The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

blue ana orange. AAtei3 0ii'5iil5 ooAiAS
glee-songs at the Market square the
student" with proud step marched
home to receive the hearty congratua-
tons of his parents
It is difficult, yes, well nigh impossi-
ble TO obtain any position controlled by
the state without having taken this
"student-examen." AS the state owns
the railways as well as telegraph and
telephone lines, this examination be-
comes a sine qua non for ones success
along these lines as well, while 1t also
opens the doors of the universities,
likewise controlled by the state, for
those who desire to choose profession
al career.
NV first stay was at the University
of Upsala In ancient times Upsala
was the capital of Sweden, and 1t still
contains monuments of great age, es-
pecially the old castle and the grand
cathedral Next to these the university
buildings about a score IN NUMBER,
none of them dormitorieS, occupy the
most picturesque places In the city; on
hill lies the library building, which
contains some three hundred thousand
volumes and fifteen thousand manu-
scripts. The most famous of these
manuscripts is the so-called silver CO.
dex," consisting of a part of the GOTHIC
Bible translated by Bishop Ulfilas in
| the fourth century, by many hundred
years the earliest monument of any
| Germanc tongue. The vestibule ana
aula ASSEMBLY halD of the new univer-
sity building, with their statuary and
architectural beauty, are among the
most perfect of their kind.
The city, containing about twenty
three thousand inhabitants, has wholly
the character of a university town.
The fifteen hundred students, all wear
| ing white caps, form the very center or
attraction and interest. Every spot,
too. seems linked with the name of
some former student who has become
famous The botanical garden here re-
minds one of it's founder the son of Up
sala. who is best known in America, the
CLOVER king" Lime, whose statue also
graces the flower gardens of Lincoln
Park, Chicago.
| The absence of an undergraduate
body, with its exuberance of life and
diversity of interests, affects every de-
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no student publications, no games, no
class spirit; the individual student has
his eye so fixed on taking his degree
that all else is unnoticed.
The class-spirit, however, finds sub
stitute in what I may call the section
al spirit Every student on entering
the university is required to join one OF
the dozen nations at the university,
a nation being a union Of students from
the same province or section OF the
country. Each nation has its own
home or club house, called nation
house" to which the members always
have access and which constitutes
center for the social side of student life.
Here they can lounge, smoke, play
chess or backgammon, read newspapers
or books in the library converse ana
become acquainted with each other.
Here. too, occasional smokers and dim
ners are given, also private theatricals,
small dances and other social functions.
At dinner given by the "West-Goth-
icn nation the Yale representative was
one of the invited guests. After the
Iepeeches when I had responded to a
toast In honor of America and Yale,
there was a demand to hear the Yale
cry. | took n dozen lusty-langed fel-
lows into side room and practiced the
"long veil" with them awhile. When
we on our return almost raised the roof
of the quaint old nation house, the en-
thusiasm knew no bounds 1t did my
heart good to hear the familiar cry and
To see its effect, perhaps farther north
no ,acnundaH Ar
the word of the toastmaster the whole
company rose and responded to Long
live Yale!' with the regular cry here
a four-fold rah, rah, rah, rah!
The instruction was formerly given
exclusively by means of lectures and
there was little control exercised with
reference to the regular attendance or
the students Now, however much OF
the instruction takes the form of regu-
lar recitations of assigned lessons; be-
sides the so-called seminary system has
of late been gaining ground, system
which I was told in Upsala had its ori-
gin in America. In the classroom, as
the teacher enters the students rise and
remain standing until the teacher mas
reached his desk and bowed, the stu
dents also bowling before seating them
selves.
An American cannot help missing the
element of sport so characteristic of our
universities. This lack depends partly
on national trait, partly on climatic
conditions. How could our ordinary in
Intercollegiate games thrive In a climate
where the snow usually lasts from the
end of October till April? One favorite
snort here is running on ''snow-shoeS
(skidor narrow strips Of wood six tc
nine feet long, curved up in 'front.', each
wear contests taking place partly In
long distance running, partly down
steep hills where long leap Is one OF
the main features of the contest. A
well-patronized riding academy Is also
under the control of the students.
The various seminares and literary
c1ubs here confine science and "Gemue-
tblichkeit" in an indissoluble manner
After the literary part of the meeting
casually from six to eight o'clock in the
EVENING" a short recess Is taken for the
eupe. and then all again assemble al
what is facetiously called the post
sen,inarium." at which coffee is served
with cigars and 'punsch' or vichy fol
the teetotaler. Here professors ant
students meet as comrades, profound
scientific discussion and light humoi
ioin hands. About eleven o'clock the