Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-27

physics and gesa7phy. The Russian GYM
nasium is . Frz18atery-s for the pupils
Hardly ten per cent. of Them can success
fully pass lis examinations and thus reach
the sanctuary of the university.
Since the abolition of serfdom there are
few noble families left which can be called
rich. The othere, who give their children
the highest education, clergymen and civil
officerr, are, as a rule, poor. Therefore the
education of child in the gymnasium and
the university is usually accomplished only
with great personal sacrifice on the part Of
the parents. Once the diploma is secured .
good career is opened, and bread and butter
are guaranteed Tor life. But if a student is
dismissed from the university for any cause
he is lost forever, and all the sacrifices of
his parents must go for naught. The ex-
student is the uahappiest person in Russia.
All the doors of advancement are shut
sgainst him. He has only one door left
open-that leading 10 the "subterraaean re-
public" The statistics of the Nihilists
show that fully ninety per cent OF them are
ex-studenis. 10 view OF this fact, it seems
an objectionable folly on the Psrt OF the
government 10 treat the university boys
hsrshly. A Nihilist leader is reported to
have said, on the occasion OF the recent
student troubles:
Thanks 10 the Gar, now we are stronger
by hundreds of men, and be is weaker"
The recsnt trouble began at the Kazau
gai.stsity:- Tea new governor OF The kszan
Proyfacss Gen Icherkaseof, Issued an order
strictly forbid1sng all unauthorized meet
ings. The students, however, could not help
meetlDg. They buve -lsk-ary of sheir own.
and some funds for assisting the most needy
of their comrades; aud they had to meet in
order to conduct this business. The police
arrested teveral students who met together.
Then, as usual, all the students rose 10 de-
a,,A
news OF the sTiot" was telegraphed 10 81.
Petersburg. Count Tistol, Minister of the
Interior, rsputed "stddent-eater," briefly
aDsYered: "No quarter" The university
was closed, and great m,jority OF the
students were sent away from the city OF
Kszan. The students OF the university of
this city wanted TO express their sympathy
with their comrades of the Kazan Uniyer.
sily. Mr.. Dmitrief, the curator OF the uni
versity, instead OF using mild measures, re-
quested the sendoTmes and the police to
occupy the university buildings. A fight
took place bstween the students aud the
policemen. The university was closed, and
hundreds of students, many on the very eve
of being graduated, have lost the ch snce of
getting diploma.
In view ef these troubles, the authorities
OF the other universities have issued strin-
gent orders, which have. only led to disor-
ders. The University OF Warsaw and that
OF Charkof are already closed, and many
students OF the Moscow University, of the
Oiessa University and of the Demidoff Ly-
ceum of Yaroslavi have been arrested and
sent bons saw student of the law de-
partment of the university of this city, who
lew months ago would have been gradu-
ated, but who, on account of the recent
troubles, has been expelled from the univer-
sity, and he showed me his ''wolf 3 pass" as
they call the certificate of an expelled stu
dent
"If I were punished SO severely" he said,
"for some fault or crime OF mine, would
bear nay lot patiently; but 1 have done uoth-
ing wrong except in coming to the univer-
sify earlier than some others, when it was
full of gendarmes. feel now like one
thrown from vessel in the middle of the
ocean. Ii I'm not recalled to the univer-
sity, shall have only one task in my life