New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-09
OLD TINES RECALLED.
nHEN STUDENTS Al q" ALT
HEIDELBERG" MEET.
THE GERMAN PLAY AN OCCASION FOR
THEIR GETTING TOGETHER
TO TALK AND SING.

All Heidelberg" the play which has been rum
nins 81 the Irving Place Theatre for several weeks
has given many people in this city better Idea or
student life in the old university town than any
thing they had read before But 20 the
who have been students there, who know the
AIT Heidelberg" which is shown on the stage
who have taken part in the pranks and frohcs OF
the place and who bear the OF wounds re-
oeiyed the famous duellng grounds, which are
as much part Of the university as tho lecture
halls. tho pla, more than interesting OF en-
PERTAINING That there many in this class be-
comes evident 20 the close observer on any even
ing at the theatre. They keep time with the mt
sic when Tho familiar student songs are sung they
hum the airs i'm undertones they act approvingly
when she various kommers scenes are enacted
and when the hero Of the play says goodby TO
his sweetheart knowing that ne will never see
her again the moist eye shows that many years
OF absence from the old town the Neckar has
not obIiterated the recollection Of the Heidelberg
romance which falls the lot Of nearly every
student
There gre many men in NeW-York who were
students there. Among these are Germans who
aid not come 10 this country until they mao
made their doctor earned their degree and
many Americans Who went 20 Heidelberg, not
knowing a word OF German. but who returned
with ful developed beer appetite good knoWl-
edge II German with a slight Heidelberger accent,
love for the place which is no Jess sincere than
that Of the real Heidelberger and In some instances
q scar evidence that they had drunk of the in
toXicatinE university life TO the dregs The FORMER
students ~ German universities never had an or
glnizaion IN This city until last spring. when
Prince Henry here. Then they formed the
-Nereinigung alter Deutscher Studenten in Amer
iks' and their first beer battle. or kommers,
the Prince. who was corps student at Bonn, was
their guest The objects of the association given
m the call include the advancement OF the Ger
man language 6nd German literature and art 81
this country the cultivation Of friendly relations
between Germany and America and social litter
course among the members. They elected III"
following officers: President, pr- Carl Beck; ice
presidents, Dr.. Casar 70. Ramdohr. Professor WILL
ism Hanook, Professor NJ. y. Learned. DR.. W.
Prudential end T. z. tiraybi, secretary, DT H.
tchgeitser corresponding secretary, /. Niereek;
treasurer. DR. Albert T. Kern: trustees. Dr. Will
em H. Csrmalt. OF New Haven; c. 2. MacLean,
Or. Plaster Or. n. En6emann snd DR.. L. L. Sea
ssn, OF NeV-York; Professor y. Mnnsterberg, Of
Cambridge Mass; Professor William II. Car2en-
tsr. Ashbel P Fitch and Or. Emanuel Baruch, Of
EsE-Tork: DR.. Henry G. Krause. Of Newark: DR.
George Rodemsnn, Of NeW-York, Professor Dr.
Hermann Sch6nfeld. % Washington: n. Il. yon
Mellenthn. of New-Fork. srd Roh't Johnsione
Mooney of NeU-Eork.
The present corresponding secretary : u. A
Ripperger.
After the performance at the Irving Place Thea
= week ago Friday night which the society
attended ia d body there Was an impIomptu meet
ing % ire Organization. There presiding
"f1cfr- iui sn sat long table and each
had mug in front If him. which there
Cor decorative purposes only. In the party were
mon Nho had not Heidelberg for a quarter OF
century. and others who were only recently
come from there. There also invited guests
Va %" had never seen German university. but who
were convinced At that Session that the theory OF
total abstinence is not popular in those institutions.
In Heidelberg the student ONns the town said
81 enthusiast who had a criss-cross scar on his
cheek and he is as essential 10 the resident
The beer is 10 the student Every house has its