The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-19

Is. Not only Is It impo,.,,,.
nis mother to give him IN n.
ance, but he must contrihut., y
household expenses from ~ N
lngs. Hitherto he has m.
able to eat anything at miSs..
he has not time to 20 home ~
meal served at the students, ~!
terra was too expensive IA, -
He arms $50 marks a mor,.
giving lessons, and NAV ~ 49,,
cred lucky to be able to Earn ~.
much. He suffers from cS,s..s
bronchitis. sssalt
A. B. is q student Of no,u,..,
economy at Frankfurt. n = ~
son Of a school teacher ana y. I.s
three sisters. z. Is and q. mn. =. !.
whom is earning anything. A. !, y
home is elsewhere, he must li,. y
lodgings for which he nav !. !.
marks q month without he.t -,
no gets his dinner at the un,, ~
sity. The university has sraSss.
him An 80 per cent reductior
all fees. He has q monthly nsr,,ss
OF SS7 marks as a disabled sold,s,
A Red Cross dog leads him ahost
for he is totally blind. has 4 nis.s
OF shell In his back and has II,
enc foot and part of the Lex.
A young geological student = a.
University Of Berlin, who was nm,
ried during the WEI and now MA
es to have two more years a n.
university in order to complete \.
course. works all night az A t,,.
setter and is only able to have ia,
hours sleep q day.
1t is interesting to note thu M,
ious kinds Of outside work obt,,,
ed or applied for by poor studsun
Aside from teaching and clerisl
work which is always sought An.
dents act as guards for the polt,
on night duty. in the Ruhr VAIN,
they work in the coal mines idurim
vacations, and some 20 into M
farming districts to keep alive ffm
one term to another. In Bresln
there were LOG applicants anon,
university students for work m \
factory Of which only II were fo,.
tunate enough to secure work. MI
another big machine factory 80 Sta.
dents from the Technical hirh
school applied for work but nct|
more than ten were successful
Refugees in Germany.
The cited cases are only aver
age. Many Of the young men ar|
prevented from doing extra voA|
BY war wounds and the government
pension they draw for disablemer|
10 pitifully small. The women stu]
dents, too. show the result Of year.
Of poor food and insufficient CON-
forts. Yet they are a plucky set d,
young people and seem to be deter
mined to 60 through with their
university work. There are quit,
q few foreigners studying in al ths
schools-students from former Gerl
man territory and from the new
states Of central Europe. Their
financial situation is doubly strain.
ed by the adverse exchange rata
and because foreigners are subjee
to higher fees in all institution
Many young men from PoseA and
East Prussian towns, which an
now q part Of Poland, have come b
Germany to escape conscripdos
and service In the Polish army
Shelter from compulsory mifhr
service is indeed a new thing for
Germany to offer.
The German students accept n
sistance gratefully, although it cai
be seen plainly that they do not
like to accept anything which miy
be called charity and that they an
working hard to be in a positia
where they can do more for then.
selves. However. 1t is the Ida
behind the American Friends won
and not the mere food. much n
that is needed. that the studeuti
see and are glad to recognize. Inc
students. perhaps more than ~!
other class in Germany, know thai
what they must have is resump'
ton Of the ordinary basis OF friend
ship and good will between IA
lions. In a letter from the STU
dent feeding committee Of the Leip
zig university to the Friend ONO
in Berlin in regard to their Christ
mas celebrations, the closing para
graph is significant OF their spirit
Herr. Kittel took the opportunity
in q little speech about your Chris
mas wishes, Of expressing VIVA
was moving US all. our grateiu
thanks for your efforts to brinl
about a friendly understandlnl
among all people. at any rate y
the realm OF learning. We vlsi
Won great success"