Word: professsor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Heidelberg is poor, and some of its younger men are very poorly paid, but the smallest income of any full professsor is about $1,500. If this seem small it is to be remembered that the average professor's salary in America is scarcely more. Relatively few colleges pay over $2,600-$2,200. On the basis of the bare figures alone, the Germans are better off; the advantage of cheaper living and different social requirements is clear gain. The grevious side of the German university cereer is the period of probation; the Privatdocent butters his bread with hopes...