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...thirty minutes. When one is wounded he is led away and his victor must fight a fresh foe. If he succeeds in vanquishing all comers he is declared the class champion and is obliged to fight all challengers. The wound received is not dangerous but always leaves a scar, and almost every student one meets in a university town bears the marks of his encounters upon his face. Strange to say these scars are not considered proof of his unskillfulness but as marks of glory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT DUELS IN GERMANY. | 1/15/1884 | See Source »

...That'll do," I moaned. "That's a little to (o scar)ious for me. Give us something else." With his ever-present sardonic grin he pityingly assented, and turned to an effusion by a Junior who had been to the latest opera. It also seems he got 39 once in Physics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTER THE GERMAN. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

Brought to waking, scar'd and still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH A VEIL. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...struck deep: the old scar burns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A YEAR AGO. | 3/5/1880 | See Source »

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