El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-03

E1ITy-SeEen A1uOnS belOnks
The Association of Cosmopolitan
clubs now includes the representative
of no less than 81 nations and races.
At a recent club banquet an American
member toasted the foreigners declar-
ing that these 81 were far superior in
spice and sweetness to the world
famous 81 varieties" of a much adj
vertised food product. The union of
the Association of Cosmopolitan clubs
with the COrda Fratres was brought
about at the international Students
congress held at The Hague in 1910.
Since then the closest bond has eX-
listed between the two. The words
"cOrda fratres" precedes the words
association of cosmopolitan clubs
upon the membership card, and the
club pin embraces both bodies
Latin Americans Organize.
The Liga do les Estudiantes of
South America united with the Corda
Fratres and the international Fedora
ton of students after the congress held
in Lima, Peru, last winter, at which
over 10000 students were represented.
They include all of the universities
and colleges of the different Latin
students are expecting ito do post
graduate work in other countries, and
the value of an international organi-
cation which puts them in direct con-
tact with the student life in other
countries appealed to them as a pracu-
cal advantage. y large delegation from
the Liga was in attendance at the re-
cent congress, and its members were
enthusiastic over the increase of in
fluence it is achieving.
Professors Exchange Posts.
The great feature of the students
federation is its broad internatiOn-
! alism- The international movement eX-
tends not only to students but to the
universities themselves, as is being
demonstrated by the interchange Of
professors between one country and
another. Columbia and Harvard uni
versities now have exchanges with
Berlin, and Harvard exchanges with
Paris The University of Mexico ex-
changes with the University of Cali
fOrnia. The University of Wisconsin
is this year arranging to have Ger
man university professor visit her each
alternate year and other exchanges
are in contemplation Each exchange
of this kind is marked by an increase
] in the number of students from the
! other country who are admitted to each
university.
Encourages Foreign Students.
! The federation of students fosters
/ the work of all organizations designed
1 to bring students from one country &c
another. The American scandinavian
( association is responsible for bring
ing a large number of students from
Norway, Sweden and Denmark to
study in Amer an universities and
| technical schools
/ of students between North America
and the United Kingdom is RESPONSE
1 Bile for the interchange of a large
number of students between England
\ and the United States. The Cecil
| Rhodes scholarship throws open tc
I other nations the great facilities fol
! advanced work afforded by the Eng
/ lish university at oxford. The great
/ est movement ever made by one coun-
( try for the benefit of the students Of
| another was the arrangement made
| by the United States TO receive into
! American universities certain number
| of Chinese students as a reimburse
| ment of the Chinese indemnity fund
| This year nearly so of the indemnity
| students are at work in American uni
| versities Already several have eithel
/ completed their studies or have beer
/ recalled to their homes to take prom1
| nent part in the organization of thell
! nation. These students are almos
/ without exception enthusiastic work
| ers for the advance of the federation
! movement among students One Of
/ che first presidents of a Cosmopolitan
/ club was a Chinese indemnity studen
! who has since been called to importan
| work in his own nation.
Tomorrow-The International Nal
| of the World.