Show DEAN RETURNS AFTER I Ir r LONG STAY I N EUROPE Dr James I. I L. L L. L Gibson dean of ot the school of or Arts Arta and Sciences has returned to tho the University after atter I completing his leave of ot absence During a lar large e portion of or that time Dr Gibson has been heen a 1 resident In Germany where he has b been on making a n special research and study In Sn mathematics Ho lie attended the University of or Bonne Donne during the summer half halt year of or 1922 1122 ho lie was vas wasat at Paris during tho the spring of or 1 1923 3 and Vienna 11 1022 22 and 1923 I It is III tho the opinion of or Dr Gibson I that the work at those great uniVersities universities uni uni- t Is going on practically the same as before t the war v cg Conditions t I aro are far tar better at nt tho the universities of ot and Vienna Vionna than at the largo large Gorman German universities There ar are aro probably not quite so man many students attending as there thero before the war because of or existing conditions The Tho universities In Germany are arc short pf pt some somo material for the study stud of or tho the sciences they have however r. r most of or the material that Is needed Thero There In III little tittle or no construction of ot university buildings In n I any part lart of ot Germany but this country though comparatively Inactive at atthe atthe atthe the Jr present nt moment is ahead of or other countries In It its I magnificent public and private buildings a The rhe professors are arc usually very cry poor and are arc not well wel fed but the tho thoy are able to carl carry on th thain 1 II work In spite of or such difficulties Among these professors In Germany arc are many who did not believe In the war and feel that tIle the they are being punished for tOl something that they thoy were vere not responsible for fOI Tho The student stu- stu dents dent are very poor and under under- nourished They Thoy mana manage e t to to exist but arc forced to eat only a po poor r quality of ot food They rhey are short of or fats tatA and proteins The salaries of the professors In InGerman inGerman German universities are arc affected noticeably by the d decrease creaso In the value of or the mark maik They Thy often oUen re received re- re their salaries three months month In advance ad and thou though h when obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed the amount paid each professor professor professor pro pro- fessor might be bo 60 or 70 10 a month with the passage of time It In is only equal to 3 or 4 a month Thou Though h hat at tho the present time n ari all theold tho the old German professors ar are instructing instruct instruct- In ing In the universities If It present conditions continue there may be bevery bevery bevery very f few w to take their places when they die In watching the political and so social so- so cial elal 11 1 movements of ot tho tIne country countr It ItIs Itis 11 Is th the opinion of or Dr Gibson that the ideas IdeaR of th German n people as expressed II by the tho leading Jostling educational educational men of ot the nation before the war WAI have not changed There Thero is a common discussion of a n war w of ot tomorrow wh when n France will pay for her treatment of ot German Germany to toda to to- da day At the present time an and es especially es- es since the French occupation of or the tho Ruhr district norman Germany s een to b h. h lana lans for tor this future conflict with France Into her children chil chil- dren IK is being Inculcated a hatred of or her western nel h neighbor or It Tt Is III not uncommon uncommon uncommon un un- un- un common to hear th the tho little tittle tot tots on the ie street say that in ten or fifteen or perhaps twenty years there thero will willbe willbe willbo be bo another war Russia Is III expected to join hands with Germany In this conflict Russia will furnish themen tho the thomen thomen I men and we will furnish the officers cers rs s It a n common quotation It appeared to Dr Gibson that the German people were playing a n game the object of or which was the deception tion of ot the people on the tho outside 1 If C she could only Impress others with v her own Indigence the matter of or reparation reparations reparations rep rep- might ht b be satisfactorily re re- re adjusted And with that problem once out of ot tho the way It would be he only a matter of a Il few short years ars arsI until the great at German n republic I would be bo among amona the th first nations of or the lie world and a contending force I In Industry anti and commerce The leading minds In Germany realize this tM and they are making every effort ef of- fort tort towards Its It attainment I At t At the tho present time the Instability i lot of the tho German Gernian mark Is a drawback wb I In the country's plans to regain norI normalcy nor nor- I mal malcy and this It appears appear Is 19 an Rn instance in- in stance tanco of ot deliberate deliberato design upon the part of or the tho German financiers T Ittie It- It tie effort cHort is b being made to establish any permanence In the Ule value of ol German currency The Tho American dollar regulates all prices In th the re reI republic re- re public The natives cs are hoarding the American mone money as much as I hIe ble Tremendous amounts amount nt or our money have havo accrued to Ferman In Interests Interests interests In- In duo to the tho gambling of or the Americans In the mark The Tho constant fluctuation In Sn value of ot the tho dollar doUar as measured In marks mark made It necessary for us to watch the movement ment of ot the exchange and to regulate rc our purchases purchases pur pur- chases by bv the exchange t value of the tho dollar doUat We would wout 1 never keep klep German German letman Ger let man currency on hand and anel would make the exchange from th the dollar to the mark only as we wo needed the German money for tor the purpose of ol purchase said Dr Gibson One rather unusual l fact concerning products In Germany is that th the luxuries ar are cheap while the U n necessities ces- ces cities of ot life Ire are comparatively dear There Is in Germany at the present I time a dearth of r really ally wholesome food rood A great areat number of or the masses are aro slowly ly starving due of or course courle to the fact that Germany German IK Is not self self- supporting supporting- In entirety and that the mark Is practically worthless abroad Germany German despite her superficial aspect of want and destitution Is H till Mill one of ot the richest nations nation In Europe Europ Sh She Is perhaps unequaled b by any other country countr on the continent continent conti conti- nent In material wealth and the fu future future fu- fu ture tore promises a n. rich reward If It she but safeguards her extensive re resources resources re- re sources and natural riches I. I DeI Despite De De- I spite the tho of or the m mark rk and the appearance of national n bankruptcy the German nation 1 It if shorn of her reparation difficulty Is la better able to cope with with- her postwar postwar postwar post post- war problems problem than an any other warring warring war war- ring nation In Europe Her riches In material wealth would remain If her entire financial system were abolished d. d |