Cu ocazia evenimentului Noaptea Muzeelor 2023, Muzeul Universității din București a pregătit expoziția fizică O călătorie prin istoria învățământului de Științe de la Universitatea din București (1863-1948), constituită din zece panouri, completată de o expoziție digitală, și de mai multe exponate în vitrine și un stand unde se putea descoperi o „lume” minusculă printr-un microscop.
În această pagină vă prezentăm Panoul 3: Structura și patrimoniul Facultății de Științe [1].
Selectiv, prezentăm câteva din textele și imaginile acestor panouri, dar reamintim că o parte dintre ele pot fi descoperite (împreună cu documente noi și inedite) și în această expoziție digitală.
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Institutul Botanic al Universității din București (imagine colorizată utilizând palette.fm).
Carte poștală în care este prezentat Palatul Universității din București și statuia lui Mihai Viteazul.
Pagină din ziarul „Adevěrul”, 8 iunie 1935, în care era anunțată inaugurarea Parcului Grădina Botanică din București.
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Panel 3: Structure and Heritage of the Faculty of Sciences [1]
1.
Payment of gas consumed at the Univeristar Chemical Institute, 14 april 1893.
2.
Inauguration of the Park ”Botanical Garden”.
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The program of courses, conferences and practical works for the academic year 1913/1914 from the Electrotechnical Institute, founded by Dragomir Hurmuzescu.
4.
Products purchased by the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences from Central Drogueria.
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In image: University Palace in Bucharest
University Palace in Bucharest during the student days of Dragomir Hurmuzescu
„At that time, in the University of Bucharest building, in addition to law schools, of (philosophy and) letters and sciences with chemistry laboratories (on the ground floor of prof. Alexe Marin and on the second floor on the left, of Bacaloglu), the following institutions were also crowded: at the entrance on the left, where most students enter, was down, immediately to the right, the entrance door with about three rooms. In the middle of the building was the main entrance, which led upstairs to the meeting room, with the roundabout of the country senate, and below was the mineral chemistry laboratory of prof. Alexe Marin, whom I mentioned before. Also in this part of the building was hosted the Romanian Geography Society, which held its meetings in the senate hall and then the Romanian Academy. Here, as a student, I heard a communication from prof. Bacaloglu, about the lightning bumper. The exposure was very clear, as well as all the lessons of this teacher, but it produced a great disappointment, according to our idea, willing, as we were, for seasonal news. I listened to a very simple and simplified lesson for everyone’s understanding, without any development or the prospect of higher generalization ”.
Source: Dragomir Hurmuzescu, Amintiri, 1956
http://muzeu.unibuc.ro/ro/amintirile-lui-dragomir-hurmuzescu-despre-perioada-studiilor-sale/
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Student dormitories and canteens
11 february 1916, the University of Bucharest, through its Rector I. Athanasiu requests the intervention of the Minister of Instruction and Cults at the Capital City Hall in order to give up a land for the Student dormitory.
”The need to set up a Student dormitory near our University is increasingly felt and the events of recent years have shown us that this institution could bring considerable services not only students but also society. It will be able to procure smart and hardworking students, but poor, home and food and less expensive and at the same time will be a cultural environment, which will better prepare future citizens […].
The land (5000 s. m. approximately) on which the Student dormitory will be built, it is good not to be in the center of the City, but to have in its vicinity a large communication artery provided with trams. Such a land is located on the Dambovita Gorge, near the Electric Factory and belongs to the Capital City Hall, according to the information we have. It is next to the Botanical Garden, which is very useful, because there will be no need for a special park, absolutely necessary for an institution like this”.
”Due to the lack of its own place for Student dormitory and Canteen, the Society had to be divided into three sections, namely:
- Section for students of the Faculty of Medicine;
- Student Section in Letters and Philosophy;
- Student Department in Sciences, Law, Pharmacy and Theology.
The Society maintained about 450 internal students and about 800 external students in 4 student dormitories and 4 canteens, whose administration was under the leadership of Dr. N. Hamal, general manager of the society ”.
Source: https://muzeu.unibuc.ro/ro/studentii-universitatii-din-bucuresti/
In image:
Request written by Grigore Stefanescu to the Ministry of Cults and Public Instruction for obtaining books for the library of the Faculty of Sciences.
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Qr Code: Types of functions and qualities of the academic body of the Faculty of Sciences (1864-1948).
8.
The Structure of the Science Faculty (1937)
[diagram of its structure]
Department of Analytical and Higher Geometry – Seminar on Analytical Geometry
Department of Mechanics
Department of Differential and Integral Calculation – Seminar on Mathematical Analysis
Department of Molecular, Acoustic and Optical Physics – Acoustic and Optical Laboratory; Pure and Applied Spectroscopy Conference
Department of Gravity, Heat and Electricity – Laboratory of Gravity, Heat and Electricity
Department of Heat and Electricity Applications – Electrotechnical Institute
Department of Organic Chemistry – Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Department of Inorganic Chemistry – Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Department of Technological Chemistry – Institute of Industrial Chemistry
Department of Agricultural Chemistry – Institute of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Department of Botany (Morphology and Vegetable Systematics) – Laboratory of Morphology and Vegetable Systematics; Botanical Institute
Department of Vegetable Physiology – Laboratory of Anatomy and Vegetable Physiology
Department of Geology
Department of Astronomy – Astronomical Observatory
Department of Animal Physiology – Institute of Animal Physiology
Department of Function Theory – Seminar on Function Theory
Department of Animal Morphology – Animal Morphology Laboratory
Department of General Mineralogy (Mineralogy, Chrysalogy, Petrography) – Laboratory of Mineralogy and Petrography
Department of Paleontology and Anthropology – Laboratory of Paleontology
Department of Upper Algebra
Department of Zoology – Laboratory of Descriptive Zoology; Sinaia Zoological Resort
Department of General Physics – Experimental Physics Laboratory
Department of Mechanics (Physical-Chemicals) – Seminar of Mechanics (Physical-chemical)
Department of Molecular Physics (Gravity, Heat and Electricity)
Department of Descriptive Geometry – Seminar of Descriptive Geometry
Department of Biological Chemistry – Laboratory of Biological Chemistry
Department of General Geography and Human Geography
Department of Physical Geography and Geography of Romania
Department of Physical Chemistry
The structure of the Faculty of Sciences at its maximum development, in 1937, was composed of departments, seminars, laboratories, institutes and more.
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Botanical Institute of the University of Bucharest (colored image using palette.fm.)
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The election of the dean Grigore Ștefănescu. In 1895. Grigore Ștefănescu was a good organizer, also holding the position of rector of the University of Bucharest.
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The election of the first rector of the University of Bucharest from the Faculty of Sciences, Alexandru Orăscu, in 1885. Other rectors chosen from the academic body of this faculty were: Grigore Ștefănescu (1897-1898), Ermil A. Pangrati (1911-1912), Mihail Vlădescu (1920-1923), Horia Hilubei (1941-1944) and Simion Stoilov (1944-1946).
[English translation: Andreea-Cosmina Dinu]
