REPORT

on the Activities and Condition

of the Tomsk Technological Institute

of Emperor Nicholas II.

for the year 1903.

Tomsk.

Steam Typo-Lithography of P. I. Makushin. Blagoveshch. Lane, own building.

1904.

Printed by order of the Director of the Tomsk Technological Institute
of Emperor Nicholas II

REPORT

on the activities and condition of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II

for the year 1903.

As of January 1, 1903, the Tomsk Technological Institute comprised three courses of the mechanical and chemical departments, two courses of the mining department, and one course of the civil-engineering department.

From September 1 of the reporting year, the mechanical and chemical departments comprised four courses, the mining department comprised three, and the civil-engineering department comprised two courses.

PERSONNEL.

As of January 1, 1903, the personnel of the teaching and service staff of the Institute were as follows:

Position	Number
Director	1
Teacher of theology	1
Ordinary professors	4
Acting ordinary professor	1
Extraordinary professors	3
Acting extraordinary professor	8
Staff instructors	11
Instructors for hire	17
Inspector of students	1
Assistants to the inspector	3
Laboratory assistants	6
Librarian	1
Assistant librarian	1
Clerk	1

Assistant to the Works Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Assistant Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Building Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

During the reporting year the following changes occurred in the personnel.

Acting extraordinary professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics N. I. Kartashev was appointed extraordinary professor in the same department, as of May 1.

Staff instructor T. I. Tikhonov was appointed acting extraordinary professor in the Department of Metal Technology, as of January 1.

Staff instructor V. N. Dzhons was appointed acting extraordinary professor in the Department of Chemical Technology of Organic Substances, as of August 1.

The instructor of the Ekaterinoslav Higher Mining School, mining engineer P. K. Sobolevskii, was appointed staff instructor of geodesy and mine-surveying, as of September 1.

Mechanical engineer A. M. Krylov was appointed staff instructor of applied mechanics, as of October 1.

Engineer of Ways of Communication S. A. Vvedenskii was appointed staff instructor of drafting and director of practical classes in mathematics and mechanics, as of September 1.

University graduate P. A. Kazanskii was appointed staff senior laboratory assistant in the Department of Paleontology, as of June 1.

University graduate A. P. Kalishev was appointed staff senior laboratory assistant in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, as of June 1.

Engineer-technologist V. Ya. Mostovich was appointed staff senior laboratory assistant in the Department of Metallurgy, as of August 1.

Engineer-technologist V. F. Yuferev was appointed staff senior laboratory assistant in the Department of Chemical Technology of Mineral Substances, as of November 1.

Engineer-technologist V. Yu. Gan was appointed junior staff laboratory assistant in the Department of Mechanical Technology, as of September 1.

Mechanical engineer B. G. Groman was appointed junior staff laboratory assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, as of April 1.

Engineer-technologist N. V. Gutovskii was appointed junior staff laboratory assistant in the mechanical workshops, as of August 1.

University graduate P. G. Mushinskii was appointed staff junior laboratory assistant in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, as of December 1.

Graduate of the University P. P. Pilipenko is appointed junior laboratory assistant, by hire, at the Department of Mineralogy, from January 1.

Graduate of the University O. A. Belyshev is appointed junior laboratory assistant at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, by hire, from October 1.

Civil engineer A. D. Kryachkov is appointed teacher of architectural drawing, by hire, from September 1.

The Frenchman Debetz (Debetz), lecturer in the French language at the Imperial Tomsk University, is invited for the same purpose to the Institute, from November 1.

Court councilor A. D. Zinevich is appointed assistant inspector of students, from July 1.

Titular councilor V. V. Kurdyumov is appointed librarian, from January 1.

Physician, collegiate assessor N. V. Vershinin is appointed staff physician of the Institute, from October 1.

Retired clerical employee A. I. Malkov is appointed acting building superintendent, by hire, from August 1.

Titular councilor M. V. Pontus is appointed assistant librarian, from February 21.

Assistant inspector of students, court councilor I. A. Uspensky, is dismissed from his post, owing to his appointment as teacher at the Tomsk Mariinsky Women’s Gymnasium, from September 15.

Physician of the Institute, physician with distinction N. E. Vvedensky, is dismissed from his post at his own request, from October 1.

Building superintendent, by hire, S. A. Yatsura is dismissed from his post at his own request, from August 1.

Thus, as of January 1, 1904, the personnel of the teaching and service staff is as follows:

Director of the Institute, Candidate of the University, engineer-technologist, state councilor Efim Lukyanovich Zubashev, who is also professor of chemical technology.

Dean of the Mining Department, acting ordinary professor at the Department of Geology, mining engineer, collegiate councilor Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev.

Dean of the Mechanical Department, ordinary professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics and Machine Building, engineer-technologist, state councilor Ivan Ivanovich Bobarykov (who is also temporarily acting dean of the Civil Engineering Department).

Dean of the Chemical Department, acting extraordinary professor in the chair of chemical technology of organic substances, engineer-technologist, State Councillor Valentin Nikolaevich Dzhons.

Teacher of theology, professor of the Tomsk Imperial University, doctor of church history, archpriest Dmitrii Nikanorovich Belikov.

Ordinary Professors.

Doctor of chemistry, State Councillor Nikolai Matveevich Kizhner, in the chair of organic chemistry.

Doctor of pure mathematics, State Councillor Feodor Eduardovich Molin, in the chair of mathematics.

Doctor of chemistry Dmitrii Petrovich Turbaba, in the chair of inorganic chemistry.

Extraordinary Professors.

Master of mathematics, without rank, Nikolai Nikolaevich Saltykov, in the chair of theoretical mechanics.

Master of mineralogy and geognosy, Titular Councillor Mikhail Erastovich Yanishevskii, in the chair of paleontology.

Engineer-technologist, Titular Councillor Nikolai Ivanovich Kartashov, in the chair of applied mechanics.

Acting Extraordinary Professor.

Master’s student in physics, State Councillor Aleksandr Ivanovich Efimov, in the chair of physics.

Candidate of natural sciences, Collegiate Assessor Yakov Ivanovich Mikhailenko, in the chair of analytical chemistry (also secretary of the Chemical Department).

Master’s student in mathematics, Collegiate Councillor Vladimir Leonidovich Nekrasov, in the chair of mathematics.

Graduate of the university course, engineer-technologist, Collegiate Secretary Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Potebnya, in the chair of electrical engineering; also secretary of the Mechanical Department.

Chemical engineer, Collegiate Councillor Iosif Ignat’evich Ronchevskii, in the chair of metallurgy.

Engineer-technologist, Collegiate Councillor Aleksandr Eduardovich Sabek, in the chair of chemical technology of mineral substances.

Engineer-mechanic, without rank, Grigorii Lvovich Tiraspolskii, for the department of applied mechanics.

Engineer-technologist, court councillor Tikhon Ivanovich Tikhonov, for mechanical technology.

Mining engineer, collegiate assessor Lev Lionelievich Tove, for the department of mining art (also secretary of the mining division).

Instructors.

a) Staff.

Engineer-technologist, collegiate assessor Nikanor Feodorovich Bundiukov (supervisor for drawing and mathematics).

Engineer-technologist, court councillor Adrian Erazmovich Krzhizhanovskii, for hydraulics.

Engineer of communications, court councillor Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (on foreign assignment).

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Vasilii Nikolaevich Pimegin, instructor in applied mechanics.

Engineer-technologist, court councillor Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sakhanov (on foreign assignment).

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Aleksandr Vasilievich Ugarov, instructor in applied mechanics.

Engineer-technologist, court councillor Aleksei Alekseevich Shutkov, instructor in applied mechanics.

Engineer-technologist, court councillor Mikhail Ilich Iuzhakov (on foreign assignment).

Engineer-mechanic, Aleksandr Markovich Krylov, for applied mechanics.

Mining engineer, provincial secretary Petr Konstantinovich Sobolevskii, for geodesy.

Engineer of communications, Sergei Arsenevich Vvedenskii, for drawing.

b) From hired-pay funds.

State councillor Aleksei Mikhailovich Zaitsev, professor of the Imperial Tomsk University, instructor in mineralogy.

State councillor Feodor Iakovlevich Kapustin, professor of the Imperial Tomsk University, instructor in the mechanical theory of heat.

State Councillor Vasily Vasilyevich Sapozhnikov, Professor of the Imperial Tomsk University, lecturer in botany.

Engineer-technologist Pavel Efimovich Pervov, lecturer in applied mechanics (on an overseas assignment).

Civil engineer, Court Councillor Fortunat Ferdinandovich Gut, lecturer in architecture and architectural design.

Architect, Titular Councillor Konstantin Konstantinovich Lygin, lecturer in architectural design and drawing.

Artist-architect Vikenty Florentinovich Orzheshko, lecturer in architectural design and drawing.

Class artist Zakhary Alekseevich Rokachevsky, lecturer in drawing.

Civil engineer, Collegiate Secretary Vladimir Martselievich Sukhorovsky, lecturer in architectural design and drawing.

Architect Petr Fedorovich Fedorovsky, lecturer in architectural design and drawing.

Engineer of ways of communication Stanislav Antonovich Zhbankovsky, lecturer in hydraulic-engineering structures.

Civil engineer Konstantin Antonovich Zaranek, lecturer in architectural drafting and drawing.

Civil engineer Andrey Dmitrievich Kryachkov, lecturer in architectural drafting.

Land-survey engineer Aleksandr Platonovich Kalimanov, lecturer by hire and supervisor of practical classes in geodesy.

Staff Laboratory Assistants:

a) Senior.

Having completed the university course, Collegiate Assessor Dmitry Viktorovich Alekseev, at the Department of Organic Chemistry.

Having completed the university course, Titular Councillor Aleksey Vasilyevich Emelyanov, at the Department of Mineralogy.

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Sergey Vasilyevich Lebedev, at the Department of Chemical Technology of Nutrient Substances.

Having completed the university course, without rank, Veniamin Semenovich Titov, at the Department of Physics.

Having completed the university course, without rank, Sergey Mikhailovich Filatov, at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry.

A university graduate, without rank, Petr Alexandrovich Kazansky, at the chair of paleontology.

A university graduate, without rank, Andrei Petrovich Kalmshev, at the laboratory of analytical chemistry.

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Vladimir Yakovlevich Mostovich, at the chair of metallurgy.

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Vladimir Filippovich Yuferev, at the chair of chemical technology of mineral substances.

b) Junior.

Without rank, Aleksandr Avksentievich Lobarsky, at the chair of inorganic chemistry.

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Vladimir Yulyevich Gan, at the mechanical laboratory.

Mechanical engineer, without rank, Boris Gustavovich Groman, at the chair of electrical engineering.

Engineer-technologist, without rank, Nikolai Vladimirovich Gutovsky, at the mechanical workshops and head of drawing.

A university graduate, without rank, Petr Grigorievich Mushinsky, at the chair of analytical chemistry.

c) By hire.

A university graduate, Feodor Alexandrovich Belyshev, at the laboratory of analytical chemistry.

A university graduate, Pavel Prokopyevich Pilipenko, at the chair of mineralogy.

Library.

Librarian, titular councillor Vasily Vasilyevich Kurdyumov.

His assistant, titular councillor Mechislav Vladislavovich Pontus.

Inspectorate.

Inspector of students, candidate of the university, state councillor Mikhail Feodorovich Shatalov.

Assistant inspector, candidate of theology, state councillor Mina Aleksandrovich Andreev.

Assistant to the Inspector, Court Councillor Andrei Danilovich Zinevich.

Chancery.

Clerk, Collegiate Assessor Sergei Nikolaevich Murakov.

His assistant, without rank, Mikhail Nikolaevich Lyashkov.

Accountant, Collegiate Secretary Dmitrii Nikolaevich Sokovnin.

His assistant, Provincial Secretary Nikolai Ivanovich Polunin.

Building superintendent (hired), without rank, Aleksei Ivanovich Malkov.

Physician of the Institute, doctor, Collegiate Assessor Nikolai Vasilievich Vershinin.

Committee for Student Affairs.

Chairman: Director E. L. Zubashev. Members: Dean of the Mechanical Department and Acting Dean of the Engineering-Construction Department I. I. Bobarykov, Dean of the Mining Department V. A. Obruchev, Dean of the Chemical Department V. N. Dzhons, Inspector of Students M. F. Shatalov, and secretaries of the departments: Acting Extraordinary Professors A. A. Potebnya, L. L. Tove, and Ya. I. Mikhailenko.

Economic Committee.

Chairman, Director E. L. Zubashev.
Members: I. I. Bobarykov, V. A. Obruchev, and V. N. Dzhons.

The Most Highly Established Construction Committee for the Erection of the Buildings of the Technological Institute in the city of Tomsk.

Chairman—Director of the Institute, State Councillor Efim Lukianovich Zubashev.

Members: Rector of the Imperial Tomsk University, Actual State Councillor Mikhail Georgievich Kurlov. Tomsk City Mayor Aleksei Ivanovich Makushin. Member of the Tomsk City Board, Court Councillor Nikolai Yakovlevich Belyaev. Representative from the Ministry of Finance—Chief

of the Tomsk Treasury Chamber Department, Collegiate Councillor Anton Nikolaevich Vald. Representative of the State Control—Junior Auditor of the Tomsk Control Chamber, Collegiate Assessor Andrei Aleksandrovich Zavadovskii. Professors of the Institute: State Councillor Aleksandr Ivanovich Efimov, State Councillor Ivan Ivanovich Bobarykov, Collegiate Councillor Vladimir Afanas’evich Obruchev, Aleksandr Eduardovich Sabek; building constructor, civil engineer, Court Councillor Fortunat Ferdinando­vich Gut. Clerk—transport technician Nikolai Konstantinovich Bogdanovich, accountant—accountant of the Institute, Collegiate Secretary Dmitrii Nikolaevich Sokovnin.

Organization of the Academic Division of the Institute.

In the first half of the reporting year, in the Mechanical and Chemical departments of the Institute the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd courses had already been opened; in the Mining department, the 1st and 2nd courses; and in the Civil Engineering department only one first course. In the second half of the year, in the Mechanical and Chemical departments there were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th courses; in Mining, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; and in Civil Engineering, the 1st and 2nd courses.

Instruction at the Institute was conducted according to the curricula approved and appended to the report, with the following deviations.

In the first half of the year, graphical statics was taught for two hours instead of the one hour assigned according to the curriculum for the 1902–3 academic year, in view of the fact that in the preceding half-year it had not been taught at all because of the late arrival of the professor and the absence of an instructor.

