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From Sam Anderson.
S. S. Saghalian, Oct. 1, 1903.
Dear Nebraskan Perhaps the saloon
of a steamship pitching slightly and
vibrating from end to end with the
heavy strokes of her great engines;
within sight and hearing of chattering
French women and Mohammedans
chanting the Koran, are not the most
inspiring environment for the writing
of a letter, but wo will make the at
tempt notwithstanding, regardless of
consequences.
Our trip across the Atlantic was un
eventful save for the payment of a
small tribute to Neptune ono day, thus
acknowledging his supremacy. A
pleasant feature of the voyage was
that of making new friends among
kindred spirits on board, which made
tho passage mutually more enjoyable.
In fact, I found new friends in many
places in my travels, though one must
use care in trusting such with one's
dticats, lest one come to grief. This
from other's experiences, however, not
mine.
For many years I had dreamed of
visiting "bonnie" Scotland, the "land
of the thistle and heather," and at last
my dream was realized. Scotland is
beautiful. Her great hills, clad in wav
ing purple heather; her deop and1 wild
glons through which flow streams of
crystal water; her beautiful lakes,
especially Lakes Lomond and Katrine,
their, blue waters reflecting the shad
ows of tho high surrounding hills and
rocky Islets, immortalized by Walter
Scott; all these are pictures of nature
which shall always be thought of wjth
dellcht and' never forcotten while
memory lasts.
Scotland's cities are interesting.
Glasgow is a great, dirty, cityk its claim
to notoriety being chiefly commercial,
though its cathedral and university are
well known. The university buildings,
tho finest in Scotland, are built of red
stone in the form of a square, of
course, for all British universities and
colleges have quadrangles within. It
is early English style, and1 is wry im
posing, on the banks of the Kelvin.
In Glasgow there were two things
which impressed mo most strongly.
The first was the prevalence of the
one-horsed cart for heavy hauling. The
horses were usually large Clydesdales,
capable of drawing enormous loads
with ease. Most of Glasgow's, and In
fact Scotland's, street hauling Is done
in this way, as I afterwards learned.
The second fact which made a deep
Impression was the great gulf which
separates tho middle from the lowest
classes, far there seems to be no class
between these two. Everywhere 1
went In Glasgow for it was as notice
able In the richer as in the poorer
sections poor degraded men and
women and ragged, dirty children
were to be found. These seemed to be
oven more pitiable and miserable than
most cases of Blmilar class In Chicago
and New York, which I have observed.
And I think the reason is not far to
seek. It Is tho greater prevalence of
the drinking habit among tho Scottish
women of that class. In America many
women drink beer. But in Scotland it
is whisky. And tho latter seems to
drag down the poor creatures more
quickly and to an even lower state of
degradation than tho former.
On the other hand', it seems to me
tho country Scotch aro on a higher In
tellectual plane thanJ.no most of our
country people-at least In tho west.
It Is surprising to seo what a knowl
edge of affairs, of English literature,
and of religious questions many of
tho "smaller farmers" and Bhepherds
display. Thoy aro thinkers, many of
them, though thoy may not always ex
press their thoughts In grammatical
English. Arid as to tho matter of be
ing thrifty and economical, and of
providing for homo and family, they
certainly aro equal to their American
brothers, though their opportunities
for material prosperity are not so am
ple. The Scottish kirk has been so often
and accurately described that It would
not bo worth while for mo to try to de
scribe It. Suffice it to say that "Ian
MacLaren," master of character-painting
as he Is, does not always do jus
tice to the sincerity of the Scottish
churchgoer. Some go to tho kirk, as
Jn America, from purely secular or
jQfe
pecuniary motives, but many others
go to worship God out of the depths
of their Bincerest hearts, no doubt.
The Scottish minister wears a gown
usually In the pulpit. Nor does ho
mingle with the people before or after
service as many of our ministers do,
but either passes out of the pulpit
while tho audience remains seated or
remains In his seat until tho people
have departed.
Edinburgh is one of the most beau
tiful cities I have seen. It has a fine
natural lpcation, wido streets, bulld1
ings of classic style and of fine stone,
parks, castle, palace and cathedrals and
churches are of more or Iosb historic
Interest.
The university is a very old institu
tion and some of its buildings are very
old also. Hero again we find a quad
rangle. The fine new assembly hall
has just been completed. Their library
room is not so large as ours, 1. e., the
library room for academic students,
but each college has Its own, e. g,
medicine, law, etc. However, It is rich
In portraits, sculpture and other works
of art.
