Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Complexul Memorial Ady Endre. Ghid (Satu Mare, 2020)
Education
EDUCATION - 1884-1888: elementary school, Mecenţiu- 1888 Sept. - 1892 July: the Piarist Gymnasium, grades 1st- 4th, Carei- 1892 Sept. - 1896 July: the Calvinist College, grades 5th - 8th, Zalău-1896 Sept. - 1897 June: law school, Debrecen, the 1st and 2nd semesters- 1897 Sept.: the law faculty of the Budapest University, the 3rd semester- 1897 Oct. - 1898 Jan.: debutant at the Royal Court of Appeal, Timişoara-1898 Feb. - Mar.: the law faculty of the Budapest University, the 4th semester- 1898 Mar. - July.: clerk in a law office, Zalău- 1898 Sept. - 1899 Dec.: Debrecen, law student, starts his collaboration with the newspapers “Debreceni Hírlap” and “Debrecen”; later he abandons his studies- starting with January 1900, he moves to Oradea and works as a publicist (according to Ady Lajos) My soul would certainly feel different had I not been obliged to change my Calvinist school to a Cathohc one, when I still lived in my village. And after the Catholic Gymnasium of the monks I wouldn’t have followed the Calvinist College in Zalău. I was an eminent student, even the top in my class, being moderated by family traditions and sorrowful memories. But, even so, there were complaints against me. After all, when Ijoined the body of editors of a newspaper, as a law student in Debrecen, everybody abandoned their faith in me, except my mother, who had a martyr soul.” Ady Endre: Autobiography. Nyugat, 1st of June 1909. “In my family there was a proud and strong tradition related to education. My father was the only member of the family, who could not stand attending Colleges, and who ran away whenever he had the chance. He wanted to give a proper education to his children more than anything. Secretly, he nurtured the hope that the family will return among the elite of the society. This goal could usually be achieved through the career of his sons, with high positions in the county administration. I was taken to the Piarist Gymnasium of Carei, in 1888, where I completed the first four grades. I have very nice memories of the monks there. I think, butlhaveno proof that my family wanted to protect me against a Cathohc influence, therefore, I was moved from the 5*grade to the old college of the county, the superior Calvinist school of Zalău, called today the Wesselényi College. In Carei and Zalău I was Certificate şcolare ale lui Ady Endre / Ady Endre iskolai bizonyítványai / Scholar certificates of Ady Endre colecţia / gyűjtemény / collection: Muzeul Judeţean Satu Mare / Szatmár Megyei Múzeum) 19
