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High School Edits
FOREIGN MASSES SEE AMERICA
FROM MATERIALISTIC VIEWPOINT "Student American"
National Newspaper
The American who has traveled dent unions In the foreign countries

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widely nnd who has remained sufficiently long In different places to
discover the estimate placed upon
American civilization can hardly
fall to learn that with the majority
of people it Is considered materialistic. Sometimes this valuation is
suffused with admiration, more ofHOOKS I FICTION AND
ten with condemnation. The masses
of people In foreign countries know
NON-FICTIOthe United States and Its Inhnbl-an- ts
chiefly by what they sec In the
American movies, in the scnational
WE DO NOT HAVE IT ON OUR SHELVES, WE
press or read in American literature
CAN GET IT FOR YOU
of protest, such as "Main Street"
and "Babbitt." It can be readily
understood, therefore, why American
civilization Is regarded by large
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numbers of persons In other countries as a Jazz civilization, with low
standards of cultural and spiritual
life; a civilization characterized by
a scramble for wealth, for the material things that wealth will buy
and by an absence of Interest In
the finer things of the spirit which
have made life really worth while
throughout the ages; a civilization
In which the art of living, the finest
of nil arts, Is practically unknown.
It can also be understood why so
many thoughtful people In other
countries fear the "Americanizing"
that is taking place In the attitude
toward life among their own people.
Arc There Not Other Influences
M.
Is this a Just estimate or are there
other Influences spreading from her
shores. Are there a growing number
only
of persons In other countries who
believe that the United States is
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making real contribution to the cultural and spiritual life of the world?
This article is written in the belief
that these two questions can be
answered in the affirmative.
Before the Great War there Is a
dlfrerent story; but it is well known
that the contacts of the United
States with Europe from 1917 on,
aroused in America an interest in
Europe and among many Europeans
it aroused a desire to learn about
the United States, its people and Its
civilization.
This desire on the part of Europeans and Americans for a better
understanding of each other took
many forms of realization.
None
was more significant than the interchange of students. Institutions
in the United States made successful efforts to attract students from
all over the world, the number gradually increasing until in 1929 there
were enrolled almost 10,000 foreign
jj students in its colleges and univerTO US
sities.
Moreover, countries which
been comparatievly indifferent
profes- - : j had the presence of American stuWe
to
j: : dents before the war now in turn
made efforts to attract them. For
jjEj example, in England, the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy was established at Oxford primarily to attract
American students. To both France
and Great Britain, American students went in increasing numbers
Today, in addition to the 96
Rhodes scholars maintained with
British funds, there are almost 600
regularly enrolled in British institu
tions oi higher education and even
more in French institutions. More
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over, though because of the war
! Germany lost her primacy as a ren!
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dezvous of American students, its
universities have attracted them In
increasing numbers since peace was
restored.
The "vacation courses"
given before the war in summer in
a few European countries for foreign students have in larger measure become "summer sessions" in
numerous
English
universities,
chiefly for Americans. In fact, in
some instances the summer sessions
have been deliberately modeled upon those of American institutions
with reference to length of sessions,
supervision, assigned readings, examination and so forth, so that
American students who attend them
might receive "credit" in their home
institutions for work done at the
foreign universities. This is unfor
tunate, because one of the features
of higher education in the United
States of which we should rid ourselves as soon as possible is the
method of obtaining a bachelor's
degree by the accumulation
of
"credits."
Education and Industry
Of far greater value has been the
adoption in Europe of the policy of
between education and
industry that has characterized recent industrial development in the
United States. The schools established by great American corporations such as the General Electric
and the Standard Oil and by such
houses as the National City Bank,
have been so successful in realizing
their aims to to make a profund
impression upon similar organizations in European countries.
During the past eight years there
have been established in European
countries national unions of stu
dents which have more recently been
organized into the Confederation In
to slip iiito n
Florshcim Shoes
of
des Etudlants. Two
ternationale
to run your hand over their fine, sleek
years ago the National Student Federation of America was founded and
leather
to bit huck and admire their
it has become the American branch
cleau-cu- t
lines (and tte how your friends
of the Confederation. Though the
federation has attained little real
udmire them too) . . . and then later, after
strength as yet, this action has been
long bervice, to realize that they're stiU
of service to the thousand of American students who go abroad during
mart, still good, refusing to weur oat
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act as hosts to the properly accredited Americans.
The American Immigration Act of
1924 almost destroyed the business
of the transatlantic steamship companies In carrying Immigrants from
Europe to the United States. The
companies, therefore,
as Is well
known, remodeled their third class
quarters to Improve their quality
and make them more attractive and
established what is known as student third class. The low rate
charged has enabled thousands of
American students to visit European
counties who otherwise would have
been unable to do so. Moreover,
similar tours to Latin America, to
Japan and Russia were organized
last year for the first time.
Knows Background of Countries
The mere fact that thousands of
Americans spend their summer vacations In Europe Is no guarantee
that a better international understanding will result. We are all
aware of the Irritation caused In
Europe by the advent of the American "arriviste."
But the student is not an "arriviste"; he is usually familiar to some
degree with the history and civilization of the European countries he
visits. As the vacation exodus becomes wisely organized and supervised, it may be expected to become
a better agency in the development
of international understanding.
One of the most significant aspects of this movement is the interchange of students on fellowships.
The existence "of these fellowships
enables some of the finest students
in all the countries that exchange
to study abroad, students who otherwise, because of financial limitations, would be unable to do so. With
the exception of the Rhodes scholarships, international exchange fellowships hardly existed before the
war. Today they are numbered by
the thousands and their mere enumeration fills two stout booklets.
Exchange fellowships exist for almost all the European countries and
for some others. In the case of the
European countries these fellowships
arc provided almost always for graduate students who pursue some special field of scholarship in the foreign country. Having already secured their national undergraduate
education they are btter fitted prop-l- y
to evaluate the education and
culture of the foreign country in
which they study. One of the reasons why the United States has had
such a remarkable influence upon
the cultural and educational life of
China is that the thousand of Chinese students who have studied in
its institutions during the past two
generations came as undergraduates
and became saturated with American political, economic and social
ideas before they had thoroughly
absorbed their own national culture.
They formed one of the most vital
influences in the transformation of
China. It is interesting to know
that six of the ten portfolis in the
Chinese Cabinet of today are held
by men who received their degrees
in American universities.
It is hard to exaggerate the influence of this international exchange of students. So Important
have become the interests of American students and teachers in some
of the European countries that organizations have been founded especially to look after these interests.
The American University Union in
Europe has branches in London,
Paris, and Rome, which are centers
of information, advice and assistance in their respective countries for
American students and teachers.
The unions are also of inestimable
service to the education officials of
those countries. The Amerika-In-stit- ut
at Berlin, and the
Institut at Vienna perform the same function for American students in Germany and Austria. On the other hand, the Institute of International Education was
founded in New York immediately
after the war to be a cenrtal clearing house of information and advice
for American students and teachers
concerning foreign educational systems and of foreign students and
teachers concerning American education. There is little reason today
for any American student going
abroad to study without proper

