Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-07
RUSSIAN STUDENTS.
some Rules That Govern school Life In
ST. Petersburg aud Moscow.

ST. Petersburg aud Moscow.
Nowhere in the world is the stu
dent subject TO such o strict, search
ing and rigorous discipline as Is the
student In Russian university, says
the New York World,
From his entrance into school tho
boy of 10 or II years OF age has TO go
through long and tedious process Of
training, the nature OF which tends
more to 1T him for army service than
TO ill the professors chair. In tho
preparatory class the boy is taught
the names OF the royal family Ia or
der, and the names OF the entire
dynasty IN their rank and order.
These he must know BY heart
Next comes the way 70 render
honor and 10 salute all military Of
fcers should he meet them or speak
about them. Here also no must learn
by heart the Russian national an
them, "Goi Save the Car" Next
come marching aud the various mill
itary commands. An account Is kept
OF the physical developments OF each
boy, so that whom he Is sixteen years
old IL can be seen by his physical
progress II he Il fit for the army ser-
vice.
AT this time the scholar receives
passport OF Identification and =
book containing the rules and regula.
tions which are to govern his life In
the institution Tho discipline the
Russian student has TO undergo may
produce one o. two results. Tho
student may be made obodient or
abjectly slavish. or the rules and
laws 81 which he Is governed May
give him food for reflection and
create natural aversion 20 the
authorities.
Here are some o. the requirements,
Each student must wear a military
uniform with brass and nickel-plated
buttons. which have 10 BE- polished
every day; each student must also
clean his own shoes; mustaehe and
beard are not allowed; hair must b.
Ielipped close smoking and carrying
cane are forbidden, as we'll as any
I intoxicants whatever
7 While walking 70 and from school
the student must carry on his back
his knapsack allied wIih books,
weighing ia all about twenty-five or
/ thirty pounds. This no must DO In
/ AZ! kinds az weather The student
cannot attend any social or public
| gathering or entertainments nelthar
can he 90 to the thcater or concert
halt He must not be on the street
after p. m.
u n. ..,,,at ,.at raaI a.tss s,utea,,a ssss.
whatsoever or any books bat those
written By Russian authors aud mp
proved by the censor
Any one observing the violation of
any Of these rules may demand tho
students passport and return the
same % tho authorities. for which
the infOrmer receives a reward.
while the student IS punished by boz
ing locked up for twelve hours In q
dark room
Secret societies or organizations
among the students arc not 20 BIO
dreamed Of; neither are students per-
mitted 20 gather In groups. Two may
converse o. speak with one another.
but three together are not allowed.
A young Russian who says he attend
cd one OF these institutions r. author
ity for the statement that there Is
always among the students one spy
in ten.
Tho same person declares that
when n spy makes aa uufayorable re-
port, the student reported against
suddenly disappears. In the year
1885. no atiirms, there were twenty
ono disappearance In the ST. Peters
burg university, and double that
number in Moscow.
II inquiry Is made for the missing
student the inquirer will be told that
the young man was considered a dam
gerous subject az the community, and
was therefore removed out Of harms
reach
The teachers. professors and dlrec-
tors OF the institution are appointed
by body selected for that special
purpose BY the czar himself
Many parents. knowing the risks
and the dangers their boys are sub
ject TO while In a Russian university.
educate them abroad The young
man sent abroad for education Il
looked upon by tho authorities as a
dangerous subject, full OF liberal
ideas and opinions concerning pubic
problems