This photo is of the Board and faculty of the School of Commerce, Halbstadt, Russia. The front row consists of some of the industrialists and large estate owners of the area. The back row are some of the intellectual leaders of the area. From left to right, front row: Heinrich Schroeder, Bernhard Neufeld, David Dick, Jacob Suderman, Alexander Ziegler (director of the school), Johann H. Willms, Jacob Neufeld, Jacob J. Willims, Heinrich Franz. Faculty, back row: Hermann F. Dyck (mathematics and astronomy), Peter P. Letkemann (commerce), Alexander J. Kulisenin (geometry and math), Abraham A. Friesen (physics and chemistry), M.A. Kritzky (languages and history), Priest Sikirinsky, B.H. Unruh (German and Bible), S.S. Astrow (History), W.M. Markow.