East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-15
RETURNED men EAGER
FOR EDUCATIONAL AID
Temporary Absence Not Bar
II Applicant is Oregon
Citizen; Law Explained.

Fully so per cent of the returne
soldiers and sailors of this county ar
eager TO take advantage Of the sol
)" diers' and sailors educational aid Law
according to an estimate made by Mi
virginia Todd, secretary OF the Una
tilla County Red Cross, and of tn
Home Service section.
o Miss Todd says that boys who enlist
ed before finishing high school ar.
eager to go to college at~once withou
. completing the high school course, il
ofcer to make UP for the time los
while in the service. Older men who
had little chance to get an aducation
during re years before the war, she
reports are also anxious to seize an
opportunity that never before has pro.
] sented itself.
Men who were citizens in otter
states, when they enlisted and who
have since come to oregon are bar
| red from deriving benefits from the
act said Miss Todd "They express
regret that they are excluded. Service
men must have been citizens of the
state of Oregon, prior to enlistment.
However. temporary absence or enlist
inent in some other state is not bar
provided the applicant was a citizen
OF Oregon"
Following is an Interpretation OF the
law. given by Attorney General Brow
in Salem recently, in response to nun
dreds of inquiries that have been re-
ceived fy state officials from soldiers
and sailors all over the state:
All honorably discharged soldiers,
sailors and marines, other than limited |
service men and members of student |
army training corps, may secure finan-
cial assistance from the state to en-
able them to get an education in the
amount of not over s25 per month or
5000 per year for four years under the
provisions of the act. Men wishing to
take advantage of the law should file
an application with the executive head
of any institution at learning which /
they wish to attend, the application
setting forth the date of enlistment,
date of discharge, whot course of study
they wish to pursue, the length of time
ard a certified copy of
discharge or extended furlough. The
head of the institution then will pass
upon the application and within 10
days either indorse or refuse it. IL he
approves it he reports the fact to the
secretary of state. who keeps a com
plete record of all such cases.
Levy Is Required. a.,
The act requires a levy of two-tenths
of mill throughout the state. the
leeney to be used for the purpose spe-
Gifted in the act. A monthly report
must be filed by the head of each insti-
tuition which has a member enrolled
under the act, and the money will be ;,
paid by the state treasury to the head :
lf each institution after the reports are
-. tri1
'e handled entirely through the heads "
4 the various educational institutions
nd not individually to the students g
aking advantage of the act. Only the - y
necessities of life and study are to be !.
provided and If the maximum sum of
25 per month or 5000 per year is not ~
Ieeded only as much as is actually
eeded will be paid by the state. =
All institutions of learning higher -
han the public schools may accept ~
tudents under the law, provided that % .
he institution can show that it has u
roper facilities for giving the pre-
,ribed course of study to the ap-
pplicant.
No Age Limit Set.
In regard to who are emitted to inc di
enefits of the act it is held that there at
rovided that the applicant has been in
onorably discharged or furloughed da
'om the service and that he had beer ldi
, some service ether than a students pc
rmy training camp or limited service w
this country. Students must have W
zen citizens of the state of oregon, ne
-ior to enlistment, however. but tenn re
orary absence or enlistment in some :
ther state is not a bar provided the :
pplicant was citizen of oregon.
Members of the branches of the ser
zee known as the reserves, tank corps,
otor transport corps and naval units
ho were sent to universities and col
,ges for instruction and never par
cipated in the service of the United
tates are held within the same rule e
hich excludes the men of the student
rmy training corps.
1t is held that student may pur-
ne n course of study in one institution
,r a time and then transfer his work
, another. by filing another applica-
on with the second institution. An
year of education is not
cid as a full year under the law but
nch applicant is allowed to complete
ia full four years of work under the
enefits of the law.
Money Not Yet Available
Money for carrying on the work OF
he act will not be available untll
rarch, 1920, as the funds are to be Sc
ured through the next tax levy, Men
no come within the permitted classes
re entitled to commence their courses
instruction immediately, however
5 the act went into effect June j.
a1a. In case the work is carried ON
etween now and March, 1920, how
YER. some private arrangement VIII be
whereby the claims can be
,rried by the restitution of learning
r by some interested party until the
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