testant Theology, Law, Medicine, Science, Letters, and
Pharmacy. Besides the university proper there are numer
ous schools and colleges under independent management,
such as the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, the Ecole des Beaux
Arts, the Ecole des Sciences Politiques, and various other
special schools. Students have, therefore, a wide range of
choice and be it theology, law, medicine, art, or letters Paris
will undoubtedly afford all the instruction he needs, for the
time being at least. If a Frenchman the student will prob
ably rest content with what Paris affords, if an American
he is likely to complete his studies in Germany at one of the
great universities of der Vaterland.
The university buildings at Paris lie in the centre of the
Quartier Latin. Curious, narrow, streets abound on all
sides, most of them running up from the Seine and opening
onto the more modern boulevards. Book stores and book
stalls are to be met with everywhere in the district, and
restaurants, cafes, and cabarets are also abundant. The
tobacconists have their red signals out here and there, a
pawn-broker's establishment sometimes protrudes itself on
the view, while above all towers the great dome of the Pan
theon set apart to the honor of scholars of an earlier age in
France. Everywhere are student lodging houses, and one
can easily find either a garret or an apartment, furnished or
unfurnished, as the purse or the fancy dictates. The Quarlier
is a very live place, particularly in the evenings when all
sorts and conditions of men, and women also, can be seen
parading its streets or seated at little tables in front of some
popular cafe while the band discourses sweet music. The
scene is one of gaiety and action, however, at almost any
hour of the day as there are always lots of people around
and Paris never seems sleepy like other great cities some
times do. No one can understand the life of the student
element at Paris unless he has been a student there himself
or has mixed intimately with the students. He must take
Student Life in Paris.