Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-28
BELGIUM-U. S.
INTERCHANGE
OF SCHOLARS
international FellOwships Are
Created by Surplus
Fund.

NEW YORK. April 2S.-Twenty new
Fellows" have been appointed by four
Belgian universities to come to America
for graduate study for the school year
of 1921-1922.
The nominating universities are
Client, Liege. Brussels and Louvain. the
School of Mines at Mons, and the Colonial
School at Antwerp; while the thirteen
American colleges and universities asked
TO nominate candidates for study in
Belgium for the 1921 1922 academic year
are Harvard. Yale, Columbia, Cornell.
California, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Stan
ford, Princeton, Vassar. Smith, Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology and
Johns Hopkins. The American candi-
dates will be chosen by May l. Four
fellOwships in each country are renewed.
The origin of the c. r. B. Educational
Foundation dates from the armistice,
the fund representing residue from the
sales of fOodstuffs both outside and IN
side Belgium, largely accrued during the
armistice under the Commission for Re
lief in Belgium, which continued in
service until April 1919, and of the
COmite National, which was the associate
organization of the American commits
sion and was made up of large num-
o
distinguished Belgian business men.
After the armistice 1t was desirable
that the system of providing mass food
supplies be continued until such time
Belgium should have re-esta blished her
self on a pre-war basis. In November,
1918, there were approximately $50 600
people receiving free food, while the bal
Rnce of the population. about 1000 900
ctf oh 20 e..
money with which to pay for their "a
lions.
HOOvER'S SUGGESTION
Is FOLLOWED.
Under the arrangements of the Com
lite National the Belgians who had money
had always charged themselves a small
profit, which was expended in support
of the totally destitute. With the ar
mistice, the amazing industry, vitality
and ingenuity of the Belgian population
showed itself in immediate and aston
ishingly rapid reduction of the totally
destitute, so that not only was there
an accumulation of profit formerly ex-
pended for the destitute, but new
profit from the former destitute, whose
pride prompted them to begin paving
as fast as they secured employment or
were able to come again into possession
of property over which they had lost
control during the occupation. There
was further profit made In liquidation
of surplus foodstuffs and equipment.
No question ever arose but that these
profits" or margins, were the property
of the people of Belgium. The only cues
ton to be determined was how they
were to be returned to the public The
Belgian government expressed the desire
that they be applied in some manner
beneficial to the public and to commemo-
rate the relief organizations of the war
meeting was arranged by the Belgian
authorities at Brussels at which the
prime minister, speaking on behalf Of the
ministers, requested Mr.. Herbert Hoover
to determine the character of this oper-
alton. After study and reflection Mr..
Hoover proposed the money for educa-
ton in Belgium. This having been ac-
cepted. representatives of the Belgian
universities were called into conference.
BUILD BRIDGE OF
RELATIONSHIP.
Ninetyfve million francs were made
available to enable the Belgian univer-
sites and technical schools Immediately
to resume activities. Further amounts as
they became available after final liquida-
ton were allocated to the permanent
foundations from which the income only
would be expended. This was designed