The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-28
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
EX- SERVICE MEN
Y. NJ. C. A. Announces Edu.
cational Service for Former
Soldiers

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Columbia, Jan. 24.-T. &. Lam
ham, state secretary Of the Y. NJ. c.
! A, announces the beginning of ar
educational service to former SOL
! diers, sailors and marines. This
plan provides 1920 free scholar
/; ships for eX-service men. and also
! provides reconstruction lecture
courses and occupational guidance
and employment service. A fourth
feature of the plan is the American
ization work which will be conduct
ed in industrial communities where
the foreign population is centered.
Mr.. Lanham announces that Rev.
E. r. Pendleton of Pendleton, An
derson county, has been placed in
charge Of the work in this state
His headquarters will be at the Y
NJ. C. A. in Columbia. Within the
next few days state educational
service commission will be appoint
ed 10 supervise the work over the
state. This commission will ap
point subcommittee over the
state. There will thus be an eligi
bility service committee who will
pass on the eligibility of all boys ),
Mr. Lanham said Today that all
former service saen who desire to
take advantage of the opportunity
offered them must apply at once
In counties where there are no as
sociations the men must apply di-
rect. They must be men who have
been honorably discharged.
Not less than 10000 scholarships
will be offered III correspondence
courses, covering a wide variety OF
subjects. in an effort to reach the
very large number Of eX-service
men in the, rural communities, IN
Guiding small cities, towns and VII
lagos, where there are no Y. NJ. c. A
schools and instruction is most diff
ficult to obtain.
Approximately senventy per cent
of the 100000 men under arms
during the war came from rural
communities, it is estimated. Accord
ingly a curriculum appealing to
men in rural communities has
been prepared, including courses il
soils and fertilizers, farm crops.
breeding and feeding of live stocks
dairy farming, poultry husbandry.
productive orcharding, market gar
dening. citrus fruit raising and farm
In addition to this
there will be correspondence
courses in mechanical, commercial
and engineering subjects.
The correspondence courses will
form a new department of ~ edu-
cational work, and will be under the
direction of J. Foster Hill, director
of correspondence courses III France.
The free scholarship plan, it WIS
explained. is to demobilized, mean
continuation Of the work of the Y.
NJ. c. A. Educational Commission
overseas. In April. 1919, the social
ed "kraki college, organized by Cen
,ral Pershing's order by the American
Y. NJ. C. A. in France, Belgium, Ger
many and Great Britain, was turned
over to the War department, together
with its entire personnel q. 400 IN
structors. The speed with which th'
troops were dispatched home ana de-
mobolized cut short the service plan
ned.
The responsibility of the Army ano
Navy for the education Of the service
man ceased upon the return to clvl'
lffe. vet occupational re-adJustmen'
tegether with the high cost or lVlns'
made additional educational tram
ing all the more necessary II IS loi
this reason and to assist in the move
ment to allay the present day unfes'
that the War Work Council mas oe
cided TO continue its free educatlo!ia'
service on a greatly enlarged scale
The scholarships will be AWARDED
service men. Americans
who served with our Allies, or sons
of Americans who died in service dur,
ing the world war, and are ollereo
with no restriction other thah the
mans ability to carry through the eo-
ucational program FOR which ne ap'
plies. In addition to the cofrespoii,
dence courses, 10000 scholarships
will be available in Y. NJ. Z A. OF
other accredited schools. and 2Uo ~
the nations largest colleges ana '''i'-
versities.
Annlicants who qualify for free
schoIarships may enroll in either day
or night schools. To those desifoas o.
entering course not available al .
loca, association, will be awarded
scbolarship in one Of the schools ac-
credited by the educational commt'ee
limited number Of scholarships
are available in technical schools ana
,niversities. These last will be award
ed by the State committee OF the T.
NJ. c. A. Each applicant should APP
nlv to the local educational service
committee in the county where the APP