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Show GERMAN STUDENTS FOR"'1 MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION BELLIX. Jan. II The central Iconimittee of the German Student a.s-SOClatlon a.s-SOClatlon announced Thursday the cstabUahmcnl of jh economic burc:ni for student self-help. tne pripaatj jpurpose of which ujll, be to guard' ,ai:ilnst plutocratlzation of university life which is threatened "by certain i political parties and various Interests! who are subsidizing students for their I ' o n ends " The bureau will organize employ-1 (ment agencies for undergraduates,' (establish national sickness and accident acci-dent funds, arrange for advancing, loans and establish a statistical bureau' showing openings available to gradu-; ates. A financial drive will shorllyi be Inaugurated to secure funds. 1 A circular letter sent out from the r.ssoclatlon's headquarters says the attendance at-tendance of the universities, which Is approximately fifty per cont above that of pre-war days must be curtailed.! "in the Interest of German national economy as regulated by the treaty of Versailles." It Says this reduction must be ef-l fected, however, by other means than the exclusion of poor students. The ormnn Student association, Which wa.'t founded- In .Jul). is a democratic organization to which a large majority of the 120.000 undergraduates under-graduates belong. |