2010115 Years of Gimnasium Banjaluka - First Day Cover

Centuries of Turkish rule made from Banja Luka, the Bosnian Kasaba, and only with Austria-Hungary occupied our lands shall be entered into the spirit of Europe in almost all spheres of life, and in education. At that time, there is a foundation of modern cultural and educational societies and institutions, and in October 4th 1895 was established the ''Big Real'', with the aim to prepare students for the foresters, for agricultural and chemical and other high school. Big Real was initially reserved for male adolescents, and girls are eligible to attend only in 1912. as extraordinary, and since 1919 as full-time students. The first generation have observed most of mathematics, drawing and geometry, and gradual transformation of the ''Big Real'' in Real Gimnasium, beginning in 1912, attention is shifting from these subjects to languages (Serbo-Croat, German, French) and history, and introduced the 16-th item , Latin. Ratings ranged from one (best) to four (insufficient).