Practical classes in the first half of the reporting year were established for the 1st course in differential calculus (1 hour), analytic geometry (1 hour), and mechanics (1 hour). For these classes the students were divided into 8 groups, and a supervisor was appointed for each group. In differential calculus and analytic geometry the supervisors were the professors teaching mathematics: F. E. Molin and N. N. Saltykov, and six instructors: V. A. Sakharov, S. P. Gomellia, V. N. Pinegin, P. E. Pervov, N. V. Nekrasov, and A. E. Krzhizhanovskii. In mechanics, the professor teaching mechanics, N. N. Saltykov, and seven instructors: A. A. Shutkov, V. L. Nekrasov, A. E. Krzhizhanovskii, G. L. Tiraspol’skii, P. E. Pervov, S. M. Gomellia, and V. N. Pinegin.

In the second half of the year, in the 1st year, classes were assigned in infinitesimal calculus (2 hours), analytic geometry (1 hour), mechanics (1 hour), and descriptive geometry (2 hours). The students were divided into 9 groups, and the instructors were: for infinitesimal calculus and analytic geometry, Professor Molin, Professor Nekrasov, and the instructors Vvedensky, Sobolevsky, Shutkov, Krzhizhanovsky, Krylov, Bundyukov, and Gan; for mechanics, Professor Saltykov and the instructors Vvedensky, Sobolevsky, Shutkov, Krzhizhanovsky, Krylov (2 groups), Bundyukov, Gan; for descriptive geometry, Professor Jones and the instructors Gomell, Pinegin, Gutovsky, Groman, Bundyukov, Sobolevsky, Sabek, Ugarov.

In the 2nd year, in the first half of the reporting year, practical classes were held in the Mechanical Department in mathematics (2 hours), theoretical mechanics (2 hours), and theory of mechanisms (1 hour), and in the mechanical, mining, and chemical departments in strength of materials (1 hour). For classes in mathematics and mechanics the students of the Mechanical Department were divided into 2 groups; for mathematics the instructors were Professor Molin and laboratory assistant Titov, and for mechanics Professor Saltykov, instructor Shutkov, and Titov. For strength of materials all students were divided into 5 groups, whose instructors were Professor Bobarykov, A. E. Krzhizhanovsky, A. A. Shutkov, G. L. Tiraspolsky, and N. V. Nekrasov. In the theory of mechanisms the classes were conducted by instructor Shutkov, who taught this subject to all students of the Mechanical Department together.

In the second half of the year, classes were established in the mechanical and civil-engineering departments in mathematics and theoretical mechanics (2 hours each) in four groups, under the direction, in mathematics, of Professor Molin, Professor Nekrasov, and the instructors Gomell and Pinegin; in mechanics, under the direction of Professor Saltykov, Professor Potebnya, and the instructors Krzhizhanovsky and Titov. In the chemical and mining departments, one hour was allotted for classes in mathematics; the classes were conducted in two groups by Professor Nekrasov and Professor Molin. In strength of materials the classes were conducted in all departments 1 hour per week in 8 groups by Professor Bobarykov, Professor Tiraspolsky, and the instructors Pinegin, Krylov, Shutkov, Gan, and Krzhizhanovsky. In the theory of mechanisms, class—

classes were conducted in the mechanical department 1 hour a week by instructor Shutkov with all the students simultaneously.

In addition to the above-mentioned classes, during the reporting year there were classes in the chemical, techno-chemical, physical, electro-technical, mineralogical, and paleontological laboratories.

In the chemical laboratory, students of the 2nd year of the chemical and mining departments engaged in qualitative analysis; students of the 3rd year of those same departments in quantitative analysis; and students of the 4th year of the chemical department in the preparation of organic preparations.

The instructors for classes in qualitative and quantitative analysis in the first half of the year were Professor Turbaba with three laboratory assistants: Filatov, Lyubarsky, and Lebedev; in the second half of the year qualitative analysis was directed by Professor Mikhailenko with laboratory assistants Kalishev, Mushinsky, and Belyshev, while quantitative analysis was directed by Professor Turbaba and laboratory assistants Filatov and Lyubarsky.

Classes in organic chemistry were directed by Professor Kizhner and laboratory assistant Alekseev. All chemical laboratories were open for students’ classes daily until 7 o’clock in the evening. Of the techno-chemical laboratories, the laboratory of the chemical technology of food substances was opened for classes in fuel and water, which were conducted by Professor Zubashev and laboratory assistant Lebedev. The classes consisted of determining the calorific value of fuel (compulsory for students of all departments) and of simplified analysis of fuel and water exclusively for students of the mechanical department, since students of the chemical and mining departments, in their classes in quantitative analysis, carry out a complete analysis of fuel and water. For classes in fuel and water, students of the mechanical department were divided into groups of 16 persons, and three days of 4–5 hours each were assigned for the classes.

In the metallurgical laboratory, classes were conducted with students of the 4th year of the chemical department by Professor Ronchevsky and laboratory assistant Mostovich.

In physics, classes were established for students of the 1st and 2nd years of all departments. In the physical laboratory 5 problems were established. For each problem 2 students were assigned. Students were required to complete at least 4 problems during the year. For classes, 4 days of 2–3 hours each were assigned in the first year and in

in the second year, 2 days for 2–3 hours. The work in physics was supervised by Professor A. I. Efimov and laboratory assistant V. S. Titov.

In mineralogy, classes were established both for students of the mining division and for students of the chemical division. Students of the 1st year of the mining division studied crystallography on specimens and models, and also engaged in measuring the angles of crystals; students of the 2nd and 3rd years of the mining division were engaged in determining minerals by means of the blowpipe and other methods; the nature of the work for students of the chemical division remained the same, only the program was worked out more briefly: in the 1st year 1 hour per week was assigned for classes, in the 2nd and 3rd years 2 hours each; for students of the chemical division, 2 hours.

In paleontology, classes were also introduced in the study room, where students studied fossils, using the maps and specimens available in the paleontological study room.

In botany, students of the 3rd year of the chemical division studied plant anatomy, and also, in part, bacteriology.

From October of the past year, for students of the mechanical division workshops were opened temporarily in the basement premises of the chemical building. Students of the IV year of the mechanical division engaged in locksmith work, in which they had to trim and file two angle irons, a bolt, and a wrench. For these classes the workshops were open daily from 3 to 7 o’clock in the evening.

In graphic arts, classes were conducted in the following manner.

For drawing, in the first half-year of the reporting year, 2 hours were assigned in the 1st year; in the second half-year, 4 hours in the 1st year and 2 hours in the 2nd year of the civil-engineering division. Drawing consisted of copying from models of geometric figures, and then of flat and more complex ornaments from plaster models. During the first half-year the students were required to submit two drawings, and in the second half-year 5 drawings. Students of the 1st year were divided for drawing classes into 6 groups, with which the instructors Zaranek, Lygin, Orzheszko, Rokachevsky, Sukhorovsky, and Fedorovsky worked; the classes with students of the 2nd year were conducted by instructor Rokachevsky.

Architectural drafting was taught in the past year in the 1st and 2nd years; in the first year during the first half-year of the reporting year, for which 2 hours per week were assigned, and

The supervisors were the same as those for drawing. The students executed drawings of one order; in the 2nd year, architectural drawing consisted of drafting, on a large scale, part of the façade of a stone house, part of the façade of a wooden house, and of preparing a design for a wooden house; in the 3rd year the students prepared a design for a two-story stone house, and students of the IV year also carried out a design for a two-story stone house that they had not completed in the 3rd year. In the first year, architectural drawing was supervised by the instructors of drawing. In the 2nd year, in 7 groups, the supervisors were the instructors Gut, Orzeshko, Kryachkov, Zaranek, Sukhorovsky, Fedorovsky, and Sabek; in the 3rd and 4th years, the projects were supervised by the instructors Gut, Lygin, Sukhorovsky, Orzeshko, and Fedorovsky.

Classes in technical drawing in the 1st year, in the first half of the year, in all departments consisted of drafting various parts of a machine from the original, and for this purpose the students were divided into 8 groups. The group supervisors were Professors Kartashov and Sabek and the instructors Shutkov, Gomellya, Pinegin, Bundyukov, Sakharov, and Nekrasov; in the second half of the year the 1st-year students studied the preparation and drafting of epures and the solution of problems in descriptive geometry, with Professors Kartashov and Sabek and the instructors Gomellya, Pinegin, Sobolevsky, Gutovsky, Groman, Bundyukov, and Ugarov in charge of 9 groups.

In the 2nd year, drawing in mechanics usually continues for the first half-year alone, while in the second half-year the students are usually occupied with architectural drawing. For this drawing in the past year four hours were allotted, and it consisted of the calculation of various machine parts and the drafting of them, namely: 1) a bolted and keyed joint; 2) a riveted joint; 3) the calculation of a shaft and axle; 4) the calculation of a riveted beam; 5) the calculation of a construction truss. The supervisors were Professors Kartashov, Sabek, and Potebnya and the instructors Sakharov, Shutkov, and Krzhizhanovsky.

In the third year, in the mechanical department, the students prepared designs for a roof truss, a transmission, and a hoisting crane under the supervision of Professor Bobarykov and Professor Tiraspolsky; the students of the chemical department, in the first half of the reporting year, prepared a design for a steam boiler and the calculation of a steam engine, with the drafting of steam-distribution diagrams, under the supervision of instructor Pervov; in the second half of the reporting year the third year already consisted of three departments, and the students of the mining and chemical departments prepared a calculation and preliminary design of a water wheel or turbine under the supervision of instructors Krzhizhanovsky and Shutkov.

The fourth year opened only in the second half of the reporting year. The students of the mechanical department prepared, during this half-year, designs for a steam boiler and a water engine; the supervisors of these projects were instructors Krzhizhanovsky and Krylov; the students of the chemical department made designs for a generator with a regenerator under the supervision of Professors Jones, Ronchevsky, and Sabek.

In the first half of the year, students of the 1st year of the civil-engineering department, under the direction of the surveying engineer Kalimanov, prepared topographic drawings. In the second half of the reporting year, students of the 2nd year of the civil-engineering department prepared calculations and drawings in the art of construction, namely, calculations of earthworks. The students did this work under the direction of the teacher, engineer of ways of communication Vvedensky.

The summer practical classes were arranged as follows: students transferring to the second year worked in the field on geodesy. In the reporting year, the general supervision of these classes was entrusted, upon the arrival from Tomsk of the teacher of geodesy Lyubimov, to the surveying engineer A. P. Kalimanov; in addition, the following engineers were invited as supervisors: Popov, Martsinkevich, and the technicians Bogdanovich and Serkov, and two senior students, Naumov and Veryagin; the classes consisted of leveling, plane-table surveying, and ocular surveying. The classes began in the middle of May and continued until the middle of June. Each group of students worked in the field for one week and in the drafting room for one week.

Students transferring to the third year were required to undergo construction practice, but obtaining such practice was extremely difficult, and therefore it was possible to arrange such practice for only a few students; among other things, 20 students were accepted for practice at the construction of the Institute buildings.

Students transferring to the fourth year of the mechanical department during the summer were in practice: some at factories, others on railways, in workshops, and on locomotives. Among others, five students were in practice at the Kolomna works, two at the Fitzner and Gamper works in Łódź, and four students.

In the reporting year the following excursions were made: students of the 3rd year of the mechanical department traveled to Krasnoyarsk to inspect railway workshops under the direction of Prof. Bobarykov; students of the 3rd year of the mining department inspected the Sudzhenka coal mines under the direction of Professor Tove; students of the 3rd and 4th years of the chemical department inspected the Kukhterin match factory and the Vytnov distillery under the direction of Prof. E. L. Zubashev.

The classes among the professors and teachers were distributed as follows:

In the first half of the reporting year.

The Director, Professor E. L. Zubashev, taught a course in water technology for students of the 3rd year (1 part), and also conducted practical classes in the analysis of fuel and water in the laboratory.

The teacher of theology, Professor D. N. Belykov, taught a course in theology for students of the 1st year (2 hours per week).

Professor I. I. Bobarykov taught a course for students of the 2nd year of the mechanical, mining, and chemical departments on strength of materials (2 hours) and on machine parts in the 2nd year of the me—

of the mechanical department (2 hours), conduct practical classes in strength of materials in one group (1 hour), supervise design work in the 3rd year of the mechanical department (6 hours), and teach a course in heating and ventilation (2 hours).

Professor N. M. Kizhner taught a course in organic chemistry for 2nd-year students of the chemical department (4 hours) and 2nd-year students of the mining department (2 hours).

Professor D. P. Turbaba taught a course in inorganic chemistry for 1st-year students of all departments (4 hours) and a course in thermodynamics and physical chemistry for 3rd-year students of the chemical department (2 hours), and had general supervision over classes in qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Professor E. E. Molin taught, for 1st-year students of the mechanical and civil-engineering departments, a course in infinitesimal calculus (3 hours); for 1st-year students of all departments, analytical geometry (2 hours); for 2nd-year students of the mechanical department, integration of differential equations (3 hours); conducted mathematics classes in one group of 1st-year students (2 hours) and in one group of 2nd-year students of the mechanical department (2 hours).

Professor N. N. Saltykov taught a course in theoretical mechanics in the 1st year for students of all departments (2 hours) and in the 2nd year for students of the mechanical department (3 hours); conducted practical classes in mechanics in one group in the 1st year (1 hour) and in one group in the 2nd year (2 hours). He taught a course in infinitesimal calculus for students of the mining and chemical departments (2 hours) in the 1st year, and also conducted practical classes in mathematics in one group of 1st-year students (2 hours).

Professor V. L. Nekrasov was on foreign assignment.

Professor A. I. Efimov taught a course in experimental physics for students of all departments in the 1st year (3 hours) and in the 2nd year (3 hours), and also supervised students’ work in physics in the physical laboratory.

Professor M. E. Yanishevsky taught a course in paleontology for 2nd-year students of the mining department (2 hours).

Professor N. I. Kartashov supervised drawing in one group of students in the 1st year (6 hours).

Professor A. A. Potebnya taught a general course in electrical engineering for 3rd-year students (2 hours).

Professor I. I. Ronchevsky taught a course in metallurgy for 3rd-year students of the chemical department (3 hours).

Professor A. E. Sabek taught a course in ceramics for 3rd-year students of the chemical department (2 hours).

Professor G. L. Tiraspolsky taught a course in hoisting machines for 3rd-year students of the mechanical department (2 hours) and graphical statics for 2nd-year students (2 hours), and supervised design work in mechanics for 3rd-year students of the mechanical

department (6 hours) and practical classes in theoretical mechanics for first-year students (1 hour).

