University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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THE A-RIEL, 1907 31 Sisters Barrison, Misses Lona, Qlga, Gertrude, Irmgard and Sophie, die beispiellos populiirsten Damen des Continents. Then the voices break again into song. As I conclude this sketch, that splendid chorus rings in my ears:- 'Wer keine Sorge je und kein Verzagen Weiss, Und wer sich rasch erstiirmt des Lebens Kecken Preis, VVer stiindig lichterloh, dochnie zu Ende brennt, Lebt seinen Iugendtag als richtiger Student, Ia! als richtiger Studentf, l

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30 THE ARIEL, 1907 or Schinkenbrot will emerge from the capacious pocket of a Germanj. The faces of the men are strong, but seldom clean-cut and clear-eyed, their frames are heavy but not athletic. I shall meet some of these fellows later at Munich, for the German student is a wide-ranger and sometimes completes his special course at three universities. The women are in large numbers at such a class as this. Then the professor enters in haste. Before he has even reached his desk, he begins, Meine Herren und Damen! 5' fthe order is signiicantj, and proceeds with a frightful velocity thatiseems toioffer defiance to note-liooks. But these students are all masters of short-hand and pens move triumphantly over paper -- you may buy a copy of such verbatim notes, when the course is next repeated, and save yourself many a long sitting. Gccasionally scraping of feet, Scharrenf' a well-known signal, warns the lecturer that his words are not heard at the rear of the room, and he raises his voice, until the shuffling ceases. So the lecture draws to its close. Now, let us watch the student at play. This is the banquet hall of the Rhenania Corps on the evening of the Weihnachts-Kneipe or Christmas Feast. The walls are hung with old banners and armorial bearings, the long tables are groaning under steins and tankards, the fir-tree in the corner is flashing with a hundred lights. Forty men in the caps of the corps are steeped in the joyous spirit of the German yule- tide. The 'I Bier-zeitung of the brotherhood, rich in comic illustrations and teeming with amusing personalities, starts the revel. Songs are sung, as only German boys can sing them. The leader gravely conveys to me his regrets that they have not yet mastered the two national airs of America, The Bowery and Linger longer, Loo, but Tannen- baum, Gambrinus and Gaudeamus more than make good the omis- sion. Salamanders are rubbed, jokes are told, speeches full of innuendo are delivered, all with tremendous effect. Then enters the humorist of the fraternity, with the snowy beard and gray cowl of the VVeihnachts- mann U or Santa Claus. To each and all he presents, amid shouts of laughter from the jolly crew, startling gifts. For instance, the American receives a handsome portrait of his esteemed country-women, The Five

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