The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-14
LIFE OF A RUSSIAN sTUDENT.

Some Rules That Govern SCHOOL Lille u
st. Petersburg and Mosscw.
ovhore in the world 10 Tho student sab
iect to such a strict. searching n rigorou'
discipline az il the student In . Russiar
university.
From his entrance Int school The boy O
10 or II years Of age has TO 20 through I
long and tedious process Of training, ths
mature of which tends more 10 Al him for
army service than 10 ill the profes'or's
chair. In the preparatory class the boy Il
taught the namss of the royal family In
order. and The names of the entire dynasty
in their rank and order. These he must
know by heart.
10 salute oil military officers should he meet
them or speak about them. Here also he
must learn BY heart ths Russian national
anthem, God Save the Gar" Next COINED
marching and ths various military com.
mands. An account 10 kept Of the physical
development to OF each boy. 30 that when he
Is 16 scar, old it can be seen by his physical
progress il he 10 tit for the army service.
AZ this time tho scholar receives q pass
mort Of .'ideutificstion'' and . book contain
ing the rules And regulations which ara TO
Govern his life in the institution. The dis
cipline the Russian student has to undergo
may produce one of two results. The stu
dent may be made obedient OF abjeotly
slavish. or the rules and laws by which he
il governed may give him o % for reelection
and create a natural aversion to the Au-
thorities.
Here are soms Of tho requiremsnts: Each
student must wear a military Uniform With
brass and nickel-platsd buttons, which
have to be polished every day; each student
must also clean his own ahoos; mustaohe
and beard are not allowed; hair must be
clipped close; smoking and carrying . sane
are forbidden. az we'll a. the use OF my In
to1icants whatsoever. While walking TO
and from school the student must carry on
his back his knapsaok filled with books.
weighing in all about twenty-five or thirty
pounds, This he must do in all kinds OF
weather. This student cannoS attend any
social or public gathering or entertainment;
neither can he 60 10 tho theater or concers
hail. He must not bs ON the street after
seven .. m, He must not read n nows-
paper Whatsoever. or any books but those
written BY Russian authors ana approved
Of by the censor.
Any one observing the violation Of my
of these rules may demand the students
thorities, for which the infosmer receives .
reward, while the student 10 punished BY
being locked mp for twelve hours in . dark
room.
Secret societies or organizations among
the students are not TO be dreamed OF;
Mother are oVUdentS perm iSSou . q Has1os
into groups. Two may converse OF speak
With one another. but three together are
not allowed. A young Russian who says hs
attended ono OF these Institutions 10 az
thority for tho statement shat there 10 al
ways among the students n spy In ten.
The same person declares that whom q spy
makes an u~nfavorable report, the student
reported against suddenly disappears.
In the year Of 1885. he At
firms, there we're twenty-ons dis
appearances in the 81. Petersburg ani-
versity, and double that number in Aoaeow.
If inquiry IL made for the missing student,
the INQUIRER will DO told thatthey young man
was considered q dangerous subject TO the
community aud WAS therefore removed out
of harms reach.
The teachers. professors and directors of
universities are appointed by q body Sc
lected for that special service by the car
himself.
Many parents. knowing the risks and tho
dangers their boys are subject to while in =
Russian university. educate them abroad.
The young man sent abroad for education
is looked upon BY the authorities ks q dan
eerous subject, full of liberal ideas and
opinions concerning public problems.-Nsw
York World.