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...penalty for dishonesty in examination has been withdrawn from the rules, pending probably the invention of some more terrible scheme. Under the "Degree of Bachelor of Arts," rule 26 reads: "above group D." This is changed from "one half of the total maximum." In rule 27, grade A is substituted for 90 per cent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Regulations by the Faculty. | 11/24/1886 | See Source »

...table with his beer mug. The happy idea is infectious; and a thousand mugs thump ponderously upon the deal boards. Then all begin to stamp in unison and smite the tables with their canes. Even this ear-splitting uproar does not do full justice to the enthusiasm of one group. So they leap upon their table, and thus elevated, stamping, smiting, clashing, pour forth their souls in song. We will not wait to see the last student roll under the table or stagger homeward in the gray dawn, but will withdraw to muse upon the scene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Heidelberg Jubilee. III. | 11/3/1886 | See Source »

...Prince. Then follow four trumpeters, braying right lustily, albeit somewhat dolorously, upon their slender brass horns. Six knights in armor, with iron helmets and prodigious spears are followed by a company of foot soldiers, whose antique swords and oral shields call Walter Scott vividly to mind. A group of little children, clad in white, and with wreaths of flowers on their heads, go by singing a hymn written for the occasion. But Ruprecht I is a staunch Catholic, and the representatives of the church must not be forgotten. Here come pale nuns from the convent on the Heiligenberg and stern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Heidelberg Jubilee. II. | 11/2/1886 | See Source »

...represented, and it is therefore possible to make the procession a success in every sense of the word. At the semi-millenial anniversary at Heidelberg, the special features of the procession of students provoked worldwide comment. There were several bands of mounted Knights in armor, together with many group tableaux. It is proposed in the present case to prepare special features to be transported on trucks, and that the endeavor may be successful all are invited to contribute their time, money, and - brains. If the student body could once appreciate the mass of work thrown upon the shoulders of their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/21/1886 | See Source »

...photograph has been seen during the vacation of all the 'goodies' in one group taken in '64. This is a custom which it is very wrong to drop. Their memories should be perpetuated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN RACE. | 10/1/1886 | See Source »