Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-10

examined during the first two weeks of
operation, OF whom 80 were found to
be tubcrcular,
The care Of tubcroular students In
sanatoria, In Poland 100 students are
each receiving months care this
summer. in such institutions.
Management OF special hostcls in
Budapest and Warsaw for homclcs :
students. In Warsaw dormitory with
iic beds has been equipped by the
Federation.
Assistance to employment bureaus
established by students thmsclvcs in
order that thos" financially helpless
may have as much opportunity as pos
riblc Of obtaining part-timc or vac1-
tion employment Such employment
bureaus arc proving especially cffoc-
tive in Germany. Tho ono In PrnEuc
har located 400 undergraduates in work
which is enabling them 10 continue
their education.
Reduction of university fccs for par
ticuiariy ncccssi,ous aud worthy stud
onts. on tho haHiE that II the various
authorities will find way TO make
this possible tho Federation will sc
that assistance iF given to those young
men and women TO enable them to keep
up their studies.
In budapest university Etud-ntz
have boon found sleeping In rail~lr
-tations. toilets OF public buiidinET
and under bridges. In Vienna two
-tudcnts were found dead Of rtarva-
iion. In Germany educated men have
b--rr discovered working as street
cleaners and women Of refinement. ~,
charwomen. in order to obtain mon'y Y
to enable them to take their university
degrees
Pointing out that 1t is rule OF the
Worlds Student Christian Fedora ton
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utmost to hnlp Themselves, tho report
emphasizes tho fact that tho promotion
OF sclf.hclp Is in itself Inadequate even
to approximate tho need. Tuberculoaiu
is rife In tho various univcrTitics. and
physical debility resulting from pro
trsc,cd hardshir- and undcrnouriThi
nont makes manual work before the
after college hours e>romcly danger
Gus for many Of the students. Tho
method OF self help. again. cannot be
applied properly TO meet tn" needs Of
most Of tho so-callcd foreign stud
onts' in whose assistarcc tho Fedora.
ton ~ actively engaged. Thee for
ciSu students OF whom thousands arc
now scattered over Central Europe.
arc ono result Of tho reformation or the
man Of Europe aud the Russian Ecvn-
luton. There arc HunEsriana vhn
have fled from provinces annexed to
Roumsnis. Austrisns who have f1cd
from provinces annexed to Hungary.
Germans from provinces annexed to
Poland: Gcorgisns cut off from home
hy Tho Soviet occupation of their coun-
try. and everywhere Russian student
refugees. These men AND woman ~crc
frieudless homeless and In many care,
werc progressively drifting nearer
rr;arvstiou until tho organization OF re-
lief work in their hahalt Should this
rcliof work he discontinued now thcv
would very shortly he in as bad con
dition as ever.
The Significance Of tho work Va IL
Illustrated by quoting a letter from Dr
Friedrich Hertz, Of tho Austrian Dc
partncnt Of state:
Thousands OF you-E people arc he-
Ing saved thru rour wcrf RON extreme
misery which otherwise would prob
ably break their mental and moral
energy" he writes III they succumb
this vouTA moan tho dissrrc5 rance Of
forces indispensable for any RECON-
struction in our country. II would lead
to a tremendous breakdown of culture
and civilization in Austria which would
react on other countries"