The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-11

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President Davis is probably mistaken, one. he
was not insncere; in all his strange and eItrava-
CANT utterances of confidence be probably beIiey-
meyer to have apprehended the real situation. He
WAS blinded by his own natural temper; in the
last moment he was issuing edicts, playing with
was not still the great tribune; he was. sustained
by powerful selE-conceit and sanguine tom
permanent; and he went down to ruin with the fllet
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A few Facts About German pntyersitiqs.
For those. OF ourlreaders who are interested in
all that concerns the republic Of letters We have
complication recent and authentic sources a few
facts about the world-renowned German Unirer-
ssIs We pdebted for hq basis o. this ar
the very able correspondent of'the New York
WdtchntdR. ~ "''l.-:r;,.. ~. ,,iGs 81 rc
=, There are tFe1.E-fye Of these upiyersities.
the youngest, that of Munich, 1921. 'Thess great
institutions were all organized and are stll sup
ported by, the several governments, There, are q
9nerss At oxord osmbrdke % In Di ee sne
many the studentlmuBt graduate in a college be-
fore he can enter the universities. The German
Universts Sdest RsttutiS e. Iaan ife
ing in Ehrope0 which twas' framed after the
model of that of Alexandrisi where Euclid, Dio-
0rigen, atholasiEs and St. Gregory We're trained
for their high vocation. .'''0 ':h'S: 40. E'V
These Universities have four departments, or
1. The Theological Department, which ranks
frst in Importance D. Dl is the highest aoaiiem-
ical degree that they can confer. They require of
sai doRRat RRR RsSs
her1neneutics, antiquities, church Rnd doctrine
history, homiletica, oateoheticsy ,litarges,, and
oe E5
eraf American Doctors Of Divinity who did not
pass an examination. upon that ourricnium) 1T is
quire that only divinss shallteach theology. Ed
ward OF dottiugen, q member of the philosophical
faculty, is nowlecturing on, the book of JOB and
! II. The Philosophical Department. = ~nn,
III, The DePartmentt tof Law: embracing his
tory Of the eiv1, criminal; and common law..',n
- lV. The Department OF Medicine In this last
Germany has always been second to France.
me Lecture is the vehicle Of instruction. The
student Ve,y raralyi comes into pernonaI contact
with the professors. AT the appointed timo the
professor appears upon the rostrun1, bows polite
ly, delivers his lecture Of fifty minutes length and
retires. The! professors do not use. text
text man cannot be- teacher; here who can
only look over thetext as the. pupil recitee--he
must understand bis departments thoroughly, or
he cannot proceed at atH The students have the
privileges of the fresh efusions Of the instructor
If he is not attentive to these lectures he can
never hope to pass his examination upon his ap-
plication Tor q degree. system that allows
such entire independehcy in It's teachers has,
however, it's very serions defepts and in this pe-
culsrity Of their educational system do We find
partial explanation OF the origin Of those innu-
merable theories and wild doctrines that have
emapated from ese'fsmous schools. That each
professor is required to furnish his own text ex-
plains the fact that Germany has"supplied the
.. Before a young man oan' matriculate as q stu
dent in the University he must have become co
bacheios OF art" In the preparatory ..studies,'
which differ little from those of our. American
colleges, the tutorial systenois rigidly observed.
There exist no seetsrian or other tests fbesides
those OF scholsarsbip) for admission into German
University. ''"Greeks and Jews, EnglIshmen,
American and African students may be received,
and are in actual attendance at those institutions
The student at these Universities is emphntic-
tership Of the college have ceased. The diligent
student finds here every advantage and at small
cost. BE comes into daily contact with the mas
libraries and richly furnished museums and lite
rary societies, with every means that he can nse
and every stimulant that can arouse and every
and immoral, University life is the initiatory to
utter uselessness and ruin. The Sabbaths are
spent by the great mass Of the students in exour-
sions and rec and easy reoreations On such
ment. To be suspected OF pietyis to be suspected
Of weakness in the upper story. - So ',T
Dlelilng.in TIE mil mild German form -is still in
dents are models OF good conduct affa of studioua
application. Most students visit three or 'fonr
Uniyetsties during the period of their university
tuo etyio is 10 bp6uu Cn0 winter BeaBOn
at Berlin, Leipsig,, Vienna, and Munich; and tho
summer season at, Gottingen, Bonn, or Heidel-
berg. During the last year a Young mar. from
Georgik giktecefyed the highest honbrs conferred by
the University OF Heidelberg the first American,
We are informed, that hss ever received saoh
Germany is.. by all ODDS the place OF cheap
education. As the professors are:aalaried men,
the students ply for d courss Of lectures a,nefe
pitte9ce, say fye or six - dollarbH Lodging and
boatd are proporGohstely cheap. :" (Pr6f. Ahrens
writes ffom' Gottingen.) ga student who abStains
from the reyelries Of the gay and voluptuous who
dressee nicely but not extrayagaptly, may spend
year; at O. German University, and enjoy all its
noted PriVileges, with two hundred, and ffty dol
To MAKE Af Eoa STAND ON ENp.--A curious dis
cussion on: this subject, stafted by an Epglish
vicar, is going through the Manchester papsrs
One writer says Columbus need not have broken
his egg, fqr that article can be made to'stand
thus: Take an egg and shake It In the hand
from five to ten minutes; by doing 80 you render
the white mote fiuid, and the yolk sinks nearer
it be then held he steadily until the yok has time
ap4RSa asRaeS es es S5Hhn Hhse &c made
su'iaoe' ~. -.-.H i!.iiill; i -
Tho wife Of a returned Ohio soldier was alarmed
lest her husband should lose his arm, which had
been Sady Wounded By muskst Ia but BY her
SereIai n1Htsiag y was ssXed. Eight months after