The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-15
BIsMARCK'S BOYH0OD
A Great Beer Drinker and q
Good Fellow.
he WAS 4 LIVELY RoYsTERER.
Rnragsa In Twenty Eight Daeis ana Only
wounded Oncs--bIsm@rck's Bet
VITA An Amerscan.


pamphlets have told him how the coming
chancellor caF0nsed and 9usrreled and
foueh4 and ruled while learning enough 10
become a herr doctor. Tradition, too, has
rolled M . mass Of anecdotes concerning
these wild dosngs. which are A. familiar 70
the loystl German a. the legends Of Luther
and his Katharine AZ Grimma or the tales
OF the beautiful Queen Louise and Der SONS
at Potsaam. The German DFyasdust has
seen rarsacking the records in search Of
BismareAsaua for more than quarter Of .
century, and most persons thought be had
foand the last available Bit Dr.. Otto
Meier. however. has recently discovered q
comparatively new and unworked vein Il
is the official university records Of Bis
marek'a student life at Gottingen. In his
"Knlturgeachsechsliche Bidder aus Coffin
gen" Just published, Dr. Meier devotes
many pages 10 the narrative of how and
Why young Bismarck came IN contact with
the authorities. and what they wrote IN
their big Official votes about him.
Leopold Eduard Otto Won Bismarck,
freshman At Gottingen in May, iss2. vas
Iank. b1ny. nngraceful bog With q long
ssach ard an enormous stride. Plenty Of
riding and hunting on hts fathers estate
bad given him hard muscles and
sound body. TIE grinding routine OF els
preparatory education at a gymnasium
had whetted bis desire for the full freedom
OF university life In short he came 10
Gottingen just ripe 10 make Gottingen
howl and he did IL. Before the frat twenty
four hunrs Of his student life was up he
had swapg himself. atlirec in long dress-
ing goxn. and accompanied oy his big dog,
into the presence Of the gniversity's rector
10 answer 60 q charge of misconduct The
enoymity OF appearing in dressing gown
and with dog before the rector magnih-
Gus OF German university can hardly be
exaggerated, for German rector Is an au-
thority OF unsurpassed dignity, installed In
Office with all the medieval pomp OF scarlet
robes and giided slaves, and possessed OF q
golden chain which is ala "0pen sesame" TO
the doors Of the local proceedings audience
chamber. Even today German student
could do few thing more reckless than TO
call on rector magnifcus in bobtail coat.
and official dignity In Germany today Is
nothing compared with official dignity in
Germany 81 years age. BY some hook
OF crook. however Bismarck managed 10
escape tbs penalty which the hsinoasness
OF his ofEsnss merited. and was allowed
perfect liberty 70 make himself generally
obnoxious as only German student can.
He ballied and bFowbeat and staggered,
and inauited people, and quarTeied with
them fof being insulted, and challenged
them and fought with them and beat them.
He trod on other students toes, cuffed
their dogs. stared tAem out Of countenance
and called them stupid boysn-all OF
which performances constituted formal
and nnpaEdonahle insults, which, accord
ing 10 university etiquette. had 20 be atoned
for on the Geld Of honor. Very few stu
dents got any real satisfaction out Of
crossing swords with the slashinR young
nristocrAt, however, for he was al expert
fencer, and knew how 10 make the most OF
his long. wiFy arms and his tall figure.
Most German students then, As now, came
out 81 their tirst duels with checks like
Hamburg steaks. Bismarck, in twenty
sight auels, received bat one wound, and
that only through the breaking of his OPP
ponent's sword. A scar on the iron chan
cellor's ieft cheek still marks the spot
where tbs flying BIT of steel struck him.
What with keeping himself In bot water
and paFading the streets in the saucer hat
OF his corps, hig boots and eut-ofi jacket,
young Bismarck found little time for hear
Ing professors lectures One famous pro-
feSaor spoke tor many others when he said
that, although he had young Bismarck's
nRme on his list 81 hearers, be had never
had the pleasure Of seeing the young man
in the lecture reom. Only for few weeks
before bis examination did young Bis
mAFek cease 20 be the ideal nominus de
bismarck, IS his feliow-students called
him. aud become the real "Stndiosns de
bismarck Ia hts last semester he m ade
the hefculesn effort. common 60 almost all
German students. shortly before turning
into Herr Doctors. 30 cram eight or ninety
weeks Of work into twelve weeks. Twelve
whnie weeks Of comparative abstinence
from beer drinkiag. insulting people and
duclline, and nominus &c Bismarck Was &
Herr Doctor.
OF ali this soliiokinF and roysterlns, the
records which nr Meier has overhaaled
give hat few scattered hints. NeyeTthe-
less, they contain an abundance OF matter
OF interest "a ali abe have been IN the cur
rent Of German university lite. They show
bow Freshman bismarck started hiss student
life ike All other freshmen, with eompre-
hsnsiYe plans 70 learn everything His
staaiss during The arst semester we're
concerning people and countries. logic and
metaphysics Jurisprudence and pure nAthe-
mates All thsz occupied hlm aye haura
each day his energy began 10 Gag in The
secoaa semester. ard be subscribed gaf bal
three honFs II daily lectures In tie lhlrd
semester his daily STINT dwinaled away 10
tee hours day.
Ills duei3ing eargas menopollxesg his at.
a. A "a az.
Ter the professors surmlssd ng Melr.
In he arss semester Bismarck vas flned
one gulslsn cnes for shrowing bottles cat
81 his Wsndow. and ore taaler several
sAnasz for pas3as Ats famous hSg pipe IN
she streets DaEiag this seeoEa semester
bis unpresessioaal datses hroasat hSEa
mgeh neafvg a. the 9ottisgen faculty
A German student, RAron vea tiraeow
and Al English student. knsxhf. had 8
slswAt Misunderstanding 81 bali LAKE
most Eaxltsh students ia tseFmAn wnivsr-
sitses. kaisAt kaes l.ssss German. and
GFAhoN kasw no Ensllsa. - their mDiaas
explanations nsaA4sed sheir relations ~
snsatrieahly tAAl the tapkls hs8 - Re
ssE8leatenva esst en TIE 6ela ag honor
The due tosk p1Aee ta hgtla wesss aleas
foeg tutlss freHa tiottSaEgn. lszSmagrk
accompanied kalght IS interpreter. On
tie Ai3 be aFFexAsed the privilege ef
measuring the tsa pseSs. already aaesi s.
tAs axhtng Glsa&ase. Il AAprgas3
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