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Kočevci, ki so istotako v svoji lahkomišljenosti in Celje, Ljubljana, and Graz, however, blew
razbijali klopi po Tivolskem drevoredu ter ostan- the incident out of proportion, leading to the
ke vlačili in metali v vodomet sredi Tivolskih na- matter being brought before the court. ‘We con-
sadov. Bili so ti dijaki tudi aretovani [...].« Potem sole ourselves with the thought that strict but
pa pove, da o tem drugem incidentu niso pisali fair judges will have more heart than these jour-
niti nemški niti slovenski časopisi. Čeprav pisec nalistic barbarians from ...’. The writer continues
inkriminiranega dijaka ne imenuje, pa piščevi to rant: ‘The extreme obscenity inherent in such
superlativi kažejo, da je šlo za Plemlja. Članek unrestrained journalism ...’, and then points out
nas prepriča, da Plemelj nima nikakršne zveze z the double standards. ‘A few days after the stu-
razbijanjem klopi v Tivoliju v drugem inciden- dent riot we had been discussing, another similar
tu. Ni pa jasno, če ni morebiti tudi prvi incident riot took place. It was attended by three German
povezan s klopmi v Tivoliju. Članek se konča s Kočevci, who, in their recklessness, smashed
podpisom avtorja: »dr. Iv. T....r«. To pomeni, da benches along the Tivoli tree-lined avenue and 135
se je za Plemlja zavzel znani pisec povesti Cvetje dragged the remains to the fountain in the mid-
v Jeseni dr. Ivan Tavčar (1893). Za dokončno raz- dle of the Tivoli gardens and threw them in.
jasnitev okoliščin Plemljeve izključitve iz šole bi These students were also arrested [...]„ He then
bilo treba pregledati še tedanje nemške časopise goes on to say that neither German nor Sloveni-
in morda še kakšne druge vire. To je bilo obdobje an newspapers wrote about this second incident.
spopada slovanskih nacionalizmov z nemškim, Although the writer does not name the stu-
vendar ni videti, da bi se Plemelj ob teh inciden- dent in question, his superlatives indicate that it
tih spopadal z Nemci. was Plemelj. The article convinces us that Plemelj
Tudi Ivan Vidav v svojem tekstu o Plemlju was not involved in the destruction of the bench-
zapiše (1987, 16): es in Tivoli during the second incident. Howev-
er, it is unclear whether the first incident is also
Od dijaških let je imel rad veselo druščino. related to the benches in Tivoli. The article ends
S prijatelji je tedaj pogosto zahajal v gostilno with the author’s signature: ‘Dr Iv. T....r’. This
in tudi dobre kapljice se ni branil. Vendar means that the well-known author of the novel
mu vino ni moglo do živega. Imel je tako Cvetje v Jeseni (Flowers in Autumn), Dr Ivan Tav- Pisma Georga Fabra Josipu Plemlju • Letters from Georg Faber to Josip Plemelj
naravo, da nikoli ni bil pijan. Čeprav ga je čar, stood up for Plemelj. To fully clarify the cir-
več spil kakor tovariši, ki so ga pošteno čuti- cumstances of Plemelj’s expulsion from school, it
li, je sam ostal trezen. Ni pa postal suženj al- would be necessary to review the German news-
kohola. Ko se je moral zaradi bolezni držati papers of the time, as well as other relevant sourc-
dijete, se je pijači zlahka odrekel. es. This was a period of conflict between Slav-

Zanimivo je, da je o svojih »dosežkih« ic nationalism and German nationalism, but it
mladostne »radoživosti« Plemelj zelo rad pri- does not appear that Plemelj was involved in any
povedoval svojim študentom in mlajšim kole- conflicts with Germans in connection with these
gom. Vidav, ki je bil 40 let mlajši od njega, se je incidents.
v intervjuju za Obzornik za matematiko in fizi- Ivan Vidav also writes in his text about
ko, ki ga je leta 2007 z njim opravil Damljan Ko- Plemelj:
bal, spomnil še enega neobičajnega Plemljevega
dijaš kega incidenta, namreč kako je nekoč »ubil Since his school days, he had enjoyed cheer-
eno babo«, ki ga težko pojasnimo brez prisotno- ful company. He often went to the pub
sti ali odsotnosti alkohola (str. 209): with his friends and did not shy away from
a good drink. However, wine did not affect
Kot dijak je stanoval nekje na Petkovško- him. He was not the type to get drunk. Al-
vem nabrežju in je nekoč brez premisleka though he drank more than his companions,