Newark post., 1921-02-16
DEF AWARE COLLEGE
AIDS WORLD MOVE
MENT OF COLLEGE MEN
Is One of Many Institutions
to Support International
Memorial to College Men

the colleges and universities, hioie
than so in number, which are sup !
porting a movement to bring INTO
closer communion the leading
scholars of Europe and thus pro-
mote better world understanding.
Under the leadership of Presl-
dent Harry Pratt Judson OF the
University of Chicago, President
John Grier Hibben, of Princeton,
and Director John w. Cunliffe, OF
Columbia University School OF
journalism, the American Univers-
ity Union in Europe, founded dur
ing the war to meet the needs OF
American college men overseas, IS
being moulded into a permanent
international institution which, ac-
cording to it's sponsors, shall be "a
lasting and tangible token OF
Franco-American friendship, and
a memorial to the service in France
of American college men during
the war.
The plans of the UnioH with
which more than fifty universities,
colleges and higher technical
schools throughout the United
States are linked, include the
building in Paris of "Maison des
Etudiants" which will, according
TO the announcement of Professor
Cunliffe, secretary of the Union s
Board of Trustees, be an edrtca-
tional and intellectual clearing
house for American and foreign
men of letters and science as well
as world center for students.
A central feature of the Mai
SON. will be the library provided
with books chosen to meet the
! needs of American scholars and
students abroad and of foreigners
who seek acquaintance with diff
ferent aspects of American educa-
! ton, history, politics, literature
and science. The nucleus of good
French library has already beer
supplied by gifts of books from
the French government and from
prominent authors.
DR.. .Judson, chairman, and DR.
Hibben, vice-chairman of th'
Board of Trustees, issued a state
ment recently describing the fnan
cial and other needs of the Union
A campaign has been started t.
secure a donor or a group 0
donors for the proposed building
in Paris, site for which has bee
offered by the Paris Municipa
Council, and to raise an endoW
/, ment fund to supplement the. il
come derived from the annus
4 membership fees paid by America
: universities and colleges for main
e tenance Of the general work of tn
n Union. 1t is planned to secure ii
+ major portion of this amount i
gifts of $4,000, $4,000 and $50
It 900 each.
y "The need Of an adequate Anne
: lean response to the generous an
unprecedented offer of the Nun
e cipal Council of Paris is obvious,
+ the announcement said. "It wouI
IL be hard to conceive of mo
% permanently significant or appr
J. pirate memorial of America s C
ls operation with France in Il
Is World War. The practical servi
's of the proposed building to Anne
SC lean students abroad, to Americ;
u universities and colleges, and
IL Franco American educational i
I terests and sympathies, has be-
shown by actual experience duril
II the past years.
y "To aid the Union to secu
~ permanent endowment of its wo
- the Rockefeller Foundation co
j., tributed to its current income dr
" ing the year 1920, $4,000. III
sum should be capitalized, a,
provision made for necessary
creases in budget. Despite
financial difficulties Of post-w
conditions, American universit
and colleges have given most q
erous and definite financial supp,
to the Union. They cannot, he
o,, ever, fairly be asked to contir
the work unaided. \
iss "The Board Of Trustees
unanimously authorized the II
ing of the funds already describ
?" and has appointed from its o
membership a finance committe,
which Henry B. Thompson
treasurer.
es- "The European offices of
Union are primarily centers
educational information and I
~ sonal counsel and assistance
American students abroad and
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