The New York herald., 1868-08-20
GERMANY.

The Bonn Celebration Description Of the Uni
versify-The Mysterious Obelisi8-Gcrrnnn
Student Lifc-Greetings and Speeches.
Ceremonies Of the Second Day and the Third
Days Procession and Presence of Royalty.
BERLIN, August A. 1868.
To celebrate the flftieth anniversary OF the Uni
versity Of Bonn, an institution founded In 1918,
ranking among the first of the kind in Germany,
many thousands OF former Bonn students, from the
annual dating far back 1918 up to last
years. also representatives from all other German
universities were gathered to that beautiful town,
the left bank OF the Rhine, the government dis
trict OF Cologne
Indeed all the importance Of Bonn is due to its
university Founded in 1856 by the Archduke Maxi
milan Frederick, 1t was changed under the French
regime, In 1902, into lyceum. The existing uni
versty was refounded in 1918 by King Frederick
William ILL., OF Prussia. II Is institution most
generously endowed, boasting Of splendid lecture
rooms, library numbering over 200, 900 volumes, q
museum OF Rhenish antiquities, scientific COL
lections innumerable, an additional anatomical
laboratory, botanical garden, an agricultural
department, and last, though not least, the
renowned observatory which has given birth 10
the far-famed celestial charts. The University
comprises i've faculties, In which over ninety
professors and teachers give instruction. The
number Of students-formerly over thou
sand-amounted In the years 1855 to 1854 to
Upwards OF s00-s50. Among the many distin-
guished professors formerly and now attached to
the institution are particularly to be mentioned:-
Dorner Rothe Bleek and Lange. in evangelical the
ology; Hermes and his scholars, Achterfeld and
Braun, in Catholic theology; Walter, Bluhme and
Booking, as jurists; Hairless, Naumann, Albers and
Mayer, in the medical faculty; in the different
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rIans welcker and Ritschel; the archeoogist Otto
Jain, Brandes; the orientast Lassen; the mathema-
tician Pllcker; the astronomer Argeander; the min
eralogist N0ggerath; the chemist Bischof; the Ger
manist Simrock; the ROmanist Diez; the historians
Arndt, Dahmann, Won sybel, &c.
With the usual German elaboration the on1cial
celebration was not designed to be an anair of
few or of twenty-four hours but must extend over
four days. The town OF Bonn was rugged out In its
holiday attire streets larry covered WIN banners
tunity OF showing their humor, there was, apart
from the numerous triumphal arches and decora-
transmogrined by these facetlous gentlemen into
colossal 0belsk At the foot Of IL were eight huge
as s iney @ were
symbolic meaning In German student life Is that
when they borrow small sums OF trades people, and
their purses this is called chaining up the bear.H
As one looks at the obelisk, somewhat higher four
harmless po0deS appear-tne SYMBOL OF the Unlver-
sity beedles corresponding in number. For the
further perfection OF our studies In this branch OF
zoology, which we may call academic" we now con-
template two foxes and two cames representing the
new students and the old stagers. But on the very
summit OF this monument, embeliished with coats OF
arms ana b atmen @ sqe vafops cans s
those most necessary beer and wine house adjuncts
80 Indispensable TO the STUDENTS exlstence-namely,
But, oh horror above the crown stands gigantic
tomcat with curved back and wavy tail stretched
Sy SS ia What NAV this means Ths aneton wes ans ans
swered by fine looking, sturdy Teuton, who seemed
TO take pity on our evident ignorance. You well
know" he said to us that the students life, with
out beer and wine and creature comforts, would be
perfectly unbearabe but the excess In these hardly
70 be avoided when you meet with company, Is de.
signated by the cat which serves as symbol OF that
certain state bordering happiness and not far of
from misery, the best antdote for which you see up
there near the cat. e., two large herrings, fish,
important In academical zoology as nature has EVIL
dently designated 1t for such emergencies
The opening day OF the festival was the 1st inst,
monster trains having the previous days brought
their numerous visitors TO the town. In the morn
ing at eleven O'Clock the worthy Nestor. Professor y.
q. Wecker, too old 10 attend himself received IRON
the rector and Senate an address, which was handed
TO him by several professors as deputies. sThe day
was occupied with general receptions and welcomes,
and the evening concluded with grand jubiation
at the riding school, the theatre not having been
found large enough. on this occasion old and young
connected with the Alma Mater In any way were
assembled for convivial glass. Toasts. speeches
and songs came fast and furious immense was the
consumption OF liquids, and reporters, finding
that their occupation was gone joined in the UNI
versal uproar and hiarity. The riding school was
richly adorned with garlands, standards, coats OF
arms gas stars, and on the walls inscriptions Of the
following universities might be read:Zurich, 1888;
Fryburg, 1854 Marburg, 1877 G0tingen. 1881; Jena,
1885, Grelfswalde, 145o; W0rzburg, 1882; Bresau.
isl0; Tubingen, 1474; Kiel 1905; Heidelberg, 1885;
Konigsberg 1s44; Leipsic, l4os; Munich, lA72, and
on the following day the regular oficial celebra-
tion began az early a. nine O'Clock In the morning
by services both IN the Catholic and Evangelical
churches The Archbishop Of Cologne presiding N