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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...neck and body thick leather pads, and thick glasses before the eyes, so that the only place where they are cut is on the face. The students are very proud of these cuts, and in case they see that a scar will not be very noticeable, it is often a fact that they tear it open and pour wine into it. After a student has fought a certain fixed number of duels (some ten or twelve), he receives a band of ribbon, which he wears across his breast, under his coat; upon receipt of his first band he is free...
...often said that 'the faculty' governs Yale. This cannot be the so-called university faculty, embracing all the professors, for that faculty never meets, and exists only in name. Which, then, of the six faculties is it that enjoys this prerogative, and what position does it hold toward the other five? Or is it true that the interests of the university as a whole are entirely neglected...
...recent article in one of the leading weeklies throws light on a side of German student-life, which is not often touched upon in the frequent accounts of the manners and customs of our Teutonic fellow-laborers in the large universities. Reference is made to the great prevalence of poverty among the students, and the increase of pauperism under the fostering care of immense charitable organizations...
...position that the Germans take is a peculiar one, namely, that a man should have a living at least while pursuing any branch of learning, even though the benefits of the education are entirely selfish ones. It is their way of "elevating the masses," and a futile and often disastrous way it is, too. There are earnest attempts among many of the students to support themselves honestly while studying, some even in Vienna, working as night street-sweepers. Nothing derogatory can be said of this class, for there is only a matter of choice between street-sweeping and waiting...
...house. The opposition benches are, as a rule, almost as full as the ministerial seats, causing the rivalry to be very active and the interest unflagging. Meetings are held every Monday evening at 8 o'clock, and the house seldom adjourns before 11 p.m. The attendance is very large, often reaching twenty-five or thirty, while an excellent rule, that three successive absences shall be equivalent to a resignation, insures constant, consecutive attendance. The second year has opened with a membership almost doubled, which is not confined to undergraduate students alone, for the roll contains the names of a number...