Ludwig Thoma member of Corps Hubertia München
Legal studies and career
Like his father, Thoma wanted to be a forester and began studying forest science in Aschaffenburg in the winter term of 1886/87, but dropped out after the first year. During his time in Aschaffenburg he joined the oldest forestry corps (Forstcorps), the Corps Hubertia of  Munich. Because he did not attend a Mensur, he was dishonourably dismissed ("without a ribbon").In the winter term of 1887/1888 he moved to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and enrolled for a degree in law. Like his father before him, he became a member of the Corps Suevia Munich. In Munich he did compete in two compulsory duels, but stayed on the defensive each time. So he received the (at his time) desirable schmiss ("duelling scar"), but was also released from the Corps Suevia without a ribbon. On the advice of a fellow student, he switched to the University of Erlangen for the summer term; he studied here without getting involved in any clubs, and on 1 August 1890 he received the certificate for entry into legal clerkship. For Martin Klaus, failure and the subsequent change of educational establishment is symptomatic of Thoma's character:
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