The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-19

public buildings. Nothing was spent there
In vain, and since a plain building WoulC
answer az we'll AZ any other TO hold tn,
library, the academic authorities thought
II better to use their money In collecting
new books than In ornament and display
At the same time everything needed fol
the purpose Of instruction or for maintain.
ing the dignity Of the institution was pro.
cured at once. There we're, for instance.
alarge botanical garden, an anatomical hall
an admirable observatory superintendent by
M Of the best astronomers then living,
several hospitals for the poor and sick
by means Of which physicians and surgeons
we're educated. . museum and a library
Of more than 10000 volumes. There were
about fifty regular professors besides a
vast number Of younger graduates, doc
tors in philosophy. law, theology or what
not, attached TO the university in the ca
paCity Of prirdtdoceRt and taking part
in the instruction given In every depart
| ment. In addition TO this there were in
structors in each OF the modern languages.
and even masters Of fencing, riding and
dancing. In a letter 10 Prof. Andrews
Norton the young American has something
to say about the first work he did at Coffin
gen. II included criticism Of the Greek Of
the New Testament; a grammatical knowl-
edge OF Hebrew, apart from exposition; a
critical study OF Theooritus and Demos
themes, and a critical study Of Tacitus and
V~alerius Flaccus. He hoped that by the
end Of six months he should have gained
possession Of Hebrew, done something
handsome in Greek and Latin. have learned
TO understand half Of Paul's Epistles, and
have gained a general view OF pathological
terminology.
In a letter 10 his mother, penned near the
end Of November, 1918, he tells her what
she wanted TO hear, namely, something
about the details Of his domestic life, II
seems that he rose before S IN the morning
and found the stove in his sitting room
already warm and q pot Of coffee on the
table, Of which he at once drank q cup,
At seven he went TO his drawer and out
from a brown loaf a piece Of bread and
butter. This lasted him till dinner, which
-%sS selltaEy- pasaL- Wa ebserye that he
says not a word about beer. but explains
TO his mother that after dinner the Ger
mans drink coffee again. The evening. he
says, Ia the time for visits, but II one wishes
to study then also bread and butter and a
cup Of tea will 3e his repast. In another
letter addressed 10 his mother he writes
that he would give her a specimen Of the
high court language Of Germany II II did
not sound 30 fatty like b~lssphemy IN Eng
land NAY, then. l viii write you some Of
their e1pletives In the order OF rank, and
in German: Aoh, Gott. used chiefly by very
young girls and very old women; ach der
Herr Colt; ach allmRchtiger Colt; ach, du
lieber Gott; Gott in Himmel; Jesus-ach,
der Herr Jesus: these are some Of the eI-
pressions with which the good and pious
ladies' Of Gottingen express their feelings
The roster Of a days work, written on
the back Of a map Of Gottingen, which at a
later period Bancroft sent 10 Prof. Andrews
Norton shows how little time the young
student left himself for social pleasures.
After devoting two hours to Hebrew and
Syriao he turned TO Heeren's +%Ethnogra-
ply, next TO Planck's- Church History and
Eichhorn's e1egesis Of the New Testament
and Old Testament; then 10 Eichhorn's
Treatise on Syriac." After dinner at IL
and a walk for digestion he would take up
Latin or French, turn TO Dissen's 'Philo-
logical Encyclopedia. > and end at s p. NJ.
by devoting an hour each 10 Greek and
Syriao. After a cup Of tea and another
walk he would devote the two hours be-
tween Q and II to a repetition Of the old
lectures and preparation for the new.
In October. 1919, young Bancroft visited
Jena and Jaw Goethe. who was then r
large. stout man Of about 10, fond Of amuse-
ment and mirth. fonder Of eating and drink
ing. but Notwithstanding his love Of good
company and good living, possessed Of a
great deal Of majesty and form. The
young American paid his respects to the
great man and found him laxative and
afsble. The discourse, which began on
common affairs. diverged TO German phi
loeophy, and Kant was mentioned with
reverence. Byron was praised in the high
cat terms. Goethe declaring himself one of
= large party in Germany who admired him
undoubtedly and seized on everything that
came from him. ~ Wordsworth and
Southey he knew nothing, and Of ColeHdge
only the name