New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20

able tOkcep soul ana UOuy loEcthcI. VI III" ch''D'''
The professor with great accuracy to g1us' the
ability of the students III his special department IS
the exercise known rs SeniRnaee. Once, twice. or
thrice a week he meets limited number,
outside of lecture hours. at HIS house
or in the university buildings. Here
tome. connected with their stuci"s, is proposed
for discussion, an author read or written ESSAYS
are criticised. Each student rs invited to partici-
pate in the discussion which the professor merely
directs, throwing IN explanatory oi ctlucdi re-
marks and guarding against too wlie HlgresSlOnS.
Sometimes a student preSdes and the professor sits
by deciding mOotcd questions. stimulating TO
decppr lnqnIrv and suggesting fresh sources Of In
formation Al the end OF a semester lie Is sure u
know thoroughly the scholarly aitalilmchtS OIL caCh
member OF the Seminar and as 1t is invariably tie
themselves of this opportunity for prolounder re-
search they also have the best chances of appoint
ment, if they aspire for places under the Govern
mcut And TINS ii il safe to assert that they oil do.
The number of applicants for every petty little
place in Germany Is astounding; and the scramble
for the privilege Of wearing ones self TO SKIN ana
bones for couple oil hundred dOllaFsa year Is lruS
have said that gentcel poverty the rule at the
German universities. nlsnt say ,nC ~ - ",9o
venerable tradition. The time Is not very remote
when many students begged for hNnS, or per
formed the humblest tasks with view OF keeping
alive while pursuing their studleS Even
now there are students VINO play IN
street bands sweep ont offices,
or even figure as walters in restaurants While
and biRg to ersCRCe Some dlscOrds are undoubtedly
produced in the attempt at reconcillGg SUCH I'M
sympathetic callngs; and n ne case on tne walter
who aspires to dOctOrate of philosophy, the ClShes
are often the sufferers As rule the system works
badly and spoils both the student and the waiter.
As further encouragement to aspiring inedlocIltl
act the many egacies of which the German unYersi-
ties have the disposal These are scarcely ever
large enough TO support man decentiy' nor sunaii
enough to allow him to starve outright. irehd
ef mine whom shall call Mr.. f., who had once en-
loved the income of such legacy. youched LOT the
truth of the follow ng experience: lie ana MS cHu
F. we're both mIserabiy Door; but as tney QeIohSeu
to different faculties " they concluded, az n
measure of economy, to wear enc Sult OF colucS pc
tween them. NJ, who was philologst. never had
his lectures at the same hours P,who was study
ing law Ii was therefore p0SslDlclOr ooth 10 cJoJ
me fruits of science With same par OF trousers.
lyon know a par of trousers" VI. Sald, may
he roughly defined IA two hollow tubes OF cloth,
approximately adapted to the length OF the lsf'
uniting in bag-likc receptacle of ABOUT inc CUBIC
measure of the sum of the two legs together Such
n Continuance cannot be improviscd as ne ciiarn-
Ing grisctte in MuTgers 'Nlc de Boheme I'm
nr0vised q dress for mass ont Of window
nv chum was acquiring legal lore. and ne hal 20
submit to the same necessity while was attending
lectures on SanSkrt and phlloi2s'. but Una,
was by no means the worst OF 1t. T., VINO Is aoout
seven inches shorter than | am. wore ont thc
trousers AT the bottom in the most rulhcNS IaNilon'
was Obliged to cut of fresh fringe every week
In this way, you will easily perceive orr coulinuh-
isic trousers kept creeping further aud lultHGr up
my legs, until grew asha ned To wear iheih' lIcn
the plau of obtaining credit pairo high-topped
boots OF Our average fit and wear hcnceiorth the
trousers tucked INTO the tops, IN ne laShlon on
fronticrsmcn. In this way we worried through inc
winter although we had 10 endure many Elpes ana
once a duel OccasiOncd by our originality III tht
matter of boots IL was severe trial To Inc on That
occasion that could not act as my chull secohdi
on account OF the abOvc-ncntIohcd lnsulhcIch'N 81
trousers. Nv chum had later the luck T. make Il
protitah'c match, and lie is now, III consequence,
CONNIE cd to apply multiplication IN the matter OF
trousers instead of. a. formerly, DIVISION
The various picturesque phases oil t'eimah SUI
dent life IF which We heard 50 much twenty or
thirty wears ago are now fast disappearing. me
unscntimeutal spirit of the century, which has IN
vadcd all the seats OF learning, mas Iobh"d we nc
adcmicl relations of much OF their former poetry
The railroad too, that tcriilc revoutl"hZcr i It
Spousibic for the disappearance OF many pcdNahl
customs. Thus the cDHitdt. or the procession o.
