Laura Quayle Benson Scrapbook Page 48 Detail 5. Miss Schwalmeyer's account of her European Travels.

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Title

Laura Quayle Benson Scrapbook Page 48 Detail 5. Miss Schwalmeyer's account of her European Travels.

Subject

Benson, Laura Quayle
Florida State College for Women
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Scrapbooks--1910-1920
Scrapbooks--United States--History--20th century

Description

Page 48 from the scrapbook of Laura Quayle Benson who attended the Florida State College for Women ca. 1917-1919. The passage accounts Miss Schwalmeyer's time in Europe and what she heard about the progress in The Great War.

Creator

Benson, Laura Quayle

Source

[no text]

Publisher

Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida

Date

1917-1919

Contributor

Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida

Rights

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Relation

DigiNole, FSU Digital Library, Heritage & University Archives: Laura Quayle Benson Scrapbook, 1917-1919

Format

Newspaper clipping

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

fscw-scrapbook.benson.hum2831.fa20.grp.3.page.48

Coverage

Tallahassee (Fla.)

1917-1919

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Text

Miss Schwalmeyer on the "Rumors of the War in 1912"
Friday afternoon of last week Miss Schwalmeyer told of her trip through Europe in 1912. she spoke of Gibraltar, honeycombed with halls and so strongly fortified that it could withstand a year's siege. Germany had attempted to gain a foothold in the Altus mountains across from Gibraltar, but England had cleverly checkmated her.
The union of Germany, Austria and Italy could never have held on account of the undying hatred between Italy and Austria, but Germany hoped that if she could not get to France by way of Belgium, that she could, by going to the south, enter through Italy.
While in Italy, Miss Schwalmeyer said that near near possibility of war was brought to her attention several times. Some of the English, too, feeling the oncoming martial spirit, thought that England made a great mistake in trading Hellegoland, and when she did not grant Lord Kitchener the budget which he sought for the navy. Lord Kitchener was called the farthest-seeing eye of England, as he proved to be.
This is the first lecture that Miss Schwalmeyer has made to the history class, and since these were her own actual experiences they were doubly interesting to the college girls.

Original Format

Newspaper Clipping

Files

FSU_HUA_2007041_052e[1].jpg

Citation

Benson, Laura Quayle, “Laura Quayle Benson Scrapbook Page 48 Detail 5. Miss Schwalmeyer's account of her European Travels.,” Exploration of FSCW Scrapbooks, accessed March 29, 2024, https://humfscwexploration.omeka.net/items/show/583.

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