Professor T. I. Tikhonov taught a course in the technology of metals (foundry and forging) for third-year students of the mechanical department (4 hours), and also elementary technology of metals for first-year students of all departments (2 hours).

Instructor A. E. Krzhizhanovsky taught, for third-year students of the mechanical department, a course in hydraulics (4 hours), directed drafting in the first year (6 hours), and conducted practical classes in the second year in mathematics (2 hours) and mechanics (1 hour).

Instructor V. A. Sakharov taught a course in descriptive geometry (1 hour), directed drafting in one group of the first year (6 hours), and practical classes in mathematics (2 hours).

Instructor A. A. Shutkov taught a course in the theory of mechanisms for second-year students of the mechanical department (2 hours) and conducted practical classes in this subject (1 hour), directed drafting in the first year in one group (6 hours), and practical exercises in theoretical mechanics in the first year (1 hour) and in the second year of the mechanical department (2 hours).

Instructor P. E. Pervov taught a course in the theory of steam engines for third-year students of the mechanical department (4 hours), a short course in applied mechanics for second-year students of the mining and chemical departments (2 hours), and for third-year students of the chemical department (steam engines and heat engines) (2 hours); directed design work in mechanics in the third year of the chemical department (2 hours) and practical classes in mathematics in the first year (2 hours).

Instructor, professor of the Imperial Tomsk University, A. M. Zaitsev taught the full course in mineralogy for students of the mining department in the first year (2 hours), and in the second year (2 hours), and a short course in mineralogy for students of the chemical department in the second year (2 hours), and had general supervision of the students’ work in the mineralogical cabinet.

Instructor, professor of the Imperial Tomsk University, V. V. Sapozhnikov taught a course in botany for third-year students of the chemical department (2 hours) and conducted practical classes in this subject (2 hours).

Instructor F. F. Gut taught a course in architecture (2 hours) and directed design work in architecture in the third year (3 hours).

Instructor L. N. Lyubimov taught a course in geodesy for first-year students (1 hour) and conducted practical classes in this subject (3 hours).

Instructor K. K. Lygin directed design work in architecture for third-year students (3 hours), as well as drawing and architectural drafting in the first year (4 hours).

Instructors K. A. Zaranek, V. F. Orzheshko, Z. A. Rokachevsky, V. M. Sukhorovsky, and P. F. Fedorovsky directed drawing and architectural drafting in the first year (4 hours).

Instructors S. P. Gomellya and V. N. Ginegin supervised drawing in the 1st year (6 hours) and conducted practical classes in the 1st year in mathematics (2 hours) and mechanics (1 hour).

Instructor N. O. Bundyukov supervised drawing in the 1st year (6 hours) and, in addition, supervised students’ exercises in sketching from nature in the cabinet of machine parts.

Laboratory assistant V. S. Titov, besides supervising work in physics in the physics laboratory, conducted practical classes in mathematics with students of the second year of the mechanical division (2 hours) and in theoretical mechanics with students of the first year (1 hour).

In the second half of the reporting year.

The director, Professor E. L. Zubashev, lectured to students of the fourth year of the chemical division on the “Course of Chemical Technology of Food Substances” (4 hours), and to students of the third year of all divisions on fuel technology (1 hour), and also had general supervision over the students’ work in these subjects.

The instructor of theology, Professor D. N. Belikov, lectured on theology in the 1st year (2 hours).

Professor I. I. Bobarynov lectured on strength of materials for students of all divisions (4 hours) and on machine parts for students of the mechanical division in the 2nd year (1 hour) and in the 3rd year (2 hours). He supervised design work in mechanics for students of the third year of the mechanical division (6 hours).

Professor N. M. Kizhner lectured on organic chemistry to students of the second year of the chemical division (4 hours) and a short course in organic chemistry to students of the mining division (2 hours). He supervised laboratory work in organic chemistry.

Professor D. P. Turbaba lectured on inorganic chemistry to students of all divisions (4 hours) and on thermodynamics and physical chemistry (2 hours) to students of the third year of the chemical division, and also had general supervision over students’ work in quantitative analysis.

Prof. Ya. I. Mikhailenko supervised students’ work in qualitative analysis.

Prof. F. E. Molin lectured on differential calculus to students of the 1st year of all divisions (3 hours) and on integral calculus to students of the second year of the mechanical and mining divisions (3 hours), and conducted practical classes in mathematics with students of the first year (3 hours) and with students of the 2nd year of the mechanical division (2 hours) and the chemical division (1 hour).

Prof. V. L. Nekrasov taught a course in analytic geometry for first-year students (2 hours) and integration of differential equations for second-year students of the mining and chemical departments (2 hours), conducted practical classes in mathematics with first-year students (3 hours), with second-year students of the civil-engineering department (2 hours), and with second-year students of the mining department (1 hour).

Prof. N. N. Saltykov taught a course in theoretical mechanics in the 1st course (2 hours) and in the 2nd course of the mechanical and construction departments (3 hours), and conducted practical classes in this subject in the 1st course in one group (1 hour) and in the 2nd course in one group (2 hours).

Professor A. I. Efimov taught a course in experimental physics in the 1st course (3 hours) and in the 2nd course (3 hours), and supervised practical classes in physics in the physics laboratory.

Professor M. E. Yanishevsky taught a course in paleontology for students of the mining department in the 2nd course (2 hours) and in the 3rd course (3 hours).

Professor N. I. Kartashov taught, for students of the mechanical department of the IV course, a general course on steam locomotives (1 hour) and a special course (4 hours), supervised drafting by students in the 1st course (6 hours) and practical classes in descriptive geometry (2 hours).

Professor A. A. Potebnya taught a general course in electrical engineering for students of the III course of all departments (2 hours) and a special course in electrical engineering (6 hours), supervised classes in the electrical engineering laboratory, and also classes in theoretical mechanics with students of the 2nd course of the mechanical department (2 hours).

Professor V. N. Jones taught a course in the chemical technology of organic substances (4 hours), supervised design work in chemical technology by students of the IV course of the chemical department. He taught a course in descriptive geometry (3 hours) and supervised classes in this subject in one group (2 hours).

Professor I. I. Ronchevsky taught a course in metallurgy for students of the III course of the chemical and mining departments (3 hours), and for students of the IV course of the chemical department (4 hours), supervised design work in chemical technology and classes in the metallurgical laboratory.

Professor A. E. Sabek taught a course in the technology of building materials (2 hours); chemical technology of mineral substances (4 hours), supervised projects in chemical technology by students of the IV course, supervised architectural drafting by students of the II course.

(4 hours), technical drawing with first-year students (6 hours), conducted practical classes in descriptive geometry (2 hours).

Professor G. L. Tiraspolsky taught a course on hoisting machines (2 hours), a course in graphical statics (2 hours), structural mechanics (3 hours), conducted practical classes in strength of materials (1 hour), supervised design work in mechanics in the third year of the mechanical department (6 hours), and drawing in the second year (2 hours).

Instructor V. A. Sakharov was on an overseas assignment.

Instructor A. A. Shutkov taught a course in the theory of mechanisms in the mechanical department (2 hours) and supervised practical classes in this subject (1 hour), supervised design work in mechanics in the 3rd year of the chemical department (1 hour), technical drawing in the 2nd year (3 hours), conducted practical classes in the 1st year in mathematics (3 hours) and mechanics (1 hour), and also supervised students’ work in the model room when drawing from nature.

Instructor P. E. Pervov was on an overseas assignment.

Instructor A. Z. Krzhizhanovsky taught a course in hydraulics for third-year students of the mechanical department (2 hours), supervised the design of hydraulic engines for fourth-year students of the mechanical department (4 hours) and third-year students of the mining department (1 hour), in second-year drawing (2 hours), conducted practical classes in the first year in mathematics (3 hours) and mechanics (1 hour), and with second-year students in mechanics (2 hours) and strength of materials (1 hour).

Instructor V. N. Pinegin taught a short course in applied mechanics for second-year students of the mining, chemical, and civil-engineering departments (the theory of mechanisms and machine parts) (2 hours), supervised drawing in the first year (6 hours) and second year (2 hours), conducted practical classes in descriptive geometry (2 hours), strength of materials (1 hour), and mathematics for the 2nd year of the mechanical department (2 hours).

Instructor S. P. Gomellya supervised drawing in the first year (6 hours) and second year of the mechanical department (3 hours); conducted practical classes in descriptive geometry (2 hours) and in mathematics for the 2nd year of the mechanical department (2 hours).

Instructor N. O. Bundyukov supervised drawing in the first year (6 hours) and conducted practical classes in the 1st year in mathematics (3 hours), mechanics (1 hour), and descriptive geometry (3 hours).

Instructor P. K. Sobolevsky taught a course in geodesy (1 hour) and conducted classes in this subject (3 hours), supervised drawing of the 1st-

of the course (6 hours) and also practical classes in mathematics (3 hours), mechanics (1 hour), and descriptive geometry (2 hours).

The instructor, Professor of the University A. M. Zaitsev, delivered a course in mineralogy in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years of the mining department (6 hours), and a brief course in mineralogy for students of the chemical department (2 hours). He had general supervision of students’ work in the mineralogical laboratory.

The instructor, Professor of the University F. Ya. Kapustin, delivered a course in the mechanical theory of heat for students of the 3rd year of the mechanical department (4 hours) and a course in the theory of electricity for 4th-year students specializing in electrical engineering (2 hours).

The instructor, Professor of the University V. V. Sapozhnikov, delivered a course in botany in the 3rd year of the chemical department (2 hours) and conducted practical classes for students with the microscope in botany (2 hours).

The instructor F. F. Gut delivered a course in architecture (2 hours) and the art of construction (2 hours), supervised design in architecture in the 3rd and 4th years (2 hours), and architectural drawing in the 2nd year (4 hours).

Laboratory assistant V. S. Titov, in addition to his laboratory duties, supervised students’ classes in theoretical mechanics in the 1st year (1 hour) and in the 2nd year (2 hours).

Laboratory assistants B. G. Groman and N. V. Gutovskii, in addition to performing their laboratory duties, supervised drawing for the 1st year (6 hours) and conducted practical classes in descriptive geometry (2 hours).

Laboratory assistant V. Yu. Gan, in addition to his laboratory duties, conducted practical classes in the 1st year in mathematics (3 hours), mechanics (1 hour), and in the 2nd year in strength of materials (1 hour).

The instructor S. A. Vvedensky supervised drawing in the 2nd year of the civil-engineering department in the art of construction (2 hours) and in mechanics (2 hours), conducted practical classes in the 1st year in mathematics (3 hours) and mechanics (1 hour), and in geodesy in the cabinet.

The instructor K. K. Lygin supervised design in architecture in the 3rd and 4th years (2 hours) and drawing in the 1st year (4 hours).

The instructors V. F. Orzheshko, V. M. Sukhorovsky, and P. F. Fedorovsky supervised architectural design in the 3rd year (1 hour), architectural drawing in the 2nd year (4 hours), and drawing in the 1st year (4 hours).

The instructor K. A. Zaranek supervised architectural drawing in the 2nd year (4 hours) and drawing in the 1st year (4 hours).

Instructor Z. A. Rokachevsky supervised drawing in the 1st year (4 hours) and in the 2nd year of the engineering-construction department (2 hours).

Instructor A. D. Kryachkov supervised architectural drawing in the 2nd year (4 hours).

Lecturer G. E. Iogansen taught German (4 hours).

Lecturer F. P. Dzobets taught French (4 hours).

In addition to their direct duties at the Institute, certain professors and instructors were instructors in other educational institutions or performed duties in various governmental or public institutions.

Director E. L. Zubashev was chairman of the Tomsk branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society (and chairman of the Most Highly Established Committee for the construction of the buildings of the Tomsk Technological Institute).

Instructor (of theology) D. N. Belikov was professor of the Imperial Tomsk University and censor of printed spiritual publications issued within the Tomsk diocese. In addition, he gives lectures on the history of the Church in general-education evening and Sunday courses.

Instructor A. M. Zaitsev was professor of the Imperial Tomsk University in the department of mineralogy and geology.

Instructor V. V. Sapozhnikov was professor of the Imperial Tomsk University in the department of botany, chairman of the West Siberian Society of Agriculture, and comrade chairman of the Society of Naturalists and Physicians at the Imperial Tomsk University.

Instructor F. Ya. Kapustin was professor of the Imperial Tomsk University in the department of physics and treasurer of the Society of Naturalists and Physicians at that University.

Instructor S. A. Zhbikovsky was chief of the Ob–Yenisei section of the Tomsk District of Communications.

Instructor V. F. Orzheshko was architect in the Department of New Works of the Track Service of the Siberian Railway.

Instructor F. F. Gut was architect of the West Siberian Educational District and of Tomsk University, and builder of the buildings of the Tomsk Technological Institute, of the service barracks at the university, and of the buildings of the Teachers’ Institute.

Professor A. E. Sabek was chairman of the library commission.

Laboratory assistant A. V. Emel’yanov performed, for hire, the duties of curator of the mineralogical cabinet of the Imperial Tomsk University.

Instructor Z. A. Rokachevsky served as senior technician at the Administration of the Siberian Railway.

Laboratory assistant D. V. Alekseev served as an instructor of physics and natural science at the Tomsk Teachers’ Institute. During the reporting year he lectured on physics at a private dental school.

Instructor N. A. Zaranek served as assistant to the head of the Technical Department of the Track Service of the Siberian Railway.

Instructor V. M. Sukhorovsky served as engineer for technical studies in the Track Service of the Siberian Railway.

Laboratory assistant A. P. Kalishchev served as an instructor of natural science at the Tomsk Men’s Gymnasium.

Instructor V. N. Pinegin served as an instructor of geometry at the Tomsk Teachers’ Institute.

Professor A. I. Efimov served as chairman of the Tomsk Photographic Society.

Laboratory assistant S. M. Filatov served as an instructor of physics at the Tomsk Men’s Gymnasium.

Laboratory assistant S. V. Lebedev served as an instructor of mathematics and physics at the Tomsk Theological Seminary.

Instructor K. K. Lygin served as architect for the department of new works under the Administration of the Siberian Railway, and also as builder of the buildings of the District Court and the Tomsk Commercial School.

The scholarly works of the professors and instructors in 1903 were expressed in the following.

