Gallery2. Curriculum of the Latvian People's University, First Semester
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THE PEOPLES UNIVERSITY
The People's University provides instruction in philosophy, art and technic. It admits every resident of our camp. No previons[sic.] education is required. The lectures will be delivered in a popular way. There are no restrictions as regards to the age and sex. However, it is not advisable for women to go to the forestry faculty. The teaching will take place in the morning and in the evening, to make it possible for the working people to attend the university lectures. Our People's University fees- Rm. 20.- for the whole term. Poor people may be let off from paying it. The students may attend the lectures of other faculties too. Certificates will he conferred upon those successfully finished the course of study.
Special attention is paid to religions-philosophical questions that enable us to understand eternal problems and carry us nearer to God.
The lecturers of the People's University have overcome difficulties in supplying the necessary literature sacrifice their free time for the benefit of others They hope that the students will do their best.
| Prof.Dr. E.Roze1 |
| Director of the Latvian People's University in Kassel. |
| 1 | We believe this is Ernests Roze, before the war, professor and prorector at Jelgava's Agricultural Academy (Jelgavas Lauksaimniecības akadēmija). That is now the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, formerly "Latvian Agricultural University." |
