Good Really, Really Old Days of College

By Alex in Book & Literature on Jul 12, 2008 at 2:17 am

Swordfight, just another day in the life of a college student of yore …

Yes, that’s tennis as it was played in 1600 CE

BibliOdyssey blog has some nice scans of "Illustrissimi Wirtembergici Ducalis Novi Collegis quod Tubingae quam Situm quam Studia quam Exercitia Accurata Delinateo," which depicts university life in the Renaissance era.

Notice that there was little book study, instead there were lots and lots of fighting: Link

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Carl
Jul 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
That is awesome.

Our colleges these days could certainly use a bit of roughing up to turn boys into men instead of self entitled wusses. I was so bored at college.
Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
Jul 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I’m sure there are plenty of women who’d like to take up sword-fighting, too, Carl. They’d have to, if only for self-defense. The idea of a bunch of frat-boys running around with sharp objects wouldn’t exactly make me want to set foot on a campus…

Besides, it’s parents who turn their kids into “self entitled wusses”; the damage is done long before they ever set foot in a college.
JC
Jul 12th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I did swordfight but in Monkey Island style.
davedonelson
Jul 13th, 2008 at 4:58 am
I audited that lecture but couldn’t get the point.

Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds

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