Ruibienė, Zikaras didn't have a workshop, so the director of the gymnasium, JonasYčas, former Minister of Education, allowed him to use a hall of the gymnasium
gymnasium and entered Vytautas Magnus University. He studied with historians JonasYčas [lt], Ignas Jonynas, Augustinas Jonulaitis [lt], Povilas Gronskis [lt]
student strike and other Menshevik activities. Invited by his cousin Martynas Yčas, Aukštuolis finished his studies at the Tomsk University. In spring 1912