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Fetes, See tr, ee ree ee ee er he ae quadrangle of the college. Cursver A, Anruun~-Fairficld, Vt., (1830-1886) ‘The State of Vermont has placed a large granite monument on the site of the house where Arthur waa born, now a cow pasture, A aaue sear the eailed-in monument, and which looked as if it had been part of the foundation, waa the best that could be found for the “Walk of Fuine.” Kino Antnuun—Tintagel, Cornwall, England. (Probably 5th Century ‘The stone is Pom King Arthur's Castle (legendary), Tennyson places many of his Idylls of King Arthur in this region. Kino Antivun anp Queen Guineveng—Glastonbury Abbey, England. The stone came from the Abbey where there is a deep grave in front of the High Altar marked as the grave of this King and ueen. Lapy Asror—Chariottesville, Va., (2878—) This stone came from the old garden back of the ancestral Lome of this famous Lady Astor, formerly Nancy Langhorne, the first woman member of the British Parliament, Gentnuve AvugntoN-—San Francisco, Calif., (1857— ) The stone ia from the author's home and was given by ler to a former Rollins teacher who gave it to Rollins. Joun James Aupvzon—Harlem, New York City. (17 851) The bang is a piece from the mantle fireplace in the second story of bon’s old house on the banks of the Hudson. In the baxe- m this home Samuel F. B. Morse perfected his first tele- raph trument. ‘The old house was torn dewn in 1936 and an apartmept erected on ils site, Jane Austen—Winchester Cathedral, England, (1776-1817 ) The stone was found in the yard of Winchester Cathedral, where Jane Austen is buried. Newton D. Baxer—Cleveland, 0., (1871-1837) ‘Vhe mone is from his home in Cleveland, Chio. Batnoa—Jeresz, Spain, (1475-1517 ) Because Seville was the port of hin departure for his famous dis- covery of the Pacific Ocean, the stone for Balboa was found near j the “Tower of Gold", the seaman’s great landmark of Seville. a tagW ngton tte Re ee ee cs meee eee bones Jerez, birthplace of Balboa, is an ancient frontier town not far from Seville. Lorp Battinone II—St. Mary's Cily, Md., (1605-1676 ) This stone was one of a number brought tver from Wymourh as ballast in 1634 and later used an the floor of the first State House built-in 2646 in Maryland. Batzac—Paris, France, (1798-1860 ) The tile was picked up from the floor of. the room where Balzac lived and where he worked at his printing presses. The bouse is now used as an art school. Gronce Bancnorr—Worcester, Mass., (1800-1881) On the site of the original house there is not a flat stone to be had, but this stone was picked up across the road on what was thea the old Bancroft farm. i Jonn Kenpnicx Banos—Ogunquit, Me., (1862-1922) The stone is from a terrace near the humorist's house which overlooks the ocean. The house is a mile or two from Ogunquit. Frepenicx Barsarossa-—Nuremburg, Germany, (1123-1190) This piece of stone was picked up in the castle built by Barbarossa at Nuremburg. Jostan Bantnxtt—Kingston, N. H., (1729-1796 ) The great grandson of the first governor of New Hampshire, former president of the colony and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, now lives in the original farmhouse and gaye the stone to Dr. Holt, . Fra Banvorommeo—l'lorence, Italy, (1475-1617) In the same Monastery where Savonarola had his cell were the cells of Fra Bartolommec and Fra Angelico, the.two great Flor- entine religious painter monks, The stone wih taken from the courtyard of the San Marco Monastery. ay Ciana Banton——North Oxford, Mass., (182f-1912) The stone ia from the stone wall in front of the tiny farmhouse where she was born, Owen D. Young, an honorary alumnus of Rollins College, has made it possible co convert this home into a Boy Scouts’ summer camp and the barn has been remodeled for a boys’ dormitory. Joun Bantram—Philadelphia, Pa., (2699-1777 ) The stone was found near the great botanist’s home, Katuzring Lre Batea—Wellesley, Mass., (1850-1920 ) The stone Is one of the marble tiles from the center of College Hall, Wellesley College's first building, destroyed by fire in 1914. ty ora Oy a el Q a ee oe 2 Ls we emo.