New-York tribune., 1886-08-23
removsa s believed, for aye sat In the choir OF ths
Hsligsest Klrcas while the Bach eocsty Hanasls

redecorated The remains OF the t0mostones iounu u
the vaults underneath the choir which bad been desscrst
cd by the Frcnch by command OF Louis XIV In 1888 ha
been carefully placed In museum the scattered bons
OF the ancient Electors reverenty buried What wondsi
that the celebration seemed an occasion for thinking
aud that the criticism would not down that 1t untort
innate shat all serious reflection tho es0ns OF the
day monopolIzed by few hundred, and tie thou
saDds we're told to content themselves with mcrrym
irgf The reasons. obvious enough two. The Ger
mans are impractical people. and there is no larse
hall in Heidelberg. True mammoth festival hall was
built for the OCCASION bat this hall had to have tables
all over Its floor, ana as 1t made 10 contain 1000
eaters and drinkers 1t plainly unsuited to the ser
ions features OF university jubilee so the Ada OF the
university the old church and the hall OF the museum
where the official dinner gwen alone heard wAat
the assembled wisdom OF Europe had 10 say.
The gories OF Heidelberg especially Its achievements
since IL rcorganzed In the first decade Of this cen
tury, scarcely need rebearsng. Tho list woud mors
than outweigh tho catalogue OF and mis,ortuncs
which has been fully recalled 1T not purpose to
croak but get OF ubant OF the streets
into the quiet OF the venerable church iresisby led one
to close his 10 the reulgenoe OF the latter day. ana
to place himself at tho other end OF the Vista that lac
might how tho lasting dawn after centuries c
gloom and hlcKerng llsht And this the ceiebrati"b
sbouh have enabled all to DO. Besides there was a
circumstance which wildly recalled Of the uniysr
itys adyorstios. Popo Leo XIII sent messenger to
which Of predecessors had sanctioned five cen
turtles before. The gift catalogue OF portion oi
the famous library which Tly stole out OF the galleries
OF the He'll geist Kirche and placed in tho Vatican Ia
that library 432 Greek, 1896 Latin 1878 french
239 Hebrew and S45 German manuscripts After the
eud betwecn the Popes OF Rome aud thekngs OF France
had end 500 OF the codces wore sem TO Paris
among them and IL Latin. These thirty eight
restored to Heidelberg by the terms of the Paris
rreafV of A
tae Pope to return library whicn Is oi inestm,0e
valuo to German scholars Tue Pope sent oack the Ger
man man nsoripts but retained the printed BOOKS watch
numbered about 5000. aud the 1862 classic manu-
scripts. Now Loo XIII vouchsafes catalogue oi the
treasures still Vatican and the universally line
outDurst gratitude confers honorary degree the
papal messenger who brings the Intelligence that the
work OF preparing the catalogue is begun There
proofs be=des this that Heidelberg not above the
iOes OF smaller nySrsitIes IN tue matter O degrees
honorary degree snd ;:- law faculty
presented tLe Grand Dukes IrcS:%suse
the aIchtsot who had reldrnshed the interior tho
Aua aud the papa messenger Enroo Stevenson. Among
William Stubs, OF OyfoTd Henri Tane OF Paris, NOrd
enssold OF STOCKHOLM; olr Enfield Roscoe OF London
son. OF Glasgow; Professor Caylay, OF Cam
bridge, and Graham Bell, Professor Marsh
Professor Powell. Of United States Deputations,
present during the jubilee ceremonies from TWEEN
schools, sixteen BaienslAn gymnasia aud twenyeight
foreign IN versties or American institutions only
Columbia College aud Johns Hopkins University were
the former by Edwin H. A. Seismsn II Ia
Ia n'erestins ~ tLs eonneeaon TO mote i-ot
that when the nineteenth century closes not decade or
1t will nave passed without aE least one German uni
verslty having Completed one or more hundred years
When Prague aud Vienna celebrated their nye-hu1-
aredth anniversaries they wore sun Gerhsn Inssitu
have lived Tor more than half thousand years SIX Tor
more than four hundred, anu hve for tnan |
century, Berlin and Bonn have passed their sem-cen
ennis There arc twenty universities 10 the present
German Empire The youngest Is iess than haf gen-
eratlon Old, the oldest nall millennium.
