Show U. S. Ideals Hold Meaning For Emigre Student The advantages of freedom and equality as practiced in this country have opened doors of opportunity to one student on the university James Nicholas a former citizen of is now through perseverance of his a student in an American Born a short distance from as a boy visited the historically famous Plato and the place where Aristotle had founded the school in He acquired his elementary education in Greece and soon after his emigration to this country entered school in In his new environment proceeded to learn the English language and to learn the customs of the American By attending night school and day classes whenever he eventually received his high-school In the spring of last year he completed lower division requirements of the university through his studies at Weber During his two years at was a member of the Weber choral the college symphony orchestra and was a reporter on the college He participated in speech tournaments and last year won the I essay contest on which is sponsored annually by the Association of University In 1929 made application for his American naturalization papers and is now a full-fledged citizen of this During the weekends he takes time off from his studies to assist in teaching persons making application for A person of varied cultural specializes in speech and the philosophies of At the conclusion of his college career he plans to enter the field of education as a teacher of speech or Concerning this country and its people has several points of He feels in contrast to the European the American collegian fails to receive all of the real values offered by the school system and takes too many of them for 1 |