But it is In the center of the city,
amid the roar of a great city's activi
ties. Its walls are covered with soot,
and surrounding it on all sides are
great businesb blocks or tenements
hardly my Jdeal of a university loca
tion. But notwithstanding this, it has
produced great men and1 is doing so
still lights in tho intellectual sphere.
Edinburgh is a city of wealth and
"blue blood." Here the elite of Scot
land live millionaires and nobles. And
here, too. Is a center of great Intel
lectual activity and culture which has
caused this queen of Scottish cities to
be called the Modern Athens.
I will not stop to tell you of my
visits to Edinbureh castle. Holyrood
palace, Scott's house or Greyfrlars
churchyard1 all teeming with the
memory of events of historic interest,
but hasten on to say a few words about
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, a city of 100,000 people, is
called the granite city because of the
fact that it is built largely of granite
residences as well as business blocks,
and public buildings. It is also an Im
portant seaport and fishing center.
Aberdeen, too, has a university. It
is very old, especially King's College,
which is beautifully situated in the
suburbs.
Its chapel dates back to tho eleventh
or twelfth century. Its choir Is a fine
speciment of antique oak carving. The
library is a long narrow room with
shelves along the sides, but only a
place to get books. None of those
libraries have study desks like the
University of Nebraska. Aberdeen's
quadrangle Is small, but they havo a
fine athletic field. So has Glasgow,
but I saw none at Edinburgh. No
doubt there is ono in the suburbs.
Leaving Aberdeen, I visited the love
ly region around Balmoral castle;
thenco to England through southern
Scotland. More anon.
SAMUEL ANDERSON, '03.
Carrie Stetler, '03, is teaching at Falls
City.
Ida Comstock, '03, is teaching at
Hooper, Neb.
J. S. Ellis, '02, is teaching at Lake
Preston, S. D.
Jean McLennan, '03, is teaching at
Ravenna, Neb.
Florence Cook, '03, is teaching at
Cedar Rapids, Neb.
Leo Jouvenal, '03, Is working In a
bank at Ainsworth.
Mabol Glover Is teaching In tho lilgh
school at Madison.
In a letter from Fred K. Nlelson, '01,
ho expresses himself as very well sat
isfied with his position as coach of
the Midland College football team. Mr,
Nlelson Is a Senior law and went to
Atchison, Kan., a few weeks ago on a
leave of absence to coach tho Midland
team for th6 season, And so satisfac
tory has been his work that he has
been asked to consider an offer of the
same position next year.
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Christine Bednnr, '03, is teaching In
tho Minden high school.
Sadie L. Fowler, '03, is teaching in
the Auburn high school.
Willard Clapp, law '02. is attending
I.eland Stanford" Uulveilty. -
Will Wallace, '03. is engaged in the
banking business in Omaha.
Emma Meier. '03, is teaching In Nio
brara in the high schooh
Miss Griffeth. '03. Is teaching in the
high school at Nelson, Neb.
Margaret Countryman Is teaching In
the schools at Weeping Water.
Carrie Bengston, '03, is principal of
the Bchools at Lexington, Neb.
T. H. Elson, '03. Is instructing In
the Kearney Military Academy.
Laura Hartzell, '03, is teaching in
the high school at David City.
Alice Brookings, '02, Is teaching in
the schools at Davenport, Wash.
C. K. Smith, ex-'OG, Is In the .employ
of the Burlington railroad as surveyor.
W. W. Jones, '01, is In tho employ
of the rArmour Tacking company at
Omaha.
II. M. Benedict, '9f, is an Instructor
In zoology and botany In the University
of Cincinnati.
Mr. Ilarger, a former student of this
University, is registered at tho Uni
versity of Chicago.
Bert Wilson, '9G, Is making a name
as a rising young attorney on Wall
street, New York City.
Ward Hildreth, '95, has lately been
appointed 'manager of a large automo
bile factory In Chicago.
Miss Short, a last year's graduate
student, s doing advanced work In
quantitative chemistry, and is also as
sisting In the department.
J. A. Woodward, a former University
student, is a candidate for election to
the office of superintendent of Instruc
tion of Hamilton county.
F. C. Ratcllff, ex-'93, of Central City,
visited with the editor of the Nebras
kan yesterday.
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