The herald., 1895-02-17
Student Life in Russia Only for
Those Who Have Bride
Money to Give

To be student in Russian university
nowadays requires the combined strength
of influence and bribe-money, rather than
knowledge. Only about ten out of one
hundred young men are permitted by law
to get an education, and, although no
where in the world is the student subject
to such severe and rigorous discipline as
the student in Russia, the object OF
the government being more to turn out
good soldiers than professors of learning.
The only reason attributable to such laxi-
ty and depression in education in Russia
is simply this: The faithful subjects of the
car are only the ignorant masses OF Rus
sia--for them nothing better exists than
the Gear and their country. They are sat
isfied to toll necessarily day and night all
the year around for the support of the
Gear and army. AS rule the monjisko
of Russia are never troubled by the police
or by spies. They are not being
watched, and no outbreak from their
ranks is looked for. Not SO in life with
the educated classes, especially so with
the student. His life is one of constant
mental worry. He lives in constant ex-
pectaton of being transported to Siberia.
Upon entering school the scholar is sup
piled with passport of identi ficaton.
Combined with the passport are rules and
bylaws by which the student is governed.
will give some of the laws, which will
compel the reader to reflect and compare
the students of America with the more
unfortunate ones of Russia.
/. Students must never and at no
place smoke.
g Must never carry a cane.
3. Must not go to the theater, opera
house or to any ballet.
4. Three of them must never be seen
together
after 8 p. M.
6. Must always have his uniform on.
Z. Must not Join or form any secret or
ganization whatsoever.
8. Must never be at any public meeting
no matter what the nature of the meeting.
8. Must always be found at home at 9
In the evening.
10. Must not read any books or news
papers that are not approved of by the
school directors
IL. Must always walk to and from
school in military style with knapsack
strapped to the back.
IL. Must at all times carry with him his
passport of Identification and present it
to any one who may request it from him.
The people are instructed in case they
see student violate any of the above
rules request from the student his pass
port, and tuIn the same over to the direc-
tors, for which he receives reward.
Thus you will easily perceive that the
student is constantly under watch--the
least thing is noticed he is reported and
looked upon with suspicion. student
found reading any matter not approved of
by the authorities, or found writing a
criticism upon the existing order of
things, or discusses any political problems
known to have compared any government
like that of the United States or France
with the Russian government, or if he is
known to have expressed an opinion con-
demnatory of the school authorities, COM
mits an offense for which he is liable to
be transported to Siberia. Hardly any
thing escapes the eye of the police in re-
gard to the students doings while at
school; he is among spies that they call
"student-spy," the moment he leaves
school his movements on the street are
watched till he enters his home, where,
according to the law prescribed, he must
enter his room and confine himself to his
studies In his room also he is governed
by certain rules. He must have list of
the contents of his room, which he m ust
submit to the authorities for inspection,
and il any of the contents are not APP
proved of by them, the same articles must
be removed from the premises. In
order to enforce this law the student is
subject to receive a call from the police
at any time of the night, without regard to
whether the student is male or female.
As | write this, an instance comes to my
mind in the city of st. Petersburg. A
young lady who has been receiving her
idncation in Geneva and Zurich, upon
eaching her 18th birthday, returned hom