Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-04
HIGHER HELP FOR BELGIUM
: BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN

the library of the university Of Louvan one com
pete of all the most important books puOhsheu II
and America will be part of the contribution
possible Such a set will contribute greatly toward
better understanding in Europe of our American way
of thinking and doing business
Originally the committee intended also to bring Bel
gian over the United States, where tneS
could go with their studies and learn something
about this country the time. Several OF ouI
tuition such students out
the plan has been aside because the expense con
with bringing the across the Atlantic
is hardly justified when the is so badly needed
for other sorts of relief work.
The principal Belgian universities located il
Louvan, Client Brussels and Liege. Louvain is the
oldest of four and perhaps the best known 1t was
founded 500 years ago by Duke John of Brabant and
since that time it has enjoyed first place in the
Belgian educational system Its library included 10000
Back in the sixteenth century it was one of the prn
cpa institutions of its kind in Europe, and had 5000
students Just before the its attendant colleges
included about 1000 students.
Five professors of Louvain university now con-
nected with American colleges. Prof Carney is at
Pennsylvania, Gregoire at Yale DR.. Van den Ven
Princeton and Profs. Dupriez and de Wulf are at
Harvard. These include among their speeialties
everything medieval philosophy and the art and
civilization of the Orient to political institutions and
botany.
At the Baltimore branch Carnegie institute is
Duesborg, whose speciality is anatomy Prof
Duesborg halls from the University of Lege, which
was known throughout Europe for its work in profess
sonal lines. Prof Henri la Fontaino. authority on
law formerly connected with the Unver-
sty of Brussels. San Francisco. Brussels is
the great popular university of Belgium
The Belgian state university located in Client Ii
is only about hundred years old, but it was famous
for its schools of engineering and the arts well as
its great library 100000 printed volumes
besides many manuscripts DR.. George sarton OF
Client is now with George Washington uni
versity and Prof Van Strcht is at Western Re
serve, in Cleveland.
Besides establishing connections with American uni
vsrsities which give them chance to go with their
Investigations giving the benefit of their teach
ings to American students it is hoped that men like
may make arrangements to give lectures on their
specialtes the United States Many men OF science
and letters in Belgium speak English huently owing TO
the distance that separates the country
from England.
While the scholarship committee is branch of the
general Belgium fund, the quite separate
so far as the goes. People who contrib
ute to Belgian relief not be concerned about wheth
off or not Any contribution which to the central
fund applied the relief of actual physical want
The scholarship committee expect to make direct
appeal to, and raise most of their funds FROM the
classes in this country which correspond those they
trying hepthe artists writer's and scientists
and those particularly interested in such lines
of work 1t is expected American educators and
lovers of will be concerned than the nation
at large about seeing the work carried well
quicker appreciate the distress of mind caused by
inability to work
IT.. nresant turmoil has given American generosity
an unexampled opportunity apply itself. The coun-
try has been asked relieve bodily want, and now IL
will he called on to intellectual progress What
aver the cause that brought about their distress the
ate of art and science is of primary concern to the
whole human race of whatever race or nation