The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1, Friday, October 3, 1924 Page: 3 of 4
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OCTOBER 3 1924
THE YEt.I.OW JACKET
Thousands of European Students Are
Helped By Student Friendship Fund
The Student Friendship Fund finished
last .Tune four jenrs f work. This Fund
represents America's share in the larger
(irp.inlrallon of the Kuropean Student
Helief which was also beirun in 1920 to
help tlie students of I'.urope finish their
tinlvcrslt t nurses as a preparation for
the inormous tasks of reconstruction
awaiting tin in after the war.
The enterprise is worldwide. Dur-
ing its four jears of nctlvlt the stu-
dents of fort) -two nations haxe partici-
pated in It. 'I lie jrlv lug of help hj stu-
dents for students has tit eloped good
will and frlmdshlp of deep slgnlfleant'e.
A student in Hussla wlio has het-n tilt-
ing nt one nf the student kitehens ami
who had just received an overc-nat ex-
presses tills feeling when he vv rites "I
am espeelall.v thankful knowing that it
Is no c-hnrit.v hut frlcndl help."
One liundred and flft thousaiitl slu-
tlenls out of a total of flu- hundred
thousand in the iiiilvi-rsltlc-s of Kurope
hae rereivtil Mime sort of direct help
which made 1 osslhle for them the con-
tinuance of their studies or the attain-
ment of their degrees. The relief lias
been glen without regard for race creed
nationally or political affiliation. The
only criterion has been prmen need.
From the outset of the organization the
fundamental principle has been to make
the relict constructor and not pauper-
ising charity. .Seldom outside of Hus-
sla and there onlj during the time of
famine ami excessiw- hardship has any-
thing been (riven without some return on
the part of the students. A nominal
tliarge for meals or clothing has been
nskitl to ketp the student from develop-
ing a feeling of dependence. Where it
student has been ill however or has hail
some especial misfortune clothes arc
"lent" or a meiil ticket "nth tinted" so
that help Is assured.
Tills is Illustrated hj the story in n
letter written hj one of the representa-
tives of the Kuropean Student Hellf.
This letter tells of a bo) with tubrtu-
losls who was to go to a sanitarium for
a month or two. I lie thij before lie wus
ot start limit ver he came in to sa that
lie could not go. When surprise was ex-
pressed he was much embarrassed anil
nt first refustd to tell the reason for tills
decision hut finally stammered out that
he bad no tlothes. His oertoat was
pinned together to hide Ills hick of shirt
hut tills was not the real trouble. Ken
tills coat was not his. He borrowed it
eiuli daj from a friend to come to town
from the barracks where be lived in or-
der to receive Ills dinner and then hur-
ried hack so that in turn the friend coultl
come ulso. Fortunate!) an American
professor had just been through the
tit) and had donated a suit of clothing.
This was turned over to the .voung stu-
dent who said as he went out "Don't
think I tun going to wear this suit all
in) self. When I come batk from the
sanitarium some one the will have the
use of It too !"
Itritultt of llrluf I'rimriim. I
The establishment and growth of the I
self-help enterprises which in these four!
J ears have become large anil influential
organisations In the universities where I
relict has lit en distributed is one of the
most Important results which has tonic
from the relief program. These self-
help undertakings without which the cost
of stud)ing would be prohibitive have
many branches and man) lines of activ-
ity: kitchens tailor shops laundries shoe
repairing printing presses euiplo) inent
bureaus etc. The enterprises have a two-
fold advantage for the) not onl) give
tiiiilo) incut to hundreds of students but
the) reduce the cost of the necessities to
a minimum. It is through these agen-
cies that man) students in Itussia and
Central Kurope are able to work anil
work they do often laboring from six
to eight hours a da) in addition to going
to classes and carrjing on their studies.
Some universities are now open only
during tbe evening because of the large
number of "work students."
A few examples of these self-help en-
terprises will show their value to the
student:
.1 Co-Operathf Kitchen.
A group of students in a large uni-
versity found that the prite of food was
soaring far be) und them and they set to
work to see bow they coultl make ends
meet not onl'- for themselves hut for
the whole student body. In the surround-
ing touutr) they found farmers who were
willing to sell to tin in at lower prices if
the) would give part time in helping on
the farm; they found rooms which could
be fixed up for kitchens and dining rooms
and students willing to do the work
'ihe enterprise needed only it small caj)-
ital to hu) the kitchen ami dining room
equipment and the first supply of food
unci fuel. This was loaned by the relief
organization and since then the co-operative
kitchen has been self-supporting
und grown to have branches In other
universities.