1. Professor V. A. Obruchev: a) continued the processing of geological materials collected in the Lena mining district in 1901 and in the Transbaikal Region in 1895–98; b) on the commission of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, identified the geological collection, in 994 specimens, brought by P. K. Kozlov’s expedition of 1899–902 from Central Asia; c) prepared for publication the diaries of the geological journey through Turkestan in 1874–80 of the late Professor I. V. Mushketov and submitted the first 3 chapters for printing; d) collected for the geological cabinet of the Institute, from the environs of the city of Tomsk, a collection of rocks, soils, and products of erosion and weathering in the amount of 58 numbers. Published: a) “A Survey of the Geographical and Geological

literature on southwestern Transbaikalia (Selenga Dauria)” for the years 1675–1902 in issue XXII of the publication of the Geological Committee, “Geological investigations and exploratory works along the line of the Siberian Railway”; b) “The Gold-Bearing Region of the Bodaibo River” in the Bulletin of the Gold-Mining Industry, 1903, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; and c) a series of abstracts (67) in German on the geographical and geological literature of Northern and Central Asia in the journal Geologisches Centralblatt, vols. III and IV, 1903.

1. Professor I. I. Bobarykov lithographed the course “Machine Parts” and prepared for printing the course “Theory of Strength of Materials.”

2. Professor N. M. Kizhner printed the works “On Tupilamine,” “On the Conversion of α-Bromoisobutyric Acid into Acetone,” and “On the Bromination of Trimethylcarbonic Acid” in the Journal of the Russian Physico-Chemical Society for 1903. He delivered 7 public lectures on chemistry at the Free Library.

3. Professor M. E. Yanishevsky took part in the International Geological Congress in Vienna and there collected a paleontological collection for the cabinet under his charge. He printed: a) “A Note on Clay Shales Exposed along the Tom River, near the City of Tomsk” in the protocols of the Kazan Society of Naturalists, and b) “Preliminary Report on Geological Investigations in the Southern Urals”—ibid.

4. Professor N. I. Kartashov published the printed work “Construction of Locomotives” (prepared for printing Part II, “Locomotive Systems”) and “Bibliographic Index of the Literature on the Theory, Construction, and Service of Locomotives.”

5. Professor A. A. Potebnya printed the article “On the Theory of the Parallel Operation of Alternators” in the Proceedings of the Tomsk Technological Institute.

6. Professor G. L. Tiraspolsky printed the article “Determination of Moments of the 1st and 2nd Degree and of the Center of Gravity of Curvilinear Areas by Means of an Ordinary Planimeter” in the bulletins of the Polytechnic Society in Moscow.

7. Professor A. M. Zaitsev, by commission of the Imperial Tomsk University, with a subsidy from the Technological Institute, conducted geological investigations in the gold-ore district of the Mariinsk and Achinsk taiga and in the vicinity of Lake Shiro, and collected for the Institute’s mineralogical cabinet collections of minerals, rocks, and fossils. He printed: a) “In Search of Ore Gold” (from recent trips through Siberia) in

in the “Proceedings” of the Krasnoyarsk Subdivision of the East-Siberian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, vol. I, issues V and 6) “On the Question of the Indigenous Gold Deposits in the System of the Kondoma River” (with 3 plates and a geological map)—a collection in memory of E. G. Salishchev. 1903.

1. Professor V. V. Sapozhnikov conducted experiments on berry wine-making and made a trip to the Sayan Mountains and the upper Yenisei. He published: a) “Preliminary Report on a Scientific Mission to the Semirechensk Region,” b) the geographical sketch “In the Usinsk Territory,” and c) the botanical sketch “Kandyk.”

2. Professor V. L. Nekrasov prepared for publication the work “The Structure and Measure of Linear and Plane Point Domains” and a “Report on a Foreign Mission.”

3. Professor T. I. Tikhonov published the works “Metallography and Its Tasks” in the “Proceedings of the Tomsk Technological Institute”; “Metal Alloys”; “Mechanical Technology of Metals,” part I, and the lecture notes “Heating of Metals,” with an atlas, were begun in printed form, and, in lithographed form, “Cold Working of Metals,” with an atlas; the article (part) “The Influence of Chemical Elements on Iron Alloys” was submitted for publication.

4. Professor L. L. Tove, during a foreign mission, visited the Saxon mines, the mining academies in Freiberg and Berlin, and the Royal School of Mines in London. In the Highest institution, the Permanent Commission for the Investigation of the Siberian Gold Industry, the third volume was printed of the “Report on the Statistical-Economic and Technical Investigation of the Gold Industry in the Amur-Primorye Region” compiled by him.

5. Professor Ya. I. Mikhailenko published: “On the Elasticity of the Vapor of Solutions. The Relation between the Elasticity of the Vapor of Solutions and Their Osmotic Pressure. Theory of Osmotic Flow,” in the Kiev University Proceedings, and lithographed the course “Carbon Compounds. A Chapter from an Elementary Course of Chemistry.”

6. Lecturer S. A. Zhbikovsky published the report “The Ob-Yenisei Waterway and Its Economic Significance” in the publications of the Administration of Inland Waterways and Highways.

7. Lecturer A. M. Krylov lithographed the course “Steam Boilers.”

8. Lecturer S. P. Gomellya published the manuals “Construction of Curves and Joining of Lines” and “Problems in Technical Drawing.”

1. Laboratory assistant D. V. Alekseev continued the study of the reactions of sodium amide with organic compounds and delivered 3 public lectures on physics at the Free Library.

2. Laboratory assistant A. V. Emelyanov printed a bibliographical note on N. Sokolov’s monograph, “On the manganese ores of the Tertiary deposits of Ekaterinoslav Province and the environs of Krivoi Rog,” in the Bulletin of the Gold-Mining Industry, 1903, No. 16.

3. Laboratory assistant P. A. Kazansky printed the article “On the bones of an ichthyosaur found in Syzran Uyezd, Simbirsk Province,” in the Transactions of the Society of Naturalists at the Imperial Kazan University, vol. XXXVII, issue 3.

Council.

The Council of the Institute in the reporting year consisted, under the chairmanship of the Director, of 18 members. There were thirteen meetings of the Council during the year, at which questions were discussed concerning curricula, programs, the election of professors, etc.

Among the special resolutions the following should be noted:

I) The announced competitions for the chairs “Construction Art” and “Factory Machines” were declared not to have taken place.

II) To the chair of “Structural Mechanics” there was elected an engineer of ways of communication and mechanical engineer, Evgeny Zotikov. (Zotikov did not come to Tomsk for family reasons.)

III) It was resolved to introduce, as a compulsory subject in the Engineering-Construction and Mining departments, the course “Theory of Probability and Theory of Errors” (December 13).

IV) In view of the overburdening of all courses with numerous subjects and the difficulty of studying them, the Council elected from among its members a whole series of Commissions for the consideration and coordination of all programs (December 13).

V) In consequence of an inquiry from the Ministry concerning the procedure for enrolling, among the number of students, persons entered for noblemen’s scholarships, the Council, on November 19, made the resolution to submit the following opinion for the consideration of the higher authorities:

The Council resolved to submit for the consideration of the Higher Authorities that it fully shares the opinion of the Councils of other educational institutions as to the undesirability of establishing facilitated admission to higher educational institutions for landed noblemen, and supports its opinion with the following considerations.

1. The law of May 25, 1899, has in view facilitating for the children of landed noblemen the obtaining of a higher special education.

an institution for those of them who are the poorest, with assistance from various noble scholarships, which make it possible to provide for the children of nobles more or less satisfactorily from the material side, since only under such conditions can a student have the possibility of devoting all his time to scholarly studies, without worrying about daily bread; but this law can hardly have in view a lowering of the requirements for admitting them in comparison with persons of other estates, for this would correspond neither to the dignity of the noble estate nor to its position among the other estates of the Empire. The nobility, being by its rights the estate that holds primacy in the state, at the same time, by the historical conditions of the development of education in Russia, constitutes the most cultured part of the population, which possesses also the most pronounced consciousness of the necessity for it of a high educational level and the traditional habit of intellectual labor; therefore to impose upon such an estate a lowering of requirements at a time when there exists a general opinion about the necessity of raising requirements is hardly just and convenient. The level of knowledge displayed by those finishing secondary educational institutions upon entering higher ones is not especially high, and the insufficiency of their preparation is revealed by the fact that no more than 60–65% of the total number of entrants pass through the 1st year without hindrance; and lowering the entrance requirements with respect to the children of nobles will have the consequence that the majority of them will be compelled to leave the higher school after the very first year of residence in it, since the leniency at admission cannot continue further during the course; lowering the requirements with respect to nobles may, unnoticed, entail a lowering of the requirements for the entire mass of students, the result of which will be a general lowering of the level of knowledge.

1. Fully sharing the considerations of the Councils of other higher educational institutions that the admission of noble scholarship students without competitive examinations would infringe the rights of the remaining competitors, by affecting the raising of the conditions of competition through a reduction in the number of vacant places, the Council believes that the establishment of these scholarship students’ repeat examinations, instead of competitive ones, would contradict the Statute on the Tomsk Technological Institute, according to which (§ 25) only natives of Asiatic Russia and those who have completed the course in secondary educational institutions of that region are admitted without competitive examinations, and only in the event that they have in their certificates from secondary educational institutions in Russian language, mathematics, and physics not less than four points on average; repeat examinations, however—

examinations have been established by order of the Minister of Public Education only for those entering under this paragraph without competition from among the pupils of theological seminaries, in view of their weak mathematical preparation in comparison with the pupils of gymnasia and real schools.

1. The consideration of the Minister of Internal Affairs that, upon the admission of children of the nobility on the general basis, scholarships will remain vacant and the Tsar’s favor most graciously granted to the nobility will remain without practical consequences is hardly borne out by the facts. Under the present arrangement there is a sufficient number of children of landed nobles among the students, among whom there are not a few persons who may be candidates for noblemen’s scholarships. In the Tomsk Technological Institute, situated in such an outlying region of the Empire where there is no landed nobility, there are nevertheless no fewer than 7% students from the nobility of the total number of students; in other Institutes this percentage is considerably higher. Thus regarding the exemption of noble youths from the general admission rules—rules which answer neither the interests of the estate nor the interests of the matter—the Council of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II finds that the contemporary development of industry, which in some cases has become the sole, and in all cases one of the principal, foundations of the economic life and welfare of states, is rooted in nothing other than the modern high level of the technical sciences; therefore the aspiration of Russian higher technical schools to promote the flourishing of young Russian industry by raising the scientific level of our higher technical education is entirely natural—an aspiration that is closely connected with maintaining a high level of requirements both upon entrance into higher technical schools and throughout the entire academic year.

VI) Concerning the draft Regulation on the procedure for preparing candidates to occupy professorial positions in higher special educational institutions of the Ministry of Public Education, sent by the Ministry of Public Education for discussion by the Council, the Council expressed the following observations:

In view of the fact that the difference between these drafts is essentially very small, the Council resolved to adopt as a basis the draft prepared by the commission for the transformation of higher educational institutions, entitled “Regulation on the procedure for preparing candidates to occupy positions in higher special educational institutions of the Ministry of Public Education.”

1. In § 1, after the words “by the Council or the Academic Committee,” add: “on the recommendation of the corresponding Department” (or faculty); then supplement this point with points 2 and 3 from the draft worked out by the Academic Committee of the Ministry of Public Education.

Professor Kartashov expressed the opinion on this matter that, as scholarship holders for preparation for professorial activity in special technical subjects, only persons who had spent at least two years in practical work in their specialty should be retained. The majority of the members of the Council, however, expressed the view that such a requirement cannot be imposed, since in practice it is almost unfeasible owing to the difficulty, often encountered, of finding a place in the specialty chosen by the graduate student, although almost all members of the Council spoke in favor of the desirability of attracting as scholarship holders persons who had worked practically in the chosen specialty.

1. With regard to point 2, the majority of the members of the Council expressed the view that the minimum term of a scholarship should be set at 2 years, but that meetings of Departments should be granted the right to petition for the extension of this term by one more year in deserving cases.

2. With regard to point 3, the majority of the members of the Council expressed the view that the range of a scholarship holder’s work may include not only the experimental development of topics, but also theoretical work; consequently, after the words “experimental” it is proposed to add “or theoretical.” In addition, the study of factory operations is not always possible at Russian plants, since for some industries in Russia there are either no plants at all, or such plants are equipped extremely primitively; therefore the Council would propose that in § 3, point b, the wording be made more general, i.e., that the word “Russian” be omitted.

3. With regard to § 4, the Council, while agreeing that it is sometimes useful for scholarship holders to take part in supervising students’ work, nevertheless considers it necessary that scholarship holders not be thereby drawn away too much from their principal studies, and therefore proposes to limit the participation of scholarship holders in supervising students’ work to 2–3 hours per week. These classes, in the opinion of the Council, should take place under the guidance of a professor or an experienced instructor and, moreover, without special remuneration for the scholarship holder.

4. In § 6, in the opinion of the Council, the ending should be changed in the following sense: “in a special commission appointed by the corresponding—”

by the corresponding division of the educational institution and according to a program approved by that division, approximately equivalent to the examinations for the degree of master at the Universities of the Russian Empire; moreover, the interval within which such an examination must be completed must not exceed one year.”

1. With regard to § 7, the Council finds it necessary to state that not all scholarship holders who have passed the examinations must be sent abroad, and therefore proposes replacing the words “are sent abroad” with the words “may be sent, for an academic purpose, within Russia and abroad.” Persons sent within Russia or abroad must submit reports on their scholarly studies every six months. These reports are discussed in the divisions and are forwarded to the Ministry of Public Education with the opinion of the specialist professor and with the conclusion of the Division. As for the maintenance of scholarship holders during assignments, it must be increased to 3,000 rubles for foreign assignments, as is proposed in item 12 of the draft prepared by the Learned Division of the Ministry of Public Education, and to 2,400 rubles per year for assignments within the Russian Empire.

2. Concerning § 8, the Council finds it unnecessary to connect the submission of a scholarly work by the scholarship holder and its defense with the time of return from a foreign assignment, since the scholarship holder may submit such a work even before the trip abroad and even without any assignment at all. Therefore the Council proposes that the words “upon return from the foreign assignment” be entirely omitted. But with regard to the right to occupy a chair, the Council states decisively that this may be granted only to persons who have presented an independent scholarly work and defended it, as is required according to § 8 of the Statute on the Tomsk Technological Institute.

3. With regard to § 10, the Council considers it necessary to state that the scholarship holder is obliged to serve in a higher educational institution one year for each year of scholarship and assignment; but if the Ministry cannot offer him an appropriate position within the course of a year, the scholarship holder is released from the above-mentioned obligation, and in the event of his refusal the scholarship is recovered.

