Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-05-20


the halls during the intermission, dis
Gu ssing in almost every language
every question that can we'll worry the
mind of man, and in the meantime
eating an oblong roll, in the centre of
which has been placed dainty piece
of sausage.
The German has not yet fallen on
to the idea of eggs, breakfast food
and grape nuts for his first meal, but
limits this t. roll and cup of cof-
fee, hence the lunch in the mean
while. The corps students play a
conspicuous role in this promenadiDg
These can be recognized by the bright
colorcd caps and sashes. Each corps
will have on an average OF thirty
members and when they meet the
members Of another corps they bows
and remove their caps with an exact
n IS and precision to be had only in
a country with a military form of
! government.
The corps students correspond large.
/ ~ to the fraternity man in America
colleges, membership in some OF the
better ones is consideted high homer
1t is among these that the duels take
place. One student od-nds another
The offended challenges the offender
20 a dual with swords. The clothing
is removed from the upper part Of the
body, bandages are placed over the
heart pulse and neck and the duel
begins. In a combat the close OF the
winter term, a young student lost with
the first stroke very dign fsd piece
Of his left ear. The idea suddenly oc
cured to him that this was enough oil
his anatomy to confer on traditional
c1stom which is much more befitting
The middle ages than the goth cen
fury. He hln1hed, That was enough.
The duel was at once called of and
the young man was expelled from the
organization So long as the world has
healthy students, so'long will certain
sports Of imprac, icalamusements exit
The American student betrays his
weakness along this line in certain
species Of athletics. But if a COM
paris IN were to be made, one would
surely be oblige to say that there is
much more merit i'll a good swift
game OF football than in a heavy
German duel
So far as student life is concerned.
Berlin has none There are too many
students and they live too scattered
throughout the city, Absolutely no
provision is made for physical train.
ing, except few tennis ourts, which
are private property There are no
mass meetings in the American SEM, e
Of the word
Occasionally the Jewish students
meet and discuss Ziouistic problems,
or the Russian students will come to-
GGthsr to see If the adterznts OF Mich
olas are getting justice or a small
group OF The 50 Americans can be
s=en standing by window discuss
Ing som seemingly important ques-
ii N which finally turns out to be an
argumeu. as to wren the last foreig
mail came in, but there is never a
great mass meeting where the fellows !
get together to whoop something up.
The student is rot allowed to take
his hat AID overcoat into the class
room, but must hang them up in the
hall. In order to prevent them be-
ing appropriated by some thiuly clad
brother who thiuks, It's a fearful
thing in winter to be shattered by the
blast, he chains the coat to the wall
and trusts the hat to luck
Each book is provided with two
chains, one of which is run
through the sleeve and lacked 10 the
other. Locks appropriate for this pur-
pose - We had from the doorkeeper
tor sky pfenEings the University
furnishes the chain
Oce r"7. never forget that the pov
erty Of a German University is almost
proverbiaI Scholarship abounds,
wealth doe. not. This can be seen at
glance from their equipments, For
instance: To the rear of the Univer-
sity here n. Berlin stards a little |
dnmpy building, the reading room..It
answers the purpose in SO far as it
is we'll lighted and is warm and dry
But the superintendent OF grounds
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