The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-16
The st. Petersburg University.

| Sciences, stands big building of pecu-
liar architecture built during the reign
of Peter the Great. To this building
| belongs an observatory, with several
| side buildings, containing scientific col
lections, libraries in different languages,
and flats of rooms for the officials and
| professors connected with the university
The entire building is crossed by two
long corridors which are situated one
over the other, and are, next to Il similar
corridor in the Vatican, the longest in
the world
The st. Petersburg University has
four faculties. The total number of
| regular students was last year :, 200, and
about as many irregular or free students.
| The various branches OF study are
strictly prescribed by the authorities
The other branches which are not obi
| gatory the students seldom follow. Most
of the students take the prescribed
| branches and leave the others alone, and
mix little or not ut all with the other de-
partments, which, by the way, are
| strictly separated.
Admission to the University by pay
ing fee OF thirty dollars is open to any
| male. without distinction OF rank, class,
or caste, but in order to be admitted one
must have the diploma of a gymnasium,
and not be younger than seventeen.
| Those who have not been at a GYM
nasium have to undergo an examination
at the university. After these condi-
tions have been performed gets the
! rights of a student. He can then obtain
studies from the various Governmental
| sources existing for this special purpose
in case OF poverty, and at the same time
| he is under the most severe regu-
| lations. The free or irregular stu
dent has no right whatever, and
en- visit the university classes by pay
ing the fee Of fifty rubels without
having diploma of graduation from y
! gymnasium, but also can never OBTAIN
the diploma OF 4 graduate or the rank Of
Magister. These ranks furnish mostly
the Nihilists, and among them can be
Every faculty is divided into four terms
each Of one year, and a student can re-
main in each longer if at the end of a
| term he desires to or does not undergo q
successful examination. The longest
time. however, for each term is two and
One-half years. II after this term a
student does not undergo successful
examination he has to leave the faculty,
but can resume on another branch. For
| instance, having been on the first term
Of physico-histOrical study without sue
cess, he can pursue the study of law or
of any other branch. After going sue
cessfully through all four terms the
student gets the rank OF Mapister of such
or such faculty, and can at once present
himself for office, entering the Govern
mcut service with the twelfth rank class.
| CThere are thirteen in Russia.) Foreign
diplomas are of no accOuntin Russia. A
lawyer, a physician, teacher dare not
practice unless he has graduated from
| the university. Great lcneucy, how
ever, exists for professors of foreign
| languages, who. with a foreign diploma.
have but to undergo mock ex; NINA
ton, after which they can open schools
or practice as Professors in Govern
mental academies or schools. In regard
to the student himself, the st. Petersburg
University contains great variety OF
glasses OF an ages and natlonaiities. be
cunning WIN the sven and ending with
G u, req hatI0hai Shlrt OF some b"cE"ood
russian VINO can nc compared with
the western farmer IN the Territories,
one can hnd among them rep
reSehtatlVes OF the oldest landed arls-
to2racy, sons OF Ministers, 81 high
onlclaIS, me clergy some SWeIlS from
'Lle hau'e ih"hce' ana 80 on 10 lhe son
VI 'ol''c la' lil'r Vi iitouJ'e 'PeaSaht)'
" i, In'Iin mrs i?L Ano"lc"Se or
Gu,tca1lon ii;es iI"te MN overcome inc
Hoienv uii II a'',, ops'"c'es from
ms '".l'' sill"3c ~ 'lic NN'i Ie9','e'ice'
~ ~ tne 'o' 'iler cl''sScS illehlion"o' CheS
ovIoiS ~ s'ioSe ouiig M. VINO nave
bara Iaft Nv ,' "'r " ~ P.0T,ii" o',''ls
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a,lo WI neu '''ei' pam DE necessity /" we
EnlE e'9'ty' as at o. IetcFSp"rS' under
me term student nolnlnS very extra
ordinary ~ understood Inc bigger part
OF 'he students oeiohS 10 the middle
classes VINO, ny study, ana animated by
the WISH Tor higher culture, not mindlng
the small purse, try their luck IN gong
TO the University TO md some employ
ment IN shape OF giving lessons toyoung
boys ana thus earn the necessary means
10 exist during their time ot study. The
student very often gets disappointed; as.
on arrival ut the brilliant metropolis. he
| hndS the demand small, and the DaDerS