despair OF my aniity TO convey any adequate idea
singing ana nOwling OF tue thousands OF pescnt
ana from carly forenoon
inti early dawn. To the may another
ne for there circumstances which made the
lite music which was heard especially Interssting.
From incessant din Of Ae joyiay oiouous suieats
lnd alumni tue inhabitants OF heidelberg only mad rest
III Friday nghI when the oOUo unlten IN prOuglous
,nort to shame pandemonium III The FeSH'ate Those
y 40 nave ever seen a corps OF G1Fnan m unyersy
students rub salanahder ana naTyeIed AZ the variety
mi volume OF noise produced. may take that recoilec-
he extreme limit OF Ineir lmasinatoas ln thls way
ayorei Few nay get a ui iSlat aud .q5,iHesy
ne sdeuss cser S, AMI 'AS the e4ss
eilar echoed TO during tue week. Then conJure
wooded mountains aud the ruined castle. whIcn must
uger like dream o. paradise IN the mind Of every one
ieys OF the old town with dense crowd wnich all
he c,ylzed countries u OF The the word have
nj gardens aud ,aurarts with gayy capped,
tudeuls, nearly every ono wearing the hideous scars
nd rl-cO.ored scaris which tell OF folly bravery
he daeinsroou. sprinkle the squares near the church
orseous robes. there, the nucleus OF
II excited mnititude' drop Grand Duke,
he is the German Emperor's daugh.er, Prince
r footman ali equally GORGEOUS and over everything
enison OF Gei-ntfui wea. Aes. The cunlnatlou Of
opular curiosity Reached Friday, when the
Istorc procession walked role nearly all the
ras one Of the most beautiful aclos OF the juoec
reessor Hod. OF the Art school at Carsruhe, na made
designs for the aud they carried out
nder his supervision TO nis great eredis aud the
roups representing scenes OF court country and uni-
ersiIy iIie during each OF the centuries that have
y 10 historical truth Ia tns matter Oi costume and
rmor was maintained throughout and some
the costumes were OF l;.' enttaordinary beauty
Omprehensiye o scheme carried out without single
isturDing anachronsn. The groups of children IN tho
oiumn sang German songs ot long ago. ami untl the
sst taO.eau was Reached, which represented the
lent was used which did not date back In
iructure and capacity to tue period III the
nj beautiful were the procession Of PaaIne yintagers
the sixteenth century tue entry OF Eector Frederick
zenith century and Eector Charles Phihp2's hunting
arty In the eighteenth century. The illumination OF
majority OF the spectators but in grandeur 1t marked
le climax OF the weeks splsndors. The towns
.ns and these. with Heiie bsrgs and VISITORS
gathered the opposite shore OF the NecKar As
articolored Lanterns and fed with singing Students
sne floating down the stream Above the town. on The
elton yuni the Old castle disappeared the darkness
O'clock only very sharp eye cou Il trace It's
Mostly outlines. Then there same a cannon signal,
ld all eyes we're turned toward the dark mountain. |
mother signal. and myriad OF rockets burst fIom the
lined towers and dlrtei 3kyward simultaneously tns
magnificent pile began TO glow Ike the Valky riss
'ck Rcd nsos more VIVID than those which III |
p the exterior. shone through the arches
III windows the towersI fires |
irnsd all along the base II to inc ruDy castls
undaton OF emerald. The effect was indeseIl0aoly
bllme. impressive close a week OF festivities
uld have been devised no where but In Heidelberg.
n. B.. K.