Word: russia
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Theodore Vetter of Germany delivered a lecture on Education in Russia, on Thursday evening in Sever 11. The lecturer, speaking from personal experience, displayed great knowledge of his subject and held the close attention of his audience to the end of his address. Dr. Vetter passed four years in Russia. He was first engaged as tutor to a young Russian nobleman but was afterwards connected with the Imperial University of Moscow and the Lyceum of Nicholas. He spoke in substance as follows. The children of the lower orders in Russia grow up in about the same manner as the children...
...Russia there is one German university at Dorpat, with seventy-three teachers and one thousand two hundred and seventy-seven students...
...THURSDAY.Education in Russia. Dr. Theodore Vetter. Sever...
...every time she spends 35 cents for education. That is a great deal worse than Prussia where $5.49 is for war against $2.20 for education. But little Switzerland makes the best showing among European powers, where $4.84 is expended for public defence, against $4.16 for educating the people. Russia is worse than France, the figures being six cents for education to $5.08 for war, and no other nation stands in as unenviable a light...
...coronation of the Czar of Russia was successfully accomplished at Moscow yesterday, an imperial banquet in the palace of the ancient Czars concluding the ceremonies. A manifesto was issued granting conditional pardon to the Poles and remitting penalties for numerous non-political offences...