Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-04-04
viii Train
Disabled Troops
At MooSeheart
Wpl Department Asks Mooseheart
TO Give Wounded Men Voca-
tiOnd Training.
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Mooseheart, ILL.,, Mar. 20, 1919
During the war Mooseheart was
called upon to train great many
soldiers In concrete construction for
military work. Naturally this work
ceased when the armistice was sign
ed. However, thle Mooseheart Gov
ernors received a great deal Of COM
mendation from the War Depart
ment for the work which, had
the war continued an indefinite
period would have proved an ines
timable value in France. Moose
heart was one of the five or six
places equipped to give this training
for as Is generally known II is an in
stitution maintained by the Loyal
Order OF Moose where the children
OF deceased Moose are educated and
given vocational training. When the
reconstruction program for disabled
and wounded soldiers was first
brought up the Mooseheart Cover
nors offered their services to the
War Department in any capacity
they saw fit. Consequently In the
last few DAYS Mooseheart has been
solicited thru the Rehabilitation Di-
vision OF the Federal Board Tor Vo-
cational Education asking II Moose
heart was prepared TO give vocation.
al training to certain NUMBER oi
disabled soldiers. The Mooseneart
Governors who were at that time III
session Immediately wired that tney
were ready to start this WORK a.
once. The reply came: Troops Will
start arriving next week, =.
A great deal has been told Vi
Mooseheart education. Lecturers nav
told of the activities at Mooseheai''
Societies intended to promote VOC"
tional education have praised MOOSE
heart for its thoroness and It's marx.
cd sucd.ss in lines OF vocational
Training but this approval oy tne
Federal Government Of the MOOSE
heart training is perhaps the strong
est emphasis that can be laid on 'ne
necessity for training OF this soru'
When II is understood that more
than twenty vocations are included
In the Mooseheart curriculum, that
the training course covers from
THREE to five years and includes ac-
tual work on permanent construc-
tion. a more definire idea OF the Vo-
cational education can be secured
This is further emphasized by the
fact that when a hoy leaves Moose
heart and has completed his voca-
tional training he is given a Union
card in that particular trade that
he has chosen to follow. This ap-
proval by the Labor Unions SHOWS
that they consider that the Moose
heart training covers the apprentice
ships usually required by the Labor
Unions in all Of the various trades.
In addition to the training afford
ed in concrete construction and
building, thoro training i'm carpen-
try, plumbing. electrical construc-
tion. central station power plant OPP
GRAFTON, machine shop practices,
drafting and architectural designing
ana given to the children after pre-
vocational training period which ac-
Quaints them with all of these va
rious trades in a way that permits
them to select that training which Is
best suited to their capability.
Domestic Science courses, stlenog-
raphy, bookkeeping and office prac-
tices are offered to the girls at the
institution and the same opportunity
for training as is offered thle boys.
Il is assumed that great per-
centage of the men who will come to
Mooseheart will be disabled to the
extent of having lost an arm or leg
or having received some other in
jury that will enable them to take
the vocational training course and
adapt themselves despite their mis-
fortune. Mooseheaht will present to
them an added advantage for they
have In the employ of the institution
man who unfortunately lost an arm
and an eye in his youth but who has
so overcome his affliction that ne
has been the life guard, scout mas
ter and official photographer for the
institution in the last few years. The
value OF this mans ability will be
on these returned soldiers
as he will aid them in recovering
their self confidence.