The Comitat, or accompaniment of a Student in procession on his quitting the University--Hard study of the Student as the day of Examination approaches--Degrees obtained--Description of the Comitat precession of his Friends, as formerly practised and as at present--they sing the song of "The Mossy Bursch" at parting-- Ballad of "The Old Bursch" CHAPTER XXIV. Summary of the actual merits and demerits of German Student-life-- Arguments of Professor Ringseis against Duelling CHAPTER XXV. A Review of the Political Aspect of Student-life CHAPTER XXVI. A parting glance at other Universities German and Foreign * * * The General Beer-Comment of Heidelberg LIST OF GERMAN SONGS. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. 1. The Sword Song 2. The German Fatherland 3. The Union Song 4. Are German Hearts 5. We Builded Ourselves 6. The Fox-Ride 7. Free is the Bursch 8. The Wirthin's Daughter 9. God greet Thee, Brother Straubinger 10. True Love 11. The Departure 12. The Gallant Ship is going 13. The Four Elements 14. There Twinkle Three Stars 15. Roundelay 16. The Krähwinkler Landsturm 17. The Binschgauer's Pilgrimage 18. Drinking Song 19. The Pope 20. Drinking Song 21. Rhine-Wine 22. Prince Eugene 23. Commers Song 24. An Unbounded Jollity 25. Gaudeamus Igitur 26. Old Noah 27. Old-fashioned Bursch 28. The Travel Song 29. The Landsfather 30. Prince of Fools 31. Ways of the Students 32. Crambambuli 33. Song of Wine 34. The Departing Bursch 35. The Old Bursch THE STUDENT LIFE OF GERMANY. CHAPTER I. GENERAL PLAN, OFFICERS, AND COURTS, OF A GERMAN UNIVERSITY Jerusalem beautifully observes, that the barbarism which often springs up behind the loveliest and most richly-coloured flower of knowledge, may be a kind of strengthening mud-bath, to prevent the over-delicacy which threatens the flower; and I fancy that one who reflects how far knowledge usually climbs in a student, will allow the so-called Burschen life to the Sons of the Muses, as a kind of barbarous Middle-age, which may so far fortify them as to prevent this delicacy of refinement exceeding its due bounds.--_Jean Paul Richter's Quintus Fichslein_.