Antonín Dvořák’s Mass in D major was performed in Karolinum to celebrate the Stude












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            * Antonín Dvořák’s Mass in D major was performed in Karolinum to celebrate the Student Day
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            Charles University organized a festive concert in the Great Aula of Karolinum on 15th Nove

            occassion of the International Student Day and the Day of Fight for the Freedom and Democr
            of Charles University Václav Hampl and a postdoctoral student Alla Tymofeyeva spoke prior 
            of Dvořák’s Mass in D Major and other small compositions.

            Prof. RNDr. Václav Hampl, DrSc. held his speech first in the busy hall of Great Aula of Ka
            recalled both the November event of 1939 as well as the student demonstration of 1989 whic
            “Velvet Revolution.“ “It was a demonstration of academically educated non-violence, which 

            respect of the state towards civic rights of the inhabitants with distinct reference to Cz
            state traditions and rich university history. It was a demonstration of moral demands agai

            end powerless) brutal might of violence. In prospect it was a demonstration for democracy 
            society, in which the nonmanipulated law and generally respected norms anchored in moralit
            individual and group interests and claims,“ Prof. Václav Hampl said.

            The rector underlined in his speech the success of the university in the 23 post-revolutio
            also drew attention to the financial limitations which the university has due to its locat
            city. “We do not live in material luxury. The absurd severance of the major part of our un

            European structural fonds, even more palpable as not compensated from the side of the Czec
            anomaly that hinders us. Regardless, the criteria of our work and our aspiration for the d
            almae matris must remain the most important task on the quality of creative – scientific a

            like – efforts. The financial limitation must not force us to a deduction from the ethical
            leaving the big and binding traditions of the academic functioning, in its importance wide
            the limitations of the university lecture halls or laboratories. The role of Charles Unive

            traditionally much bigger and far reaching in the society. We are not only a school but a 
            existing community of those who met to study, research and discuss important questions.“
            Rector Václav Hampl simultaneously warned before disinterest, unconcern and careless satis

            which the cheery branches from a faded ideological garden could be ingrafted, in which we 
            the lack of freedom and were drowning in smallness and futility. “It is not plausible that
            responsible for marking the way we are walking in this country, deafened by their particul

            lead us back and leave the rotten ideas to soak back from the gutter, in which are marked 
            and destinies of those who tried to resist – and whom we are also remembering today. I wou
            we would therefore all understand today’s commemoration not only as piety but, due to the 

            smoke signals in our strange political scene, more as an appeal and moral imperative,“ he 
            auditorium.
            In the end of his speech Prof. Hampl accentuated that in the modern world it is impossible

            long enough without qualities such as academic truth, responsibility for the quality of on
            and prestige of the entirety of the community. The rememberance of the ethical dimension o
            demonstrations should be a commitment to not give up this aspiration.

            A graduate of Faculty of Law of CU and current postdoc, JUDr. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D., was 
            short speech representing the students of Charles University. She finished with the quotat
            II: Science has its sense, if it is understood as the way to the truth and the truth as th

            man. “I believe that human rights are the minimal, most fundamental groundwork for a good 
            like to wish to all gathered here that human rights shall always be honoured in the Czech 
            Charles University will be able to bring up new generations of experts with high moral sta

            The rest of the festive evening was arranged by the Choir and Orchestra of Charles Univers
            conductor Haig Utidjian.