-
Title
-
Letters, July 8th, 1911_017
-
Alternative Title
-
Letters, July 8th, 1911
-
Date
-
8-Jul-11
-
Creator
-
Edith Schwartz Clements
-
Description
-
handwritten letter
-
Identifier
-
nshs-rg3158am-002
-
Transcription
-
17 noon. Nearly every student at this table had scars on head or cheek — one a large, ugly one, & one even had a bandage on. If we had known we might have seen one of these bouts. Dr. Downey has, & says it is disgusting as the students merely slash one another & might as well cut themselves at home with razors. He had expected to see some skillful fencing & sport, but found it butchery. After supper we passed a hall where the students were singing & celebrating the “ mensur “, as these bouts are called. It seems that the object is to drink enough beer afterwards, so that the wound will leave a scar when it is healed! It seems, one cannot be a hero without an ugly scar on his cheek. Aren’t “humans” funny critters? We were fortunate in being at Freiburg at a time when the birth-day ? of the Grand-duke of
-
Rights
-
To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