In conclusion, the Council considers it its duty to express itself concerning § 15 of the Statute on professorial scholarship holders, prepared by the Learned Committee of the Ministry of Public Education, in the sense that the establishment of special scholarly circles among

persons retained for preparation for the professorial rank is entirely superfluous. All retained persons must take part in the corresponding learned societies attached to the given educational institution or, in general, in the given city. In consequence of the changes indicated, in the opinion of the Council, the wording of the draft should take the following form:

§ 1. For preparation for professorial activity at higher technical educational institutions in special subjects, candidates are elected annually by the Council or by the Academic Committee, upon presentation by the Department, from among persons who have completed the course with distinction and, while still taking the course, have shown a serious interest in scientific research in the chosen specialty.

§ 2. The initiative for retaining at the Institute young people distinguished by special gifts and who have expressed a desire to engage in science belongs to the specialist professor in the corresponding department, or in the department most closely related to it at the Institute, and, in the event of a prolonged vacancy in the department, to the dean of the Department. The specialist professor, the representative of the related department, or the dean of the Department submits to the Department a reasoned opinion on the candidate for a professorial stipend.

§ 3. The personal initiative of postgraduates may also be allowed, who apply to Departments and to the institutions corresponding to them at other higher educational institutions.

§ 4. The candidate is retained at the educational institution for a period of at least 2 years, with a stipend from the funds of the Ministry of Public Education of 1,200 rubles per year. This period may be extended, upon petition of the Meetings of the Departments, for one more year. The period of retention at the educational institution and during assignments in Russia and abroad, upon entry into state service, is counted as active service.

§ 5. The range of the stipend-holder’s activities includes: a) the closest study of the subject of his specialty and of the general subjects connected with it, as well as the experimental or theoretical treatment of themes at the direction of the professors or by his own choice; and b) the study of factory, plant, mining, or construction practice by means of assignments to plants and factories.

§ 6. The stipend-holders, if deemed useful by the Council or by the Academic Committee of the educational institution, take part in supervising the students’ work in laboratories and drawing rooms, or in students’ exercises under the direction of professors,

but no more than two or three hours a week, and the scholarship student does not receive any special remuneration for these studies. The program of the scholarship student’s studies is established by the Assembly of Departments or by the Academic Committee.

§ 7. At the end of each half-year the scholarship student submits a report on the progress of his studies, which is discussed by the Council or the Academic Committee; moreover, in the event that the studies are deemed unsuccessful, the scholarship may be discontinued.

§ 8. A scholarship student retained at an educational institution, upon the expiration of two years, is subjected to an examination in the subject of his specialty and in the general subjects connected with it, before a special commission appointed by the corresponding department of the educational institution and according to a program approved by that department, by analogy with the examinations for the degree of Master at the universities of the Russian Empire; moreover, the period within which such an examination must be completed shall not exceed one year.

§ 9. The best of the scholarship students who have passed the designated examination may be sent, with the permission of the Ministry of Public Education, for scholarly purposes within Russia and abroad for a term of 1–2 years, with maintenance from the Ministry’s funds in the amount of 3000 rubles per year when sent abroad and 2400 rubles when sent within Russia. In especially worthy cases, the term of the mission may be extended for one more year.

§ 10. Persons sent within Russia or abroad must submit reports on their scholarly studies every half-year. These reports are discussed in the Departments and forwarded to the Ministry of Public Education with the opinion of the specialist professor and with the conclusion of the Department.

§ 11. A scholarship student submits an independent scholarly work, and, upon defending it and delivering two trial lectures, receives the right to occupy a professorial chair at the educational institution, in accordance with § 8 of the Statute on the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II.

§ 12. A scholarship student who has fulfilled the requirements indicated in §§ 8 and 10 of this Statute is awarded an academic degree by the Council or the Academic Committee of the educational institution.

§ 13. For each year of scholarly mission abroad or within Russia, candidates are obliged to serve for 1 year at a higher specialized educational institution. In the event of refusal, the scholarship is recovered. But if, by the time the mission ends, the Ministry of Public Education cannot offer the scholarship student a corresponding position, the scholarship student is released from the indicated obligations.

VII) In view of the necessity, revealed in practice, of publishing lecture notes read by professors, the Council came to the conclusion that

the necessity of publishing the lectures in printed form, and also of the necessity of organizing the said editions by the Institute so that all the necessary lectures would be prepared by the beginning of the academic year; as a result of this the Council resolved to petition for permission to spend, on the publication of lectures, from special funds up to 5,000 rubles, with the proviso that this money, as the publications are sold, be returned back into the special funds. The aforesaid petition was approved by the Ministry of Public Education.

Professorial Disciplinary Court.

In the first half of the reporting year the court consisted of:

The chairman of the court was the ordinary professor Fedor Eduardovich Molin. The members of the court were: ordinary professor Nikolai Matveevich Kizhner and acting extraordinary professor Iosif Ignatievich Ronchevsky. Candidates for members of the court were: ordinary professor Ivan Ivanovich Bobarykov, extraordinary professor Nikolai Nikolaevich Saltykov, and acting extraordinary professor Aleksandr Eduardovich Sabek.

In the second half of the reporting year the court consisted of:

The chairman of the court was extraordinary professor Nikolai Ivanovich Kartashev. The members of the court were: professor Aleksandr Ivanovich Efimov and professor Mikhail Erastovich Yanishevsky. Candidates for members of the court were: professor A. A. Potebnya, professor A. E. Sabek, and professor Ya. I. Mikhailenko.

During the entire year the professorial court functioned only once, in the first half of the reporting year, and the court had to examine a case concerning students who had pleaded guilty to participation in unauthorized meetings and in obstruction, expressed in the fact that students entered a lecture with the purpose of hindering the delivery of the lecture. Having examined the case, the court sentenced 32 students to expulsion from the Institute until the beginning of the next academic year, and the rest to be reprimanded.

Students.

As of January 1, 1903, there were students in the Institute in the first year of the mechanical department—113, chemical—59, mining—112, and civil-engineering—56; in the second year of the mechanical department—96, chemical—35, mining—73, and in the third year of the mechanical department—43 and chemical—4 students, making a total of 591. In addition, there were auditors: in the first year—10, in the second—4, and in the third year—6 persons. During the first half-year, 134 persons left the Institute for various reasons, and from among the remaining students transferred to the fol-

following courses: in the II year of the mechanical department, 96; of the engineering department, 39; of the mining department, 53; of the chemical department, 40; in the III year of the mechanical department, 54; of the mining department, 40; of the chemical department, 15; in the IV year of the mechanical department, 36; of the chemical department, 3.

Left for a second year in the I year: of the mechanical department, 5; of the civil-engineering department, 3; of the mining department, 4; and of the chemical department, 3; in the II year: of the mechanical department, 27; of the mining department, 18; and of the chemical department, 12; in the III year: of the mechanical department, 5. Dismissed for poor progress: from the I year of all departments, 62; from the II year, 8. External persons who had passed examinations as externs were enrolled among the students: in the II year of the mechanical department, 2; of the chemical department, 3; and in the III year of the mechanical department, 1.

In the month of August of the reporting year, out of the 593 persons who submitted petitions for admission as students of the I year, 94 persons were enrolled as students without competition on the basis of Article 25 of the Statute on the Institute, while from among the rest 311 persons proceeded to the competitive examinations and 265 were admitted. In addition, 17 were enrolled among the students of the I year without competition, on the basis of an order of the Minister, but of this number 9 persons from among those enrolled without competition did not appear and therefore were dismissed; 12 were dismissed by the Committee for Student Affairs for non-payment of fees; and 2 died.

Thus, by the beginning of the second half-year, the number of students was as follows: in the mechanical department, 27 students of the II year and 5 of the III; in the chemical department, 12 students of the II year; and in the mining department, 18 students of the II year. Finally, in the mechanical department, 13 students of the I year and 4 of the II; in the chemical department, 15 of the I year and 2 of the II; in the mining department, 22 of the I year and 2 of the II; and in the civil-engineering department, 12 students of the I year were dismissed for poor progress.

Departments:	I year.	II year.	III year.	IV year.	Total.
Mechanical	126	117	60	36	366
Chemical	66	55	15	3	139
Mining	110	71	40	—	223
Civil-engineering	66	39	—	—	105
Total	388	291	115	39	812

The students’ classes, both in the first half of the current year and especially in the second, were quite satisfactory with respect to attendance at practical classes and drawing rooms. Attendance at lectures is fairly satisfactory only at the beginning of the academic year, i.e. September, October, and the beginning of November, and then begins to weaken considerably: thus, in January of the reporting year

Institute attendance, in percentages, was 63.9%; in February—52.7%; in March—36.0%; in April—28.9%; in October, the month—71.2%; November—75.0%, and in December—65.2%.

At the beginning of January of the past year, optional semiannual examinations were held, with about half of the students taking them. The significance of these examinations, both as a relief for the spring examinations, on the one hand, and, on the other, as a means of distributing their studies more evenly, is becoming recognized by the students, and they willingly take them.

In material terms, the students are insufficiently provided for. At the disposal of the Committee for Student Affairs there were, in the first and second half-years, 50 state scholarships each; the remainder from those not issued, for various reasons, to scholarship holders, in the amount of 2700 rubles, was issued to other students as one-time allowances. Detailed information on the scholarships and allowances issued to students in the reporting year is placed in the separate appendix, No. 6, to the present report.

EDUCATIONAL-AUXILIARY INSTITUTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE.

Physical Laboratory.

Head professor A. I. Efimov.

In 1903, the following sums were expended on the arrangement and equipment of the laboratory:

In the first half of the year the laboratory was housed in temporary premises; at the end of September it moved into the newly built, spacious permanent premises.

Expenditure	Amount
Furniture	587 rub. 50 kop.
Instruments and tools	1,287 rub. 60 kop.
To the railway for delivery of freight	969 rub. 72 kop.
Salary to the mechanic	900 rub. — kop.
Electric lighting and apparatus for it	181 rub. 53 kop.
Construction of a photographic pavilion	100 rub. — kop.
Salaries to attendants and various petty expenses for the laboratory	973 rub. 65 kop.
Total	5,000 rub. — kop.

Mechanical Laboratory.

Head: Professor I. I. Bobarykov.

The following acquisitions were made:

Item	Amount
Furniture for the sum of	460 rub. 46 kop.
Odner machine	207 rub. 50 kop.
Books and bindings	194 rub. 17 kop.
Tarnogrodsky machine, 2½ tons	1,250 rub. 47 kop.
Paid according to railway waybills for delivery of machines and instruments from Amsler, Erhardt, Tarnogrodsky, and others	1,672 rub. 19 kop.
Locksmith’s and carpenter’s tools	293 rub. 76 kop.
Plumbing parts	90 rub. 10 kop.
Foundations for machines	63 rub. 62 kop.
Total	4,231 rub. 27 kop.

There was property as of January 1, 1903 . . . 700 rub. 59 kop.

As of January 1, 1904, property is recorded in the amount of 4,931 rub. 86 kop.

Mechanical workshops, metallographic laboratory, and cabinet of mechanical technology.

Head: Professor T. I. Tikhonov.

a) Temporary mechanical workshops have been equipped, where at present 48 persons can work; all the equipment of the temporary mechanical workshops, including tools, machine tools, and furniture, cost 4,849 rub. 84 kop.

b) A metallographic cabinet has been equipped, which at present is open for student work; in the metallographic cabinet there are: 3 vertical microscopes, one horizontal one with a Zeiss photographic camera, an electric muffle furnace with precision Weston instruments, a Le Chatelier pyrometer, two chemical balances, and all the necessary accessories for photography. The total cost of the cabinet is 2,654 rub. 50 kop.

c) A cabinet of mechanical technology has been organized, in which there are 812 rub. 38 kop. worth of demonstration teaching aids and a collection on metalworking (the collection contains up to 450 different items).

Electrotechnical Laboratory.

Head: Professor A. A. Potebnya.

For the electrotechnical laboratory the following acquisitions were made:

Item	Amount
Instruments and apparatus	8,406 rub. 73 kop.
Dynamos and motors	4,034 rub. 95 kop.
Tables, cabinets, and stands	1,088 rub. — kop.
Locksmith’s tools	172 rub. 56 kop.
Hoisting crane for 1 ton	142 rub. — kop.
For the delivery of goods in the past year, paid	2,100 rub. 84 kop.
For materials, minor installation work, and maintenance of the laboratory	428 rub. 87 kop.
In addition, at the laboratory’s expense, double-T beams were purchased and laid in the floor of the machine hall	187 rub. 46 kop.
Total spent in the past year on equipping and maintaining the laboratory	16,560 rub. 91 kop.

Cabinet of Structural Art and Geodesy.

Head: Instructor P. K. Sobolevsky.

Equipment.

Item	Amount
Ludwig Tesdorp (907 m. 05 pf.)	422 rub. 66 kop.
To Tryndin for geodetic instruments	842 rub. — kop.
For delivery of goods and various petty expenses	324 rub. 21 kop.
To G. Gerlyakh for geodetic instruments	729 rub. — kop.
To Tryndin for surveyor’s tapes	37 rub. 29 kop.
To G. Gerlyakh for “Wild” rulers	91 rub. 50 kop.
To P. K. Sobolevsky as an advance	68 rub. — kop.
Total	2,446 rub. 66 kop.

Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry.

Head: Professor Ya. I. Mikhailenko.

For the laboratory of analytical chemistry, acquired:

Item	Amount
Furniture in the amount of	3,763 rub. 67 kop.
Glassware, chemical apparatus, preparations, instruments, and aids	1,913 rub. 41 kop.

For the delivery of goods . . . . . . . . . . . 903 rub. 43 kop.
To workers for work on equipping the laboratory and other petty expenses . . . 768 rub. 01 kop.
Books and bindings thereof . . . . . . . . . . 358 rub. 54 kop.
To attendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 rub. — kop.

Total . . . 7,706 rub. 46 kop.

Metallurgical Laboratory.

Head: Professor I. I. Ronchevsky.

In the reporting year there was expended, together with payment for transportation and delivery of items for equipping the laboratory, for work on equipping it, and also for household expenses for the past year 1903:

5,737 rub. 80 kop., of which the following amounts were for:

Item	Amount
glassware and reagents	618 rub. 28 kop.
chemical scales	403 rub. 10 kop.
water-supply accessories	153 rub. 42 kop.
preparation of drawings	137 rub. 75 kop.
furniture	582 rub. 95 kop.
refractory material	17 rub. 16 kop.
one hydraulic press	121 rub. 70 kop.
a distribution board for accumulator batteries	806 rub. 42 kop.
2 spiral staircases	274 rub. 40 kop.
an iron hoist with winches	227 rub. 10 kop.
an electric furnace with a metal pyrometer	308 rub. 47 kop.

Laboratory of Chemical Technology of Nutritional Substances.

