His values are those of the last century, and his ideas of decency, custom and morals are no longer understood, nor shared, by the current generation of high school students.

The latter has heard the rumours that Niemeyer's favorite student, Zedlitz, was spotted with alluring actress Lydia Link in the somewhat shady "Golden Peacock" bar.

Traumulus conducts an investigation, and Kurt von Zedlitz admits to his "misdeed", conveniently omitting his subsequent visit to the lady's apartment.

While the rehearsals for the Kaiser Wilhelm celebration are taking place on the market square, the members of the forbidden “Anti-Tyrannia” fraternity, mostly students and alumni of Niemeyer's school, meet in the backroom of a local bakery.

The arrestees include Kurt von Zedlitz who, ignoring the house arrest imposed by Traumulus, joined the meeting merely to suggest that the Anti-Tyrannia group should be dissolved.

From then on, Kurt von Zedlitz seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth, and even District Administrator Kannewurf is beginning to worry, resulting in a renewed altercation with Niemeyer.