The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-26
$4,000 AVAILABLE
FOR VERMONT MEN
States Share of Y. M. C. A. War Work
Fund VIII Be Devoted to Giving
.Ex-Service Men Educational
Training.


handle applications from ex-serviee
men in Vermont for scholarships from
the $2,000,000 fund of the war work
council of the Y NJ c. A. This fund,
amounting to around $4,000, will be
Vermont's share of the money which the
\. NJ. c. A. had in hand at the close of
the war, to spend on an extensive pro-
gram for education and training of
American soldiers in Europe The sud
den cessation of industries and rapid
rehabilitation left much of this work
uncompleted, and at the recent Y, NJ.
c. A, convention at Detroit il was de-
cided to continue the educational work
among the ex-service men now returned
to civilian life.
Ernest L. Rand of the state Y M. G.
A. office, Burlington, has been designat-
ed director for Vermont, representing
the Y M. G. A. in this work He will
be assisted in the work by a state edu-
eational service committee made up of
representatives of the three chief coll
leges in the state, the American Legion
and two members at large. This com
mittee is made up as follows: Lieuten-
ant Governor Mason S. Stone, Mont
pelier, James Hartness of Springfield,
Professor +. d. Collins of Middlebury
college, Professor X. R. B. Flint of
Norwich university, Professor f. B.
jerks of the University of Vermont
and Paul Kicker of Burlington, repre-
senting the American Legion,
This committee will have general SUI
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awarding all scholarships upon the rec
ommendation of the local county com
mittees Applications for scholarships
should be sent to Mr.. Rand at the Bur
lington office, or through the local state
committees, the members of which COM
mittees will be announced as soon as
formed. Washington county, with Ar
thur w Hewitt of the state board of
education, as chairman, w. j. Campbell
of the American Legion, Mortified, sec,
rotary; d. c. Jones, Waterbury, Prof
&C A, Davis, Montpelier seminary, and
a member to be appointed from Barre.
Already this committee has in hand
several applications from worthy ex-
service men
1t has been decided that as about go
per cent of the men who entered the
service from Vermont were from the
farms, so per cent of the money avail.
able for use in Vermont will be devoted
to scholarships in the agricultural short
courses at Burlington, provided applics-
ti0ns are sent at once direct to the di.
rector DIT Burlington This course opens
this year on Dec. 80, and in order to
obtain a scholarship for it the appli-
cant must send in notification imme-
diately in order that provision may be
made for him at the university. 1t is
hoped that ex-service men will notify
others so that all who desire may know
OF the opportunity,
The plan for distributing the Y NJ
c. A. money was formulated by Edward
t. Wertheim, educational director of
the New York West Side Y NJ. C. A.,
and is now in operation The follow
ing explanation of its workings has
been sent out from the national " NJ
G, A. headquarters;
This scheme falls under four main
divisions, embracing series of schol-
arships in Y. Nj. G. A. schools, or tech
meal or collegiate schools of recognized
standing; lectures on educational sub
jects and matters OF topical interest;
oecupational guidance and an Amer
icanization program. For this purpose
s2,000Q00 remaining unexpended from
the sum obtained through the war
drive, which was at its height on armi-
stice day, has been provided
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over the question of what was to be
done with this money The education
al program was suggested as one which
would be q continuation of the work
already begun in Europe, and as the
| plan which would meet with the wishes
of the subscribers could they be indi-
vidually consulted
1T was recognized that the major
problem confronting large numbers of
ex-service men was satisfactory read
jIstment to changed economic and so.
cial conditions. II was also patent that
| hundreds Of thousands of service men
had been forced to the realization that
they were handicapped by the lack of
| education and vocational training. They
saw on all sides that it was the man
who had been educated and trained who
most rapidly forged to the front Re-
turning to civilian life, they saw them
selves distanced by those who had tax
en- advantage of schooling and training,
and the Y NJ G. A., like many other
organizations Of similar purpose, recog
nized that an enlarged field Of useful.
ness was before it and that the asso,
citation was at least partially equipped
to take up the new work. The plan
adopted at the Detroit convention is
now in operation in New York, and will
soon become general throughout the
country.
"0f the 100000 appropriated. 81, >.
| 100000 is for scholarships for general
education in Y NJ. G. A. schools and
other approved schools, in correspond.
ence courses TO be conducted by the
United Y NJ. G. A. schools, and techni.
cal instruction in recognized schools
colleges and universities. For the Y
NJ, c. A. courses scholarship shall be
for not more than $500; for technical
training in college or university the
scholarship may be as much as $500
| Y, NJ. G. A. schools already being in
existence and the technical branches in
possession of equipment and mechan.
ical appliances, this part OF the pro
gram was launched first. Mr.. Wer.
theim had taken advantage of the gov
ernment's offer TO sell machine tools tC
technical institutions al Is per cent Of
their cost. and the West Side Y. NJ
G. A. has now $4,000 worth of tools
lathes, drill presses, planers and Other
mechanical appliances, and instruction
in their use is now proceeding