# 2. To the Administration of the Rudolfinum in Vienna

Honorable Administration of the Rudolfinum.

After the study scholarship graciously awarded to the most devotedly obedient by decree of the Imperial and Royal Private Southern Railway /illegible word in the margin. Resi missing.]

> *Source*: Original (1 p., 1 sheet fragment), RSA NZ 5612 Dating: The draft fragment is on the torn-off upper half of a sheet of office paper, which was later folded crosswise and used for notes on Schiller's life and works. Rudolf Steiner attended a corresponding lecture in the academic year 1879/80 with Karl Julius Schröer.
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> *About this draft fragment*: The Rudolfinum, donated by match manufacturer Adolf Moses Pollak, Knight of Rudin (1817-1884), provided 60 students at the Technical University with “accommodation, service, and teaching materials” (see program of the Imperial and Royal Technical University in Vienna for the academic year 1879/80, Vienna 1879, p. 56). Technical University in Vienna for the academic year 1879/80, Vienna 1879, p. 56). It is not known whether Rudolf Steiner actually submitted an application; in any case, he never received any benefits from the Rudolfinum.