Scale convent
The Mensurconvent (also Mensur (en) konvent or assembly, with Corps also Mensurencorpsbuschenconvent (MCC) ) is the decision-making body of a striking association , which decides on the validity of a current or just finished scale for your timpani .
history
In the 1850s, the determination gauge was introduced, which gradually replaced the duel with the bat . Up until the 1870s, however, it was uncommon to discuss the scale lengths in retrospect at convents .
In the German Empire, the scale criticism was introduced, which was expressed by the members of the association present at a scale convention. These were grouped during the measure in such a way that they had a good view of their own timpani and behavior. In order to preserve the reputation of one's own connection, the correct behavior of the timpanist and his posture, ie in particular the unmoved acceptance of possible injuries, were evaluated.
meaning
The Mensurconvent does not evaluate the fencing result, i.e. the question of whether the fencer has given out or pocketed more hits, and also not the question of whether the fights took place after the comment , because that is decided by the referee.
The Mensurconvent decides on the question of whether one's own fencer has behaved on the Mensur as the association expects of his members. The procedure is based on various criteria, which are formulated differently by the individual compounds, but in principle mean the same everywhere.
So it is important that the fencer shows that he has his affects under control in the exceptional situation of a mensur and shows stamina. Staggering and giving way or even fear reactions such as pulling the head away are frowned upon and punished. Also the so-called lying down, ie the interruption of the continuous hitting after the command “go” and before the command “stop”, are associated with sanctions. The Mensurconvent also attaches great importance to the fact that the fencer shows fencing performance that corresponds to his level of training and the applicable regulations on the basis of which the respective mensur is fought.
If a scale does not meet the requirements at all, the scale convent can decide that the game does not "pull". This can also be decided in a pause before the end of the scale length. The fencer is then usually led away, that is, the game is ended unilaterally. For the counterpart, the game is shorter, but this has no negative effects on him.
A negative decision by the Mensurconvent is usually more feared by those involved than a physical injury. The person concerned loses any offices and is in the "cleaning" process, which means that he usually has to rehabilitate himself by means of an additional scale according to the same rules. In the final analysis, repeated "non-pulling" of scale lengths can result in the loss of membership in a striking connection. Such a decision places high demands on the principle of a connection in times of scarce offspring. So it is often this adherence to principles and the consistency in the “scaling concept” that decides the fencing reputation of a striking connection.
In some types of connections, holders of a board office ( see also: Charge (student connection) ) can only be definitively elected to their office after a draw for the current semester, which they can only hold temporarily ( ad interim ) until then .
The decisions are made democratically, decisions are usually made with a simple majority, sometimes qualified majorities are also necessary to declare a scale to be sufficient. In the event of a tie, the vote of the leader, usually the consensus or the fencing officer , decides. For certain resolutions ( discharge for moral reasons), however, a quorum below the simple majority can also make decisions for some connections .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Heer : History of the German Burschenschaft .: The Burschenschaft in the preparation of the Second Reich, in the Second Reich and in the World War. From 1859 to 1919. In: Paul Wentzcke (Ed.): Sources and representations on the history of the fraternity and the German unity movement, Volume 16. C. Winter, Heidelberg 1939. P. 82.
- ↑ Silke Möller: Between Science and “Burschenherrlichkeit”. Franz Steiner, 2001. p. 158.
- ↑ Dirk Kaesler : Max Weber - A biography. CH Beck, 2014. p. 193.