The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-02-15
BERLIN UNIVERSITY.
The Most Noted of Germany's Numerous
Institutions of Learning.

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Germany is land of famous UNIVERSE
ties. That of Berlin though one of
the youngest-is now by far the most
noted and attracts the largest number
of students, whose roll this year amounts
TO about seven thousand names. The
reason for these names is the fact of the
other list of names on the professional
Aftci$'7 No university in the world offers
such list of celebrities. Ernst Curtins
in archaeology, Lepsino and Brugsch in
Egyptology, Mommsen in Roman his
tory, Bressler and Wattenbach in Ger
man history, Herman Grimm in art his
tory, Harnack in church history, Stein
in aesthetics, Zupitza in Anglo-Saxon,
Weber in Oriental languages, Weiss in
New Testament criticism, Paulsen in
ethics, Teller in philosophy, Piper in
Christian archaeology, Pfeiderer in dog
MATES, Rattan in Christian ethics, Gneist
in civil law, Pernice in Roman law,
Dernburg in contracts, Kiepertin in
geography, Treitschke in political his
tory, Wagner in craftsmanship, Kauf-
man in finance, HclmholtZ and Du Bots
Raymond III physics, Holman in chem
istry, Virchow in pathology, Koch in
epidemics, and many more great medi-
cal as we'll as other lights.
These are few of the giants among
the nearly three hundred men who make
up the teaching staff
Chairs or professorships with certain
defined duties are almost unknown in
Germany. A professor here specializes
some subject, and making it his own
follows out his own sweet will in regard
to its limitations. While he has an as
sured position, the German professor, in
common with his co-brothers nearly
everywhere, is not too well paid. Here
the largest salaries are offered. True,
the medical professor has his practice to
often quadruple his income from the
university, and the professor of some
popular subject earns not a little
through his printed rather than his
spoken words. But for the linguists,
philologians, mathematicians and the
majority of jurists on the professional
staff there is no such outlook. An as
sured position, however, as has been said,
is that of the German professor. He is
I especially favored by the civil law, and
when he arrives at old age he continues
to hold his place, while absolved from
it's active duties. This surety, with the
fees which come from the students at
tending all lectures not public, delivers
to great degree the book-learned man
(often child in practical atfairs), from
the constant and harrassing thought of
where to-morrow's bread and butter is
to come from. This, together with the
cheapness of living here, leaves him free
to pursue the trend of his own intellect
ual inclinations untrammeled.
1t is the honor, however, of these
professorships which is the most priced.
Hence, many young fellow is COM
peting with his elder and more famous
rival. How is that possible? They
have at present no full professorship,
some no position at all.
They obtain permission to teach in
the university. In some cases they are
invited. BY dint of his brightness and
hard work an aspirant for professional
honors gives what he thinks the older
men do not give and little by little at
tracts a following. Then the authori-
ties may grant him some adjunct posi-
ton. Then come fees too, to the priv
ate decent, as he is called, and then per-
haps call from some country univer-
sity.-Berlin Cor. Cleveland Leader.