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European
Part Three: Italy
(Editor's Note: This is the
third in a series of articles writ
ten for the Koenr Nu hu Mr
Harry Wright, chemistry teacher I
at AHS. Mr. Wright went to Eu- c
rone this Dast summer unHsr n I
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fund a
urogram.)
At 5:15 on the afternoon of
July 18, I arrived at Milan, Italy.
I was supposed to have gone to
Torino, about 60 miles to the
west, but onlv Alitalia 'Italian
Airlines) stops there. I rushed s
irom me airport to the train eta- I
lion Dy taxi, Dut just missed the
train to Torino. The next train
did not leave for an hour and a
half. I attempted to call Dr. Gia
comi in Alba, who was to meet
me in Torino, but no one an
swered at his number. I took the
7:40 train to Torino and arrived
there at about 10 p.m .The coun
tryside looked quite dry, but
there were many small farms. As
I neared Torino, I saw a number
of factories. The northern area
of Italy seems to have most of
the industry of the country. 1
stayed at the Torino Palace Hotel
across the squqare from the train
station .From the noise outside,
I think the Italians must stay up
all night!
Sunday morning I again at
tempted to call Dr. Giacomi, but
still no answer. Later I found out
the number 1 was calling was his
pharmicy store and that he did
not have a phone at his home.
There was only one other name
that I knew and that was Sandra
Gillio, the language teacher who
has done the translating of "all
the messages from Medford to
Alba. (The two cities are sister
cities.) There was only one Gil
lio listed in the Alba phone di
rectory, so I tried that number
Luckily it was the right Gillio
family and she told me which
train to take to get to Alba, which
is about 30 miles from Torino.
The train left Torino at 1 o'clock
and took an hour and twenty min
utes to get to Alba. Again I saw
many small farms and farm build
ings that looked very old.
A Typical Italain Farm
When I arrived at the depot in
Alba I was met by Miss Gillio
and Gianni Toppino. They took
me to the hotel for lunch and
then I went to Mr. Toppino's
home .He lives on a farm on a
hill overlooking the city of Alba.
His farm is a typical one. It is
about 30 acres in size and must
support four families including
his own, his parents', and two
families that work for him There
is just one large "L"-shaped build
ing. The ToDoinos live in one end
then the two workers and their
families in the center, and the
livestock in the rest of thi build.
ing. It is brick and clay and
seemed to be many years old
They use a tractor on the farm
but much of the work is done bv
hand. Many farmers don't even
use tractors, Dut use ox teams
instead.
A Family Picnic
That Sunday evening was the
annual picnic of the Famija Al
besia (Family of Alba). They are
a group who are attempting to
retain the old traditions of the
city and see that the children re
tain their cultural heritage. They
met in the crty park and had a
number of games and contests
before and after the meal At tho
meal they had many kinds of
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Journey
things to eat, and I had to try all
Of them .Most of them were unite
ood, but a few of the fish dishes
would gladly have skioDed if I
could have found a wav to do it.
met many nice people, but only
few who could SDeak much
English.
I spent that niaht and tho
other seven nights I was in Alba
at the home of Mrs. DuMn Her
I Was the first nmsnn In .nreo
from Alba to Medford after the
ister city Droeram was ectah.
ILshed. She could not sneaV n
English and I couldn't sav miirh
Italian, but I enioved mv tav
there very much. Bv using mv
dictionary, we could usually get
our main ideas across.
Sightseeing In Alba
On Monday mornins I armm.
panied four English students and
two women from Alba on a trip
to serralunga Castle. It is about
1000 yeara old, but is very well
preserved. It is under the juris
diction of the eovernment tnnrkt
bureau. In driving through the
areas nearly every hilltop has its
little village, old castle, and
Catholic church. We saw many
of the villages but only stopped
in mree or lour. One of the main
agricultural crons of this area
is grapes, and I saw a number
oi wineries, in the afternoon, I
went with Gianni Toppino on a
walking tour of the citv of Alha
The older part of the city was
Duut in the Ilth century. The
streets are auite narrow with an
open square about every two
diocks .Among the things he
pointed out were the city hall,
the cathedral. St. Johns i-hnrrh
St. Dominic's, St. Paul's, the ele
mentary and gymnasium schools,
and many little shorn and an art.
merit houses. About 85 of the
people in Italy live in apartments
rather than single family homes.
