Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-05
STUDENT FROM RUSSIA
Is PROMOTED RAp1p,O


modest sort of a fellow who goos
about his business in metbodical
ana smooth-running manner. and 10
casual observer he presents no diff
terent aspect from the other 1875
male non-descripts that adorn and
enhance our campus.
He first entered w. =. c as
freshman last September. coming
mere from the University of Berlin
where he was a student for three
semesters. This individual has a
sunny and cheerful disposition and
has acquired many friends about the
campus with his prevailing good hu-
NOR and perhaps it might be well
at this time to present the gentle
man-Mr. Lester Weinberg.
And good luck has come IN Klein
berg, He is no longer to be classed
and designated by the underwriting
stigma of "frosh," as his foreign
credits have now been received and
transferred, and he has been award
ed full junior standing.
According to him, the courses of .
study and methods employed in gem
eral in Polish and German institu-
tions are much more severe
than those he finds here. One ratb-
er alarming instance which he cites
is the fact that in his community the
high school course covers a period
Of eight full years and the course
OF study is inyariable and elections
are not permitted During mis- last
year at the University Of Berlin. for
instance, he was carrying German,
French, Russian, Latin and Polish
and reciting on each four times a
week. Final examinations in the
senior year of the schools of his
country cover not only the field of
knowledge mastered the final year
but also for the entire eight years
Of work. Weinberg tells us that the /.
students at the Berlin University are
more serious minded in their work .
than the general run of students in
America and nothing is thought
there Of studying until two or three
o'clock in the morning for the finals F..
Born and raised in the little town
of Rypin which lies on the border
between Russia. Germany and Pol /
and, he saw first-handed the furies /
OF the great war which ragged around /
him at every turn. and has endured I
many narrowing hardships At the I
close Of the World war he entered /.
the University of Berlin, but being /
drawn to America by the good for
tunes Of his brother and uncle, he |
at length left Berlin and came to the .
States. He came to this country
with only scant smattering of Eng /
lish, but through his untiring efforts .
and perseverance during the past /
year his speech is now nearly up to /
the standard of native born Ameri-
cans.
Weinberg heartily likes the Gus
toms and ways of our country and .
our school, and is a loyal and en-
thusiastic newcomer. He intends to .
make this country his home perma- .
nently. and has already taken out .
his first papers of citizenship As a /
simple proof of his right spirit and .
sense Of duty it might also be men .
toned that he has voluntarily been .
member Of the R. o. T. c. corps .
of this campus, despite the guying I
of his student associates. He has dis (
played the qualities and potentiali-
ties of an admirable citizen and an .
asset to the community.
Weinberg is the nephew of Henry .
Weinberg, prosperous wholesale /
dealer of hay and grain in the cen
trail and western part of the state.
For perseverance, pluck and ca
pacity, ladies and gentlemen nine .
for Kleinberg!