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National Geographic : 1925 Jul
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REDISCOVERING THE RHINE station, under a big sign marked "Aus gang," and were look ing for the exit! "We were told to get off here for Worms," one of them explained hotly to an official, "and here we are at Ausgang! Where's the exit? If you Ausgang people would only put up in formation signs in your station !" "Ausgang not! Vor-rms iss! Ausgang to outgo means!" re sponded the official with a self-control which was truly ad mirable. THE STORY OF THE "NIBELUNGENLIED" At Worms we had a bit of luck. We had visited the cathedral, whose site is associ ated with the "Nibe lungenlied," and my friend was complain ing of our romance destroying century's disastrous effect upon such ancient cities. He said that he had come there to see the origi nal headquarters of the Siegfried legend, and not business THE GUTENBERG MONUMENT AT FRANKFORT-ON-THE -MAIN For centuries there has been a bitter rivalry among several German cities over their respective claims to Johann Gutenberg, reputed father of printing. The most dependable authorities agree that he was born in Mainz, but that Strasbourg, Frankfort, and Venice share with his streets and wharfage, birthplace the hono and that he thought he ought to get his money back. Just then the 20th century came to our rescue in the form of a cinema house. "Siegfried and the Nibelungen Treasure Showing To-day!" ran the poster. Two hours of a highly picturesque film, repro ducing for us the ancient Burgundian court at Worms, together with Siegfried's exploits, made us realize that our century isn't so romance-destructive after all. Next day we dropped in and out of Heidelberg for a taste of that delightful, hill-surrounded, Neckar-bordering town. Though during the World War its r of first practicing the art (see text, page 35). famous university almost closed its doors, the student body now surpasses pre-war figures, with 3,Ioo registrations. Heidel berg's democratic tradition still speaks in the fact that needy would-be students are, upon investigation, exempted from tui tion payments and may subsist in the uni versity's dining hall at 16 cents a day. IIEIDELBERG'S STUDENTS FIGHT EIGHT DI'ELS A WEEK Its educational tradition speaks in the provision that each state-paid professor lectures for but six hours weekly, so that
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