Another Silf-llelp Scheme.
A shoe repair enterprise was another
tvptcat self-help scheme. One or two
Hungarian students saw the need for
shoe repairs among their fellows and
thereb) a chance to earn some motif).
'Hit) started a primitive shop with the
poorest of tools and the work soon over
whelmed them. '1 hey realised that if
an) time was to be left for study other
students must help. Hut the) had no
moiie) to rent a larger place or buy the
ntcessar) equipment. The Kuropean
Student Helief representative heard of
this opportuuit) and Invested some of
the relief funds In the shop. Ttxla) that
shop has grown to he a real business
turning out gootl new shoes for the trade
of Itutlupest. The profits go to help
hundreds of students complete their edu-
cation. 'Hie Initiative of these dauntless .voung
people Is shown b) other forms of self-
help. Hooins and places to Ihe are al-
most impossible to find near the univer-
sities. In one city in Itussia n group
of students found an unfinished build-
ing and obtanled permission to use It if
I hey completed Its construction. For
weeks thi) worked between classes to
put it In order before the winter. Stu-
dents of engineering electrical sanitary
ami architectural courses all did their
share to make the building habitable.
Finally It was finished except for the
equipment which was hevond the stu-
dents' means and ingenuit). It was the
part of the friends in other lands to give
them this final help which made a livable
hostel out of a former shell of a build-
ing and provided living quarters for
more than a hundred students.
In starting and supporting these stu
dent enterprises the Kuropean Student
Helief finds its greatest usefulness for
through them the whole outlook of the
Kuropean student has been change d. To
work while stud) lug Is now no longer
beneath the tlignit) of a student and
education Is n possibility for an) one who
Is sufficiently in earnest to be willing to
work his wa). It Is no longer the priv-
ilege onl) of the rich or well-to-do. In
the administration of relief the emphasis
Is changing from that of relieving ac-
tual suffering to the giving of those
things which make It possible for the
student to support himself; from cocoa
breakfasts to the kettles ami utensils
which will feed hundreds from old
clothes to pressing ami sewing machines
from worn hoots to shoe repair appara-
tus anil from second-hand books to print-
ing presses.
The idea of exchange Is it further out-
growth of the work: The exchange of
students from crowdetl universities to
hss crowded centers the exchange of the
equipment of learning hooks laboratory
specimens paper and other materials
from the countries where the) are plen-
tiful to the countries where they are
scarce and lastl) the exchange of ideas.
'I he new student magazine Vox Stu-
tlentlum was Issutd ot the request of
the students who were delegates to the
tonference In Farad Ilungur) and Is
one means of meeting this new desire for
an interchange ot thought and ideas. The
annual international student conference
also give an opMirtunit.v for the students
ot man) nations uctuall) to meet and
talk things over ami find out not how
tlifterent each Is from the other hut how
like. Out of this intercourse surely will
come an understanding which may change
the whole trend of international rela-
tionships. h'nreijtnert Male (looil Showing.
Aside from the work for the students
overscus Kurojiean students as well as
man) from the Orient have come to the
United States. Almost all are In need of
a friendl) band to help in lev. riling Amer-
ican vva.vs and in many eases there is
as real a need among them as among
the students of Kurope. The students
of the United States have mode gifts
through the Student Friendship Fund to
litlp these .voung men and women who
have come here seeking both an educa-
tion and ulso a chance to carr) back to
their own lands the best of our culture
und learning. Thut they nre doing good
work is shown b an interesting report
of the standing of the Husslan students
in our universities. Twenty per cent are
showing superior scholarship forty-five
per cent good and twent) ier cent aver-
age. The other fifteen )ier cent are be-
low the passing mark but this is mainly
tlue to the difficulties of language. One
student stands first in the whole school
of engineering several others are the
best in their classes und six are members
of hnunrur) fraternities.
Dlttriliution of Finnlt.
