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The  Faculties  as  a  rule  embrace  Theology,  Law  and  Political  Science,  Philosophy,, 
Medicine,  Mathematics  and  the  Natural  Sciences.  In  the  latter  department  may 
be  found  almost  exclusively  those  branches  of  special  interest  to  the  Pharmacist  and 
Chemist,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  of  indirect  importance,  which  are  included  in 
the  Faculty  of  Medicine  and  treated  more  in  relation  to  the  requirements  of  medical 
science,  such  as  Toxicology,  Pharmacology,  Physiological  and  Pathological 
Chemistry. 
The  Mathematical  and  Natural  Science  Faculty  embraces  theoretical  and 
practical  Chemistry,  Pharmacognosy,  Botany,  Mineralogy,  Physics,  Geologyy 
Zoology,  Palaeophytology,  Palaeontology  and  the  higher  branches  of  Mathematics. 
From  this  somewhat  extended  list  such  may  be  selected  as  may  meet  the  require- 
ments of  individual  purposes  and  needs,  and  it  not  unfrequently  occurs  that  the 
students  change  from  one  University  to  another,  to  study  in  some  special  depart- 
ment where  the  Professor,  through  original  investigation  and  research  in  the  field  of 
discovery,  has  acquired  greater  celebrity. 
The  Vorlesungen,  readings  or  lectures  by  the  Professors,  take  place  at  different 
hours  of  the  day,  and  are  so  arranged  in  the  respective  faculties  that  the  attendance 
of  one  may  not  preclude  the  attendance  of  another,  beginning  at  8  or  9  in  the 
morning,  are  followed  by  other  Professors  at  intervals  throughout  the  day  until  6 
or  8  in  the  evening  5  the  time  intervening  between  lecture  hours  being  employed  by 
the  students  in  Laboratory  work. 
The  Laboratories,  although  differing  in  size  and  elegance  of  appointments^ 
according  to  the  wealth  and  position  maintained  by  the  respective  Universities,  are 
generally  well  supplied  with  all  the  conveniences  and  accessories  for  the  execution 
of  practical  work  and  investigation  in  the  several  domains  of  science. 
The  Libraries  which  form  a  vast  storehouse  of  knowledge,  as  also  the  reading 
rooms,  where  maybe  found  all  the  current  scientific  literature,  are  also  accessible  to 
the  students  upon  the  payment  of  a  small  sum. 
The  students  are  comprised  not  only  of  those  who  still  retain  a  vivid  recollection 
of  the  ordeal  of  a  German  Gymnasium  examination,  but  also  of  many  upon  whom 
the  hand  of  time  has  made  its  impress.  They  are  also,  as  a  class,  not  possessed  of 
unlimited  means,  and  are  therefore  necessarily  confined  to  the  plainer  modes  of  life. 
Their  quarters  are  often  to  be  found  in  the  fifth  story,  at  which  elevation  the  rooms 
are  the  cheapest,  and  from  which  a  song  has  originated  entitled,  Fiinf  Treppen 
hoch.  The  furniture  of  these  rooms  may  consist  of  a  writing  table,  chair,  student 
lamp,  and  perhaps  adorning  the  wall  one  or  more  capacious  pipes. 
Upon  entering  the  University  buildings,  may  be  observed  a  black-board,  where 
official  and  other  announcements  of  general  information  to  the  students  are  from 
time  to  time  made  known,  such  as  changes  in  the  hours  appointed  for  lectures,  etc 
There  also  may  usually  be  seen  a  placard  announcing  the  location  of  the  Fecht- 
boden,  or  fencing  room,  and  where  fencing  implements  may  be  obtained.  This 
feature,  which  has  become  an  almost  historical  characteristic  of  the  German 
University,  is  happily  on  the  decline,  being  with  a  few  exceptions  less  frequently 
indulged  in  than  in  former  years,  although  students  may  still  be  seen  who  carry  the 
scars  caused  by  the  deep  gashes  of  the  sabre,  and  which  are  often  considered  as 
