Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-31
ss.0O0.0O FOR yERMONTERS
Y. VI. C. A. War Work Fund to Edu-
cate EN-Serviee Men

The Vermont state organization has
been completed and county organic
atoms are being formed 10 handle ap-
: plications for eN-Service men IN Yer
mont for scholarships from the 81,
/ OOO. 900 fund of the war work cOun-
ell of the Y. NJ. C A. This fund
amounting to around $4,000, will be
/ Vermont.s share of the money which
i the y. NJ c. A. had IN hand at the
close of the war, TO spend on an eN-
I tensive program for EDUCATION and
/ training of American soldiers IN E1u-
rope. The sudden cessation OF lndu-
striS and rapid rehabilitation left
much of this work uncOmpleted, and
at the recent Y. NJ. c. A. convention
at Detroit it was decided TO continue
the educational work among the eN-
service men now returned TO civilian
life
Ernest I. Rand of the state Y. VI.
c. 4. office, Burlington, has been de-
signated director for Vermont, repre-
senting the Y. II. c. A in this work.
He viii be assisted in the work by a
state educational service committee
made I'D of representatives OF the
three chief colleges in the state, the
American Legion and two members
st large. This committee Is made up
as follows; Lieutenant Governor Ma
son s. Stone, Montpelier, James Hart
ness of Springfield, Professor Z. D.
Collins Of Middlebury college, Pro-
fessor K. r. B. Flint of Norwich uni
varsity, Professor T. B. jerks of the
university of Vermont, and Paul Bic
ker of Burlington, representing
the American Legion
This committee will have general
supervision of the work IN the state
awarding all scholarships upon the
recommendation of the local county
committees Applications for sch
oIarships should be sent TO Mr. Rand
ST the Burlington office, or through
the local state committees, the men,
bers of which cOmIttees will be ann
ounced as soon as formed. Washington
county with Arthur W Hewitt OF the
state board Of educatrOn, as chair
man. ". J. Campbell of the American
Legion. Mortified, secretary; D Z
Jones. Waterbury, Prof. c. A Davis
TontDeIier seminery, and member
70 be APPOINTED from Barre. Already
this committee has in hand several
applications from ex-servIce men:
Il has been decided that as about
50 percent OF the men who entered
the service from Vermont were from
farms, 80 percent of the money avail
able for use IN Vermont viii be de-
voted TO scholarships IN the agrlcuL-
tural short courses at Burlington
provided applications are sent at once
direct 10 the director IN Burlington
This course opens this year Dec 50,
and IN order to obtain q scholarship
Tor t the applicant must send IN
notification Immediately III order
that provision may be made for him
At the university It Is hoped that
ex-service men VIII notify others so
that all who desire may know or the
OF 5GrtuuIty-
The plan for distributing the Y u
G 4 money was formulated by Ed
:. W0rtFeinl. educational director
Of the New York West Side L u
&. A. and Is now IN operation The
following explanation Of its workings
has been sent out from the national
Y n {. A headquarters
This seheme falls under four main
divisions. embracing = series OF
scholarships in Y. NJ c. A cshOOls,
or technical or collegiate schools OF
recognized standing; lectures on edit
catfOnaI subjects and matters OF TOP
ical interest; OccupauOnal guidance
and an AmericariZatIOn program r or
this purpose $, 100000 remained IN
expended from the sum obtained
through the war drive, which was at
its height armistice day has been
provided.
AT first the council was perplexsd
over the question of what was 10 be
done with the money Tbs education
al program suggested was OEe-EhIch
would be a continuation OF the work
already done IN Europe, and as the
plan which would meet with the
wishes of the subscribers could they
be individually consulted
1T was recognized that the major
problem confronting large numbers
Of ex-service men was satisfactory
readjustment 10 changed economic
and social conditions 1t was also
patent that hundreds Of thousands
Of service men had been forced TO the
realization that they were handicap
Bed by the lack Of education and vo-
Fcational training They saw on all
sides that Il was the man VINO had
been educated and trained who most
rapidly forged to the front Return
ing 10 civilian life, they saw them
selves distsnced by those VINO had
taken advantage Of schooling and
training and the Y 81. @ A like
many ether organizations OF similar
purpose, recognized that an enlarged
field OF usefulness was before II and
that the association was at least par
tally equipped &c take I'D the new
work The plan adopted at the De-
t-oit convention Is now IN operation
in New York. and Will soon become
general throughout the country
"Of the $1,000, 600 appropriated
! 81 go GOO Is for scholarships for
general education IN Y NJ c. A
schools, IN correspondence schools to
re conducted by the United Y NJ G..
4. schools, and technical instruction
IN recognized schools, colleges and
universities For the Y NJ C. A
courses q scholarship shall be for not
more than $500; for technical training
II Z college or university the scholar
ship may be for as much as $500 Y
a 4 l. l. Z =