The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27
THE SCAR OF HONOR.
GERMAN STUDENTS PROUD OF DIS
REQUIREMENT.

DueIs Eagerly sOught-BIOOdthIrst
Fuchs VIII Fight Upon the Slight
est Pretcxt-VictOry Means Much
to Him--It Releases Him From
BOndnge-DescriDtIO of "A Combat
Just Outside of Berlin.
From the Hartford Times.
Berlin, Oct. 3-The appointment was
fixed. as usual, between s and o'clock
in the morning at the Kneipe Cavern
where three times a week occur the meet
ings. or Commences" II was an honor
for me- a stranger, to be permitted to as
slst at the combat, of which other nations
have no idea, but which in Germany IS
one of the most characteristic customs
preserved from the old times In ancient
universities. 1 was exact in keeping the
appointment. My friend. DR.. Weiss, VINO
introduced me, was already there-exact-
itude is one of the German virtues.
Dark, with strong smell of tobacco
and the walls covered with smoke. this
hole is a real type of a German tavern.
different from the elegant "brasseries"
and coquettish cafes of the Latin quarter
in Paris. Upon one of the walls is hung
the coat Of arms of the society, surround
ed by the flags. Every corporation of
students has its colors and its coat of
arms. The society about which am talk
Ing has the name "Khenania," and its
colors are the French tri-color, so that
one imagines he is in a hall for French
students. Under the trophy are hung up
the small blue caps, striped with red.
white and blue; with these caps the stu
dents cover the upper part of their heads
during the meetings or other solemn oc-
casiOns.
on both sides of the trophy are the
cartridges painted with the colors of the
friendly societies. The other walls are
covered with the panoplies of swords
pictures representing combats-"men-
suren"-and finally the photographs
of honorary and active members IN
the center OF the hall are two heavy
oaken tables, upon which are deeply
carved the coats of arms Of the corp0-
ration.
The students sit down at those tables
lean on their elbows and sing with full
voices the lieder" Of the olden times
1t is upon these tables they throw The
ashes Of their pipes and put down the
zeidle (earthenware glass; full Of foam
ing beer, then tell about their loves and
for the future. In a word 1t Is there
where they sing laugh and drink, I'M
til the moment when, the tongue be-
coming heavy by the beer, their only
utterances are hiccOughs.
As all the members were present at
O'Clock, the president asked us TO take
our places IN the carriage. This carriage
Is what tney call in Berlin "kremser,"
that IS to say, one Of those odd vehicles
the grotesque productions of the German
carriage makers, VINO hang up red bodies
upon green. wheels. Our ''kremser'' was
hard enough to make one cry out, and
slow enough to make one all tired out
The German students are divided IN
two classes; the wild (wilden) students
and the students organized into so
cietles. The societies are Of three kinds:
the Instrumentation, the Burschen-
sehaften and the Corps.
Inc members are divided into two
classes, the Fuchs and the Burschen The
Fuchs is a candidate for membership
The whole time of his apprenticeship he
Is under the rule of the Burschen. lie
mis- the glasses in the meeting. he takes
care of the Burschen II they are serious
ly wounded To tell all, upon him falls
the less interesting details of student
me. the misery of the Fuchs is finish
ed when he Is accepted as a Bursch. But
this honor he can reach only after two
or three duels, in which he must prove
his courage and his value.
Consequently the Fuchs is always seek
ing a quarrel, and always in bad humor.
without repose he is searching after
face cut in such a way that it VIII per
nit him to wear the ribbon with the col
ors of the corps, to sit down at the large
table with the others. to tyrannize In his
Finally we stoPpped Before an inn situa-
ted upon the border Of the forest. In the
court stood six or seven carriages like
ours while the horses neighed phioso-
phically for their oats. Within a few
steps, the men OF sound m nds are going
to cut their faces for the glory Of having
the scars. Upon the steps Of the piazza,
in the court, IN the halls, from all sides,
one could see the students laughing.
talking their little caps upon their
heads, their long black boots reaching to
their knees and the ribbon of their corps
stretched across the chests.
The hall where the cOmbats take place
they fight with closed dOors-is a large rec
tangle about forty-iive feet long ana