. Danish life in town and country. ation which the smallness of thecountry tends to throw into much bolder reputation rests upon the soundest possiblebasis, upon scientific studies of great thorough-ness, upon strenuous labours in many directions,often with the advancement of practical pursuitsin view. At the head of the University is a Consistorhmi,which consists of sixteen Consistoriales, professorseither elected or—and this is the case with themajority at present—having through priority ofage become members of the Council. The headof the Council is styled Rector Magnificus, andi
. Danish life in town and country. ation which the smallness of thecountry tends to throw into much bolder reputation rests upon the soundest possiblebasis, upon scientific studies of great thorough-ness, upon strenuous labours in many directions,often with the advancement of practical pursuitsin view. At the head of the University is a Consistorhmi,which consists of sixteen Consistoriales, professorseither elected or—and this is the case with themajority at present—having through priority ofage become members of the Council. The headof the Council is styled Rector Magnificus, andis elected for a year at a time. Some changes inthis connection are under contemplation. It hasbeen proposed to increase the number of the mem-bers to eighteen, or nineteen when the Rector forthe year does not happen to be a member of theConsistorium; voices are also raised in favour ofmore of the members being chosen by election,and it has also been urged that they should retireat the age of seventy, unless exceptional circum-. THE ROUND TOWER, COPENHAGEN The University and Professions 51 stances make it desirable that they should lecturers, most of whom are professors, num-ber about seventy; the majority of them belongto the philosophical and medical faculties. Someof the professors have delightful official residencesin old houses, set in gardens with fine old trees;but the University itself is too modern a buildingto possess much of that charm which is a legacyof centuries that have vanished, and which timealone can bestow. From the Copenhagen Uni-versity have gone forth the clergy, the doctors,the lawyers, the higher teachers, and the largestaff of Government oflScials of the whole coun-try ; no wonder that young men crowd round itsKatheders, the more so as the Embedsexamen,which is the consummation of their studies,means to most of them being provided for life,and, according to Danish notions, fairly wellprovided. Although the University has fostered all theo
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