Of
the four hundred young Jews who had successfully passed their
matriculation examination at the beginning of the scholastic year
1887-1888, and had thus acquired the right of entering the university,
three hundred and twenty-six were refused admission, and in many schools
and universities they were denied even the small per cent the law
permitted.
When, nevertheless, in spite of the many restrictions, the Jew at last
obtained the coveted degree, the Government rendered it nugatory by
depriving him of the right of enjoying the fruit of his labor and
self-sacrifice. He could not practice as an army physician or jurist,
nor obtain a position as an engineer or a Government or municipal clerk.
In the army, he was not allowed to hold any office, and, though he might
be an expert chemist, he could never fill the post of a dispenser (March
1, 1888). He was excluded from the schools for the training of officers,
and if he passed the examination on the subjects taught there, his
certificate could not contain the usual statement that there "was no
objection to admitting him to the military schools."[1]
These restrictive measures were not relaxed when Alexander III was
succeeded by his son Nicholas II (1894).
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