The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND
MARINES GET STATE AID
Ex-Service Men Are Provided For in
Law Which Gives $500 TO Each
Man Each Year For -Four
Years ut o. A. c.

By the favorable vote Of the people
on the bill known as the Soldiers i,
Sailors, and Marines Educational
Financial Aid Bill" the State now
offers to young men returning from
military or naval service bonus of
$500 a year toward the expense of
continuing their education. The fol-
lowing paragraphs explain what the
State offers to men who pursue work
at the Oregon State Agricultural Col
lege, and indicate how to take steps
to apply for entrance at the College
with State aid.
All soldiers, sailors, and marines
OF Oregon who were with the service
of the army, navy. or marine corps
during the war (enlisted or inducted
into the service from the State Of
Oregon) may receive financial aid
from the State of Oregon to enable
them to pursue the course Of study at
the Oregon Agricultural College. The
amount that any man may receive is
limited in any one month, to S25;
in any one year to 5000, and in the
aggregate of time, covering a four
year course, to $500. (Section /, s.
b. 269, p 500, Chapter 42S General
Laws of Oregon, 1879
Soldiers, sailors, or marines who
desire to avail themselves of til.
financial aid afforded by this new
law, to attend the Oregon Agricultur-
al College, should file with the Regis
trar, Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis, an application for admis-
sion TO the College with financial aid.
In this application the student should
SIT forth:
(D The date of his enlistment
or induction into the service Of the
United States;
(2) The date Of his discharge;
(3) A certified copy of his dis
charge or furlough;
(4 What course or courses he
wishes to pursue;
(5) The length Of time which he
contemplates pursuing the course or
courses specified in (4). (Section 2
S. B. 269.)
Men who we're in American col
leges as members Of the Students
Army Training Corps, Is. A. T, c.
or in the limited service" Of the u.
S. Army, and who did not leave the
United States in such service, cannot
receive financial aid under the pro-
visions OF this law (Section G, S.
B. 269.)
The money is available for proyid-
ing lodging, board. and other nee
essities, including books, stationery.
and instruments, for the student. 1t
is paid by the State Treasurer, not
directly to the student, but to the
President OF the oregon Agricultural
College, who expends it, according to
the usual forms and restrictions for
paying out State funds, for the pur-
poses speclhed. (Sectolk 4 S. b.
269.)
The State financial aid will not be
advanced to students before entering
College, but their necessary expenses
such as fees, lodging board. etc, up
to a total of not to exceed twenty-five
dollars in any one month, will be
paid as funds are received at the Col
lege from the Secretary of State
According to a ruling of the Attor-
ney General State funds for soldier
students on State aid will not be
available before January ! :, 1919
The College, however has nittle ar
rangements whereby the accounts OF
all soldier students will be audited
and paid each month by the College.
This will make it unnecessary for
students to carry the burden of their
accumulated accounts from Septem-
Der % to January |.
All applications must be made on a
special application blank which VIII
be supplied by the Registrar, upon
request. Applications should be sent
directly to the College. Write for the
application blank at once. 1t Will be
mailed upon request Of any interested
person; the soldier need not make
personal or direct application, though
he must fiji out the blank in person
when application is made for state
aid.
All soldiers, sailors and marines
entering the Oregon Agricultural
College and applying for State ana
are subject to all the rules and regu-
lations of the institution.
Courses of study open to soldiers
sailors and marines applying tor
State aid include all the courses oil
the institution, graduate courses uh.
dergraduate courses, vocational
courses, and special or optional
courses in any of the eight schoois !
of the College. For all courses lead
ing to regular collegiate degrees the
students must have had at least q