Contributions which have come this
)t-ar from 590 institutions amount to
$150575. The distribution of these funds
from July 1 1923 to June 30 1921 In-
cluding both the gifts from the students
PAGE THREE
and those from larger contributors has
been I
Hussla . 25 1227.60
(termini) Central Kurope Itfi.2n.18
Foreign students In U. S. A. 8550 00 I
World's Student Christian
Federation . 18000 00
Hut even this generous contribution is
not enough If the need which exists Is to I
he met and if learning ami education I
In Kurope are to continue without a
break. The greatest need hi orele r to
forward the reconstruction of the coun-
tries on the other side of the Atlantic
is educated leaders to rebuild In ever)
line of life. 'Ihe conditions described in
the latest reports can old) be remedial '
If all those who believe in the power of
knowledge anil truth continue their Intel-1
ligent anil friendl) help.
Kxtrncts from two stub reports will
typify the need. Dr. Hlvlera one of the
representatives ot the Kuropean Student j
Helief writes from Poland: i
"In Lvov large attic rooms in an old !
palace are used b) the poorest students
as rooming quarters Kquippcd with 251
uakeshift beds (I thalrs one washstand I
ami one oil lamp the) provide shelter fori
some 811 students. At the time of in)
visit the outside temperature was ten
degrees below freezing but the two
stoves in the room were without a fire"
Conrad Hoffmann the txciu'lvc secrc-1
'ary of the Kuropean Students Helief'
sends back this word from Hussla:
"I have spent toda) wilh some of the
18000 students here (Kharkov) in the
intellectual and cultural center of the
Ukraine Hnd I am heartsick and desper-
ate. Nowhere In all our student relief
work have we had such miser) and suf-
fering as I saw and witnessed toda).
"We arc giving 2000 tsudents a dull)
meal which costs us Just 3Vi tents for
each. Toda) we served a bean soup
with bacon fat a piece of black break
and a little slightly sweetened rice. Four
hundred students in addition to the 2000
pair off and share the clallv meal be-
tween each two or the) alternate one
getting the mtdl toth) and tin other to-
morrow. "We have a student-run hospital ells-
pensar) prescription department den-
tal department etc. with Dr. Fabricant
a renowned surgeon hi charge. During
the past twelve months 19000 different
treatments were given or more thin one
treatment for eaih of the 180110 students
and all with the most primitive of
equipment. Forty per cent of nil the
students In Kharkov are tuberculous! of
these fifteen per lent have little pros-
pect of recover) but the others run with
ii little help and care be saved.
"I found (I to 12 students living In old
basement stores sleeping on gunti) sicks
filled with ha) or straw no linen no
blankets cold damp poorl) lighted
quarters: a table ho es on thrie legs
for chairs one or two books: no ward-
robes in fact no more clothing than tint
uctuall) worn And here were medical
students students of agriculture Veter-
inary medicine pctlagog) engineering
the t)pc of men necessur) for Hussla's
reconstruction. In other similar rooms
were women students whose conditions
beggar description. No toilet facilities
no water. I.lttle galvanized iron stoves
smoking miserabl) serve here for look-
ing and warmth.
"Hut all the students are undiluted
and courageous with iinqiit nehahle taitb
und u seemingl) Irrepressible thirst for
know ledge "
Cottage Home Echoes m
(HlUN llAll)
Ihe reeiplieiu given by the Irvings
ami 'I heodorics was one full of pep l!
tint punch hail eontaintd much kitk
there would have been a drunk liiiuth
ot mortals staggtrlng around then
among which would hive hi en I.tln and
l.illiim Mn'iw and Helen Hall from
the humble Utile cottage.
Several ot the Cottage girls were vis-
itors at the I'hila meeting Monda.v.
Vlrgie Ch mnler has been vt r.v luippv
tills vvitk as her "jcw-lacki r" his "called
her up" several times.
Kathleen came to tht table 'lliursclav
morning with a handkerchief around her
head so of course Mrs. Skinner asked:
"Kathleen tleir what's the matter. Do
)ou have i he.iilathcr" Kathleen: "No
1 just sltpt with in) Inir the wrong
way up."
Cri ten be tome so frightened they can
rot scream aloud4 sk Lillian .Motion
Is she can.
some out said "Slimes" could not yell
bill the Cottage Mime s ve Heel during that
football g.uncj It )ou tin not believe it
just ask those who wire present! Willie
Ttel. Willie Spirks Mary Beck Sadie
I'arker mid Helen Hall.
VII practice is exactl) what "Slimes"
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