Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-16
HONOR FOR FORMER
WATERTOWN GIRL.
Thesis OF Miss Julia Ruebha1sen
Accepted by Berlin
University.

esting account about Miss Julia Rueb
hausen, formerly OF Watertown:
Berlin, March PA Milwaukee
girl, Miss Julia Ruebhausen, has just
scored signal success at the BerllG
university, a thesis written by her on
the .InAuence of Goldsmith or
Goethe having been accepted by the
literature department of the Berlin
university. She has baen doing post
graduate work, German literature and
philology being her major and English
literature and philosophy her minor
studies, Miss Ruebhausen has en-
ioyed here the instruction of such
noted teachers as Profs Schmidt and
Brandt She has also seen the most
important places Of Germany and
Switzerland, studying them as points
of interest in connection with German
literature She is member of the
Weimar Goethe society.
Miss Reubhausen in most interest
iDg manner spoke Of tie difficulties
placed in the way of women at the
German universities, as follows:
The questiox of admitting women
to university on the same terms as I.
the men is in many places in Germany
still an unsolved problem. Many of
the smaller universities in Germany
will not admit women at all. Frle-
burg, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Munich.
and Berlin, however, do admit women;
but only two of these universities
matriculate women on the same terms
as men-Freiourg and Munich.
The Berlin university is at present
'on the fence in regard to this prob
lem, some Of the authorities battling
in favor of the admission of women,
others fighting against it. The follow
ing will illustrate this:
son entering his lecture room at the
O)GuIIS vi UIS WIIUCl SCHCObtI,
Prof. Roethe, the German literature
teacher, found that among the hun
dreds of students present there were
about twelve women. He left the
auditorium and sent an official into the
room to request the women to leave.
After the women had disappeared
Prof. Roethe returned aud began his
lecture amid violent applause and vari
Gus signs Of approval from the remain-
ing students. The disappointed and
dismissed women applied to Prof.
Erich Schmidt for admission. Their
request was granted.
.'Prof Erich Schmidt has been
ridiculed for admitting women, and he
male students have given him the
nickname ladies man. But he pays
no attention to the students opinion.
ION the other hand. other profess
sors also admit women One intro
duced his first lecture by saying:
''Meine geehrten Damen und Herren''
Ladies and gentlemen) The students
scraped their feet on the floor aud made
violent noise to manifest their dis
satisfaction They protested because
tae professor had mentioned the
women first.
Sat the second lecture this profess
sor addressed the students "Meine
peehrten Heren und Damen'' Gentle
men and ladies). The students pro-
tested again, this time because he
mentioned the women al all.
The third time he simply said
..Meine geehrten Herren." This
met with much approval on the
part of the male students, who ap-
plauded violently. Many of the pro
fessors will not recognize the women at
all, although they admit them to their
lectures.
The seating capacity in many of
the lecture rooms is too small for the
large number af students present. 1t
is not an infrequent occurrence that a
young man walks up to a young woman
in the lecture room and says: Par
don me, but you have taken my seat. !"
And the woman has to stand
Even the university discriminates
against women, a matriculation fee
Of So VIII admit young man for a
course OF three years. while a young
woman is required to pay $1o for the