Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-23
EDUCATIONAL LAW
is BEING HANDLED
BY STATE BOARD
BLANKS TO BE HAD IN
CITY-IMMEDIATE ACTION
is URGED EX-SOLDIERS

The Wisconsin State Board of Edu-
cation announces that application
blanks and discharge blanks, prepared
for the use of persons entitled to take
advantage of the provisions of the
Educational Bonus law passed by the
recent special session of the legisla-
ture, are now placed in cities through
out the state. EX-soldiers, sailors and
marines are urged to act now on the
offer. The office at Madison, it is ex-
pected, will be swamped with blanks.
Summary Statement
Following is a summary statement
of the laws as explained by the board
of education:
The legislature has made it possible
for any honorably discharged, released
or furloughessj j0Sdier or sailor or who
served in the recent war for at least
three months, or any nurse who served
for three months under the Red Cross
IN this country or overseas, to con-
tinue his schooling and to receive $50
a month for not to exceed four school
years while in attendance at an edu-
cational institution. No person shall
receive a bonus after July 1, 1924.
Application may be filed at any time
within six months after October /,
1919, or they must be filed sixty days
prior to the opening of a semester,
term, or quarter at which a student
proposes to enter an educational in
stitutiOn, and to receive the education
al bonus provided under the Educa-
tional Bonus Law.
The widest possible opportunity is
offered such persons to obtain an edu-
cation. They may attend any element
ary or public high school, county
training school or agricultural school,
any vocational school, any state norm
al school, Stout Institute, Wisconsin
Mining School, the state university or
any college or institution in the state
at which an S. A. t. C. unit was or
ganized and maintained by the Govern
ment or any other institution of high
school or collegiate grade in the state
not run for profit.
To be eligible for the educational
bonus, a soldier, sailor, marine, or
nurse must have the following quail
fications:
% Entered the service before No
vember 1, 1918;
CD Discharged subsequent to April
z, 1917;
90 Terminated service under hon
orable conditions;
(4) Resident of the state at time of
entrance into service, and
(5) Served at least three months.
In computing the amount of service
a person rendered, no credit is given
for time spent as follows:
I'd While in the S. A. T. c.:
(2) While doing civilian work at
civilian pay.
Prove Residence
Persons who enlisted or were in
Quoted into the military or naval SER
vice outside of the state of Wisconsin
must prove their residence in the state
by filing aftidavits of two citizens of
the state, not relatives, that they were
bona fide residents of the state, and
stating the period of residence of the
applicant. The bonus will be paid at
the end OF each month of attend
ance at an educational institution.
Attendance at an evening school will
not entitle one TO the bonus. Persons
are not entitled to the educational
bonus while taking correspondence
courses without cost under the provi-
sions of the act.
Persons taking the SO a month
bonus may take correspondence work
or evening work without cost, in ac-
cordance with the law. Persons ac-
cepting the SO a month bonus can
not take advantage of the educational
bonus Law until they take advantage
of the educational bonus law until they
have returned the amount received TO
the state treasurer.
Each student pays his own tuition.
Incidental and laboratory fees. his own
board and lodging.
Persons may secure the bonus of $50
month while attending high school.
Bonus students will be required 10
take q regular course, though they
may supplement their income by odd
jobs and other outside work.
Must File Blank
In order to obtain the aid, each per-
son must I'LL out an application blank.
have his statements acknowledged be-
fore some one authorized 10 admin
lister oaths. and file il together with
certified copy OF his discharge, with
the state board of education Upon
receipt OF the application and the dis
charge II II appears that the applicant
is entitled 10 the aid. he will be as
signed to the school OF his choice, If