University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-10

Is (AlS 10 tuc ccCOuu Vi u series Oh
:, ticles on the universities of Eurol
and America. recording the impre
sions of former students of variol
g schools who are now in the Unive
;. sity of Missouri faculty. The fir,
gave DR.. A. H. R. Fairshild's view
of Oxford.
England declared war on the Boer
5 in South Africa. Her army ha
| marched upon the Transvaal settler
, and in the first engagement had dc
feated them, driving them back merci
lessly. The Kaiser protested. Bac
came the curt reply of the Englis
prime minister that the Germans ha
, not always been kind to their de
feated enemies. German spirit wa
aroused. The patriotic lovers of tn,
Fatherland grew indignant. The loya
students of large university ISSUED
a call for meeting to protest agains
the message from England. 1t wa!
to be an indignation meeting.
Formal invitations were issued tc
the students. At the appointed hour
a grave and reverent crowd of stu.
dents assembled. A gentleman of note
arose and delivered a brilliant ora
ton on the prowess and honor of the
German arms. The students sat in
small groups at tables, slipping their
beer. There was no applause, no
yelling or showing of intense feeling.
At the end of the address there was
a genteel clapping of hands and the
students filed gravely out The indig-
nation meeting was at the University
of Halle Wittenberg, Germany.
Perhaps Even q Duel.
But after the dignified meeting
there were lively discussions among
the students and perhaps someone
who undertook to defend the English
view was challenged and fought a
duel with more OF less serious re-
suits. And perhaps a bunch of stu
dents thought it was just about the
right sort of excuse for them to go
off on tear, beginning, perhaps, with
a beer-drinking contest. But you can
be sure that it was only freshmen and
sophomores that acted unseemly.
According to DR.. J. C. Whitten, who
attended the University of Halle one
year, the thing that impresses one
most in the German university is the
deep reverence and respect in which
all the members of the faculty and
the entire university are held. When
students go to lectures-as they some
times do, though it is not compulsory
no one dares to be late or to leave
during a lecture. He would be os-
tracized by his fellows for his breach |
Of good conduct. When the professor
arrives, he bows formally to the stu
dents, who rise in body and bow in
return. During the lecture there is
he most rapt and respectful atten-
ion.
The German college student has had
more careful and uniformly thorough
than the average Ameri-
,an student. The discipline in the
which the Germans say 1
AXE the place of our colleges, is very
trict, so that the university student
S having his first taste of freedom. I,
The qualifications for entrance are /;
bout the same as to the professional (;
chools in the University of Missouri I
borrower, many students serve their I
wo years military requirement before
hey enter the university. The result I
; that the students enter as old if [
OF older than the average junior of S
ur American colleges. c
Play, and Then Work. 7
After the student enrolls, he can n
o about as he pleases. He probably
ill elect some courses, though it is b
ot absolutely necessary. Many STU c
ents. according to Prof. E. R. He'd e
ok, who attended the University of Il
oettingen, count on spending their d
st two years in having a good time. d
pecially If they have the money. s
tier that they settle down to work for k
cir doctors degree, or they may go
'me. feeling that they have COM h
eted their education with the polish
g of process Of university life.
The man who comes to the uni
ysity for work-which all of them III
t to sooner or later-attends lee
res. laboratories and seminars at
ast enough to let the professors get
quainted with him, SO that he will
recognized as a fit subject for the
ctor's examination. The fellow
10 prefers something else to lee