The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-12-21

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HALLE, Germany, Nov. 3d.
Arrived here Aug. Doth. Found
a prosperous town of 10000 in
habitants, composed of about 100,
996 German and 4 Americans, the
4 consisting of a Boston lady, Ga
widow whose husband died here
and three children. Added to these
at present are about two English
men, one Frenchman and few
Americans. The town is by nc
means a fashion center, but is no.
ted first for its university and Sec
ond, for its commercial impor-
lance, hence the fe1cness of Ameri-
cans, English, and French. The
central part of the place is of his
toric origin and bears every mark
of ancient Germany; but by far the
greater part is entirely new or has
been rebuilt within the last two
decades. So we have rather an in
teresting blending of the old with
the new, yet distinctively German
town. 1t is the most centrally To-
Gated, geographically and histori-
cally of all the German cities, to
the S., SIS, and S. W. within ra-
dius of q to 100 miles are Lepsic,
Dresden, Weimar, Gorbetha, Lutz-
en-, Jena, and the Hartz Mts. To
the E. 80 to POO miles are the cities
of the Rhine. To the n. E., n,
and N. w. % to 200 miles are Bre-
men, Hamburg, Hanover, Magae-
bury, Wittenberg, Dessau, Elsie
ben, Berlin, &c. The pride of the
city is the university which is the
third largest in Germany, having
1000 students and 1876 professors,
several of whom are the ablest in
their respective departments, in the
empire. Only Leipsic and Berlin
enroll more students. The Halle
university is the outgrowth of two
distinct universities, the Hitten-
berg and the Fredericiana. The
former was founded at Wittenberg
in 1902 Martin Luther became a
teacher of the scriptures here in
1909, the latter at Halle a. S. by
Frederick the Third of Brandon
burg (later 1901 Frederick the
First, King of Prussia) in 1904
The two were united in 1917 under
the rather conservative name of
"De Konigliche Preussische vere-
inigte Fredericks-- Universitaet
Halle-Wittenberg." To the Amer
lean student almost every phase of
German university life and work
is new and interesting, not so in
every case because of an improve
ment over American institutions,
but chiefly because they are Ger
man. Till one has become a stu
dent in several departments of a
German university, it is difficult
to realize the character and extent
of the work done in them, so scat
tered are the buildings, and usual
ly, so unpretentious the architec-
ture and the furniture, as well as
the professor. But the brains, the
perseverance, and the scholarship
are there. The professors have SO
far proved my most interesting
study. I may become theirs on ex-
animation day. Chinese libraries,
laboratories, botanical and zoologi-
cal gardens, and other adjuncts
may be found scattered over a ra-
dius of one or two miles. Most
regular lectures are given, howev-
er, in the main buildings known as
Die Uniuersitaet, and are arranged
for all hours of the day from 7 a.
m. till 8 p. M, six days in each
week. Die Universitaet Cibaude
of Halle in a building about 100
#. square, containing Ia regular
rooms, commencement hall,
(known here as the Aula,) two
seminary rooms, professors cloak
room, and perhaps half dozen
other small rooms. The structure
is suggestive of German education,
not snowy or top-heavy, but we'll
grounded and substantial. 1t is
but three stories high besides half
story sky light for the inner court,
but has massive brick walls 4 feet
thick at base and three #. at top.
All flights of stairs are heavy gray
granite, and the court has hand
some tile floors, alcoves ornament
ed with busts of distinguished
scholars--chiehy Greek--and walls
covered with elaborate and appro-
pirate paintings executed by the
best talent. All one sees is sug-
gestive of the substantial and the
unpretentious -inseparable char
acteristics of the scholarly-save
alone the seats which hardly fill
the measure as to the substantial
in every sense. Place three 4-inch-
square skantlings parallel on the
floor of 30 #. square room, the
outer ones about three feet from
the walls, and all extending to
within feet Of the front of the
room, but reaching to the rear
wall. Take yellow pine lumber
well spotted with knots and
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