Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must be said that many of the criticisms were justified. . . . Through the constructive criticism of many individuals interested in the development of the Bureau, great progress was made. . . . The Bureau has never fully recovered from conditions that existed during the War period and immediately following the armistice, when all relief work was greatly expanded...
Many other national and international organizations have taken advantage of this large gathering of students and have scheduled meetings in Indianapolis at the same time. The Student Friendship Fund for European Relief will hold a meeting at which Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the Fund, will speak. The League of Nations Non-Partisan Association expects to discuss the possibilities of an International Conference in England next summer. The Episcopalian delegates will undoubtedly talk over the recent controversy in their church...
...there are astonishing gaps and omissions. He is practically silent on topics such as the Third International and its relation to foreign propaganda, the execution of the Czar, the debasement of the currency, Lenin's "strategic retreat" towards capitalism in 1921, and the position and operations of the American Relief Commission. Neither does he go into certain outstanding features of the foreign relations of the Soviets, such as their unholy alliance with Mustache Kemal, their position at the Genoa Conference, the Treaty of Rapailo, and their presence at Lasagna. These are serious defects, and tand to justify the conolusion reaolied...
...dinner will mark the inauguration of a drive for $5000 to relieve European students. Speakers from the University, Boston and New York will tell about the need for the work of relief, and the methods by which it is being carried out. Professor M. O. Hudson '10 of the Law School has already consented to speak. In addition, the committee will explain to the collectors how the drive will be conducted...
During the three years of the existence of the European Student Relief Association, American college students have contributed $230,000. This year the Fund is asking for $176,000, more because of the desperate need in Central Europe which can be relieved in no other way. With this year's gift of $5000, the University will share in this work for the first time since...