Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-21

present are u distipGt character.
Those established for the common
people. or town schools. are supported
By the municipality: only a nominal
fee IL charged: consequently. Il II
difficult o get ~seats-all are over.
crowded. The governmental provis.
Ion does nc, keep pace with the popu-
lation. Ia all schools in Russia there
are = great many free entrances. Next
In gradsiion 10 the town school liz the
gymnasia, which Is q classical insii.
tuition. The word, gymnasia, is a Ger.
mar term for high schools. and does
not imply that a gymnasium In at
tarhed. In these institutions, there
are different departments from the
primary up. Considered with thc
gymnasia are the commercial schools:
10 both there are long courses. and,
as a rule. the expense Of each pupil
varies from sixty TO n hundred
rnbles q term. In addition 10 these,
there are private schools which are
more select and more costly-the
charges amounting 10 one hundred
and fifty rubies q session. An Moscow,
there In . classical school for girls
exclusively. In which Latin and
Greek are taught; and In 81. Peters.
burg. a school of medicine for women
Besides these. there are the large
imperial schools. called institutes
which are also distinctiyeIy for younR
women. The students are all dressed
IN uniform when they 20 home. they
are allowed 10 leave II or but when
returning, II must aasls, be- sionns.I
The fee paid upon entering covers
the expense ~ the wardrobe. These
imperial schools have been endowed
by an emperor or empress and USUALLY
bear hia or her name. Some of them
are set apart for The nobility None
of these institutions are very recent.
a. can he seen In the uniform. The
dresses arc very simple aud coarse
cut decoIiette and worn with white
cuffs and aprons. The same costume
Y ua@d By The students among the
nobility as by The pupils from THE
common people. til every school In
Russia q priest comes once i IA,
and teaches the rltaai and The mean.
ing Of the vesfmenfs. While The *
n1rance throughout the ounir IA
widespread. yet. as a rule, town chin.
afen know ho~ 10 read aud write. No
fault a. DO found with the nnlyersl.
Ties nf Russia The expense Of III.
tending them " very low ana the
system % education adopted BY ,asn,
most admirable The students are
allowed 70 live anywhere they please.
A@sea@ has rise thcuanna ana tgcr..
are many thousands in ST Petersburg
Htlth Il the centre IN me ung erslta
49,
iife q Rassn The fees amaautine
y nos hsofe than sixty rnh' 4 :
e. ihirty dollars in American t4abpv.
attract az ennfiaqaa uuini,eF II sts.
deats Scores ~ peasants alteaa the
universities ~iaandress IN Moscow
Keeps her soR Ms the highest suslt,l
uon y i"sruiuT ~ fhAt clts. j.. Ia
a~neeH1fnfs held ~, 10 III. mea III thar
grade q nfe are Yefy strole ut
only DOES i boy pass from the peapaut
class when be finlshes at the nniser-
ssiy but he no longer has 10 rat-s =
peasant passport
The Grim orsds,ion o. IA
Every y @bo serves IN i%gussss.
81 any soft. Is on the sieps u the
official ladder. Jen' Is the terra us.G
BY them. meaning graduation u rank
In English II Is Chin" For instance.
= h%eatenan, makes for himself ah3at
The twelfth or thirteenth chin when
he becomes a colonel be has re4ene4
'he eighth. when a general he fourth
Nheu he gets q D. = noble he be-
comes an hereditary n3blemar bai
4h al nf bis descendants are sl@o no
bic forever The system vac las3
by Peter the Great Upon BIS
e ihe throne he tsgHa es aa
number q persons iEia m Ia1s
estates BE wanted 'a
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