The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-03
PLYMOUTH BOY IN GERMANY
Tells How the Bonds of Religion
Unite Americans Who Are in
Leipsig.
Leipzig DC % 'Os.

He told me that Prof Gregory in
Theology is an American and has
been President of American Club
here So on Sunday when we got
out for walk we went by Prof.
| Gregorys house and | went in. He
turned out to be most friendly man.
| He told me Of the Anlerican-British
| church OF which Rev Mr. MacHat-
ton is pastor and in whose house tie
evening service is held l went down
the same afternoon. Mr.. MacHatton
| is a Scotchman of the Scotch who is
! glad TO admit it, There was gathered
a company-many OF them Americans
Ia gentleman from Illinois, lady
from ST. Louis and so on. They sang
from the Chapel hymnal, the sermon
was strong and helpful from famil-
| lar text Several ladies, also tie pas
tor, promised to call at our house.
So il is and ever will be that the
greatest fellowship among men is in
the church of Jesus Chr;-t, all round
the world, The Brotherhood OF
Man"
The Germans themselves are most
cordial. We have pleasant neighbor
across the hall upstairs and although
she and Mrs. II. are not able as yet
to converse mud.p they have eXchang-
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deal better than nothing. Albert
Thomson plays with the little Ger
| man girl in the fiat below and goes to
| the kindergarten every afternoon. A
| ''kindermadchen" comes for him and
brings lim home again though it IS
not far and no doubt he soon can
easily come and go alone.
| These are most beautiful, hazy DC
tober days, though damper always
than at home We are all about as
we'll as we can be. Perhaps it is the
| effect OF the seasickness. People told
us on THE Neckar" we would feel
| better than ever in our lives when
once we were off the water. We GER
tainly felt then as though that would
be the case Even the sight of the
shore-line made us feel fine.
My dailv schedule begins at o a. m
with a chemistry lecture by Dr. Beck
mann and continues either in lecture
or laboratory. excepting the one hour
from one to two, until six p. m and
on Thursday and Friday until seven.
Saturday afternoon there are no
classes.
If any one says there Is, no work
doing in German Universities tell him
he may be mistaken. They say you
don't have examinations. Prof. Pfef-
fer holds three examinations every
half day and no new material is forth
coming till the old is "klar." We have
not had and are not likely to have any
thing but examinations, and every
thing is an unknown But that makes
it profitable.
Even what we have done SO far
has made the "trip worth while. 1t
will take a long time to furnish, that
is another question. 1t will, in some
WAYS be harder than we thought and
may take longer. But I'll measure
my length toward it, and that is not
done yet.
| Oct 81.
This morning l found the Botani-
cal Institute locked and deserted. The
keeper informed me it was "fast-day'
so after reading awhile | went on
down to Augustus Platz, where is
the main University Building, to see
as much as possible of the ceremony
attending the Inauguration of the new
Rector of the University 1t seems
from what | understood that a new
Rector is elected by the faculty every
Professor Corollo Chun, the outgoing
Rector, was TO make talk reviewing
the work of the past year, and the
| newly elected man also was TO re-
spond. The ceremony though public
is a very formal one, especially on
the part of the students, many OF
, whom go in uniform, most gorgeous
ly attired.
This afternoon we took walk to
"Napoleon Stein" which is not over
mile from our house. The stone
marks the position taken by Napol-
Oct. 10, 1913 when the French armies
were defeated Iby the Allies. Probs
theida, a little village easily seen dur
ing our walk, was the center OF tht
French position and as nearly rs
can gather the armies came together
about here in Stotteretz-this suburb
: OF Leipzig where we have our house
We will walk out over the battle
| field some more before long. Today
/ the most dangerous thing in sigh
a was a Dutch windmill PEACEFUL,
grinding corn.
We got lost, as usual on our wa,
E home. The little crooked streets
!. with only one end, built centuries age
are enough to distract any one. You
can depend that you don't know th'
direction a street will take by the wa,
. it starts out. A stranger better have
a guide
Next Tuesday will be the election
We are anxious for news from home
Albert n Hume.
New Suits Filed
Hugh Biggens versus Edward Big