The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-21

| square, IN the center Of the city, known as tn
| market place, tue students formed themseIve
| uto a hollow square. and at given signal. ever
voica was raised in one Of the national airs, an
| az they sang each man threw his blazing torch
ltkc spear, into the center, SO that those fer
| l4ucc5 tel thick and fast from hundreds 0
| hands, there sprang up a great bonfire tina
| made the mOJnDeans paie and gloWed witt
| yellow lustre upon the dark stone fronts OF tin
| surrounding buildings. This ceremony con
Guided, all hands dispersed to wash and dres
| for a grand social reunion which was to tak
place il 4 large bali little later.
IL any other country this gathering would b.
| called 'DI5 zpree tor the principal feature .
| the occasion was the consumption Of vas
! quantity Of beer bu- the term spree ar it i
| understood and accepted AZ home, can not Lt
! app,cd - aiillr ~ tLiz kind III Germany, toI
| tHsru gat elln84 are highly respectable, and TIL.
| most dlS4Isd professors, legal, medical, liter
| ary eic., lent their couutenance, by benz
| present on this occasion, and not q few speccAc-
were made. There Wa printed list IT songs L
Je -uug, ana az the Germans can al sing, II u
nc dltas t. sa5 that With chorus Of xix hHudfe
Justly vclets the ROOT II the hal rang again W
thesc enthusiasts Young +Deuschers" beloved
out the words.
There va one song, written specially Pr tie
occasion, that vas veiy funny, Lit would To-
force by trans .atlon; tAl- vas Al odo adlre 4c!
10 the formula Of alcohol CT H.6 q (Which.
appearing at a drinking fcas Il honor # Sra-
ieseor OF Chemistry, was very appropriate and
II was most cIevcrly written, Introducing nun-
Jaf Of eony cntIonal chemical phrases, and &c
7CfltIBG the transformation which 81 II q %
1ulcrEJcs after beng ab56ibcs, how it llst.
o., etc., etc, but al Ia ele ilSAiscss wsy Inag1l-
able
The festivities VI .ho evening v 70 pro'racted
HntIl they became f.stWltics Of tLe morning,
and &c ram fellows, whose feelings carried them
very far, acknowledged that hoW end when thcv
got home remain. to cIlem an uusovcd mystery.
Prof kec4ulas al whose honor The whole affar
was given, il gentleman whose discoveries in
modern inorganic chemistry hss. placed aim All
the first ranh Of scientists.
He il tie fbuldGr Of HE greae ana important
theory ID relation to carbon. by which that ele-
ment i knOAA to have four combining ailinitles,
that il to gay, That atom Of carbon is capable
Of satUrating four atoms OF hydrogen, which has
one combining affinity, or tive atoms Of oxygen.
which hes two, and 50 on. This discovery IL Ike
The old story Of Columbus aud the egg in sim
plcity d principle, but its Importance in chem
lstry IS 80 great, that il at once placed Prof
kechulc IN tie list Of the most distinguished
chemists Of the day. He has also established
many other valuable and original theories be-
sides aiding to develop those Of his great fellow
labOrers in the field Of modern inorganic chem
stry.
He is a man aged about forty wears, has fine
face, shaded by full dark beard and his broad
forehead ana keen eyes give one an idea Of great
mental capacity. lie is d native Of Darmatudt,
md previous to coming to Bonn was professor IN
he University Of Client. His services are very
nightly esteemed here, and the attachment he
laa shown to Bonn and It's University has had
he effect Gt making nam oven d gre teg tavorite
sours, e:cs
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