The life of a professor at a German university in 1900

Irwin Collier, Germany. University life seen through American eyes. Tupper, 1900-1901, Economics in the Rear-View Mirror, Feb 23, 23.

Now for the German professor! The last generation has seen the passing of the old type that appears in “Fliegende Blätter” and “Jugend,” grimly bespectacled, long-haired, absent-minded [5]. He is now usually a capable, practical and responsible man of affairs, whom the dust of the schools has not blinded. He has made sacrifices for the higher end, for his upward progress has been slow. After his doctor’s examination, following three years of advanced work, he ...