The Lamar register., 1910-03-02

people do not relish-put his foot down heavily. a
there will be no dueling in this corps for tir
The kaiser. who by reason of his noble blood
permitted TO take part in the duels OF his corps
Borussia OF Bonn university nevertheless Is stated
one occasion to have doned his dignity and under
pledge of secrecy from his fellow students to ha
the aim and object Of this traditional custom. which
the unintiated seems a survival Of the brutal days
medieval times but which In reality has a specific e
What football is to the American student rugby a
boxing to the English is the to the German
test OF endurance and lesson in keeping equa
temper and restraint under provocation. The kais
with to the championship Of personal md patio
honor. has expressed opinion this custom sho
not die out and that there nothing equal to it
the seeng or hardening of the leaders. military &C
mercia and professional of the empire.
never enter car and hang by a strap With
looking at the back OF the In front OF spe
laung as to his profession his nationality. The cot
indicate very litte-they American and well fifth
but the instant their his you excla
inwardly with sense Of mental satisfaction. hav
found something dehnite-German. There is no
mistakng the teiltale that runs from eye
to ear or decorates his chin with a puckered
ridge.
Not all Germans honorable scars how
ever The badge is the prerogative OF the stu
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 =
Bonn. however. There still other corps. each
with its distinctive name. cap rules and regula-
tons and clearly defined etiquette, chiefly of the
higher classes. Each university has Its frater-
mites. with a membership of a limited number,
seldom exceeding 30 or 35: and to Join one of the
better known ones is much sought honor The
object OF those clubs is to all appearance of a
convival nature. beer and wine drinking enter
largely into their ceremonial observances, but
they are really to promote camaraderie and to
enable the too often lonely student form friend
ships which will endure through life and be of
masonic service to them. Besides the specific
corps there other bodies composed of the
middle class students. such the handmann-
schaft. which was the earliest order of student
fraternities.
The duel may have its origin in any quarrel
or difference of opinion. but usually has not II
is a thing of etiquette and is used to prove a stu
dent The more duels fights the bigger swag-
has out of the ordeal with honor and
is a silent and speaking testimony the bear
ers courage. The larger the strips of sticking
plaster which hold a cheek together or a sliced
nose in position the higher goes in the aRec-
ton of the fraulens and what is the world with
out "Wein. webb und Gesang?"
When duel Is arranged a pretext having
been contrived by the simple expedent of a men,
Der OF the corps clumsily treading the tail of
dog owned by member of another CORPS or
by some such obvious excuse. the combatants are
swathcd 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
in foil fashion. they meant simply to make
downward nick which form the scar,
without much further damage than a opious
stream of blood and sore face for bit Those