Russian Empire. Vilna, Poland, School Litho Certificate of Chaim Leibovich Berger Son of Yehudah Leib Berger,

 1913, in Russian

Size: 36 x 22 cm. (14.1 x 8.6 inches) 

Lithographed paper with watermarks

Condition: bends, light stains, slightly shabby to lower edges

Frontispiece: portraits of Tsar and Grand Duke Mikhail Fedorovich and Emperor Nicholai Alexandrovich 1613-1913
In the center: The Imperial Double-Headed Eagle with crown, orb, and scepter
Central shield: Saint George slaying the dragon
Ministry of Public Education
Vilna Educational District
Certificate
The bearer of this certificate, a student of the seventh class of the private Jewish real school of Haikin in the city of Minsk, Chaim Leibovich Berger, as evidenced by documents, is the son of a townsman of the Jewish faith, born on August 26, 1893. He was admitted in 1909, by examination, to the fifth class of the same private real school and remained there for four years until completing the full course of study. Throughout this period, his conduct was exemplary.
In 1913, during the final examinations conducted under the supervision of deputies from the Vilna Educational District, he demonstrated the following knowledge:
• in Divine Law — excellent (5)
• in Russian language — satisfactory (3)
• in German language — good (4)
• in French language — good (4)
• in Arithmetic — satisfactory (3)
• in Algebra — satisfactory (3)
• in Geometry — satisfactory (3)
• in Trigonometry — satisfactory (3)
• in Analytical Geometry and the Analysis of Infinitesimals — satisfactory (3)
• in History — satisfactory (3)
• in Mathematical Geography — satisfactory (3)
• in Natural Sciences — satisfactory (3)
• in Physics — satisfactory (3)
• in Jurisprudence — good (4)
• in Drawing — satisfactory (3)
• in Penmanship and Bookkeeping — [not graded or left blank]

This certificate is issued to Chaim Berger and grants him, based on the Imperial Decree of January 28, 1906, the right to enter higher specialized educational institutions on equal terms with students who have completed the full course of government real schools with their additional classes. It also grants him the military service rights equivalent to those of such students, in accordance with the conditions outlined in Article 67 of the Statute on Military Service.
City of Vilna, July 9, 1913
For the Trustee of the Educational District
District Inspector
Actual State Councillor
[signature]
Office Secretary,
State Councillor
[signature with wax seal]