Galician Trails: The Forgotten Story of One Family by Zalewski Andrew

Author:Zalewski, Andrew [Zalewski, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780985589417
Publisher: Thelzo Press
Published: 2014-05-04T21:00:00+00:00

In the tense atmosphere that now existed in Galicia, troubles were instigated by the Polish side as well. On December 12, 1908, Dr. Bobrzynski, the new governor and an educator himself, attended an annual celebration at the University of Lvov. The occasion was the ceremonial entry of new students into the university register, with professors in full faculty regalia in attendance. As in prior years, the governor was to present a rare honor (sub auspiciis imperatoris) to a doctoral student who had demonstrated exceptional academic achievement.

Just days before, information had been leaked to the press that the central government in Vienna, with the knowledge of the governor, was to provide funding for the creation of two new departments at the university. Under normal circumstances, this detail in the annual budget would have been ignored or, at best, viewed with some satisfaction by a few school administrators. But this was not a case of routine educational support; the government stipulated the opening of new departments solely staffed with Ruthenian faculty, and specifying Ruthenian as the language of instruction.21

In Galicia at this time, language and education could easily have become a volatile mixture; so during the ceremony, the atmosphere was visibly tense. Some expected walkouts or shouting by Ruthenian or Jewish Zionist students, who often used this type of occasion to express their grievances against the Polish administration. The ceremony was uneventful, except that a larger-than-usual attendance by Polish students caused an overflow of spectators. The governor made a short speech and presented the honored young man with an engraved ring on behalf of the emperor.

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