UNKRA's Help to the Korean Colleges and University

Books for the shelves of the libraries of the Korean colleges and universities, stripped bare during the War, were provided by the UN Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) as part of its widespread program in the aid of education. The books, largely in English, French and German, cover such fields as agriculture, biology, mathematics, engineering, education, literature and liberal arts, chemistry and physics, medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. UNKRA allocated nearly $200,000 for this project, which is now essentially completed. Here is a view of the Main Building of Ewha Women's University, in Seoul. The former UNKRA project was designed to provide this University with sufficient equipment and supplies to establish evening extension courses in its Liberal Arts College for secretarial training of individuals wishing to qualify for English-speaking secretarial positions.