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...Both has published some statistics of over-pressure in the German schools. According to these, 64 per cent. of the scholars "who should work up to graduation are much below the normal standard of health." In Denmark, where a still higher standard of education is insisted on, a government investigation brings to light that 29 per cent. of the boys, and 41 per cent. Of the girls, suffer from over-pressure...
...pass collateral examinations (reading at sight) upon Latin, and either French or German...
...Leipsic University, a few years ago, the socialistic element was particularly strong. German Socialists, Russian Nihilists, and bold radical spirits from Poland, Roumania, and other countries of Europe, composed a strange and reckless company in the heart of the university. A young American, of extremely radical views, entered the university at about this time, and it was his fortune to meet in daily intercourse the most extreme socialistic and nihilistic section. B - , as his name may be called, had determined to earn his own living for the first year, and, as a result, he soon found himself in the Convictorium...
There is some complaint among many men in a certain German course, because the instructor frequently detains them from 5 to 10 minutes after hours...
...German student was once heard to remark: "What a spiritless land this America is, where you cannot find a dozen young fellows who will sit down to a cozy drinking-bout for about four hours of an evening!" This rebuke was greeted with a loud burst of laughter by all his hearers, and in order to maintain his aggressive standpoint successfully, and to convince his hearers of the truth of his statement, he gave a vivid description of one of these "drinking nights." The students form regular clubs whose constitution, by-laws, and members all centre about the beer...