Education

A variety of documents relating to the Djament boys education years. Thanks to Vivien Lapa for directing me to some of this information. If you want to see what else is in the year book, go to the "Pedagogical Digital Library of Krakow and click on publication 421. Now if you're brave (and can read Polish) you can scroll through all the pages (and there are many).
To see larger images, just click on the image.

The Schools

The current school crest.

Photo of the current " Adam Mickiewicz* High School)" building on ul. Wąską 7 , the school which Janek and Stefan attended in Krakow when it was on Starowislna Street.

Picture of the King Jan Sobieski high school (gymnasium) - Julek graduated from there in 1929.

Some further notes courtesy of Wikipedia :The Adam Mickiewicz school was renamed several times. It is now known as the VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza (The Adam Mickiewicz High School). It is one of the oldest high schools in Krakow. It was opened in 1902 and named Państwowego Gimnazjum św. Jacka. (Saint Jack's public school) and in 1919 it became VII Państwowe Gimnazjum Realne (Public Junior High School). Six years later the Adam Mickiewicz name was added. In 1937 it became VII Państwowe Liceum i Gimnazjum im. Adama Mickiewicza w Krakowie (public school with 4 years of junior high school and 2 year of high school) specialising in humanities. For 30 years it was located in Starowislna Street (same street as the Djaments lived). After several name changes it eventually became in 1967 VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. A. Mickiewicza. It also changed it's location many times, until eventually in 1992 it settled in ul. Wąską 7.

Adam Mickiewicz was a famous Polish poet

Janek and Stefan's school as it was in the 1930s. This picture was sent as a postcard to Stefan on the occasion of the student reunion in 1957. On the right is a message written on the back which translates as
Reunion, January 26, 1957We send greetings to our dear colleague Stefan DrobotThen follow 8 signatures, beginning with St. Bartel, Jan Maciejko etc. Most of these appear in the class list below.

School Year 1930 class VII for Janek and Stefan

Cover Page from the 1929-30 year book

Djaments are listed here in class VII (p69)

Their close friend, Wladyslaw Zbik is also listed here in the same class (p70)

This page, also from the year book, shows the ages of students in class VII. Interestingly there is a very wide spread of ages, ranging from 16 to 22. Jakub and Samuel would have been 17. (p75)
Underneath is table showing where the students lived. Not surprisingly nearly all lived with their parents. (p75)

And here we have a table which shows the parents occupation. Most we re in commerce, either as buyers or general traders. (p74)

Here we have a table showing students' religion. Out of a total of 330, 123 were Jewish ("mojzerz") with a great majority of Roman Catholic students. One in each of the 3rd and 5th class was Orthodox (I presume Greek Orthodox).

Graduation

Formal photo of the 1931 graduation class. I've included their close friends Wladyslaw Zbik and Stanislaw Bartel, with whom they maintained correspondence for the rest of their lives.

Samuel Djament graduation photo

Jakub Djament graduation photo

Formal photo of the 1930 Julek's graduation class. He went to a different high school - the King Jan Sobieski gymnasium.

Public Gymnasium no. VII 1930/31 report

List of graduating students of class VIII. Includes close friends Stanislaw Bartel and Wladislaw Zbik

Class of 1931 Student birthday dates

This page lists the classic literature studied by the students as part of their graduation class.
• The second marking shows that Samuel Djament studied "Promised Land" by Reymont.
• The third marking shows that Jakub Djament studied "Akropolis" by Wyspianski.
• The last marking shows that Jakub Djament studied “Antonjusz i Kleopatra" by Szekspir (Shakespeare).

This describes the presentations and extra activities by the students as part of their graduation class of 1931.

The top marking indicates that Samuel Djament was a member of the Literary Circle as well as being the president.
The next marking shows that Jakub Djament presented a paper on two books written by Julius Slowacki - "Father Marek" and "Salome's Silver Dream".
The third marking shows that Samuel Djament presented a paper of another book written by Julius Slowacki "Hellinism" (study of ancient Greek culture).

Graduation Class of 1931

Stefan's maturity (graduation) diploma p1

Stefan's maturity (graduation) diploma p2

STATE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
                CERTIFICATE OF MATURITY
Samuel Djament, born on the 7th of August 1913 in Cracow, in the Cracow region, of Jewish religion, completed studies at the State Gymnasium No. 7 in Cracow, named after Adam Mickiewicz, to which he was admitted as the first grader. On the 20th of May 1931, in front of the State Examining Committee, constituted by the Cracow District of Education on the 8th of April by the decree No. II-3745/31, he took an ordinarily maturity examination of humanities type. He received the following marks on the subjects covered by the exam:
        Religion: Very good        Polish language: Very good        Latin language: Very good        History and contemporary studies of Poland: Very good        Physics and chemistry: N/A        Mathematics: Very good
In addition, his annual marks in grades VII – VIII (or corresponding marks on the entrance examination to the abve gymnasium) were as follows:
        German language: Good Voice and Music: N/A        Physics and Chemistry; Very good Physical education: Good        Introductory Philosophy: Good Hygiene: Good        Drawing: N/A
The State Examination Commission found Samuel Djament to be mature and ready for higher studies, and issues him thiscertificate.                                                                                                                Cracow, May 20, 1932, No. 11/31
                                                                                                             Signed by Chairman                                                                                                             Members of the State Examination Committee
Translated by Vladimir Drobot . [Translator’s note: The entire certificate is written in one long sentence. I chopped it up a bit for clarity.

Further Studies

Stefan's M.S. diploma p1

Stefan's M.S. diploma p2

JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHYL.143/1937/38
DIPLOMA of the MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
Mr. Samuel Djament, born on 7th of August 1913 in Cracow, completed the required courses at the Jagiellonian University in the years 1931/32 – 1934/35 at the Department of Philosophy in the field of Mathematics, and passed the following examinations:
Integral and differential calculus with anintroduction to analysis: Grade: Very goodAnalytic geometry: Grade: Very goodHigher algebra and elements of number theory: Grade: Very goodTheoretical mechanics: Grade: SatisfactoryExperimental physics: Grade: GoodGeneral principles of philosophy Grade: GoodTheory of curves: Grade: Very goodAlgebraic curves: Grade: Very goodGeneral astronomy: Grade: Very goodFinal exam: Grade: Good
In addition he submitted, with the grade of Satisfactory, a Master thesis on the topic: “Mathematical theory of the struggle for survival”.
Consequently, upon the recommendation of the Examining Committee, the Faculty of the Department of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University awards to Samuel Djament the degree of Master of Philosophy, as a proof of the completion of his studies in the field of Mathematics.
Cracow, June 24th, 1938
Signed by the President, the Dean, and the chairman of the Examining Committee.
Translated by Vladimir Drobot.Translator’s comments: The scale of the grades was: Very good, Good, Satisfactory, Fail. So the committee was not too impressed with his thesis...