European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse Cake packages help i students stretch subsistence at cite Pete Funck entertains swede and Sid in Paris photographs by Michael Vaccaro at the former gis Are finding student life on the left Bank requires care packages and Money from Home after world War i there was an american student population in Paris which was alternately accused of being too Lazy to work or too arty to neither of these things is True of the average Veteran of world War ii who is studying today in Paris under terms of the i Bill of most former gis in Paris now live in the endowed Rooming houses of the cite univer Staire or Board with French the veterans and source of their monthly subsistence pays sixty five dollars to unmarried students and ninety those who have convened to a Little less than nine thousand francs per month for Stu dents without this does not spell what luxury there is is epitomized by the fact that these veterans can boast a Paris address sometime in the a Continental education which they Hope will pay there the extravagance Paris although they Are Apt to be look like students on most american clothes Are casual and often Sloppy haircuts go in there is no Campus soda but americans in Paris have a Way of collecting in the same leaning Over wine glasses instead of drug store in order to afford these most of them invest in care packages and Cook in their rooms Over electric the veterans administration spends Little time Shepherd ii its four Hundred charges in Paris and three Hundred others in other parts of All it requires is that such endowed students get passing grades in an authorized the limits income for students with to for single persons and for those who Are they get no privileges that Are not available to veterans some of the fortunate ones who were Able to save Money while in the army have bought themselves jeeps and churn through erratic Paris traffic on gasoline they Purchase through nor Mal French most americans who have had College experience in the United states say they like French schools better even though All classes Are conducted in they find Little of the factory atmosphere attached to big state and most of them maintain that the fact that they Are Able to talk easily to French professors improves their ability to some Hope to find a Way to stay in but most of them plan to return to the states to continue their Educa this does not apply to those who Are studying Art As much As to those who Are taking courses in philosophy or French the one consistent complaint among americans in Paris is that the i subsidy is not to Cope with Paris they say the rate of Exchange is unjust to them and they Are hoping that their stipend will be increased soon to seventy five Dol Lars a Gib Abt students work in their studio at cite months Supply of care packages is piled on the Bookstore with sidewalk tables gives Chapman and Saul an Opportunity to browse during afternoon
