European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Famed line spanning centuries an exam whose links immortalized la a names in carved Block letters ,.-it h the Beer coasters who posed Seliy for sepia tone 19th-Centuryphotographs that would adorn the i ills and who would g a t h e to Ether in an adjacent Hall to Nasf Rve one of the rituals of their Fra i,.i Iki existence dueling. Rhom within the group and t to s e a i Iii Eric to the traditional practice r.," dueling As a t a n i i c of Talent Nirri d w h uneven measures of prun1. Utility Imil age and perhaps above All liar Acter of the  or a ii Ai nuties hic condom a  some Snia encourage dueling May from of to the no with ing of highly nationalistic flavor and others of simple spoiling intent. All however have an overriding sense of tradition Down to Iligir characteristic Caps and banners and of an exclusive Ness that Breeds seen by. Hare is the outsider privileged  View a match. What Mil Public does see Are the or is he Heidelberg a rails and  k brands and Lue Bingen brands symbols of belonging t a scar. An american u to formerly amended Lle Idellie once made a wry of i. A lion about the element of courage in dueling As carried on wit Luis the ver Bodungen a Mastic surgeons in Heidelberg do one hell of a business straightening  he laughed explaining i hat a curved slash indicated that the v i c t i m had winced an unforgivable reaction at lit moment the Cut was inflicted to off he would trudge to the Pla Goon thus m a manner of up saving Ace. Fear is a Factor that s negligible b e fore a mat blood so prayed ceiling is grisly evidence that the dueling Hail is no place or the squeamish. ,. Sprayed wiling  thai Hall   for of More than h. And the do ".ing, German style i a a is ii ii list. Meaning that All Mokes  blows a hair raising experience Lor participants whose scalps Are susceptible to bloody lacerations. The eyes nose and Throat Are protected As Are the arms leaving Only the top of the head and the Cheeks a targets. A doctor must be in attendance ready to stitch up adversaries so they May continue the match. Among commonplace terms in student dueling societies Are Fuchs or Novice Bursch or accepted member one who Lias fought his quota of matches Korps Bride Der fellow club members whore his judges during a match and Schlaeger the special weapons employed in  Schlaeger have Blades 3 i feet Long with the handles protected by tin plates 10 inches in diameter and  among the brotherhoods As the soup plate of Honor there s a variety of opinion about he desirability of Sears. One authority maintains that the chief purpose of these encounters is to acquire cuts on the Aee which Are then left open some claim it s done by administering Salt to the wound so that a scar is inevitable As a Fleshy badge of  a Ilc Idelberg student sniffed at this i doubt anyone wants to get  he admitted however that a victim makes the most of it when he sustains a  by still another As an elaborate ritualistic facial operation these matches have on occasion claimed Liv a despite the heavy Protection of vital areas.,.according to Robert Baldick. Who made a lengthy study of the Duel the adversary whose blow had killed would be asked to leave the University receiving from the Senate what was called a con ilium Abundi he could then pursue his studies at another University but if he killed a second  academic door was closed against  fraternities Nave against some Strong Public in Germany partly on the that dueling has barbarous the United states has the ant boxing crowd run up opposition argument overtones its parallel Inland partly be 11 i v my a a  j i cause some of these societies Are thought to represent a nationalistic direction that s a throwback to times better for  for the Young men at the Stamm Tisch such sentiments Are Remote. Then kinship is washed in tradition a heritage they expect to survive them As it has survived their  their part the blood and the Beer will continue to flow with the blood being the thicker of the two. I future years they May recognize each other and be recognized by All through the trademark borne on their face. I jars and us ups sunday Muich 24, 19o8