New-York tribune., 1922-12-10


A. the university there is no.hiHg %
70 for. There 10 not q aoul in the
long corridor or the numerous class
rooms. They are empty and cold. The
building Is rot heated Il Is colder IN
Il than IN the street; to remain there
two or three hours is inpossible, esrs.
eislly for students; besides, no one lee
tures there. Once IN a while you 20 Ia
there. dnh along the empty corridor
and look Ut the fragments CT old stu
dents 6ociety announcements. II
hurts, better not 20 20 there and not
irritate old wounds. Only q. the end
Of the corridor IN the library there Is
s;ili a spark Of life. Here arc grouped
the once, the editorial room, The treas
ury, the library. and here also scme OF
the lectures are given. Among books
and general oYercrowding Il Is warmtr.
The UnIversiiy Il Dead
II the yard Of tie university It Is
dark. Tie university 20 dead. Only
IN sorae windows n the Institute Of
Physics light 10 6een. There IL Is
soneuhst better. Professor Khvolson,
b. come miracle. has been able 70 get
some kerosene. and sometimes he fnds
It even possibls 70 hayo electricity.
Fortunate onel
GropinEiy enter the building ofthe
derEaitory. I feel H. way to the sec
ond door and enter my lecture room.
The came darkness. I hear that there
arc people In Il. reach the chair on
the platform ard begin 20 lecture.
DO not see ny audience nor does Il rec
me. A real "liGaonic initiation" A.
first / used to feel rather badly in the
dhrLnss5, but gradually somehow got
accustomed 70 T.. began 70 memorise
the necessary ststistiel and dstes. But
for all that they would ofitimeS ss-
cape niy memory. On sueh oceatIons
would exeuee iayssf before the str-
dents. Sometimes I would receive srom
some studert tie las. BIZ o, eaudie.
They would have been glad % help, but
they themselves have nothing.
Extraordinary people are these STU
dents. To Sit az hour, "A hoEr Ead =
half in ths cold. is 10 easy task. Tor
rae Il Is warner. 7 lecture. ! ges-
tieulatc. an heated b. ny lecture.
For them lt 10 more difficult only
no~ and thsn-feldori, ono or two
students would lose the power Of CT
duranee and begin 20 beat the floor
with their feet. b.: very Beldori--reel
martyr9. Tic other professors iectlra
under the sane conditions.
II .be osicial statistics re read that
ewing 70 tie ezertion o. tie govern
asnt TIE Petrograd University has u
present i3.oos students We read and
wonder. Where arc they7 They are
net st the uniyersity. A number O.
eourrss have net been givea "beesass
Of the absence o. st=isnt5." A rsr.
nal elsss cons.sts OF hvo 70 ten ttu-
dents. s. Z. PlAtonov, A. I. vrsden-
sky and (beeause OF ny subJeei)
have the nazinum-seventy or eighty
students. Where are the Thousands q.
Another lie.
Professors Unload WOod
According 20 ne decision Of the Pet
roErSd 0zee-tivs committee the pro-
fessoro sad .utoFs of the university
are assigned CT certain days 70 unload
barRts with freTood. Names arc given
In alphabetical order: A 20 II on suea
ea.c, y TO S o. rucA a date, e.e. II
II necessary to appear az sae Admiralty
quay al 8 O'clock n tie morziae.
"Tnose absent will lie subject to .he
laws Of the revolutionary tlzse," says
the announcement on tie doors Of the
university. There is nothing 70 do bus
&c.
On the appointed dag / 20. As qp-
proach the wall my colleagues gather
from various directions. For many
th.s vorI is uzusuai. Il Is necessary
10 cGrfy from the barge 10 TIE shore
logs OF from three 70 three sad half
archins (oHe arehiae or yard) IL
length. Tho logs are vet and heavy
Il 10 ssid such work IA neceaIAry Ia
order 70 re-eatablish the economic nc.
Of the nation" Il It is necessary we
viii do It. For ns &; 10 not 20 bad. I
san young and used 70 WORK. Bat the
plight OF ny colleagues, especially the
elder ones, 10 sad. see how help
lessly they lsessatc themselves, gVeat
and notAias eVnes Of It. The Lac. Of
their clothes arc torn.
Professor Z slipped, fell dovn and
hurt hirnse'f. Another cut his hand
badly. All this is witnessed b. q 70
buss supervisor. who laughs at the
eiumsiness Of tAe scientists, who arc
usaeeussoned to this kind OF work.
-ant to give vent 70 M feelings aad
slap his face. We work Until 9 p. n.
Az enormous anoun. Of ensrgy has
been wasted. vsry llttle accomplished.