The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-11-13
OFFERS EDUCA TON |
TO DISABLED men
$50 Monthly and All College Fees TOR
Soldiers and Sailors Who Were In
capacaitated 10 per Cent While in
Service-Aid for Dependents

Disabled soldiers and sailors who
wish to take advantage of vocation
al education offered to them by the
Federal Board Of Vocational Eduea-
ton should communicate at once with
their County Farm Demonstration
Agent, or with w. c. Lasseter, Direc-
tor General of Agricultural Extension,
Little Rock.
Arrangements have been made by
DE-. Walter j. Quick, training officer
in charge of Agricultural Education
with the Federal Board Of Vocational
Education for disabled soldiers and
sailors whereby the Agricultural Elk
tension Division is to assist every dis
abled soldier and sailor for whom vo-
cational education has been approved
TO secure the kind of training that he
desires in the school that he prefers.
Those men who have been disabled
to the extent of ten per cent for pur-
suing the vocation that he was fol-
lowing at the time he entered the mil
itary service may take the matter up
as above.
The government allowance to a sol
dier or sailor while he is pursuing an
educational course is $50 month if he
has no dependents. If he has depend
ents, the allowance is 500 monthly
plus the regular. allowances to de-
pendents which were given during the
war. Dependents in some instances
bring the allowance up to $3.50 a
month.
The soldier or sailor is no longer
compelled to take vocational training
along lines in which he had previous
training or experience as was origin
ally provided in the act. but may
choose any work that he wants and
considerable more leniency is allowed
with reference to choice of the educa-
tional institution
DIR. Quick has made arrangements
with the University of Arkansas, as
the result of conference with Presi-
dent Futrall whereby 800 disabled sol
diers will be entered in courses in that
institution. More than $4,000 will be
expended by the Vocational Board in
providing additional equipment for
shops to be used in practical instruc-
ton in the mechanic arts. Courses
in Dairying, Poultry, Orcharding, Bee
Keeping, and Farm Machinery are so
popular with the disabled soldiers that
President Futrall is planning TO add g
number of these courses to the univer-
sity curriculum The vocational board
will furnish funds for employing four
to six faculty members to assist in
conducting these courses.
Each of the four district agricultur-
al colleges at Russellville, Jonesboro,
Magnolia and Monticello and the Hen
dirk College at Little Rock, will ac-
commodate from so to 100 disabled
soldiers and sailors in their student
body. The State Normal for negroes
will make room for at least 200. There
are only about 100 disabled negro sol
diers in the state who have been APP
proved for vocational education, but
other states have more than they can
handle and number of these will
doubtless be transferred.
The educational courses from which
disabled men may choose may be TAX
en- at regular college Institutions;
technical schools with practical trade
courses; or placement training on
modern farms where training in farm
management of stock farms, orchard
ing, poultry raising and bee keeping
or nfhn,. runrlr can he lnarnnd