Show PROFESSOR MARSHALL MARSHALLM M VISITS KING OF ITALY I PRESENT PRESENTA AT A T THE CEREMONY OF UNVEILING TABLET ATI AT I DA DANTE'S DANTES S 'S TOMB IN FLORENCE ORENCE FL I I GEORGE GEORGI MARSHALL MARSHALL MAR rn- I P PROFESSOR SHALL of or the English department department depart depart- ment of ot the University of 01 Utah who Is spending his sabbatical leave lea of absence in Europe writes of 01 many pleasant and interesting Traveling under the auspices In the of 01 the tho Italy American society com company any of many mony professors proCessors attaches and students of ot American universities Professor ProCessor Marshall after atter landing at Havre went tir first t to Genoa Italy via Paris From there thero he went to Rome and then on an to Florence where he was nt at nt the ceremony at Dantes Dante's ton tonI which Involved the unveiling of ot otI the bronze tablet to which many students students students stu stu- dents o of tho of ot U. U contributed After After Arter Aft Art I er traveling extensively In Italy he ho returned to Paris via Berne Switzer Switzer- land And from there he went to England England England En En- gland w where ero he lie eC expects to spend tho the remainder of or his years year's leave lea returnIng returning returning return return- ing home about bout mid HAS AUDIENCE WITH POPE In the following extracts from tram a aletter aletter aletter letter to President George argo Thomas Pr Professor Marshall tells of ot an audience with the pope and a personal chat with the King of ot Ital Italy Never before have I had a n. prearranged prearranged prearranged ranged plan for tor an elaborate activity for myself work Itself out so perfectly perfect perfect- ly Iy without failure or disappointment I visited every place I had expected I Ito to see often remaining longer than had been Intended and I visited some places I hadn't hoped ever to look upon I 1 would like 1110 to write a 3 more or less Jess detailed my Jour- Jour but such must be he deferred deterred until m my return I can here only make a brief outline OUTLINE OF TRIP Our party landed at Havre and took a direct roua to Genoa via Paris Lausanne at which two places we stopped for tor a n. day or two tho the upper Rhone Ithone tho the SImplon Lake Lako Maggioro and Milan After doing Genoa we made for tor Naples by the shore route as asfar asfar astar far tar as Ostia then Inland Wo We re remained remained re- re nearly a week In Naples and re-I re the two following weeks In Rome Hero I met Professor whom I found also In my Hotel in Florence Florence- where we wc spent nearly a week We Wc gave ave a n. day to Bologna Bologne and a a. day Tb Th o Ravenna where we had a ceremony at Dantes Dante's tomb Involving the tho unveiling of ot the bronze bronzo tablet to which students students stu stu- dents of ot the U. U of U. U contributed On our way to Venice we climbed our way up tip through the Dolomites along the tho c river and the valley of ot Cortona Cortona Cor- Cor tona where the most picturesque fighting of ot the war took place among tho crags and snows of ot the mountain tops Our northward Journey halted at and In tho the In southern Tyrol We returned to the lowlands down clown tho the valley of ot the Adige p past t Botzen and Trent Treat Trent being another of our stopping places and Brona Milan l was our next objective Wo We ended the Italian part of Or our tour on Lake Como at tho the city of ot Como and the tho Incomparable town c of t and Lake Lugano We Ve lingered a a. lovely day or two at Lucerne and reached Paris Paris by way I of oC Borne Bomb and Neufchatel Tho The tour officially ended after arter three days In Paris PARTY UNDER ITALY ITALY- AMERICAN SOCIETY The party was under the auspices of oC tho the Italy-American Italy society and numbered about professors proCessors at attaches attaches at- at and students of American uni uni- The Italians saw In this the first organized excursion to Italy since the war something likely to be momentous momentous momentous momen momen- tous to their countr country Consequently we wo were in a sense under th 2 protection protection protection tion of or the government and in every city or 01 town we visited we were tendered tendered tendered ten ten- dered a reception by the municipal authorities au au- nu- nu or had some special courtesy extended to us too the university of ot e cr every city that had a a. university received us At these receptions the speeches on our behalf were made mad g n- n craU by the managers of ot the expedItion expedition tion under the tho Italy-American Italy society I mad the address at Naples and at Trent Treat and at the final social affair at Milan On the voyage over there I were three saloon lectures on successive i sive evenings one on the archaeological wonders of 01 Italy and two on Dante ono one by the tho Rt Re Rev Dr Slattery papa papal Chamberlain my neighbor at table and ami the other by G. G M. M M. M t. t Dr Slattery Slattery Slattery Slat Slat- tery made the address at Ravenna Tho The most Intense thrills were ex experienced experienced experienced ex- ex at at Rome The Tho first was a municipal reception on the Palatine hill in a glorious park built among tho the ruins of ot the palaces of ot the The government sent Its famous Camous Car- Car I band of ot sixty pieces and among those present were Professor Boni tho the greatest of all aU Roman archaeologists with whom I had several se chats General General General Gen Gen- eral Diaz commander in chief of ot tho the finally successful armies and still stilt the generalissimo and and the American Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- Childs who spoke on our be be- be half halt Tho The second thrill was an audience audience audience audi audi- ence with the pope who would receive but ten 0 of us Protestants I being one of ot tho the ten The third was a halt half hours hour's personal chat with the king I 1 being one ne of nIne to bo be Invited There was another lesser in Bologna The rho mayor gave a a. formal dinner I being being boing be- be ing one ono of 01 tho the seven American guests the other diners being representatives of or various local civic societies TO SPEND WINTER AT OXFORD After Arter two fascinating weeks In Paris ParisI I came over to England arriving about September 1 The Oxford university didn't open until October mid-October and I spent tho the Intervening time in roaming over London and southern and southwestern southwestern southwestern south south- western l England making England making headquarters successively at Canterbury Winchester Winchester Win Win- chester Salisbury Exeter and Bide Bide- ford I When term began I settled down at Oxford and here I am and hero here I shall shaH probably remain until about April 1 1 I I hope to spend further time in iii Lendon London London Lon Len don getting some kind of ot connection with the university I am planning to spend a n. fortnight perhaps more in Cambridge Th The summer I shall shaH devotE do- do vote to traveling again chiefly In England England England En En- gland with possibly another trip to the tho continent sailing for tor America InI in August and arriving In Salt Lake City I in mid GEORGE ORGE M. 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