On February 27 a meeting of Russian students was held in one of the halls of the Bureau for Russian Affairs. The gathering represented students from various institutions of learning in Russia, young men and women who, thanks to the German and Civil wars, were forced to interrupt their studies and now, being again in peaceful and cultured surroundings, are anxious to resume their studies abroad. There were in all 84 students present, of whom seven or eight were young women.
A Union of Russian Students was formed, its by-laws dis and adopted and an Executive Board elected. The aims of the Union are entirely non-political and consist mainly in mutual moral and material support and mutual efforts to enable these young people to continue and complete their interrupted education abroad, in America or Europe, in sound and peaceful surroundings.
The meeting took place under the chairmanship of Judge Paul Blumenthal, formerly of Harbin, Manchuria, who was elected Honorary President. of the Students' Union. The newly elected Chairman of the Board is a young energetic student of the Vladivostok University, N. J. De-mine. The Union unanimously elected the following persons as Honorary Members: Mr. Victor F. Grosse, Deputy Commissioner for Russian Affairs, Judge N. A. Ivanoff and Mr. I. N. Shendrikoff as well as Messrs. Lockwood, Fitch, Ellis and Merriam, Secretaries of the local Some of these students have already commenced to renew their studies. Mr, and Mrs, B, E. Mer-nam have formed gratuitous classes
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