Head: Professor E. L. Zubashev.

In the reporting year the following sums were expended on equipping the laboratory:

Item	Amount
For the construction of laboratory furniture and for various carpentry work	432 rub. — kop.
To the Stoll and Schmidt shop for chemical products	187 rub. 28 kop.
To the firms W. Heraeus, C. Zeiss, and Keiser & Schmidt for instruments	898 rub. 85 kop.
To Gustav Fock for books	43 rub. 98 kop.
To the Siberian Railway for delivery of goods	89 rub. 10 kop.
Total	1,651 rub. 21 kop.

Laboratory of Chemical Technology of Organic Substances.

Head: Professor V. N. Jones.

In the reporting year the following sums were expended on the arrangement and equipment of the laboratory:

Item	Amount
Furniture	231 rub. 59 kop.
Railway cash-on-delivery payment for chemical preparations and glassware from Gutergof and K. Kalbaum, and for delivery of freight	818 rub. 99 kop.
Installation of a kerosene engine	22 rub. 06 kop.
Salaries to employees and petty expenses	277 rub. 36 kop.
Total	1,250 rub. — kop.

Botanical Cabinet.

Head: Professor V. V. Sapozhnikov.

In 1903, for the botanical cabinet there were acquired 6 Reichert microscopes for students, 1 Zeiss microscope, chemical glassware, razors, instruments—in all for the sum of 1348 rub. 26 kop.

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry (analytical and physico-chemical).

Head: Professor D. P. Turbaba.

In the past year, 1903, the following was acquired for the laboratory:

Item	Amount
Apparatus for lecture experiments and practical classes for students	2,350 rub. 21 kop.
Simple metal vessels	35 rub. 40 kop.
Porcelain and clay vessels	586 rub. 40 kop.
Glass vessels	405 rub. 10 kop.
Furniture	969 rub. 65 kop.
Reference books and periodical publications	16 rub. 97 kop.
Reagents and preparations	1,781 rub. 83 kop.
Property of various kinds	618 rub. 04 kop.
To the railways for delivery of items	1,313 rub. 18 kop.
Total	8,076 rub. 78 kop.

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry.

Head: Professor N. M. Kizhner.

In the past year 1903, the complete equipment of the laboratory of organic chemistry was finished, and practical classes began.

As of January 1, 1904, the laboratory contained:

Item	Amount
Books, to the amount of	775 rub. 20 kop.
Furniture	9,048 rub. 40 kop.
Instruments, various apparatus, laboratory accessories	10,930 rub. 44 kop.
Vessels and instruments	5,912 rub. 90 kop.
Chemical materials	677 rub. 13 kop.
Test tubes and various laboratory items	198 rub. 81 kop.
Total	19,413 rub. 08 kop.

Technical Laboratory of Inorganic Substances.

Head: Professor A. E. Sabek.

In the reporting year the following sums were spent on equipping the laboratory:

Item	Amount
Furniture	1,752 rub. 31 kop.
Medicaments	29 rub. 74 kop.
Platinum ware	500 rub. — kop.
Expenses for the installation of a kerosene engine, stationery supplies, and various petty expenses	325 rub. 55 kop.
Total	2,282 rub. 60 kop.

Geological Cabinet.

Head: Professor V. A. Obruchev.

A total of 613 titles was received, to the amount of 5,796 rub. 51 kop.

Namely: 1) Books, maps, and photographs: 538 titles in 818 volumes, to the amount of 2,421 rub. 94 kop.; of these, 50 titles in 80 volumes were received as gifts.

2) Collections of microscopic thin sections: 1 title, 73 pcs., to the amount of 50 rub. — kop.

3) Collections of rocks and minerals, 14 titles in 921 specimens, for the sum of . . . 454 rub. — kop.
of these, 10 titles in 578 specimens were received as gifts.
4) Small lecture accessories, for . . . 67 rub. — kop.
5) Plaster and wooden models, for . . . 484 rub. — kop.
6) Geological charts on canvas, for . . . 250 rub. 80 kop.
7) Apparatus and accessories for projecting lantern slides onto a screen, for . . . 1,699 rub. 75 kop.
8) Instruments for field work, for . . . 113 rub. 52 kop.
9) Laboratory accessories, for . . . 5 rub. — kop.
10) Various furniture, for . . . 240 rub. — kop.

Total . . . 5,796 rub. 51 kop.

Among the acquisitions the following deserve mention:

a) Among books: a complete series of annual reports of the geological institution of the United States of North America (United States Geological Survey) for the years 1880–1901, for the sum of 79 rubles.

b) Among collections: 3 collections illustrating various processes studied by physical geology, consisting of 324 rock specimens, 73 microscopic thin sections, and 46 photographs, costing 430 rubles; a collection of Freiberg silver-lead ores, of 19 specimens, costing 120 rubles.

c) Among models: a selection of plaster and wooden models on tectonics and volcanism, and geological charts (sections), in all for the sum of 734 rubles.

d) Among other departments: Schuckert’s projection lantern with all accessories for electric and acetylene lighting, a megascope, Fross’s projection microscope, a screen, a collection of 640 lantern slides on physical geology and petrography, and a curtain apparatus for 3 windows for the large auditorium of the mining building, with electric motor and distributor; total cost 1,699 rubles 75 kopecks.

As a result, as of January 1, 1903, the geological cabinet contained:

Books, maps, and photographs: 874 titles in 1,420 volumes, for the sum of . . . 5,619 rub. 72 kop.
Microscopes and accessories for them, for the sum of . . . 1,158 rub. 29 kop.
Collections of thin sections: 23 titles (1,471 items), for the sum of . . . 957 rub. 90 kop.
Collections of rocks: 28 in 1,871 specimens, for the sum of . . . 540 rub. 81 kop.
Accessories for thin sections and analyses, for the sum of . . . 354 rub. 23 kop.
Plaster and wooden models, for the sum of . . . 484 rub. 50 kop.

Item	Rubles	Kopecks
Lecture accessories, in the amount of	67	—
Geological charts, in the amount of	250	80
Projection apparatus and accessories, in the amount of	1,699	75
Field instruments and accessories, in the amount of	243	07
Furniture, in the amount of	1,820	—
Stationery accessories and boxes, in the amount of	224	94
Total, in the amount of	13,421	01

Mineralogical Cabinet

Head: Professor A. M. Zaitsev.

In the reporting year the cabinet and laboratory were housed in temporary premises.

As of January 1, 1903, according to the inventory, the cabinet contained:

No.	Item	Number	Rubles	Kopecks
1)	Furniture, stationery accessories, etc.	112 items	1,157	82
2)	Apparatus, instruments, specimens	734	2,631	20
3)	Models	800	1,004	17
4)	Charts, etc.	203	207	—
5)	Minerals	679	867	36
6)	Books	122	479	36
	Total	2640	6,327	97

During 1903 there were received:

No.	Item	Number	Rubles	Kopecks
1)	Furniture, stationery accessories, etc.	124 items	346	85
2)	Apparatus, instruments, specimens	567	2,232	49
3)	Models	970	1,088	26
4)	Charts, etc.	33	—	—
5)	Minerals	669	1,279	21
6)	Books	6	44	88
	Total	2369	5,001	69

Thus, as of January 1, 1904, according to the inventory of the Mineralogical Cabinet, there were:

No.	Item	Number	Rubles	Kopecks
1)	Furniture, stationery accessories, etc.	236 items	1,484	67
2)	Apparatus, instruments, specimens	1,291	4,863	69
3)	Models	1,770	2,102	43
4)	Charts, etc.	236	207	—

5) Minerals . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 specimens, for the sum of 2,146 rubles 57 kopecks.
6) Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 „ „ 524 „ 24 „

Total . . . . 5,009 „ „ 11,328 „ 60 „

Of the acquisitions in the reporting year, the following deserve mention:

In the instruments department: 1) five microscopes of the firm R. Fuess in Steglitz, with rotating stage, with internal analyzer and Bertrand lens; 3) a collection of preparations for demonstrating interference phenomena in convergent light—from R. Fuess in Steglitz.

In the models department: a collection of 928 wooden models for studying the crystalline forms of minerals—acquired from the firm F. Krantz in Bonn.

In the minerals department: a series of special collections for demonstrating the structure and physical properties of minerals and, in addition, two teaching collections in descriptive mineralogy. All these collections were acquired from F. Krantz in Bonn.

As gifts to the cabinet there were received during the reporting year:

From Hans Hauswald in Magdeburg—“Interferenz Erscheinungen an doppelbrechenden Krystallplatten im konvergenten polarisirten Licht”—33 autotype plates with a preface by Professor Liebisch.

In the minerals department: a collection of Prof. A. M. Zaitsev from the gold-ore district of the Achinsk and Minusinsk taiga; collections of S. Peretolchin: 1) from the region of the Sysert works in the Urals, 2) from the Slyudyanka River near Lake Baikal, and 3) from the system of the Bel. Irkut River; from N. I. Kalitaev—a collection of ores from the Bakal mines in the Urals; from V. O. Shepke—samples of coal and surrounding rocks from the Sudzhensk mine of Mikhelson; in addition, individual donations were received from students of the Institute.

Paleontological Cabinet.

Head: Professor M. E. Yanishevsky.

In 1903 the paleontological cabinet received:

Books and wall charts from Max Weg, Fock,
and others, for the sum of . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727 rubles 49 kopecks.
Microscopes and optical instruments, for the sum of . . 1,381 rubles 28 kopecks.

of paleontological collections, plaster models, and various necessary accessories for lessons in the paleontological cabinet, in the amount of . . . 1,421 rub. 59 kop.

Furniture, in the amount of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 rub. — kop.

Total for 1903, inventory entered the paleontological cabinet in the amount of . . . . . . 4,942 rub. 36 kop.,

which, together with the previously existing inventory, amounts to . . . 6,026 rub. 45 kop.

As the most valuable items among those acquired, the following should be noted:

A complete series of the publications Palaeontologia Indica, Barrande, Systeme solurien du centre de la Bogême, Ehrenberg, Mikrogeologie, Quenstedt’a, Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands, zoological plates by Leuckart, and others. Ten simple microscopes for work with students and 1 microscope for the head of the cabinet. Among the paleontological collections, the following should be noted: 1) a collection of plants, mollusks, and vertebrates, obtained from Krantz in Bonn, and 2) a collection of various fossils, obtained from Stürtz in Bonn.

Among the collections donated by various persons, one may point to collections of fossils gathered in the clay shales near the city of Tomsk, a mammoth tusk from the Bodaibo River, a skull of Bison priscus from the Yenisei River, a mammoth femur from Tomsk Province, a collection of bones of post-Pliocene animals, and a collection of fish from the vicinity of Zaisan.

Cabinet of Mining Art

Head: Professor A. L. Tove.

For the cabinet of mining art, in the past year 1903, property was acquired in the amount of 949 rub. 65 kop., including:

Furniture, in the amount of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 rub. 85 kop.

9 casting models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 rub. 25 kop.

13 models of mine support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 rub. — kop.

Office supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 rub. 80 kop.

Books (37 titles, 48 volumes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 rub. 75 kop.

Drawing Room.

Head classroom artist Z. A. Rokachevsky.

The following acquisitions for the drawing room were made in 1903:

Iron stands for setting up models, 21 pcs. . . . 21 rub. 50 kop.
Raising tables with metal holders, 10 pcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 rub. — kop.
Wire models of geometrical figures and bodies, cardboard models of geometrical bodies, plaster models of ornaments and architectural orders, and 2 pcs. of tables with metal holders for setting up models, in all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 rub. — kop.

Total in 1903 various aids were acquired for the sum of 304 rub. 50 kop.

Library.

Librarian V. V. Kurdyumov.

As of January 1, 1903, according to the library inventory there were 7,384 titles, in 16,917 volumes (including donations 2,675), for a total sum of 48,989 rub. 94 kop. (this included 488 rub. for “Berichte d. Deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft” and Dinglers polytechnisches Journal, which were paid for in 1901 but were not included in the total for that year).

During 1903 the library received and entered in the inventory 1,573 titles, in 2,896 volumes (including donations: 407 titles, in 593 volumes), for a total sum of 11,775 rub. 57 kop. (including 445 rub. 81 kop. paid for the forwarding of publications and 1,358 rub. 01 kop. for the binding of books and journals).

Thus, as of January 1, 1904, according to the library inventory there were 8,956 titles, in 19,813 volumes (including donations 3,082), for a total sum of 60,765 rub. 51 kop.

Among the principal acquisitions made in 1903 should be included the following publications:

Foreign journals:

1. Architektonische—Skizzenbuch, 1853—86 . . . 125 rub.
2. Archives neerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles 1 ser. Vol 1—30; Vol 1—4—11 ser. 100 rub.

1. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes
     de Moscou, 1843—1902 . . . . . . . . . . . 200 rub.

2. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey,
     1883—902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 rub.

3. L’éclairage électrique, vol. XXIV—XXVII (1865—903). 305 rub. 05 kop.

4. Le Genie-Civil, 1880 à 1899 . . . . . . . . 98 rub.

5. Recueil des travaux chimiques de Pays-Bas, Voll—IX. 95 rub.

6. La Lumière électriques; Vol XXXIV . . . . . . 120 rub.

7. Palaeontographica Bd. 1—40 . . . . . . . . 900 rub.

8. Palaeontographica Supplement: I, II¹/₃, III¹/₃ . . 100 rub.

9. Revue generales des chemins de fer, 1878—900. 120 rub.

10. Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects,
      Vol 2—XLIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 rub.

Russian journals:

1. Zodchii and Nedelia Stroitelya, 1872—1886; 1893—
     94; 1895—1899 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 rub.

2. Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo, 1882— . . . . . . 35 rub.

Of the books, more valuable ones:

1. Sowerby. Mineral conchology of Great Britain,
     7 Vol, 648 pl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 rub.

5615 Goldfuss, A., Petrefacta Germaniae. Petrefacten
  Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder:
  Düsseldorf, I—III mit 2 Atlases. . . . . . . 90 rub.

Among the valuable donations should be included:

1. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlich. Academie der Wissenschaften.
     Bd.: I; IV—XXXVIII; XLVIII, 1 part; LI—LII; LIII—LIV, 2nd part;
     LVI, 1 part; LVII, 1 part; LVIII; LIX, 1 part; LX—LXII, 1 part;
     LXV, 5 part; LXVI, 1 part and 3 part; LXVII, 3 part; LXVIII—C (total
     in volumes—83).

