Education: How Do You Do?

After finishing a year at the University of Wisconsin, a group of exchange students, safely home in Germany, decided to publish a few hints on the U.S. for their successors. Among the things a young foreigner should know about:

INTRODUCTIONS: "The answer to 'How do you do' is not, as you might think, Fine,' but 'How do you do?' "

GREETINGS: "To persons of equal position, one waves with a movement of the hand and says 'Hi' or 'Hello.' Gentlemen lightly tip their headcover—if they wear any—but one never takes the hat off . . ."

DATES : "If a gentleman wishes to make...

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