Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-15
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. recently in New York city in honor Q
2 Mr.. Bayard Taylor has awakened, in
> duces the New York Erening Post +
!. print the following description, take
: from Professor James Morgan Hart
, book on German universities, of Kneipt
, another name for a Commers on a smal
scale: @'' F}711 $a e@8
! ain whatever other respects the Ger
man student may be irregular, he Away
kneips according to rule. 1t il not nee
essary to 20 into all the particulars Of
Il the German beer code; to be frank,
do not know them all myself. The read
er who wishes to post himself thoroughly
Y can study the Heidelburg Bier-con,men
Tor Sauf comment. The chief point is that
when you sit down with other students
10 q hneipe, you must drink with the
Others and not according to your own
fancy. Even if you are an invited
guest, you will commit breach of Ell.
quette by drinking by yourself. f s
Every Kneipe has a master or presid-
ing officer, whose duty it is to see that
each man meets the requirements of the
Comment, and from whose decision there
is no appeal. He gives tone and char
acter to the entertainment, selecting the
songs to be sung, and appointing the
editor of the so-called Beer Gazette. This
is sort Of comic paper, either in prose or
verse, composed impromptu, and devoted
to the persifage of the members of the
| kneipe and the incidents of the week
The master can punish disorder. or DISC
bedience by ordering the unruly MEM
bers to drink aquantity a of beerpr pena,
a. it is called.
"One of the side performances of a
Kneipe is beer duel Two students,
wishing to ascertain which one is the bet
ter man, !. e., the faster drinker of the
two, choose an umpire. This umpire
places the duelists side by side, sees that
each one has his glass properlyfilled, and
calls of: One, two, three. At the word
three each one must put his glass to his
mouth and empty it a. fast as he can.
The one who can rap his glass FIRST on the
table ia the victor. II is the umpire's
duty to see that the duel has been fairly
conducted, l. e., that no heel-tap is left in
the glass. | advise nay cOuntrymen not
to venture upon beer duel without con-
siderable preliminary practice, for the
greenh0rn may be sure OF getting the
worst. The veteran student has a knack
Of swallowing beer that would horrify
any respectable professor of anatomy and
| hygiene. In truth he does not swallow
at all; he thrsws his head slightly back,
opens his mouth, and, holding his breath,
simply pours the beer down the Gsopha-
gus as if it were long funnel. The
rapidity with which glass Of beer can
be made to disappear by this process is
something incredible. asN
"The 18th Of October, 1868, was the
semi-centennial anniversary of the great
battle of Leipsic, German patriotism
rose to fever heat, the students, of course,
tcatching the contagion 1t was resolved
to hold grand Sudenten-kneipe on the
leyening Of the lSth. The banquet was
at half-past 7 in the evening. The hall
was decorated with the Hanoverian
colors and with the colors OF the sew
eral corps. Each corps sat by itself, at
its own table. A plain but good supper
was served in two or three courses. The
toasts were then in order. The speeches
delivered ut the banquet were not above
the average. Several professors were
present as invited guests, and made short
formal harangues. One or two of the
students, it seemed to me, did better
than their Instructors. At least they had
more fire, more snap The keynote
was, of course, German patriotism and
German unity.
"The professors and other elderly
guests beat = retreat before 10 O'Clock,
leaving the students to display their Pc
culiar youthful Qualities without re-
straint, / shall not attempt to describe
the babel that ensured. The reader has
only to imagine half a dozen students
haranguing ct once in various degrees of
inspiration healths drunk right and
left, glasses jingling, masters Of cereno-
nies bawling to order, walters rushing to
and fro. .3 'a
"But has the reader ever heard of that
august ceremony called rubbing sala-
mander? Let me give it. The presi-
dent rises from his chair, and, carefully
clearing his throst and filling his lungs,
let's the laundering words resound
through the room: Silentium, meine Her-
rem, silentium'! Schmidt, du trinks! tinen
pro prnd-Pa! Ruhig, sonst tyisks du
noch einen. Smith, you've go, to drink
one as fine (for having interrupted
me). psf! be quiet, or else, you'll get
another Siientium! Eischer, s,rci pro
pGna!. Gentlemen, in consideration of
the glorious occasion we celebrate, l
herewith call upon you'-Forster,, du
kriegst s,cei pro ppna, ,oiu mir keincr den
Kerl hina1 schmeissen, two for Forster,
will nobody do me the kindness to put
the fellow out - call upon YOU gentle
men to participate in the joyous exercise
Of rubbing salamander.' Ad enerc;tiuna
alamandri, dro. drum" = 4" est 's4.
The Uses Of the Turkhh Veil.
Such is the art with which the Turk
ish ladies adjust the jasmaec (veil that