Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-11-07
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wander for hours through the many
rooms, bsrquet halle, chspels and
underground passages connected
with this vast system of buildings
we begin 10 realize in measure
what must have been lis magrifi-
cence when il was completed three
hundred years ago A part of q
round tower at one angle of the for
LITIGATION which was blown up by
the French, shows a wall of solid ma.
sonry twenty feet in thickness.
In one of the many cellars is the
| celebrated tun or wine cask which
is the largest ever constructed. 1t
was built 100 years ago and though
unused is yet in good state of pres
Q. walton. IL is almost as large as
house, having length OF thirty-two
feet, head diameter Of twenty two
feet, AID bung diane of tm enty.
five feet. Measured sround the mid
die it would girt more than sew, nty
eight feet.
L. holds 800 hogsheads of wine.
and its contents would ill 283 600
bottles. Near it stands figure CT
one of the court fools who is said 10
have taken eighteen bottles Of wine
| daily, and the color of his face and
the size Of his stomach confirms the
story.
In many places the uined build-
lngs are covered with dense growth
of ivy, as if Nature were kindly try.
ing to cover up mans failure 10 try
ing TO make that which would last
forever.
In the evening we bad the pleas
ure or seeing the ruins Illuminated in
honor Of convention of milIers who
came 10 the city for an excursion.
The University of Heidelberg
shares with the castle the honors and
price Ut the citizens An American
looking over the city finds no grand
buildings which suggest 10 him the
idea OF great university, but scat.
tered here and there are old dingy
structures which are pointed out TO
him as making no the University
| admit II was with feeling of dis.
appointment that friend of mine. a
student in the University, took me
to plain, brisk three story building
which looked like common court
house without i steeple or dome aud
entering small door told me | WAS
in one of the lecture rooms of the
University. We passed along mar
row hall, took drink of water from
faucet in the wal. and turning down
still narrower passage at tho right
few steps brought US to door
which opened into the room where
we were to attend the lecture. This
room Was perhaps fifty feet square
with widows on two sides. The
desks were long benches, the seat of
one being the back and desk Of the
one next behind, just like the bench
es 10 country school houses wears
ago Ii these bad ever been painted
there were 10 traces of il left. and
the noble Ger man student, after the
style OF the bare toed Yankee boy,
IN Connecticut, has not been above
leaving the marks of his jack knife
on the seats. Ink bottles also seem
to have way of upsetting here and
sending their contents over the desk
and floor just as they do with US
The lecturers platform was in the
center Of one eide of the room and
bad a plain deck in front of it like a
common pulpit. The students, some
sixty or more, were ell in their places
quietly talking with each other be-
fore the professor entered. When
The lecturer opened the door he was
greeted with subdued applause, vi icb
be seemed not TO notice, but walked
rapidly to the platform, where stand.
ing behind the desk and opening his
manuscript be at once commenced
bis lecture. He spoke for an hour
on the principles of International
Law, without even once consulting
his manuscript, and during this time
there was the most perfect attention
on the part of bis hearers. A con.
siderable part of the students took
very few notes, as the lecturer had
published o book on the came sub
Ject but short time previous. AT
the close of the lecture tho same
quiet applause was renewed and the
students remained sea, ed until the
Professor bad passed into tho hall,
when they aTose and went quietly
out.
LII would be considered q mark of
tho greatest discourtcsy for one to
go out during the progress of lee
ture unless the circumstances were
most pressing. If any studeot should
show intentional disrespect to
Professor or disturb lecture he
would be imprisoned for from two to
ten months according to the n>ture
Of the offence. In their treatment
of each other the students arc must
careful of their personal dignity and
honor. Anything like HAHN, or
abusive language, even the calling of
fellow student fool. will bring
down the wrath of the authorities on
the offenders head and at the least
will give him a suspension of elk
months, and be will be posted so that
he cannot enter any University in
Germany during this time. The stu.
dents who are acquainted with each
other always lift their hats in pass
ing.
In regard to duelling and dissipa-
ton find that this is confined al
most entirely to what is called corps
students. There are five of these
corps or clubs in the University and
they include not more than one
fourth of 700 students which the
University boasts.
The corp students can be known
by their brilliant embroidered caps
which look something like smoking
caps. The duelling is confined en-
tlrely to these students and is carried
on in systsmatic manner, there be-
ing usually one duel week during
term time. Generally the combat.
ants are appointed by the captain of
the club, and the contest is carried
on in the presence of tho members.