The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-23

Yesng 1Ges Dsasea AAucassosal AAvan-
tsses In csnel Russia
Eew York World
BY specid census il has heen ascer-
tanned that there are shout 5000 Russian
Hebrews in New York. Among them are
shout eighty students who hare been COM
PEELED TO come hers to complete their sdu-
cation. M0st Of these students have come
70 this city since 1887. They we're under
the necessity Of leaving their nafiye cOun-
try becsuse Of the action Of the Russian
government, promulgated IN what Il known
q the DeIianO6 circular Of 1857. By the
terms Of this circular the numbex a He
brew students was limited TO 5 per cent in
itAls Of St Petersburg and Aoscow. In
Russia the students Who desire to
enter the university must first 20
Though course Of study IN the
high school or gymnasium. After
they haye graduated from this high school
they receive their diplomas which eptifle
them to enter the university without ex-
many Russian students we're disappointed
and few were admitted At Kief. out of
1T Hebrew applicants but thirty we're adj
misted At the universities of ST. Peters
burg and Moscow, which ere favorise In
stitutions because Of their celebrated pro-
fessors. they admitted bnt ten Hebrews
out Of LEO applicants, although the entire
number Of applicants were provided with
the diplomas which have heretofore been
the only requisite for admission. The
students were rejected simply because they
we're Hebrews, in pursuance Of the relent-
Ices policy 81 persecution which has been
carried out BY the Russian goyernment
In some cases Hebrew students whose
relatives commanded wealth and influence
tn svaAn 1nn n<7Sf,f M nnrf,yn a8-
mission. but the remainder we're obliged
sither 70 abandon their hopes Of comptet-
ing their education or TO emigrate 10 other
parts of the world. Some ct once took
refuge in Paris or Berlin. Those who we're
unable to 90 to those cities focked TO this
country s..Ssy and as.s 6sen Rsssn,ine shsi,
these students have had to struggle first
With the English language, but they pro-
gressed rapidly. Most Of them we're famil-
lar with other languages and by diLt of
steadfast SPECIFICATION mastered the English
tongue inside Of year. As they were
poor. they we're compelled 70 support them
vsrs lsarning the Language and
earning the fees necessary to en-
Ter the colleges and 70 procure
necessary books. They found that the
fees were much heavier than in Russia,
whore the government pays for the expense
and the necessary technical books cost
more. With most Of them II has been
struggle Tor life = vsll = for sducstion.
They have gone into the factories and
shops and engaged in manual labor. for
which they We1e u fitted. and had bard
time to make both ends meet. Some have
eked scanty living By teaching English
TO their countrymen who came later. They
have lived economically and sacrificed all
life to the one end Of education. 6ome-
timas they have been compelled to sus-
pend study until they could secure money
enough to go on and so pass periodically
from the factory to the lecture-room, thus
occupying six or seven years in studies
that should be completed in three years.
dentists and pharmacists. There are half
. dozen OF them in the Columbia school.
There 10 ono Russian student ct Column
bia who has been working two or three
years in laundry. He came here pre-
pared to enter college. Another student
has been driving for . farmer for two
years. Another has been ct work making
postofice letter bags. A couple Of them
have graduated at Philadelphia. Most of
the students who come here are single. but
some OF them have married and have
struggled with the family a. well as with
education. They have setsled with their
countrymen on the east side. They esti-
sAosS VIC wv "a tocll SQuC8blOU UCT0 h
two or three times the cost of similar edu-
cation ct home. They say that although
general literature is published at much
cheaper rates here they find the cost of
professional books much greater than
at home. The Russian students cay that
they have been well received bv
their feilow-students in this country.
They have not noticed any prejudice
against than except among the Weather
Russian Hebrews here. who seem to have
an rniounded prejudice against them, ow-
ing to toe unjust suspicion that they are
radicals or nihilists These students, there
fore, have the additional drawback OF not
receiving the assistance which 10 extended
by wealthy Hebrews in Russia. The stu
dents deny that they are nihilists. and de-
clare that the sole reason why they came
here WAS because of their unjust proscrip-
ton IN their own country, and because
they are determined to secure the requisite
education to enter the professions Some
OF them are correspondents for Russian
papers. Some have learned the English
language well enough to write articles for
newspapers in English.