The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-20
SOLDIERS IN ARMY TO BE GIVEN
 OPPORTUNITY TO GET C0LLEGE;
 EDUCATION BY PLAN PROPOSED

nation. We are endeavoring to con- vince these young men that in | serving in the army they are not only performing patriotic duty, but are acquiring a training in useful trade, receiving the elements of an education and are having their char acters developed. The war depart ment has arranged with the advice and assistance of some of the best educators in the country, a school course for soldiers in the army which includes elementary sub- jects and a system of vocational training, the equivalent of that given in a good civilian trade-school This plan is in actual operation at the present time and about sixty per cent of the soldiers are availing 1 themselves of these courses
 q believe that army services may 1 be made still more attractive by ! opening to our soldiers an oportunity for higher education and training and it has occurred to me that one ! of the possible avenues that might be so opened is one leading to and | through our great universities and | other institutions of learning. A i certain number of soldiers are ap- ! tn i States military academy at West ! Point each year, but it is believed 1 to be desirable to broaden the scope of the opportunities offered them so that those who wish may pursue 1 other educational courses than that 1 leading up to a commission in the army.
 In every regiment camp, post and station of the United States army, are to be found soldiers with ambi- i ton for such higher education and 1 the ability to pursue it, but without the means to that end. Would it not be possible for the universities u our country to each establish one | patriotic scholarship for such de- | serving young men?
 This scholarship to be open only to citizens of your state who have served hOnorabIy through an enlist ment, who have received character ot Excellent on their discharge, and who have been especially select ed and recommended for the scholar ship from among the enlisted per sonnel of the organizations of the United States army, either serving in your state or allocated to it, by | the commanding officers of these organizations.
 'l feel that our country at large has never fully appreciated it's obli- gation to the young men who have in peace time performed the necessary military service of the nation The suggested scholarship is oniy one of the means 1 have in mind to, in measure, discharge this obligation to those men competent to profit by it. And I will add further that the es- tablishment of such patriotic scholar ships at our universities will, I am sure, cause a spirit of emulation in the service, will raise our own stand ard of education in the army to meet the requirements, and will result in mutual good and mutual respect of great value to the country at large
 Il wish to make it clear that the beneficiaries of such scholarships shall be at liberty to take any course available at the institution, that they are to be entirely free from any fur ther military control or discipline in their choice, or in their lives at the institution"
 The following is the tentative out line of the policy to be followed in connection with the proposed schol- arships:
 i. That eligibles for scholarships be confined to men who are now in the service or who will be enlisted at future date.
 ?. That they will not be enrolled as students in any institutions until after their discharge from the ser vice.
 8. That all applicants for scholar ships shall be recommended before , discharge and that the length of en- liStmp shall hnNA m effect nnOn