The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-10

poverished and depopulated by the
war. Students and professors were
killed and MANNED. There was no
money for textbooks or equipment
The greatest educational system the
world has ever seen was threatened
with ruin. Europe, with the greater
part of its youth killed, has no ade-
quate facilities to train what is left
The great problem is how to train the
doctors, engineers and technicians
generally, the teachers, lawyers and
leaders, in all lines, who must rebuild
European civilization. Somehow Euro
pean students must be kept alive and
supplied with books, for the sake Of
the whole world. This is the work the
Federation is doing. Rumor says that
its work is soon to be extended to
Russia. if the Bolsheviki administra-
ton will permit
The executive committee which is in
charge of the European Student Re-
lief program of the Worlds Student
Christian Federation is composed of
DR.. John R. Mott and Mr. David R.
Porter, of New York City, U. S. A,
DR.. Karl Fries of Geneva, Switzerland;
Miss Ruth Rouse, of London, England;
and Dr. H. c. Rutgers, of Hardenbroek,
Holland.
A World Undertaking.
The report points out that the as
sistance now being given to students
throughout Central Europe. from Es-
thonia to Turkey, has been made posi-
BILE by voluntary contributions from rs
countries, including such widely scat
tered states as Japan, Uruguay, Fin
land and Cuba. Students have been
the principal agents in collecting
funds, as well as themselves generous
g1vers, in all the contributing nations.
| In England direct appeals to CONNER
oial firms have resulted in gifts of rs
| tons of cocoa and several carloads of
| biscuits for students breakfasts. In
| Norway and Sweden students have ap.
| pealed from the churches and in this
manner gathered collections running
into thousads of francs. The results
of clothing raids" organized by
Dutch undergraduate are now seen on
] the backs of penurious Austrian and
Polish students, while during this
summer vacation young Englishmen
from Oxford University are collecting
funds in Swiss and English resorts tc
enable this work in behalf of theiI
fellow undergraduate to continue.
In cooperation with the American
Relief Administration, whose funds fol
this work have been largely supplied
by American college students, 10000
students in 120 institutions of highe,
| learning are being assisted by the
Federation with meals. Gifts of food
stuffs, assistance by the various gov
ernments and universities concerned
student cooperative self-help, and the
high purchasing power of money of the
victorious nations in Central Europe
enables the cost of these meals to be
kept at the almost incredibly low
figure Of little more than three cent:
apiece.
In addition to the feeding work
large supplies of clothing have beer
distributed by the Federation, 81,
Austrian students having been out
fitted in a period OF five weeks early
this year. Another activity now beins
developed is the supply of necessary
textbooks in places where not onl,
student poverty, but that of the uni
versity itself prevents access to essen
tial works. Thus 600 volumes o
reference books, each with a specia
bookplate indicating that it is the gif
of the European Student Relief, hav,
been presented to the Medical Schoo
at Cracow (Poland. Needy student
at the University of Dorpat (Esthonia
|. nave been furnished with Is cases o
: textbooks which are serving as tn
basis Of a permanent loan liberty. A