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Exploits began before this latter- day Benvenuto left his rural play-fields (Newark, N. J.) to cross the game-infested Campagna (the Jersey flats) and seek his fortune in gaudy Rome (Manhattan). He now recognizes that he was marked for high destiny when President Grant helped him shinny a post to see a horse race; when a supercilious, teasable "Oyster Bay runt" called Teddy Roosevelt told him he was shortsighted and gave him one of his own thick eye-lenses; when he gouged "Bound to rise!" on a shingled steeple, counterfeited tickets to Barnum's circus, made cigar-box labels...
Cambridge Y. M. C. A.-M. M. Bobor, L. Campagna, W. W. Torrey, O. B. Gerig, L. D. Egbert, A. Block, A. D. Lippman, W. H. Brinthiger, F. E. Giddings...
...School of Architecture in the formerly celebrated Villa Ludovisi, an old palace on the Pincian Hill. The quiet and picturesque surroundings make the situation a perfect one for the purpose and commanding a beautiful view over the city, it constitutes one of the most extensive panoramas of Rome and Campagna. How far the broad field of work laid out will actually be covered will depend upon the judgment of the committee, the resources of the school, the special qualifications of the different directors, and the requirements of the students. Study will be made of ancient sites in Italy...
Prof. Lanciani delivered the sixth of his course of lectures, last evening, in Sanders Theatre, on "The Campagna," A good seized audience was in attendance and the lecturer held their attendance throughout with a description of the ancient and modern life of the Campagna, the Roman villas and the modern dwellings which rest on the ruins of ancient grandeur. The lecture closed as usual with an interesting series of stereopticon views illustrating the preceeding text...
...Monday. The Campagna...