On the Margins of the Studying of the Vilno Academy or Some Words about the Reflection of Public Proofs of Skills, Dialogues and Experiments on Columns of «Kurier Polski»

Abstract

The article deals with the reflection of public acts of Vilno Academy's students (namely – of the proofs of the acquired skills, theatrical performances, experiments) on columns of the first informational newspaper in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth («Kurier Polski»). On the one hand, it is the vision of the dydaktic methods, which have been used in the Jesuit school system. On the other hand, it is the analysis of the phenomenon of propaganda, which aimed to the strengthening the Jesuits’ position in the sphere of school activity, to demonstrate their scientific competence and to find up new potential benefactors. Nevertheless in the local community (especially within szlachta) is evident the increasing interest to science. It marked the incoming of the changes which become obvious in the epoch of Enlightenment.