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Tuesday , July 1, 1919   THE DAILY IOWAN, STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   PAGE THREE

AMERICA MAY LEARN FROM THE GERMANS
Economic Development of Germany Can Teach Lessons to U.S. Says Benjamin
   America may take some lessons from Germany in economic development that will aid her to lead in the fight for commercial supremacy, says Dr. Gilbert Giddings Benjamin, history professor of the University in The National Efficiency Quarterly. 
   "Now that the war is over," says Dr. Benjamin, "and great powers are planning how to gain for themselves their share in the world's commerce, we must investigate the economic progress of Germany in the past century, which is generally conceded as the most remarkable in history, and draw lessons from it."
   Here are some of the things which we as Americans interested in the industrial welfare of our country may learn from Germany and from Great Britain in Dr. Benjamin's opinion:
   The the laboring class, its character and conditions has as much [illegible] on the economic advancement of any people as its amount of [illegible] or its natural resources, Germany legislated for consumption as well as production, it made the employing class consider the working class, and it promoted the industry and well being of its people.
   America must make its people more contented with its social conditions.  State and federal labor exchanges must be promoted in order to distribute our population more properly.  Health insurance, unemployment, old age, and invalidity insurance must be added to our present system of workmen's compensation.  Housing conditions must be improved.  The garden city movement should be copied in the United States.
   A third lesson we must learn is that city government should divorce itself from state and federal governments; that municipal politics have no natural connection with national politics.
   In order to develop trade and indistry we may learn a great deal from German's system of vocational and commercial education.  Like Germany our foreign trade representatives must be experts.
   The "back to the land" cry has been dinned into our ears in recent years.  Conservation of our natural resources must be scrupulously followed.  The establishment of rural savings banks is a movement in the right direction.  More must be done to encourage co-operative enterprises, particularly in our agricultural communities.
   "if we think of our people in general, says Dr. Benjamin, "its health and social welfare, this beloved land of ours will still lead all the rest.  If not, then countries which are more farsighted will press to the front."

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LIBRARIANS HERE FROM FIVE STATES
University Training Course for Library Workers Attracts 37 Students
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   Thirty-one students, twenty-seven [illegible] the regular course and four in the special course, are registered in the library training course now in session at the University.
   The regular course is intended to give elementary instruction in library methods of Iowa librarians.  It requires the students full day, the mornings are devoted to lectures and the afternoons to practical library work under very careful supervision.  Only those who have a definite appointment to a library position are admitted to this course.
   The special course offered, is divided into three parts, children's literature, reference work, and classification.  Only a part of the studets time is required; hence this course is open to liberal arts studtnts and teachers.  The work in children's literature is being given by Miss Grace Shellenberger of the Kewanee public library.
   Throughout the six weeks' course special lectures are given to the students by librarians of experience.  Miss Louise Cotrell, field representative for the Red Cross home service work in Iowa, will speak to the class on "the Relation of the Library to Home Service work." 
   The students who are now in the school are:  Elizabeth Andreae, Estherville; Mrs. Evelyn Spencer Bray, Grinnell; Lillian E. Evans, Brookings, S. Dak.; Letha M. Davidson, Hamburg; Bessie F. Davis, Waterloo; Bessie Fensler, Missouri Valley; Harriet Foster, Clarinda; Ida B. Gordon, Montezuma; Lenna M. Huffman, Marion; Florence Ingham, Marshalltown; Ethel E. Jenkins, Boone; Mrs. J.V. Jonston, Burlington; Lillian F. Kilburn, Oskaloosa; Ora Frances King, Mitchell. S. Dak.; Violet Lambert, Vermillion, S. Dak.; Ainslie Law, traer; Virginia Lewis, Sioux City; Mary Elizabeth McCoy, Indianola; Sara McMaster, Hopkins, Mo.; Mrs. Gertrude Nelson, Audubon; Mildred B. Othmer, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Francesca Raney, Marengo; gertrude E. Rew, Corydon; Marjorie Smith, Rapid City, S. Dak.; Lelia M. Stickles, red Wing, Minn.; Florence E. Tate, Waterloo; and Mayme G. Walters, Tipton.

