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...Jews in Heidelberg...
...university building in Heidelberg there is (or was) a tablet bearing the names of the men who, at the suggestion of Jacob Gould Schurman, provided the money for the building. The names are: Jules S. Bache, George F. Baker, William Gerard Beckers, James Brown, Walter P. Chrysler, Clarence L. Dillon, Julius Forstmann, William Fox, Henry Goldman, W. A. Harriman, Harris Forbes & Co., Henry Heide, George D. Horst, Henry Janssen, Robert Lehman, Nicholas M. Schenck, W. J. (or I; the German capitals are alike) Norton, Gustav Oberlaender, James R. Perkins, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Julius Rosenwald, Samuel Sachs, Mortimer L. Schiff...
...Heidelberg's "University Hall," classroom building, was built by former U. S. students at the University, dedicated by onetime U. S. Ambassador Jacob Gould Schurman in 1931. Its tablet, containing many a Jewish name, still stands. Moreover, foreign students, even Jewish ones, are still admissible at Heidelberg since they "cannot enter the German labor market...
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...
...Heidelberg last week it was announced that to celebrate the removal of government prohibition of duels, the 34 student fighting corps would hold a duel a day henceforth. Nonmember spectators will be banned from combats of the five most exclusive corps. Herr Ruehlemann, University bandagist, took advantage of the occasion to fill his windows with dueling blades, lint, surgical needles, disinfectants. In the midst of the display was a photograph of Adolf Hitler.-ED. Fencers From Offenbach Sirs...