- tional Scout Jamboree in Washington. Still clear were the recollections of the impressive buildings of the Nations capital, the speedy trip to New York, and the exciting moments of embarking. Friends and relatives had waved farewell: mooring ropes had been cast off, tiny tugs had maneuvered the Georg- ic from the dock and into the river: and now at last we were on our way to liurope. Ahead of us now was a tour of liurope and en- campment at the World Scout Jamboree in Holland. Would Europe be as we had pictured it from our school studies? Would it look like the pictures in the travel folders which had flooded our mail boxes for two months? What kind of people would we find? Would the French be able to understand 'tour French9,' We wondered. It was another week before we would know, and that week was of ocean travel, deck games, scouting practice, waves, fog, and the usual ups and downs of ocean travel. The'sight of unfamiliar hills of Ireland seven days later and the unforgettable beauty of sunset over the harbor of Queenstown, nestled at the head of the bay and the foot of high, deep-green, and gently-sloping hills, gave us our first glimpse of Europe. l V The following morning we left the Ceorgic at Le Havre, France and boarded a train for Paris. Although the train ride was very hot and dirt y, we hardly noticed it in our excitement in viewing the fresh landscape dotted with picturesque thatch- roofed houses and divided into neat patches of rich land. Paris was much as we had pictured it from our studies of French. There were no buildings over six or seven stories high, and none had the modernistic appearance of our metropolitan skyscrapers. The most beautiful of Parisian streets was the Champs lilysee, wide, lined with trees, and passing through the heart of the city. Yisiting the International Ex- position, we were most impressed by the brilliant display of multi-colored lights illuminating the many fountains. And our trip, like any other, would have been incomplete without an attendance at the Follies. So there we went to pass our last evening! From Paris we went by train to beautiful Switzer- land where we spent Hve very enjoyable days. We saw the League of Nations Buildings in Geneva and also visited several large castles-the most impressive of which was the Castle of Chillon, situated near Montreaux. lt was here that Lord Byron had penned his famous poem The Prisoner of Chilton. We re- gretted leaving Switzerland with its cool, clear, re- freshing atmosphere, and blue Lake Geneva sur- rounded by beautiful snow-capped mountain peaks. We arrived in Heidelberg after a very pleasant train ride through the Black Forest and across Ger- man farm land. The most interesting sight in Heidel- berg was a large medieval stone castle built high on a hill over-looking both city and river. Then at Mainz we boarded a Rhine River steamer. This historic river wends its way through beautiful rolling hills- some terraced with grape vineyards and others stud- ded with quaint old castles which, for protection, are hemmed in by clitfs or forests. Among these castles the most unique, perhaps, is the Mouse Tower, a small old dingy place, musty with age and situated on a small island in the middle of the river. As we traveled further down the river, the hills gradually leveled oll' into a llat plain, and we were soon at Cologne. llere the most. interesting sight was the old tlothic cathedral. lts stained-glass windows are con- 1 1 1 l l L -LLL ,.