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   Co. A. engineers will arrive in Iowa today.  They are not passing through Iowa City, but will go to Des Moines by another route, according to a telegram from Lieut. Vernon Gould.  Co. A includes many men from the University college of engineering.
   Cecil Ewin of Davenport, a graduate in electrical engineering, will spend the Fourth of July here.
   Helen Slavata left Saturday for New York City to visit her sister, Mrs. F. R. Jessop.
   Supt. Ira H. McIntire of Muscatine schools was at the University yesterday looking for teachers.
   Celestia Presson, a summer school student, went to Cedar Rapids Sunday.
   Karl Hoffman, a graduate of the University, was a visitor in Iowa city yesterday.  Mr. Hoffman is in the insurance business in Cedar Rapids. 
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ALL MAKES SOLD & RENTED
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Dey Bldg.  Phone 71
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A SERVICE MESSAGE
A Very Personal Help to the Workers
A bank is useful to a community when it serves its citizens and fills a real want.
   This bank aims to be useful to the farmer, merchant, and trades, and stands ready to offer its personal co-operation and financial assistance, consistent with good banking.
   Do not hesitate to visit and tell us what your business needs are, and how we can be useful to you.
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IOWA CITY, IOWA
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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Tuesday , July 1, 1919 THE DAILY IOWAN, STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PAGE THREE AMERICA MAY LEARN FROM THE GERMANS Economic Development of Germany Can Teach Lessons to U.S. Says Benjamin America may take some lessons from Germany in economic development that will aid her to lead in the fight for commercial supremacy, says Dr. Gilbert Giddings Benjamin, history professor of the University in The National Efficiency Quarterly. "Now that the war is over," says Dr. Benjamin, "and great powers are planning how to gain for themselves their share in the world's commerce, we must investigate the economic progress of Germany in the past century, which is generally conceded as the most remarkable in history, and draw lessons from it." Here are some of the things which we as Americans interested in the industrial welfare of our country may learn from Germany and from Great Britain in Dr. Benjamin's opinion: The the laboring class, its character and conditions has as much [illegible] on the economic advancement of any people as its amount of [illegible] or its natural resources, Germany legislated for consumption as well as production, it made the employing class consider the working class, and it promoted the industry and well being of its people. America must make its people more contented with its social conditions. State and federal labor exchanges must be promoted in order to distribute our population more properly. Health insurance, unemployment, old age, and invalidity insurance must be added to our present system of workmen's compensation. Housing conditions must be improved. The garden city movement should be copied in the United States. A third lesson we must learn is that city government should divorce itself from state and federal governments; that municipal politics have no natural connection with national politics. In order to develop trade and indistry we may learn a great deal from German's system of vocational and commercial education. Like Germany our foreign trade representatives must be experts. The "back to the land" cry has been dinned into our ears in recent years. Conservation of our natural resources must be scrupulously followed. The establishment of rural savings banks is a movement in the right direction. More must be done to encourage co-operative enterprises, particularly in our agricultural communities. "if we think of our people in general, says Dr. Benjamin, "its health and social welfare, this beloved land of ours will still lead all the rest. If not, then countries which are more farsighted will press to the front." ----- LIBRARIANS HERE FROM FIVE STATES University Training Course for Library Workers Attracts 37 Students --- Thirty-one students, twenty-seven [illegible] the regular course and four in the special course, are registered in the library training course now in session at the University. The regular course is intended to give elementary instruction in library methods of Iowa librarians. It requires the students full day, the mornings are devoted to lectures and the afternoons to practical library work under very careful supervision. Only those who have a definite appointment to a library position are admitted to this course. The special course offered, is divided into three parts, children's literature, reference work, and classification. Only a part of the studets time is required; hence this course is open to liberal arts studtnts and teachers. The work in children's literature is being given by Miss Grace Shellenberger of the Kewanee public library. Throughout the six weeks' course special lectures are given to the students by librarians of experience. Miss Louise Cotrell, field representative for the Red Cross home service work in Iowa, will speak to the class on "the Relation of the Library to Home Service work." The students who are now in the school are: Elizabeth Andreae, Estherville; Mrs. Evelyn Spencer Bray, Grinnell; Lillian E. Evans, Brookings, S. Dak.; Letha M. Davidson, Hamburg; Bessie F. Davis, Waterloo; Bessie Fensler, Missouri Valley; Harriet Foster, Clarinda; Ida B. Gordon, Montezuma; Lenna M. Huffman, Marion; Florence Ingham, Marshalltown; Ethel E. Jenkins, Boone; Mrs. J.V. Jonston, Burlington; Lillian F. Kilburn, Oskaloosa; Ora Frances King, Mitchell. S. Dak.; Violet Lambert, Vermillion, S. Dak.; Ainslie Law, traer; Virginia Lewis, Sioux City; Mary Elizabeth McCoy, Indianola; Sara McMaster, Hopkins, Mo.; Mrs. Gertrude Nelson, Audubon; Mildred B. Othmer, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Francesca Raney, Marengo; gertrude E. Rew, Corydon; Marjorie Smith, Rapid City, S. Dak.; Lelia M. Stickles, red Wing, Minn.; Florence E. Tate, Waterloo; and Mayme G. Walters, Tipton. ----- Co. A. engineers will arrive in Iowa today. They are not passing through Iowa City, but will go to Des Moines by another route, according to a telegram from Lieut. Vernon Gould. Co. A includes many men from the University college of engineering. Cecil Ewin of Davenport, a graduate in electrical engineering, will spend the Fourth of July here. Helen Slavata left Saturday for New York City to visit her sister, Mrs. F. R. Jessop. Supt. Ira H. McIntire of Muscatine schools was at the University yesterday looking for teachers. Celestia Presson, a summer school student, went to Cedar Rapids Sunday. Karl Hoffman, a graduate of the University, was a visitor in Iowa city yesterday. Mr. Hoffman is in the insurance business in Cedar Rapids. ----- TYPEWRITERS ALL MAKES SOLD & RENTED Patterson's Typewriter & Office Equipment Store Dey Bldg. Phone 71 ----- A SERVICE MESSAGE A Very Personal Help to the Workers A bank is useful to a community when it serves its citizens and fills a real want. This bank aims to be useful to the farmer, merchant, and trades, and stands ready to offer its personal co-operation and financial assistance, consistent with good banking. Do not hesitate to visit and tell us what your business needs are, and how we can be useful to you. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IOWA CITY, IOWA MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ----- [Photo] New Men's Dormitories on the west side which are being made ready for fall occupancy ----- Bevo Reg. U.S. Pat. Off THE BEVERAGE The all-year-'round soft drink For business men, professional men, men of sports -- golf, bowling, tennis, shooting, riding. For everybody, everywhere, the year 'round. Bevo is hale refreshment for wholesome thirst -- an invigorating soft-drink. Ideal for the athlete or the man in physical or mental training -- good to train and gain on. Healthful and appetizing. Sold everywhere -- Families supplied by grocer, druggist and dealer. Visitors are cordially invited to inspect our plant Anheuser-Busch St. Louis 4MC