honor beyond the boundaries OF the town. WhlGH
the students accorded TO their departing comI&!e,
becomes an abSurdity or an impoS'lbillty u ne ne
parts by Iall The charming song, too iuil 81
friendly a.d half-humoTOus sentiment, IN which
they babe him GOd-spcei upon his lonih"y was
ADAPTED 10 the slow ana c3~y-goiuE llinrS' "h'h
the young scholar like lHS brother, tAc louineEhal
sauntercd homcwar'l over the anu bleh""E WIZ
his kuapsack on ms back. and sat down under the
linden trees AT the roadside to rinse down the dn,t
in a glass OF Rhcnsh VINE, ana 10 sing song III
praiSc of his beloved. The Id1dos raicr, too,
which Rayard TAYLOR has described so delight
fully in his Views AtOOt, tprr-cut- an Obsolete
OF al all events an ObSOcSccnt custom ana the
iuchstau6 uhe baptism of the freshman IN hG'n,
which once was the occasion OF so much roilcklng
est and remotcst university towns where lhe Hld-
die Ages are yet tolcrab!y well ntrenrhcd,
and the spirit of the Barschc"sctQi
is something more than q nahIu"h. lug
latter institution however which was once agand
and enthusiastic fraternity of all German students
cot into hot water and politics, bong held rc'roh-
sibe for Ludwig SAINTS murder oi the loct h't%,-
bur and WIS suppressed by thc Government. II
rcappedrcd III the shape o dozen 9r more minor
fratclnitics Gcmaucn. Annnrn. lcniohch. &C.
winch were roo small and too divided III sentiment
to be dangerous. These exist yet IN name; sport
their colOrs 10 Ubbeu- and caps ana cut on 'Uh
others noses and slash each others checks on ihc
sIiphtcst provoca'ion. The duty OF du"llng -
compulsory in nearly all of them, ana the atIhlr'-
tol OF q scared and cEcckcrcd skin seems 40 ne
the chief reason of their existence. There are also
anil duclhug societIc. but these enjoyed IA my da
small respect The same solemn uou'ch-e Whl'h
cb9ractcTIZcS our own Greek lrtt'l r"ci'il.
and their enemies, the an l-s"crct societies. H.
though III a less degree, characteristic ul the Ter
man fraternt1cS. kind Of pseudo military -p!llt
and a tremendous patriotic braggadoco are what
will most impress ia" foreigner VINO is admitted 10
their kpepcu aad duclling halls. The plGaSant",t
thing about them l. their songs winch are
full OF roli!cliIg boyIsh lul' ana oI'c,r,o ~
from the tunes when sentiment WAS
vet in fashion. Komcr, Arndt, Schciicl aud d9z n
other poets OF IcuONn have contributor 10 lhcH
| RO1pnnzbach and the delightful tunes have been
garncrcd from all quarters OF the fdthccland IL IS
q glorious thing 10 hear, for Instance, the IGaiidT
in LeIpsic sins. The blood begins 10 dance IN the
VEINS even Of the poorest Phil>tiue NJ IL sound Oh
their voices and he feels win Strahgc Joyous SUI
ness the Youthful impulses and the yOui hiul memo
res emerge out OF the DIN IrrccoNcIdDIc past ne
feels that, however much thu age llIy change ana
the centuries alter their complexion youth VIII YET
| be youth and students students,
IlJAIMAR II. BoyEsEN.
IRRIGATION IN COLOEADO