Show The famous old university of Dorpat in the eastern provinces of Russia which has been for centuries the pride of the subjects of the Czar with German blood in their veins will soon be only a memory A few years ago owing to Slavic Pan-Slavic in influence influence influence in- in fluence the crusade was begun against the German influences which surrounded the great seat of learning At first it was decreed decreed decreed de de- creed that instruction should no longer be given exclusively in German but in both German and Russian Several months later five or six professorships held by men with German names or German birth were abolished Then came a decree directing all lectures and instruction to be given in Russian alone Many of the professors resigned their places at the time rather than han follow the commands of His Majesty A few weeks ago the Rus- Rus of the university was completed by a ukase changing its name and the name of the village from Dorpat to J Jur- Jur ur- ur jeff Dorpat was for decades the only institution in Russia carried on along the same lines as the great German ties V. V Y Tribune WE 4 |