The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-13
German University is Soon to
Observe Its IOOM Birthday
BY STEVEN BURNETT.

O0SNS W
BY STEVEN BURNETT.
Especial Cable from the international |
News Service-)
Berlin. Aug. 13.-with all the pomp !
and ceremony dear to the German I,
heart the University of Berlin, one OF
the youngest in Europe. by the way,
will in about two months celebrate its
Tooth anniversary.
The festivities. according to the
plans laid down by the Kaiser during
his trip in Norway, are to begin On
October 10th with a solemn service in
the Berlin Cathedral, where a special
hymn. with words and music written
and composed by the Kaiser, will be
sung by an immense choir. In the af-
ternoon the delegates from foreign
universities, among whom are several
Americans, are to be received by the
university's Rector Magnificus. Then
comes banquet and torchlight pro-
cession by students.
The next day the main ceremony
will take place In the new aula of the
university. The principal speech will
be made by the oldest professor Erik
Schmidt, followed by a banquet and
a gala performance at the Opera
On the third day delegates repre-
senting American and other foreign
students. who have studied at the uni
versity. will speak, and in the evening
there will be a typical German STU
denten Kommers" in the Geological
Gardens, where delegates represent
fraternize and be knocked down and
out by German beer.
On October 22nd the first German
theatrical exhibition, which is to last
for the remainder of the year, will
open it's doors. 1t will be the first
exhibition of this kind since the the
atrical show at Vienna in 1892.
The exhibition will consist partly of
a display of modern stagecraft; partly
of an historical exhibition. The lat
ter will illustrate the history of the
stage from the earliest days, beginn-
ing with the cars of Thespis in an
tique Greece and ending with Saran
Bernhard, Reiane and Suzanne Des-
PREF. There will be a special exhibit
ton showing the history and progress
of the stage in Japan.
Herr hermann, a radical member
of the Reichstag for Bremen. contrl-
butes an article to the Tageblatt Oh
the proposal to introduce compulsory
state insurance against illness for ag-
ricultural workers, in which he says:
THE fact cannot be denied that the
relations between agricultural employ
ers and their workmen are in most
cases good. The position of the peas
ants especially is by NJ means so de
plorable as is represented by the so
cialist party. The old patriarchal re-
lationship still exists in many places.
and the workmen with their families
are contented and happy. These peo-
pie are far better off than many work
ers in trades and industries. Unem-
same may be said in regard to scar
city of food. Furthermore, when they
are ill or infirm their employer looks
after them. Unfortunately this is not
the case everywhere. for the places
of young men and women who prefer
town life have to be filled by casual
workers. often from abroad, in whom
the employer cannot have an equal in
terest."
The Tageblatt is, of course. one OF
the organs of advanced radicalism liz
Germany. circumstance which
makes such an admission as the one
quoted all the more noteworthy.
The Berlin city council proposes to
introduce a municipal tax on al kinds
of public entertainments and amuse-
ments, such as theater performances,
recitals, concerts, circus performances
biograph pictures, public dances
masked balls, races. bazaars and SO
forth. 1t is proposed that there shall
be tax of one cent on tickets to such
entertainments and amusements cost.
ing not more than Is cents, and that
| there shall be a further tax of one
cent on each additional Is cents
charged for the ticket. On all per
formances which take place or ex
tend later than IL p. m. it is proposed
that a double tax shall be levied.
These proposals have excited very
! strong opposition, and numerous
meetings of protest have been held te
prevent their adoption by the city
council.
The old political parties are filled
| with envy reading the list published
by the executive committee of the so
cialists party of contributions made t.
its funds. During the month Of June
alone these contributions amounted tt
$4,000. The sum of $4,000 was sub
scribed by the socialist organizations
of Berlin, $1,000 by those Of HAMBURG
and $3.50 by the Leipzig socialists.
| Included in the sum above mention
ed is $4,000 being the profits made
by the Hamburger Echo s6,25o-ths
profits made by the Vorwarts, the cen
trail organ of the socialist party--anc
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