Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-10
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR EX-SERVICE men
Is Offered By Educational Fund
OF Y. M. G. A.-Should See
Local Committee

I he tlrSt meeting OF the Edu-
cational Service. Committees,
which includes Madison county, !,
was held at the Phoenix Hotel /
last week There were represen-
tative there from about 20 coun-
ties. These counties are incldu-
ed in what are known as "The
Student Paris and Lexington Dis
tricts of the Y M c. A. work"
There was one representative
from each county present. The
whole matter of the Y. NJ c. A.
fund for ex-service men was gone
into, and the county representa-
tives were given full information
that they might give the best
service in their county to men
who wanted to take advantage of
going to some school or taking !
correspondence courses through |
the fund made available by the
Y. M. c. A. In each county there
are three men who have in
charge the interest of the ex-
service men.
- AT different times during the
next few months similar meet
ings to the one just held will be
called, at which time, actual
awards will be made. The money
is available now and ex-service
men may take instant advantage
of it. '''*
1t should be the duty of the
whole community and county to
see personally eX-service men.
and if they want to go to school
or take correspondence courses
they should go to their County
Committeeman and get the infor
nation Following are the
schools which have been placed
upon the credited list. and others
will be added to it at once:
All Smith Hughes High
! Schools, Y NJ. Co A. Night School
OF, Louisville, Y. NJ GA. Night
4 School of Cihcinnati,E State Nor.
,tmal Schools, Bowling Green Bus
| mess University. Bethel College,
iitjnion College. Williamsburg Col
lege, Oneida 'Instittite, Lincoln
Institute. Sue Bennett Memorial
School, Pikevilie Institute and all
members of the Kentucky College
s. Association. @tsthef schools will
81 bse plaeed,onsthlsslist soon 60
II There IS a I'M. c. A. Corres&.
i pendei1ee% SCHOOL, with head
quarters at New York, which is
designed to serve in the whole,
'9Jfiited States. @Its eeffefS sp1Shs
+ +did-courSes ina griculture,--~faE
mechanics and business subjects.
Filler Information Oil this will be
given in each county and iSdn the
hands of the county Committee
1t is the desire of the Y M. c
x. to make this money go as far
as possible. and to serve as many
soldier as it can The amounts
for each county are not so large.
but by supplementing what a
man has here and there and Civ
ing larger amounts to the more
needy a number of men in each
county can be given educational
advantages 1t is the duty of the
public. the pastors, officers of
law and other public spirited
fcitizens to see that in this time
iOf reconstruction that as many as
possible of its soldier sons take
advantage of any and all educa-
tional@ opportunities.
The committee <for Madison
county is composed of Messrs
Hart Perry, F. c. Gentry, r. F.
Turley and Prof Chas Lewis; OF
Berea, who will be glad to furn-
ish application blanks and give
information.
The Y. NJ. c. A. secretary of
this district is Karl P. Zerfoss,
who will cooperate with the
county committee and desires to
help every soldier possible in the
county. His address is Y. NJ c.
A., Lexington, Ky.