The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-11-04

versity adds nothing to his salary. He must
get on as well as he can. By and by his
genius and learning may attract great num-
bers, and his fame spreading among the stu
dents, and even to other halls, he may be in
vlted to one OF the chairs of science, when
ne receives liberal salary from government,
and fees besides from all the students who
attend his lectures. Now, his income in
creaslng with his fame, becomes great, and
ne rapidly acquires wealth. Some of the
more distinguished German professors are
gentlemen of large fortunes, and live in
splendid style. Such Difference is paid in
Germany to learning, and such substantial
rewards attend its possession, we may cease
to wonder that it has real attractions in the
eyes of the young.
The cost of an education at one of these
Universities must vary, of course, according
to the habits of the student. The usual fee
for course of lecturS extending through the
academic year, is about twenty dollars, and
the price OF board is not 50 high as in large
towns IN our own country. The average ex-
pense to which students are subjected. for
clothing. books, lectures, board and inciden-
tails, is SoOO. Many support themselves for
less. Fast young men, especially Eng
hSh and American Students who are sent
abroad with full purses g to complete their
education on the Continent" are notorious
~ eXtravagant, and the amount they spend
Is not to be reckoned in the average have
stated. One of the German students with
whom | was Conversing on this subject, and
IN reply to my Inquiries as to the amount
OF study which these foreign students do, in
the course of the year, said that he was not
IN the habit of associating with them, as his
means would not allow him to spend money
as freely as they, and he must choose his
company accordingly. But he thought the
progress that a man makes in learning while
IN the University, is usually in inverse pro-
portion TO the amount OF money he spends.
He was right. The habit of taking their
meals at public houses, almost the universal
practice among the students, is not favora-
Die to hard study or good morals. They usu-
any dine IN Clubs or meSses, and drink beer
lmmoderately. AT these dinners. and more
frequently at their convivial parties in the
evening" those petty disputes not unfreuuent-
ly arise which lead to duels, so common and
so dlSgraceiul to the student life of Ger
many.
To fight duel is necessary to the es
adjustment of young mans reputation
among his peers. A Slight provocation.
and that often given for the sake of the
light, brings challenge, and the arrange
ments are instantly made. The government
OF the University takes no notice of it, un-
less the police of the town seize the parties
IN the act, aud then very Slight punishment
follows. When duel is to come off, the
students set watch of their own number
to give timely alarm if the police are on the
alert; and if, as sometimes occurs. fatal
result attends the duel, the survivor is care
fully concealed, or is assisted in making
good his escape. was told that in one case
a student was hid eight days and nights in
chimney, and then carried off, to deliver him
from the town authorities. Rarely does
year pass in Heidelberg withou; the murder
OF student in this scandaous vice. They
usually fight with short swords, but some
times with pistols the faces of one or two
ot my travelling companions were marked
with sabre cuts, of which they were far from
being ashamed. | was glad to learn that in
this University, as well as in some others,
an association is formed of young men who
avow. their opposition on principle, to the
practice of dueling, and who establish their
reputation for courage by the prompt redress
OF an insult, and by such manly department,
under all circumstances, as challenges the
respect and admiration of their associates.
-lCor. of the N. Y. Observer.