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written and edited by high school
students, intended for national circulation and dedicated to the work
of Increasing respect for the prohibition law among young people, has
made its initial appearance here. It
is believed to be the first publication of this type In the United
States.
The paper, called the Student
American, is the organ of the Student Sobriety Society, a temperance
club for high school boys that last
year grew from a local organization
of one chapter and 49 members to
a national club of 18 chapters and
335 members, with members-at-larg- c
in five states and the District
of Columbia.
A statement in the first edition
of the paper defines its purpose as
threefold: to provide publicity for
the Student Sobriety Society, to develop a new fact service In defense
of the Eighteenth Amendment, and
to provide a small revenue to carry
on the purposes or tne stuaent so
brlety Society.
The first editorial, entitled "The
Whispering Campaign," also states
the purpose of the club.
"Under the shadows of a slanderous whispering campaign, many of
the opponents of the Eighteenth
Amendment are endeavoring to poi
son the minds of the people against
the prohibition law by unfair and
untrue statements that prohibition
has degraded and debauched the
youth of this country," the editorial
states. "The young men have ai
ready risen against this practice by
forming the Student Sobriety so
ciety, which needs your support."
In addition to the money obtained
through the sale of the paper, the
society receives revenue from adver
tlsing, space being purchased by
merchants who approve or tne or
ganlzation and wish to help the dry
cause.
The president of the Student Sobriety Society, William N. Plymat,
of tne paper.
is also editor-in-chiEdward Hoffman is managing editor
Henke. business man
and Sanford
ager. Young Plymat explained the
na
Durooses of the club at tne
tlonal convention of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union at in
dianapolls, his expenses being paid
u,
by the second district, w. c.
of Minnesota.

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foreign student coming to tne unit
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ditions he will meet in an American
institution of learning. Moreover,
in all the larger American unlversl
ties frequented by foreign students,
a special official or committee of
the faculty has been established to
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supervise their interests.
York, thatrmarkabie institution,
was established
International House,
in conjunction with the Columbia
University to house some sou stu
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dents, three-quarte- rs
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every country in the world. And
International House is about to be
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daily contact with the American
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learn from them many aspects of
American life which they could
never get in the classroom. Sim
ilarly, such contact gives the Amer
ican students information concern
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