manners. Let me describe one to
you as an example.

THE GERMAN STUDENT.

The Heidelberg student is a rather large, heavy-looking fellow, with
round face, broad shoulders, and a very awkward gait. His hair is
cropped close to his head, and on one side of the head, in jaunty
fashion, he wears a small round cap,--too small by far to cover it,
as caps generally do. It is of red or blue or green, and worked with
fanciful figures of gold or silver thread.

On his feet are heavy boots, which rise, outside his trousers,
nearly to the knees. His body is covered with a gay frock-coat, of
green or gray or black. As he walks the street with his college
mates, he puffs away on a very curious long pipe, the bowl being of
porcelain, on which is painted some fanciful scene, or perhaps a
view of the grand old castle. Sometimes the stem of the pipe is two
or three feet long. In his hand he carries a cane, or rather stick
(for it is too short to be used as a cane), with some curiously
carved figure for a handle.

[Illustration: GERMAN STUDENT.]

Many of the Heidelberg students are attended, wherever they go, by a
companion who is apt to produce fear and dislike in those who are
not accustomed to him. This is a small, blear-eyed, bullet-headed,
bloodthirsty-looking bull-dog, with red eyes and snarling mouth. You
see such dogs everywhere with the students, running close to their
heels, and ready, at an instant's notice, to defend their masters.

[Illustration: CASTLE AT HEIDELBERG.]

Almost every Heidelberg student belongs to one of the social
societies, of which some are called "Verbindungs," and others
"Corps;" and the caps they wear designate the particular societies
of which they are members.

These societies are both patriotic and social. The members devote
themselves to "the glory of the Fatherland;" and they pledge
themselves by oaths to defend and aid each other.

Besides the cap, the students betray to what society they belong by
various colored ribbons across their breasts or hung to their
watch-chains. There is a great deal of rivalry among the societies,
which results in frequent difficulties.

The pastimes of the Heidelberg students are almost entirely confined
to the "good times" they have in their "Verbindungs," in which they
meet two nights in the week to sing, make funny speeches, and
perform certain curious ceremonies.

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