Whole university cities have at times been laid under the bann,
examples of which we shall give as we proceed.
The ChargirUn watch over the institutions of the Chores and
of the students in general, — or, in other words, over the so-called
AUgemeine Comment. They settle also the time, place, and



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manner of all the public festivities and celebrations. They
determine whether, and in what style, a torch-train, or a " Vivat,"
shall be got up; in what manner a deceased member of the Chore
shall be interred; and hew the- studentship shall be represented
in the public solemnities of the High School They direct the
choice of the ball directors, who take part in the direction of the
public balls, as, for instance, in those at the Museum at Heidel-
berg. The presiding Chore fixes the Allgemeine, or general
assembly, and announces it to the other Chores.
