The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-10
CALLISBEING
SENTOUI' FOR
OLDCLOTTfING'
European Students Are Said 10
Suffer Greatly From In
adequacy of Their
Garments.
NEED WARM UNDERWEAR
Local Y. W. C. A. Chapter Is
Collecting Donations
Time Limit on Them
Is May 20.


The clothing situation, which has been
the most vital problem among thousands
Of European students since the World
War. has improved very little lately. ac-
cordine TO a letter received by Miss
Maude Cwinn. secretary Of the Y. W. {.
A. in the University. from Miss Leslie
Blanchard. acting executive Of the stu
dent department Of the Y ". c. A. in
America. In this letter Miss Blanc hard
described the dreadful need among stu
dents for clothing Of every sort.
Executives who are in charge Of this
branch Of relief work feel that as the
close Of the college year is drawing near
there are many American students who
would like to contribute garments which
they are not going TO use next year, but
which are still servicesble. They are,
therefore, giving them an opportunity to
answer this second appeal for clothing
by establishing headquarters in every
university and college, where garments
which are not too ''hossy' and in state
Of disintegraiion can be taken. The \.
". c. A. room will serve as ihe head
quarters here. and students are urged to
begin bringing in Immediately anything
that they care to contribute. The time
limit on all donations will be May 20.
European students are practically
wiihon; underclOthing. Women, however,
are in a much worse condition than the
men. While many of the men are still
wearing uniforms butioned TO the neck
to conceal the absence Of shirts, many Of
the women students arc wearing clothes
which they had in 1914, and have bought
nothing since.
When Miss Katy Boyd-Ceorge, nation
Al student secretary for foreign girls in
the colleges and universities of America,
was in Vienna. she attended one Of the
sales Of clothing for women students,
tclothing semi over by American students
Is sold at nominal price-no money is
made by the lranssctionl. Upon her re-
turn she related the following story con
ccrning it.
The sale was held in a big room in
the University Of Vienna and for hours
before the doors were opened long line
Of eirls stood waiting. All Of them had
on clothing that was much worn and
patched and though il was in the middle
Of winter lew Of them had adequate out
er garments Many Of them were wear
ing summer suits and none Of them had
warm underwear In selecting the clothes
there was much trying on and pinning
up to make things fit. talked with some
Of the girls and found that these things
which came from US were ihe only new
clothing which many Of them had had
since the war began"
Many questions have been asked con-
ocrning the students working their way
through school. The earning power Of
these students is pitiably small for they
cannot possibly earn, save in the most ex-
ccpiional cases, more than 600 kronen a
month lnot quite 81 in American
money! In many cases the students re-
ceiye only a cup Of tea and several thin
slices Of bread for three hours work.
In Germany, students we're forbidden
by law to do wage-earning work outside
their studies and it is still a punishable
oGense Between IS and 40 per cent of
all the students in Berlin are now trying
70 earn their way. though work is as
scarce as bread, there being ten appli-
cants for every job.
A personal appeal from some European
student, which was inclosed in the above