2. Denkschriften d. Kaiserlich Akademie der Wissenschaften.
     Bd. I—II (3 Lief); III (1 Lief); IV (1 Lief); V (1 Lief); VI—
     XXIX; LII; LIX—LXVI (total in volumes—33).

3. Proceedings of the Free Economic Society, 1884—92; 1894—
     1900—1902 (total in volumes—35).

5348—5400. Books of the Barnaul State Library. Titles 55,
  volumes 70.

Appendix No. 1.

STATEMENT

of the personnel of the Tomsk Technological Institute of EMPEROR NICHOLAS II
as of January 1, 1904.

Director	Professors — Ordinary	Professors — Extraordinary	Lecturers — Staff	Lecturers — By hire	Laboratory Assistants — Senior staff	Laboratory Assistants — Junior staff	Laboratory Assistants — By hire	Inspector	His assistant	Librarian	His assistant	Clerk	His assistant	Accountant	His assistant	Superintendent of buildings	Architect	Physician	TOTAL
1	5	12	12	15	9	5	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1¹)	—	1	72

¹) From the payment for hire.

Appendix No. 2

CURRICULUM

of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II

for the 1902–3 academic year

1st YEAR

of the mechanical, civil-engineering, mining, and chemical departments;

Subjects common to all categories.

Subject	1st half-year: Lectures	1st half-year: Exercises	2nd half-year: Lectures	2nd half-year: Exercises
Theology	2	—	2	—
Physics	3	2	3	2
Analytic geometry	2	—	2	—
Practical exercises in analytic geometry in 7 groups	—	1	—	1
Differential and integral calculus	3	—	—	—
Practical exercises in differential calculus	—	2	—	—
Descriptive geometry	3	—	1	—
Practical exercises in descriptive geometry in 7 groups	—	2	—	—
Theoretical mechanics	2	—	1	—
Practical exercises in mechanics in 7 groups	—	1	—	1
Chemistry	4	—	4	—
Geodesy	1	—	1	—
Practical exercises in geodesy in 7 groups	—	1/2	—	1/2
Technology of metals	—	—	3	—
Drafting (8 groups)	—	6	—	6
Drawing (6 groups)	—	4	—	2
Architectural drafting	—	—	—	2

IN THE DEPARTMENTS

Subject	Mechanical: 1st half-year, Lectures	Mechanical: 1st half-year, Exercises	Mechanical: 2nd half-year, Lectures	Mechanical: 2nd half-year, Exercises	Engineering and Construction: 1st half-year, Lectures	Engineering and Construction: 1st half-year, Exercises	Engineering and Construction: 2nd half-year, Lectures	Engineering and Construction: 2nd half-year, Exercises	Mining: 1st half-year, Lectures	Mining: 1st half-year, Exercises	Mining: 2nd half-year, Lectures	Mining: 2nd half-year, Exercises	Chemical: 1st half-year, Lectures	Chemical: 1st half-year, Exercises	Chemical: 2nd half-year, Lectures	Chemical: 2nd half-year, Exercises
Differential and integral calculus	—	—	3	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	2	—
Practical exercises in differential calculus, in 7 groups	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
General mineralogy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	2	1	—	—	—	—
Analytical chemistry	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Topographical drawing	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Geodesy	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	20	18½	21	15½	20	19½	22	16½	22	19½	22	16½	20	18½	20	20½

German language 2 hours, English—2 hours, and French—2 hours.

II COURSE

Mechanical, mining, and chemical departments

Subjects common to all three departments.

Subject	1st half-year, Lectures	1st half-year, Exercises	2nd half-year, Lectures	2nd half-year, Exercises
Physics	3	2	3	2
Graphical statics	1	—	1	—
Strength of materials	3	—	2	—
Practical exercises in strength of materials (5 groups)	—	1	—	1
Construction art	2	—	2	—
Architecture	2	—	2	—
Architectural drawing (September, October, November); technical drawing (December, January, February, March, and April), 5 groups	—	4	4	—

IN THE DEPARTMENTS.

Subject	Mechanical, 1st half-year Lectures	Mechanical, 1st half-year Exercises	Mechanical, 2nd half-year Lectures	Mechanical, 2nd half-year Exercises	Mining, 1st half-year Lectures	Mining, 1st half-year Exercises	Mining, 2nd half-year Lectures	Mining, 2nd half-year Exercises	Chemical, 1st half-year Lectures	Chemical, 1st half-year Exercises	Chemical, 2nd half-year Lectures	Chemical, 2nd half-year Exercises
Mathematics	3	—	3	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	—	—
Practical exercises in mathematics (3 groups)	—	2	—	2	—	1	2 gr.	—	—	1	1 gr.	—
Theoretical mechanics	3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Practical exercises in mechanics (3 groups)	3 gr.	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Theory of mechanisms	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Practical exercises in the theory of mechanisms (1 group)	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Machine parts	1	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Organic chemistry	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	4	—	4	—
Mineralogy	—	—	—	—	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
Applied mechanics (theory of mechanisms, machine parts, hydraulics)	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	2	—	2	—
Paleontology	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—
Classes in analytical chemistry	—	3	—	—	—	12	—	12	—	12	—	12
Total	29	14	20	11	21	20	18	20	21	21	18	20

German language — 2 hours, French — 2 hours, and English — 2 hours.

IIIrd YEAR.

Mechanical and chemical departments.

Subjects common to all departments.

Subject	1st HALF-YEAR Lectures	1st HALF-YEAR Exercises	2nd HALF-YEAR Lectures	2nd HALF-YEAR Exercises
Electrical engineering	2	2 (lab.)	2	2 (lab.)
Technology of building materials	2	—	—	—
Technology of water and fuel	1	—	1	—
Heating and ventilation	2	—	—	—
Steam boilers	3	—	—	—
Architectural design (2 groups)	—	3	—	3

In the Departments

Subject	Mechanical, 1st half-year, Lectures	Mechanical, 1st half-year, Practice	Mechanical, 2nd half-year, Lectures	Mechanical, 2nd half-year, Practice	Chemical, 1st half-year, Lectures	Chemical, 1st half-year, Practice	Chemical, 2nd half-year, Lectures	Chemical, 2nd half-year, Practice
Mechanical theory of heat	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Applications of the mechanical theory of heat to steam engines	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—
Steam engines (construction)	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—
Hydraulics and hydraulic motors	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—
Technology of metals (foundry and forge)	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—
Machine parts	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hoisting machines	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ceramics and glass	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—
Mechanical theory of heat and physical chemistry	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—
Botany	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	2
General metallurgy	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	—
Applied mechanics (steam engines and pumps)	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—
Work in the analytical laboratory	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—
Work in organic chemistry	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
Design in mechanics	—	6	—	6	—	1	—	2
Technology of metals and wood	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—
Total	21	11	17	11	19	20	17	21

Appendix No. 3.

CURRICULUM

of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II

for the 1903–4 academic year.

I COURSE.

General subjects for all departments.

Subject	1st half-year: Lectures	1st half-year: Practical classes	2nd half-year: Lectures	2nd half-year: Practical classes
Theology	2	—	2	—
Physics	3	2	3	2
Analytic geometry	2	1	2	1
Infinitesimal calculus	3	2	—	—
Descriptive geometry	3	2	1	—
Theoretical mechanics	2	1	2	1
Inorganic chemistry	4	—	4	—
Introduction to technology of metals	—	—	2	—
Technical drawing	—	6	—	—
Drawing	—	4	—	2
Architectural drawing	—	—	—	2
Geodesy	1	1/2	1	1/2

In the Departments.

Subject	Mechanical department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Mechanical department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Mechanical department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Mechanical department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Civil Engineering department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Civil Engineering department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Civil Engineering department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Civil Engineering department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Mining department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Mining department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Mining department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Mining department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Chemical department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Chemical department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Chemical department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Chemical department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes
Infinitesimal calculus	—	—	3	—	—	—	3	1	—	—	2	1	—	—	2	1
Geodesy	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mineralogy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	2	1	—	—	—	—
Technical drawing	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	4
Topographical drawing	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Total	20	12 1/2	20	15 1/2	20	18 1/2	21	15 1/2	22	14 1/2	21	16 1/2	20	18	19	14 1/2

German, French, and English languages, 4 hours each.

II COURSE.

Subjects common to all departments.

Subject	1st half-year: Lectures	1st half-year: Practical classes	2nd half-year: Lectures	2nd half-year: Practical classes
Physics	3	2	3	2
Strength of materials	4	1	—	—
Graphic statics	2	—	1	1
Architecture	2	—	2	—
Architectural drawing	—	2	—	2

In the Departments.

Subject	Mechanical Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Mechanical Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Mechanical Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Mechanical Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Engineering-Construction Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Engineering-Construction Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Engineering-Construction Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Engineering-Construction Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Mining Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Mining Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Mining Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Mining Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Chemical Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Chemical Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Chemical Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Chemical Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes
Infinitesimal calculus	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	—	—	2	1	—	—
Theoretical mechanics	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Applied mechanics	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	2	—	2	—
Theory of mechanisms	2	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Organic chemistry	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	4	—	4	—
Mineralogy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	2	2	1	2	2
Paleontology	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	2	1	—	—	—	—
Construction art	2	—	2	—	5	—	5	—	2	—	2	—	2	—	2	—
Chemistry classes in analytical laboratories	—	5	—	5	—	5	—	5	—	12	—	12	—	12	—	12
Machine parts	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	2	—	2
Mechanical drawing	—	3	—	3	—	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Drawing in construction art	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Strength of materials	—	—	2	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21	18	21	19	24	18	19	18	23	21	16	22	23	21	16	22

III-rd COURSE

Subject	Mechanical Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Mechanical Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Mechanical Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Mechanical Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Mining Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Mining Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Mining Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Mining Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes	Chemical Department, 1st half-year: Lectures	Chemical Department, 1st half-year: Practical classes	Chemical Department, 2nd half-year: Lectures	Chemical Department, 2nd half-year: Practical classes
Mechanical theory of heat	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Application of the mechanical theory of heat to steam engines	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hydraulics and hydraulic engines	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Machine parts	2	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hoisting machines	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Technology of metals (foundry and forging)	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Thermodynamics and physical chemistry	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—
General metallurgy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
Special metallurgy	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	3	—
Applied mechanics	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	fac.	2	—	2	—
Botany	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	2	2	2	2
Mineralogy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Paleontology	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—
Physical geology	—	—	—	—	3	1	3	1	—	—	—	—
Mining art	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—
Design in mechanics	—	6	—	6	2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—
Classes in analytical chemistry	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	—	—	—
Classes in organic chemistry	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	6	—	—	—	—
Classes in mechanical workshops	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	24	13	14	24	24	17	16	17	19	22	14	22

Subjects common to all departments

In the departments.

Subject	1st HALF-YEAR: Lectures	1st HALF-YEAR: Practical classes	2nd HALF-YEAR: Lectures	2nd HALF-YEAR: Practical classes
Electrical engineering	2	2	2	2
Building materials	2	—	2	—
Technology of building materials	2	1	—	—
Steam boilers	3	—	—	—
Technology of water and fuel	1	1	1	—
Laboratory classes in strength of materials	—	1	—	1
Design in architecture	—	2	—	2

IVth YEAR.

Mechanical Department.

	1st HALF-YEAR. Lectures	1st HALF-YEAR. Exercises	2nd HALF-YEAR. Lectures	2nd HALF-YEAR. Exercises
Hydraulic-engineering structures	1	—	1	—
Construction machinery	3	—	3	—
Steam locomotives (general course)	—	—	2	—
Water conduits and pumps	2	—	2	—
Technology of wood	2	—	2	—
Mechanical working of metals	3	—	3	—
Steam engines (design)	4	—	—	—
Design	—	—	—	5
Work in the workshops	—	—	—	—

Chemical Department.

	1 half-year. Lectures	1 half-year. Pract.	2 half-year. Lectures	2 half-year. Pract.
Factory machines	1	1	1	1	Compulsory for all.
Hydraulic-engineering structures	1	—	1	—	Compulsory for all.
Heating and ventilation (design)	—	1	—	1	Compulsory for all.
Physical geology	2	—	2	—	Compulsory for all.
Minerals	—	—	2	—	Compulsory for metallurgical specialty.
Metallurgy (iron) and electrometallurgy	4	—	3	—	Compulsory for metallurgical specialty.
Technology of mineral substances	4	—	4	—	Compulsory for the 2nd specialty.
of food substances	4	—	4	—	Compulsory for the 2nd specialty.
of organic substances	4	—	4	—	Compulsory for the 2nd specialty.
Design in chemical technology	—	1	—	1	Compulsory for all.
Work in laboratories	—	20	—	20	Compulsory for all.
Total	12/12	23	13/12	23

Appendix No. 4.

DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS.