Italian Food
That evening I had dinner at
the hotel With some nf the man
who visited Medford later in the
summer. This typical evening
meal began at 8:30 and lasted
until about 10:30 p.m. Each
course is served senaraiplv anH
different plates and silverware
are used for each course. We had
four different wines with th
meal. One of the things that the
Italians always seemed to remark
about was the fact that f HiHn't
drink enough wine. They asked
it tney would have wine with
their meals in Medford. I told
them that the American npnnln
generally did not have wine with
tneir meals, but that they some
times serve it before the meal.
They also wondered if thev nnnlH
get any Italian wine over here
or wouia it De wine from Cali
fornia. One man askerl hnur fi-
it was from Medford In Ronn
1- Las Vegas because that's where
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ENGLISH IS DIFFERENT
IN GREAT BRITAIN
English is spoken in both
America and England, but there
is a difference. The difference
can be clearly seen in the voca
bulary of both nations.
American apartment houses
are British blocks of flats. Ele
vators are lifts, ice cream is ice,
and installment buying is the
hire-purchase system. Runs in
stockings are known sa ladders
in Britain, trailers are caravans,
and trucks are lorries.
Differences are noticed clearly
by the American tourist in Brit
ain, or the British tourist in
America, who is driving through
the foreign country. The differ
ence in vocabulary is very strik
ing in Highway signs. In Britain
a four-lane highway would be a
duel carriageway.
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Mystery students in the last
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This time the mystery girt is
senior, 5'9" with dark brown
hair and green eyes. She was born
a Goldendale, Washington, on
January 19. She wears size 12
dresses and size 7 gloves. Some
of her favorites are a good steak,
medium rare, the rnlnrs nranoo
and brown, English, and playing
volleyball and watching football
games.
A 6'3" senior with hrnurn hair
and brown eyes is the mystery
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He lists some of his favorites
as fried chicken, the color green,
modern problems, football and
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So You Want
To Be a Nurse
In these times or snnhistii-atprt
personnel and industrial rplatinn.
we put a great deal of faith in
complete and careful Job des
criptions, everybody concerned
needs to know just what the
position will involve. But don't
ininK me job description is a new
idea. Here is one for a finnr
nurse developed in 1887, recently
published in the magazine of
Cleveland Lutheran Hospital: "In
addition to caring for your 50
patients, each nurse will follow
inese regulations:
1. Maintain an pvph imnr.
ture in your ward by bringing in
a scuttle ot coal for the day'
business.
2. Light is imDortant tn nhcomn
the Datient's condition Ti,fn.
each day fill kerosene lamps,
clean chimneys, and trim wicks.
Wash the windows once a week.
3. The nurse's nntna s
portant in aiding the physician's
worn, mane your pens carefully;
you may wnutie nibs to your in
dividual taste.
4. Each nurse r. dav Hut ,;u
report every day at 7 a m. and
leave at 8 p.m. except on the
Sabbath on which day you will
oe on irom iz noon to 2 p.m.
5. Graduate nur. ;n n,
standing with the director of
nurses will be given an evening
off each week for courting pur
poses, or two evenings a week if
you go regularly to church.
8. Each nurse should lay aside
from each pay day a goodly
sum of her earnings for her
benefits durinz her riMinin
years, so that she will not be
come a burden. For example, if
you earn $30 a month, you should
set aside $15.
7. Any nurse who smokes, uses
liquor in any form, gets her
hair done at a beauty shop, or
frequents dance halls will give
the director of nurses good reason
to suspect her worth, intentions,
and integrity.
8. The nurse who performs her
labors, serves her patients and
doctors faithfully and without
fault for a period of five years
will be given an increase hy the
hospital administration oi five
cents a day providing the.-e are
no hospital debts that
standing."
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