Grand Canyon (AD 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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m M The Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, with a delegation from the Grand Can on. ROME The Eternal City. Here, indeed, wa.s a visit which we all sought to make, and many of us di dmake. For some there was the tour party — an adventure in Roman living. For others there was, at least, a hurried one day trip to Rome. Rome was, perhaps, not as gay as the Rivi- era, or as e.xciting as Paris. Neither was it quite as mysterious as Istanbul. And yet, it had an unehallenged supremacy in ever so many ways. Perhaps that supremacy came from the simple combination of the ultra-modern with the ancient. It seems to be almost an anachronism to stand before the reputed tomb of Caesar and St. Paul ' s Outside the Walls. taan mBoi- asstiattm The Tour Party With Their Ever Present Guides. St. Paul ' s statue, Rome. i H ..- ri3C

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An Unusual photo of Vesuvius. Pompeii. The Slaves who built You; the ash which preserved You; the scientists who found You. Pictured here is Pompeii as she was found by the crew of the Grand Canyon, a tribute to the force of man and Nature. Neapolitan art under sunny skies.

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vU TTi •■■;■ , ill 1 i Victor Emmanuel II Memorial. Musolini ' s followers once jammed this Square to hear 11 Duce. watfh an airplane scream overhead. It would be useless to attempt to para- phrase the history of Rome here. It would be even more impossible to attempt to describe the archaie beauty of the c-ity. From the catacombs to the Church of St. Peter and from Vatican City to St. Pauls can be seen the earliest re- mains of Christendom. The fact that Christians walk through the catacombs and in so doing intrude upon the dead of centuries carries with it a meaning: which is wonderful to contemplate. Here is the link of centuries — one ilan — one Ideal. For that — all these and all this — past and present is one with the future. There were lighter sides to our Roman ex- perience. Some of us trooped along the Appian Way;, others rested (more wisely, perhaps) is the most conveniently located street cafe. There with a bubbling glass of wine we found a minor flirtation or a happy song. When we left Rome, we knew that we had left a grand, old city. But, perhaps, we took some of her traditions to our hearts and, per- haps, we found that, after all, her tradition? were ours also. The Roman Forum. Arch of Constantine. The Coliseum. Vatican Square. Here They Stand to Cheer the Pope.