Student Harvesters
SIR,—For six years in succession German students have been visiting Britain to help with the harvest. In past years appeals were made to families to offer hospitality which resulted in a very generous response.
I should like to take the opportunity of telling your readers how much this help has been appreciated, not only by me personally but by the students themselves.
A student who stayed here wrote: " It was above all the kindness and hospitality of the English people I met which deeply impressed and delighted me. .My stay in England gave me much that is beautiful and lasting for my whole life. . . . I shall visit England often." Next week between 700 and 800 German students from Universities all over German? will be coming here to help farmers harvest the potato and sugarbeet crops. Both the. Ministry of Agriculture and the farmers, regard the students' help as most valuable in the vital autumn months. The students themselves ,welcome the scheme as a unique opportunity of getting to know this country and its people. With the help of Education Authorities, G.E.R. (A Society for promoting Anglo-German Educational Relations) has undertaken to arrange lectures and social activities in the harvest camps, but experi- ence has taught that a true picture of English life can be gained only through close contact with families.
Hosts who have taken students into their homes have gained from the experience and many of those who helped last year have offered hospitality again, but we shall need many more offers particularly for young men.
All who will help us and offer hospitality to one or more students for any period in November, are asked to write to: The Liaison Officer, German Student Harvest Scheme, 43 Parliament Street, London, S.W.I.
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