The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-06
STUDENT LIFE IN LEIPZIG.
Experiences of Young Americans Who
 Want to Be Musicians

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 Want to Be Musicians.
 Life in Leipzig, for musical students
 is made up of nine parts hard worI
 and one part more work. Still there i
 little relaxation occasionally, ever | for musical students. The social lift
 of the American colony centers in the home of MT Maxwell the minister, ant
 his charming wife. The English people here have a regular church, but the
 Americans have to hold services in the little hall of one of the schools. But before long, they hope to have g church of their own for the fund for that purpose is rapidly growing Americans and English make up a good percentage of the Conservatorium
 students, though, of course, there are
 pupils of almost every nationality.
 In the harmony class is one Brazil
 ian. As he can't speak English, all the others have to speak German. Now his German is extremely bay, and so is that of the others pupils, to say noth- ing of the difference in accent So there is a regular monkey and parrot time To add to this the Brazilians text book Is in French, which he can't always understand. So good natured Herr Qua,sdorf, the teacher has first to translate the French to the Brazil ian and then explain it; then explain in English to the rest, and then help them to put it in German. The Brazilian gets mad sometimes, at the sloWness of it all and adds few choice Portuguese swear words by way of variety. As a rule the Americans and English are very "cliquey" and don't mix much with the Germans. Consequently very few Americans here speak good Ger man, although they have have been here two or three years. Not many of the foreigners here know that it is the German custom for the stranger to make all the advances. The pupil must bow to his teacher first or he'll be cut, and the new scholar speak first to the others in his classes. Americans are supposed to have lots of push, but in this case it seems to be lacking. No doubt, through ignorance of this odd custom the Americans and Germans don't mix more, though, of course, there are many exceptions. The Ger mans are llk6dDle, SUOu IdluIeu, CltN- ar, hard working young men and women.
 Young Carl Klein, a violinist, who played up at the St. Nicholas Rink in New York last summer with Kalten- ,orns orchestra, is here studying. The pest vioinist in the whole Con-" as he students call the Conservatorium, S young Thad Rich, an American boy if IT, from Indianapolis He made his 'prufing" or public examination last ,ear, but is still studying here. Last week. he left for America, to fill two oncert enga gements, and will be back n Leipzig in just one month from the lay he started. Last year young Rich hared the violin honors with Miss 4ottie Demuth also an American. This ear Frank Blatchford from Toronto, 'anada, and Albert Lorenz, German, we're the two most talented violinists f those making their "nrufuneen" llbert Villasenor, a Mexican, was at { he head of the pianists. I am with Hans Sitt. Among the tudents he is considered very stern, trict man, but it is to be noticed that hose who don't like him are those ,ho don't work Still he is hardly lmb like. He is an inveterate smoker,