Word: bestimmungsmensuren
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Sirs: I have just finished reading with great interest, your excellent write-up of the Bestimmungsmensuren held at Heidelberg (TIME, May 1). The cause of my more than ordinary interest was a privilege granted in 1928 when I was staying in Breisach. a little town of 500 inhabitants located about 18 km. from Freiburg. Ah! the charm of that little town. How rudely it was disturbed during the Fruehschoppen -the student drinking bouts which lasted from early morn till evening. Like many college students, proud of their ability in classroom foreign languages, a few were anxious to show their knowledge...
...Bestimmungsmensuren. Meanwhile Heidelberg celebrated Handsome Adolf's birthday in strange fashion. In the Hirsch-Gasse (Stag Alley) is an ancient beer hall and on an upper floor is a long timbered room known to tourists as the oldest fencing hall in Germany. Here for over 100 years members of the student fighting corps have staged their slashing bouts. The Republic's law against student dueling was lifted in Prussia, Bavaria and Baden three weeks ago (TIME, April 17). Heidelberg boys celebrated Adolf Hitler's birthday last week by holding the first public, open, officially recognized student duel...
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