Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-01
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
FORMER SERVICE MEN
State Y. M. c. A. Has at Its Dis
posal About $4,000 of $4,000
600 Fund Which War Work
Council Had on Hand at Ces-
SatiOn of HOstilities

from ex-service men in Vermont for
scholarships from the s2,000.000 fund Of
the War Work Council of the Y. NJ. c. A.
This fund.- amounting to around $1,000,
will be Nermonts share of the money
which the Y. M. C. A. had in hand at the
close Of the war, to spend on an extensive
program for education and training of
American soldiers in Europe. The sudden
cessation of industries and rapid de-
mobilization left much of this work I'M
completed. and at the recent Y. NJ. C. A.
convention at Detroit 1t was decided to
continue the educational work among the
ex-servlce men now returned to civilian
life.
Ernest L. Rand Of the State Y. NJ. c. A.
office. Burlington. has been designated
director for Vermont representing the
Y. M. G. A. in this work. He will be as
sisted In the work by a State educational
service committee made up of representa-
tves of the three chief colleges in the
State, the American Legion and two men,
bers at large. This committee Is made
UP as follows: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mason
S. Stone of Montpelier, James Hardness
of Springfield, Professor j.. d. Collins of
Middlebury College, Professor X. r. B.
Flint of Norwich University, Professor
+. B. jerks of the University of Vermont
and Paul Kicker of Burlington, repre-
senting the American Legion.
This committee will have general
supervision of the work in this State.
awarding all scholarships upon the recon-
mendation Of the local county committees.
Applications for scholarships should be
sent to Mr.. Rand at the Burlington Of
flee or through the local State committees.
the members of which committees will
ha
ington county has Arthur w. Hewitt of
the State board Of education as chair
man, w. j. Campbell of the American
Legion, Northfield, secretary, d. c. Jones,
Waterbury. Professor c. A. Davis, Mont
pelier Seminary. and member to be ap-
pointed from Barre. Already this COM
mtttee has on hand several applications
from worthy ex-service men.
1t has been decided that as about 60 per
cent of the men who entered the service
from Vermont were from the farms, 80
per cent Of the money available for use
in Vermont. will be devoted to scholar
ships in the agricultural short courses at
Burlington. provided applications are
sent at once direct to the director at Bur-
lington. This course opens this year on
December 3d. and in order to obtain a
scholarship for 1t the applicant must send
in notification Immediately in order that
provision may be made for him at the
university. 1t is hoped that ex-service
men will notify others so that all who
desire may know Of the opportunity
The plan for distributing the Y NJ. c.
A. money was formulated by Edward L.
Wertheim, educational director Of the
New York West Side Y NJ C. A., and
is now in operation. The following ex-
PLANTATION Of it's workings has been sent
out from the national Y. NJ. c. A. head
uuarters:
This scheme falls under four main
divisions. embracing a series of scholar
ships in Y. M. c. A. schools, or technical
or collegiate schools of recognized stand
ing; lectures on educational subjects and
matters Of topical interest; occupational
guidance and an Americanzation pro-
gram. For this purpose $1,000, 900, remain
ing unexpended from the sum obtained
through the war drive, which was at it's
height on Armstice day, has been pro-
vided.
"At first the council was perplexed over
the question Of what was to be done with
this money. The educational program
was suggested as one which would be
continuation Of the work already begun
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 re-adjust-
ment to changed economic and social
conditions. 1t was also patent that hun
dreds Of thousands of service men had
been forced to the realization that they
were handicapped by the lack Of educa-
ton and vocational training. They saw
on all sides that it was the man who had
been educated and trained who most rap
idly forged to the front Returning to
civilian life they saw themselves dis
tanced by those who had taken advan-
tage OF schooling and training, and the
Y. M. c. A., like many other organiza-
lions Of similar purpose, recognized that
an enlarged field of usefulness was before
it and that the association was at least
partially equipped to take up the new
work The plan adopted at the Detroit
convention is now in operation in New
York. and will soon become general
throughout the country.
"Of the 100000 appropriated, 81, 1000, 900
Is for scholarships for general education
in Y. M. c. A. schools and other approx
ed schools, In correspondence courses to
be conducted by the United Y. M. c. A.
ognized schools. colleges and UNIVERSE
ties. For the Y. M. C. A. courses, a
scholarship shall be for not more than
300; for technical training In a college
or university the scholarship may be as
much as $500. Y. NJ. c. A. schools already
being in existence and the technical
branches in possession of equipment and
mechanical appliances, this part of the
program was launched first. Mr.. Vert
helm had taken advantage of the gov
ernment's offer to sell machine tools to
technical institutions at Is per cent of
Itheir cost, and the West Side Y. NJ. C.
"A. has now $4,000 worth of tools. lathes,
drill presses, planners and other mechani-
cal appliances, and instruction in their
use Is now proceeding.
THE fund appropriated for scholar
ships will be allotted to States on the
basis OF $50 per 1000 Inhabitants, and in
the same proportion division will be made
among the cities. counties, or other geo.
graphical divisions which may be selec-
TED as distributing units. The money
wifi be disbursed on the basis of monthly
reports from local Y. NJ. C. A. units show
ing work done, and Is now available 1t
is expected that total of $1,000 scholar
ships will be awarded locally during the
current school year. The national plan
provides that rural, city, railroad. indus
trial, colored and other classifications of
demobilized men shall be embraced In the
service AS the fund is limited and the
scope nation wide, due care Is to be taken
that the applicant shall be guided into
a course for which he shows himself to