Category	I course: Mechanical	I course: Mining	I course: Chemical	I course: Engineering-construction	II course: Mechanical	II course: Mining	II course: Chemical	II course: Engineering-construction	III course: Mechanical	III course: Mining	III course: Chemical	IV course: Mechanical	IV course: Chemical	Total
I) By courses and departments.	135	111	63	63	122	71	55	39	60	40	15	35	3	812
II) By religious confessions.
Orthodox	97	90	51	52	99	57	44	36	53	38	13	28	3	661
Catholics	10	10	4	4	4	5	2	1	5	2	1	1	—	49
Lutherans	2	1	—	2	1	2	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	11
Armenian-Gregorians	—	1	—	—	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	7
Old Believers	—	1	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Evangelical Reformed	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Jews	25	7	5	5	15	4	7	—	1	—	1	5	—	75
Mohammedans	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Karaites	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Total	135	111	63	63	122	71	55	39	60	40	15	35	3	812
III) By estates.
Nobles	14	15	2	5	8	11	5	4	7	6	1	2	—	80
Officials	18	26	12	12	25	11	10	12	11	8	4	11	1	161
Clergy	5	8	4	2	8	8	7	2	5	2	1	4	—	56
Merchants	17	6	10	5	13	6	7	2	3	4	3	6	2	84
Townspeople	51	34	12	24	41	20	13	13	25	10	3	8	—	254
Peasants	18	6	9	7	15	10	5	2	4	3	3	2	—	84
Cossack estate	—	2	2	1	4	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	12
Lower ranks	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2
Foreigners	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2
Other estates	11	14	12	7	8	4	8	4	5	4	—	—	—	77
Total	135	111	63	63	122	71	55	39	60	40	15	35	3	812

	I course: Mechanical	I course: Mining	I course: Chemical	I course: Engineering-construction	II course: Mechanical	II course: Mining	II course: Chemical	II course: Engineering-construction	III course: Mechanical	III course: Mining	III course: Chemical	IV course: Mechanical	IV course: Chemical	Total
IV) By previous education.
Realschule	81	53	28	32	59	34	35	18	17	15	9	10	2	393
Gymnasium	35	44	16	22	37	29	6	15	28	17	2	13	1	265
Seminary	3	4	7	2	8	4	7	4	1	—	2	3	—	45
Technical school	4	2	3	2	2	1	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	17
Industrial school	3	1	2	—	8	1	1	1	8	2	1	8	—	36
Craft school	—	1	2	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Agricultural school	—	—	2	—	2	2	1	1	1	3	—	—	—	13
Cadet corps	8	5	2	2	2	—	1	—	1	1	—	1	—	21
Commercial school	1	1	—	2	—	—	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	10
Artillery school	—	—	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mining school	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mechanical school	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2
Lyceum of Tsess. Nicholas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Higher	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Total	135	111	63	63	122	71	55	39	60	40	15	35	3	812
V) By date of completion of secondary education.
Completed the course in 1903	94	62	24	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	215
“ ” 1902	23	31	22	19	47	21	15	22	—	—	—	—	—	200
“ ” 1901	12	12	4	5	47	32	16	7	26	19	2	—	—	132
“ ” 1900	4	3	6	1	15	11	9	3	17	8	4	17	1	99
“ ” 1899	—	1	1	1	6	4	4	1	9	7	2	10	1	47
“ ” 1898	1	1	1	—	1	2	5	2	4	1	2	2	1	23
“ ” 1897	—	1	3	—	2	—	—	—	2	1	2	2	—	13
“ ” 1896	—	—	2	—	1	—	2	—	2	—	2	1	—	10
“ ” 1895	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	4

	I course Mechanics	I course Mining	I course Chemical	I course Civil engineering	II course Mechanics	II course Mining	II course Chemical	II course Civil engineering	III course Mechanics	III course Mining	III course Chemical	IV course Mechanics	IV course Chemical	Total
Completed the course in 1894	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	1	—	3
” ” 1893	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	4
” ” 1892	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	3
” ” 1891	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	3
” ” 1889	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
” ” 1888	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
” ” 1887	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
” ” 1886	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
” ” 1881	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Total	135	111	63	63	122	71	55	39	60	40	15	35	3	812

VI) By place of birth.

	I course Mechanics	I course Mining	I course Chemical	I course Civil engineering	II course Mechanics	II course Mining	II course Chemical	II course Civil engineering	III course Mechanics	III course Mining	III course Chemical	IV course Mechanics	IV course Chemical	Total
Petersburg educational district	3	3	2	2	4	2	—	2	4	—	1	1	—	29
Riga educational district	1	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Vilna educational district	13	8	—	2	7	2	4	1	3	—	1	2	—	43
Warsaw educational district	2	5	3	4	1	3	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	22
Kiev educational district	7	3	3	3	4	1	1	3	3	2	—	—	—	30
Moscow educational district	16	6	8	5	7	6	7	2	11	4	1	5	—	78
Odessa educational district	4	12	—	3	5	3	6	1	1	3	1	—	—	39
Kharkov educational district	11	10	4	2	9	4	10	2	6	4	2	1	1	66
Kazan educational district	19	15	13	11	19	11	5	9	8	5	2	4	—	121
Orenburg educational district	17	10	13	12	25	7	4	5	6	6	1	1	1	108
Caucasus educational district	8	10	2	5	5	9	4	2	1	1	1	1	—	49
West Siberian educational district	8	7	8	4	16	6	9	2	6	7	3	6	1	83
East Siberian educational district	16	19	6	10	18	13	3	7	10	6	1	14	—	123
Turkestan educational district	5	3	1	—	2	—	—	2	—	2	1	—	—	16
Total	135	111	63	63	122	71	55	39	60	40	15	35	3	812

Appendix No. 5.

STATEMENT

of the receipts, expenditures, and balances of credits of the estimate of the Ministry of Public Education, appropriated for expenditures for the Tomsk Technological Institute of EMPEROR NICHOLAS II

for the year 1903.

Description	Amount
Appropriated under § 12, Art. 1 of the 1903 estimate	173.325 rub. — kop.
Named lists of creditors of the treasury under the 1902 estimate	450 rub. — kop.
Total	173.775 rub. — kop.

Expended on the maintenance of personnel:

Description	Amount
1903 estimate	143.744 rub. 21 kop.
1902 estimate	450 rub. — kop.
Transferred, with the permission of the Ministry, to § 12, Art. 2	26.451 rub. 61 kop.
Transferred to the Main Treasury	2.020 rub. — kop.
Transferred to the Moscow Treasury	980 rub. — kop.
Total	173.645 rub. 82 kop.

As a balance, as of March 1, 1904, of the credit of the 1903 estimate:

Description	Amount
1903	129 rub. 18 kop.

The remaining unexpended 129 rub. 18 kop. were credited as a free resource of the State Treasury.

Description	Amount
Appropriated under § 12, Art. 2 of the 1903 estimate	103.735 rub. 75 kop.
Transferred from § 12, Art. 1 of the 1903 estimate	26.451 rub. 61 kop.
Named lists of creditors of the treasury under the 1902 estimate	24.327 rub. 17 kop.
Total	154.514 rub. 53 kop.

Expended:

Description	1903 estimate	1902 estimate
For the laboratory of organic chemistry	3.301 rub. 12 kop.	908 rub. 78 kop.
For the laboratory of inorganic chemistry	5.223 rub. 35 kop.	1.557 rub. 68 kop.
For the laboratory of analytical chemistry	5.597 rub. 50 kop.	— — kop.

Expenditure item	Amount	Amount
For the laboratory of chemical technology: mineral substances	2,436 rub. 61 kop.	1,140 rub. — kop.
For the laboratory of chemical technology: nutrients	2,312 rub. 62 kop.	62 rub. 50 kop.
For the laboratory of chemical technology: organic substances	1,249 rub. 85 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For the laboratory of metallurgy	2,645 rub. 96 kop.	38 rub. 50 kop.
For the laboratory of physics	4,935 rub. 46 kop.	22 rub. 77 kop.
For the laboratory of electrical engineering	4,415 rub. 27 kop.	2,053 rub. 70 kop.
For the laboratory of hydraulics	33 rub. — kop.	— rub. — kop.
For the laboratory of mechanics	4,684 rub. 36 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For the mechanical workshops	9,699 rub. 97 kop.	922 rub. 50 kop.
For the central station	1,733 rub. 63 kop.	433 rub. 61 kop.
For the cabinet and laboratory for building art and geodesy	1,249 rub. 96 kop.	95 rub. 86 kop.
For the mineralogical cabinet	1,402 rub. 39 kop.	2,080 rub. 59 kop.
For the geological cabinet	3,261 rub. 89 kop.	989 rub. 74 kop.
For the paleontological cabinet	2,732 rub. 3 kop.	1,242 rub. 86 kop.
For the mining museum	452 rub. 57 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For the botanical cabinet	200 rub. — kop.	156 rub. 61 kop.
For the library	7,604 rub. 33 kop.	1,277 rub. 89 kop.
For teaching aids	1,234 rub. 67 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For printing reports and other publications	235 rub. 86 kop.	643 rub. 50 kop.
For expenses for summer classes	4,105 rub. 96 kop.	300 rub. — kop.
For scholarly trips in Siberia	1,350 rub. — kop.	— rub. — kop.
For lighting, heating, and water supply	23,067 rub. 54 kop.	3,061 rub. 32 kop.
For cleaning	3,736 rub. 47 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For servants	7,729 rub. 46 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For correspondence and stationery	6,358 rub. 77 kop.	81 rub. 15 kop.
For building repairs	2,323 rub. 21 kop.	— rub. — kop.
For furniture repairs	1,002 rub. 67 kop.	2,304 rub. — kop.
For awards and allowances to employees	3,000 rub. — kop.	— rub. — kop.
For the reception room	500 rub. — kop.	165 rub. — kop.
For the purchase of furniture	497 rub. — kop.	— rub. — kop.
For the installation of electric lighting	241 rub. 6 kop.	— rub. — kop.
Total	120,557 rub. 46 kop.	19,539 rub. 56 kop.

Remaining as of March 1, 1904, in credits:

Credit	Amount
Estimates of 1903	9,629 rub. 90 kop.
Estimates of 1902	4,787 rub. 61 kop.

The remaining unspent 9,629 rubles 90 kopecks have been declared according to the nominal lists of the treasury’s creditors.

INFORMATION

on the receipts, expenditures, and balance of the special funds of the Tomsk Technological Institute of EMPEROR NICHOLAS II

for the year 1903.

Item	Amount
Remaining from 1902	40.650 rub. 71 kop.
Received in 1903	36.491 rub. 15 kop.
Total	77.141 rub. 86 kop.
Expended:
For the issuance of allowances to students	1.445 rub. — kop.
For the expansion of instruction and the improvement of auxiliary educational institutions	7.604 rub. 61 kop.
For petty expenses on various items	1.372 rub. 73 kop.
Total	10.422 rub. 34 kop.
Balance as of January 1, 1904	66.719 rub. 52 kop.

INFORMATION

on the sums expended on equipping the Tomsk Technological Institute of EMPEROR NICHOLAS II from the credit allocated for the construction of the Institute’s buildings under § 13, art. 1 of the estimate of the Ministry of Public Education for 1903 and from the continued credit of the estimate for 1902.

Item	Amount
Physics laboratory	6.921 rub. 61 kop.
Laboratory of inorganic chemistry	4.120 rub. 70 kop.
Laboratory of organic chemistry	10.065 rub. 46 kop.
Laboratory of chemical technology of mineral substances	181 rub. 18 kop.
Laboratory of chemical technology of nutritive substances	5.651 rub. 59 kop.
Laboratory of metallurgy	5.065 rub. 62 kop.
Laboratory of electrical engineering	4.504 rub. 22 kop.
Library	10.741 rub. 93 kop.
Acquisition of instruments and models	1.877 rub. 59 kop.
Cabinets: mineralogical	2.069 rub. 57 kop.
Cabinets: geological	1.723 rub. 99 kop.
Cabinets: paleontological	730 rub. 68 kop.
Cabinets: geodetic	1.264 rub. 66 kop.
Gas plant	755 rub. 77 kop.
Furniture for lecture halls	9.091 rub. 80 kop.
Total	64.766 rub. 37 kop.

Statement

on the sums expended on equipping the Tomsk Technological Institute of
EMPEROR NICHOLAS II

for the year 1904.

Item	Amount
Physics laboratory	24,031 rub. 22 kop.
Laboratory of inorganic chemistry	25,054 rub. 22 kop.
Laboratory of organic chemistry	21,595 rub. 88 kop.
Laboratory of chemical technology of mineral substances	1,359 rub. 63 kop.
Laboratory of chemical technology of organic substances	145 rub. 23 kop.
Laboratory of chemical technology of food substances	6,928 rub. 42 kop.
Metallurgical laboratory	10,262 rub. 38 kop.
Electrotechnical laboratory	5,064 rub. 22 kop.
Engineering laboratory	5,900 rub. — kop.
Library	24,596 rub. 25 kop.
Acquisition of instruments and models	7,141 rub. 74 kop.
Furniture, drawing boards, and other items	19,987 rub. 69 kop.
Mineralogical cabinet	7,684 rub. 21 kop.
Geological cabinet	5,932 rub. 77 kop.
Geodetic cabinet	4,656 rub. 55 kop.
Paleontological cabinet	730 rub. 68 kop.
Gas plant	755 rub. 77 kop.
Furniture for lecture halls	10,673 rub. 31 kop.
Total	182,500 rub. 17 kop.

Appendix No. 6-i.

INFORMATION

on scholarships and allowances granted to students of the Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II in 1903.

For the maintenance of state-funded scholarship students in the reporting year, 15,000 rubles were appropriated according to the staff schedule.

Of this amount, 2,700 rubles, which remained unissued for two summer months to students to whom they had been assigned as scholarships, were issued to other students as a one-time allowance. In addition, with the permission of the Trustee of the West Siberian Educational District, 1,395 rubles were spent from special funds for the issuance of one-time allowances; in all, during the reporting year, 4,095 rubles were issued as one-time allowances to needy students.

In addition, during the reporting year, from towns, zemstvos, public and private institutions, and private persons, the following sums were received and issued to needy students as scholarships and allowances:

1. From the Vladivostok Society for Aid to former pupils of the Vladivostok Gymnasium. 200 r. — k.
2. From the Administrative Committee of the Society for Aid to Poor Students in Tobolsk Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 ” — ”
3. From the Director of the N. P. Trapeznikov Craft-Educational Institution in Irkutsk . . . . . . . 420 ” — ”
4. From the Perm Provincial Zemstvo Board . . . . 300 ” — ”
5. From the Vyatka Provincial Zemstvo Board . . . . 1620 ” — ”
6. From the Omsk City Board . . . . . . 300 ” — ”
7. From the Kuban Society for Aid to Students in Ekaterinodar . . . . . . . . 75 ” — ”
8. From the Board of the Samara Society for the Promotion of Education . . . . . . . . 145 ” — ”
9. From the Syzran Police Chief . . . . . . 501 ” 47 ”
10. From the Administrative Committee of the Society for Rendering Aid to Students in Eastern Siberia . 815 ” — ”
11. From the Samara Governor . . . . . . . 140 ” 75 ”

No.	Source	Rubles	Kopecks
12.	Caucasian Society for Aid to Students	130	—
13.	Elisavetgrad City Administration	130	—
14.	From an evening for the benefit of needy students from among former pupils of the Tyumen Realschule	338	30
15.	Shadrinsk District Zemstvo Administration	150	—
16.	General of Infantry Benevsky	199	75
17.	Samara Provincial Zemstvo Administration	100	—
18.	Marshal of the Nobility of the Region of the Don Host	510	—
19.	Saratov Society for Aid to Needy Young People Striving for Higher Education	80	—
20.	Ekaterinburg Chief of Police	10	—
21.	Irkutsk City Administration	330	—
22.	Yeisk City Duma	125	40
23.	Krasnoyarsk City Duma	300	—
24.	Administration of the Pyatigorsk Department of the Terek Region	34	75
25.	Director of the Tula Realschule	94	—
26.	Tobolsk Governor	65	—
27.	Tiflis Marshal of the Nobility	50	—
28.	Board of the Brotherhood of Archistrategos Michael at the Volsk Realschule	55	—
29.	Mining Department	170	—
30.	Vladimir Provincial Zemstvo Administration	87	50
31.	Trading house “Kunst and Albers”	242	50
32.	Collected by technologists of the Ussuri Territory	320	—
	Total	8249	42

In all, 24,644 rubles 42 kopecks were issued in scholarships and allowances.