Ohio State students who want to be totally immersed in German culture have a home.Student’s living at the Max Kade German House, 141 W. 11th Ave., all share a common bond, learning the German language and culture.The house, which is the only campus sponsored cultural and language house at OSU, is in it’s second quarter of existence.’German is a huge thing we have in common,’ said Anwyn Eriksen, a sophomore, majoring in German, who lives in the Kade House. ‘We all speak German around the house. That’s the idea.’The nine students living in the Kade House are either German majors or minors. One is a graduate student in German.’About half of us have been to Germany and we wanted to live here to fix our rusty skills,’ Eriksen said. ‘The other half wants to go Germany. This is their practice.’ Jon Byrd, a senior minoring in German, said living in the house is an extension of the skills learned in class. ‘You get more of the daily expressions in German like, ‘Hurry up and get out of the bathroom.’ Things you would not learn in the classroom,’ he said.The house is also the center for many events sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, said Heath Hughes, a sophomore majoring in German, international studies, and political science.’It is here for us, but open for the German Department to have activities,’ he said.Included in these activities is the German Club’s Kaffeestunde, or coffee hour, that is held on the first Wednesday of every month.German art and photography is also displayed in the house and many German natives have spoken at the house, Hughes said.Byrd said the house also has film showings and sponsors German Club receptions.The once privately owned house on south campus was bought last year by OSU, said Bernhard Fischer, head of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.The department then asked the Max Kade Foundation of New York City to fund the renovation of the house. The foundation donated $240,000 to the house, Fischer said.Max Kade was a prominent German-American businessman in the early 1900’s, Byrd said. ‘He left an endowment for things of this nature. Things that would strengthen German-American relations,’ he said. The Max Kade Foundation was begun in 1944 and there are currently houses or centers at Penn State, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Southern California, Colgate University, the University of Massachusetts, Indiana University and Oberlin College.To live in the house, the students had to submit an application. All of the students must have completed at least the first three German classes at OSU and also had to write an essay stating why they wanted to live in the house, Byrd said.Byrd is currently creating a web site on the Internet about the house and foundation.The students currently living in the house range in ages from 18-25 years old.The house was dedicated in October of 1996 and the students moved into the house.