Școala civilă de fete a „Astrei” din Sibiu între anii 1886-1919
“Astra’s” Civil Girls School from Sibiu in 1886-1919

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian youths in Sibiu Comitee, from the immediate vicinity of this settlement in Transylvania, as well as from other parts of the province mentioned, from Banat, Bucovina, even from the Kingdom of Romania, daughters of intellectuals, merchants, administrative officials, were mostly Orthodox, but there were also girls of Greek Catholic confession. They felt in an acute way the lack of secondary schools with a teaching language: Romanian. That is why the Transylvanian Association opened in this city, in 1886, under the leadership of the first director, Daniil Popovici-Barcianu a civil school for girls (Pl. I/1-2, II/1-2). The capacity of this institution has not met the demand. In order to provide housing, the Astra Central Committee took care of the construction of the young women who attended an Internat’s school. We note that between 1886-1919, 3.227 pupils enrolled in this Astra-taught civil school, of which 2.075 were accommodated in their own boarding school. Between the school years 1911/1912 and 1918/1919, the Aesthetic Girl’s School of Sibiu was attended by 919 pupils, all of them being of Romanian origin and belonging to the two above mentioned remarks. Of these, 744 were Orthodox confessions, 173 Greek-Catholic, and 2 youth girls students were Roman Catholic confession. During these 7 years, the boarding school of the institution offered accommodation for 532 pupils. Starting with the school year 1919, following a consensus between the leadership of the Transylvanian Association represented by President Andrei Barseanu and the Resort of Cults and Public Instruction in the Transitional Power Force, the Dirigent Council of Transylvania, Banat and the Hungarian Parties, headed by Valeriu Branişte at that time, was set up the Romanian girls’ High School in Sibiu under the leadership of Professor Vasile Bologa, an important member of the Sibiu Headquarters/Central Comitee and secretary of Astra.

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