The Montgomery tribune., 1910-03-04

consequently obey his wife, jest that the Germa
people do not resh-put his foot down heavily ar
there Will be no dueling in this corps for some tim
The kaiser who by reason of his noble blood n
permitted to take part in the dues of his corps,
BoTussa of Bonn university nevertheless is stated
one occasion to have doffed his dignity and under
pledge of secrecy from his fellow students to hay
played his part. He has never lost his sympathy wit
Ghe aim and object of this traditional custom which
The unintated seems a survival of the brutal days
medieval times but which in reality has specific en-
What football is to the American student rugby al
boxing to the English, is the duel to the German
Test of endurance and lesson in keeping equab
temper and restraint under provocation. The kase
with eye the championship of personal and nation
AonoT, has expressed opinion that this
not die out and that there nothing equal it fl
the steelng hardening of the leaders, military col
mercial and professional of the empire.
never enter and hang by strap witho
looking at the back of the in front of and spec
3&ting to his profession his nationality. The CLOTH
indicate very Htte-they American and well fttn
hut the instant their turns his face you excai
!nwardly with of mental satisfaction, hav
found something defnite-German. There is no
lnistakng the telltale that runs from eye
20 ear or decorates his chin with puckered -
ridge. d.
Not all Germans wear honorable scars how o
The badge is the prerogative of the stu u
dent of Bonn, Heidelberg, Leipsic Freiburg :"
the other German universities and they . .
age 1900 students each, the class is limited
The kaiser's edict will not prevent dueling at e
Bonn however. There still other corps, each
with its distinctive name cap rules and regula-
lions and clearly defined etiquette, chiefly of the
higher classes. Each university has its frater-
I5tes with a membership of a limited number,
seldom exceeding 80 or 80; and to join of the
Het'er known ones is much sought honor. The
object of those clubs is to all appearance of
.convivial nature, as beer and wine drinking enter
largely into their ceremonial observances, but
they really to promote camaraderie and to q
enable the too often lonely student to form friend
ships which will endure through life and be of {
masonic service to them Besides the specific
,cocps there other bodies composed of the
middle class students, such the handmann-
echaft which the earliest order of student
fraterntes
The duel may have its origin in any quarrel
difference of opinion, but usually has not. 1t
Is a thing of etiquette and is used to prove stu
dent. The duels fights the bigger swag
;ser may display, and is sign that
one has out of the ordeal with honor and
is a silent and speaking testimony to the bear
er's courage. The larger the strips of sticking
plaster which hold cheek together a sliced
nose in position the higher goes in the affec-
tion of the fraueins, and what is the world with
"Wen, weib und Gesang?"
When a duel is arranged a pretext having
been contriyed by the simple expedient of a mem.
s3er of the corps cumsily treading the tail of
dog owned by member of another corps,
by such obvious excuse, the combatants
swathed with bandages the body and right
arm, the head and eyes and throat protected
and the only visible spot left the cheeks, chin
and
The swords razor-edged at the point and,
unlike the French dueling sword, which is used
On foil fashion, they are meant simply to make
a downward nick, which form the scar,
without much further damage than opous
stream of blood and sore face for bit Those