Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-04
Kennebec Co. Educational
Service Committee Completes
Work for Year 1919-192O

The kennebec County Educational
Service committee at its .trecent
meeting finished up it's work for the
year 1919-1920. The. total scholar
ship fund allotted to Kennebec
county by the Maine State Allot-
ment committee Of the National
War Work Council was $1067. The
committee Of five chosen to admins
ter this fund were: Raymond Swift.
Augusta. chairman; Edbert c. Will
son. Waterville; Leland A. Ross,
Gardiner; Oscar Bigelow. Hailowell:
and Arthur S. Merrill. who was
county Y. M. c. A. secretary at that
time and who was succeeded by
Thomas H. Leonard in July.
Scholarships granted by this COM
mittee from the fund we're to ex-
service men who were DESTROYS of
continuing their education either in
college, in which case a collegiate
scholarship was granted; or in local
Y. NJ. c. A. schools. United 7. NJ. c.
"a. schools, business colleges. or cor
respcndence schools: in these cases
general scholarships being granted.
the opportunities Of scholarships to
all the ex-service men Of the county,
whe Their in the small towns and ru-
raj districts or in the large towns
and cities. Many eX-service men as
they returned to civilian life found
themselves ill-adapted for their cid
vocation either by their change
while In the army or by their pre-
vicu. work having changed in its de-
mands. Some men felt O. desire to
better themselves in their old trade,
while others sought bigger Jobs in
different fields Of work. Every man
feE that a readjustment was neces-
sdly to restore the old order of his
life; many OF them seeing in a civil
ian job thoroughly done the same
chance for service as they saw in the
uniform of our military or naval
forces.
as time made some rea1jns!mentS
fo:' then, and as many mer. analysed
their cwn thinking, they saw in the
sc hOlat ships offered the chance for
the further education ,tey needed.
Some college men saw the hole the
war had made in their education,
while men of business and trades
felt the hole it had made in their
progress. The college, men sought
to sh their courses, some COM
Inercial men sought business college
coLrses. and many tra,lesmen want
ed 70 study the theory that SHOULD
better their practical work. There
were six collegiate scholarships rec
commended from the local commit
tee to the State committee for final
action. Three of these were in
a Maine college. Bates: and one
each in Boston College of Pharmacy,
Boston University and Colgate Uni
versity.
Thirty-nine general scholarships
were granted in business colleges and
correspondence schools. Seven men
took courses in various schools
Gray Business College. Thomas Bust
ness College, Bryant & Stratton, Alex
| ander Hamilton Institute and LaSalle
Extension UniverSity-some by attend
ing classes and others by correspon-
dence. Seven men took the course in
craftsmanship at the Augusta Y. NJ. c.
A., still others took courses in jour-
nailsm, plumbing or public speaking
in other institutions. Eighteen men
| availed themselves of the courses Of
fered by the United Y. NJ c. A.
Schools. New York. in various courses
in automobile mechanics, fuel economy,
structural drafting. advertising, &C.
counting and bookkeeping
A total Of IS scholarships were
granted. six collegiate and SO general
OF this number only four have had
to drop their work, two of these being
through illness. The committee tried
to distribute these over the county as
| much as possible and by their efforts
men in all of the cities and many
towns were reached. The committee
men spent much time and energy in
covering the necessary details Of
| handling the applications and refer
| ence letters.
Many applications were secured
| through placards, the Legion posts and
| through the fine publicity given the
| educational service work by the news
| papers Of the county. The committee
men spent much time and energy in
| covering the necessary details of ap-
pltcations and reference letters. yet
! every effort was made in this work to
| grant the scholarship with the least
| possible delay.
| The men who were granted collegiate
scholarships are Harry McKenny of
Gardiner, Theo. II. Norm Of Oakland,
James H. Stonier Of Gardiner, Elmer
! w. Thyng Of Augusta, Herbert g.
Stiles OF Readfeld and Chester A..
Bentley Of Gardiner The 80 men
from various parts Of the county are:
Eldrid Mithee. Chester A. Oliver. Will
/ liam L. Bush. john Greene. C. Elwyn
! Clarke. Sumner A. Glazier. Joseph T..
| NiIlett. John Allen, Melville A. Weeks.
!, Harry s. Farnham. Gordon II. Edgar.
| Allen y. Bowling. Chester A. Red
! mond. Wallace A. Price Eugene ].
Genest. Clifton NJ. Tracy. Clarence
Frye. L. r. Schrider. Ray d. Gilbert.
Rudolph Y. Strout. Hugh J. Andrews.
| Willis A. Cote. Lauris r. Wilson, Al
phonse J. Therriu, Chester c.. Fowles.
! Hayden c. Ryan. Ralph S. Torrev.
Theo. N. Dutton. John o. Thompson,
Loring L. Strickland. George Il. Cas-
well, Raymond l.. Smith. Arthur q,
, Partridge, Joseph n. Brown. peane
S. Peacock and Ray W. Smith.
Kennebec County EDiScODal