Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-09
Organization Known as Coun-
Gil of Higher Education for
Benefit of Bohemians
PLAN MEETING WITH FAVOR
The Object of the Organization Is to
Give Youths of Bohemian Percentage
All the College Advantages-Way in
Which This Is to Be Accomplished
General News.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Jan. "a movement
that will be Of interest to Bohemlans
everywhere in this country, particular
Nv to those Of Ohio, Illinois, Michigan
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri
Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas and
Texas, has been inaugurated in this
CITY. and numbers among it's sponsors
many of the wealthiest and most prom
inent Bchemians of the middle west
The new organization is known as the
Council of Higher Education, and Its
prime object is to educate youths OF
Bohemian parentage in the universities
AGRICULTURAL colleges and normal
schools of the states named and IN the
University of Chicago, Adeibert Col
lege. and Cornell and Columbia univer-
sites.
The officers of the organization are:
President, Prof. 3. Shimek, Iowa Uni
versity; vice president, John Nosmek:
secretary, Joseph j. Hajek; financial
secretary, Hon. Joseph Mekota, county
attorney; treasurer, Hon. w. F. Severa,
wholesale and manufacturing pharma-
cist of this city. Every subscriber to the
educational fund In the sum Of So re-
ceives a membership for the current
wear: an endowment of $3.50 entities
one to life membership. The nucleus
of the rapidly increasing fund was a
subscription of $4,000 by Mr.. SeVera. 1t
is confidently expected that the organi-
cation will be able to educate scores OF
deserving youths.
The bylaws provide that an appli-
cant for a loan, without regard to sex,
must be Bohemian by parentage. have
a knowledge of the Bohemian language
and be in sympathy with the Bohemian
people; he must live an upright and
moral life and must exhibit the ability
necessary to the successful pursuit of
collegiate course. Only the applica-
tons of those who lack the material
means for independent study will be
considered.
The applicant, whose request for a
loan has been acted upon favorably.
shall signify his determination to COM
plete full four-year collegiate course
Cor at least the entire course where 1t
IS SnOrleF) III one oI liic MS SieusAo1i'
named Requests of permission to at
tend any other institution will be acted
upon by the executive committee. In
every case where otherwise determined
by the committee the applicant shall
select a college in his own state. The
committee reserves the right to receive
regular reports as to the students prog
ress. Having agreed to comply with the
foregoing requirements the applicant
will receive from the organization,
when it has sufficient funds on hand, a
loan on his personal note without inter-
est of not to exceed $3.50 for each year
of the collegiate course. The loan is to
be repaid either upon the completion OF
the Students course or whenever his
financial condition will permit. Any
infraction of the college rules. or Of the
of the loan, gives the execu-
tive committee the right to terminate
the contract at once.
Wealthy Bohemians everywhere have
been asked to contribute to the fund OF
the Council of Higher Education, and
liberal responses are being received.
Applications for loans will be received
from any state, but preferably from the
states named.