The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-01-01
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
FORMER SERVICE MEN
State !. VI. {. A. Has at its Disposal
Abost $4,000 Of s2.00e,000 Fund
Which War Work Council Had on
Hand at Cessation Of Hostilities.

Which War Work Council Had on
I Hand at Cessation Of Hostiliiies.
The State organization has been
completed an county organizations
are being fo.med 10 receive and handle
applications from ex-service men in
Vermont for scholarships from the
/ S2,00O000 fund Of the War Work
Council Of tire \. NJ. c. A. This fund.
amounting to around $1,000, vii be
Vermont's STARE Of the money which
the Y M c. A. had in hand at the
close Of the war, 70 spend on an extern
siye program fer education and train
ing Of American soldiers in Europe.
The sudden cessation Of Industries and
RAPID demobilization left. much Of this
work uncompleted, and at the recent
Y NJ. c. A. convention at Detroit il
was decided TO continue the education
al work among the ex-service men now
returned to civilian life.
Ernest l.. Rand Of the State Y. n.
c. A. Office, Burlington, has been des-
ignated director fer Vermont, repre-
senting the Y. NJ. c. A. in this work.
He will be assisted in the work by
State educational service committee
made up of representatives Of the
three chief colleges in the State, the
American Legisn and two members at
large. This committee is made up as
follows: Lieutenant-Governor Mason
s. Stone Of Montpelier, james Hart
ness Of Springfield, Professor f. u.
Collins of Middlebury College, Profess
sor X. X. B. Flint of Norwich Univer-
sity, Professor f. b. jerks Of the Uni
versity of Vermont and Paul Kicker of
Burlington, representing the Ameri-
can Legion.
This committee will have general
supervision Of the work in this State,
awarding all scholarships upon the
recommendation of the local county
committees. Applications for scholar
ships should be sent to Mr.. Rand at
the Burlington office or through the
local State committees, the members
Of which committees viii be announced
as soon as formed. Washington coun-
ty has Arthur w. Hewitt of the State
board of education as chairman, w. j.
Campbell of the American Legion,
Northfeld, secretary; ID. c. Jones,
Waterbury; Professor C. A. Davis,
Montpelier Seminary, and a member
to be appointed from Barre. Already
this committee has on hand several
applications from worthy ex-seryice
men.
It has been decided that as about 60
per cent of the men who entered the
service from Vermont were from the
farms, so per cent Of the money avail
able for use in Vermont will be devot-
ed to scholarships in the agricultur-
al short courses at Burlington, provid- |
ed applications are sent at once direct
to the director at Burlington. This
course opens this year on December
30, and in order TO obtain scholar
ship for il the applicant must send in
notification Immediately in order that
provision may be made for him at the
university. 1t is hoped that ex-ser-
vice men will notify others so that all
who desire may know of the opportun-
ity.
The plan for distributing the Y. NJ
c. A. money was formulated by Ed
ward L. Wertheim, educational direc-
tor Of the New York West Side Y. NJ.
G. A., and is now in operation. The
following explanation of its workings
has been sent out from the national
Y. NJ. c. A. headquarters:
This scheme falls under four main
divisions, embracing a series Of schol-
arships in T. NJ. C. A. schools, or tech
nical or collegiate schools Of recogniz-
ed standing; lectures on educational
subjects and matters Of topical inter-
est; occupational guidance and an
Americanization program. For this
purpose S2,OOO.OO0, remaining unex-
pended from the sum obtained through
the war drive, which was at its height
on Armistice day, has been provided.
AT first the council was perplexed
over the question Of what was to be
done with this money. The education
al program was suggested as one
which would Be a continuation or the
work already begun in Europe. and as
the plan which would meet with the
wishes Of the subscribers could they be
consulted. L.
1T was recognized that the major
problem confronting large numbers Of
a1-serviee men was satisfactory re-
adjustment to changed economic and
social conditions Il was also patent
that hundreds Of thousands Of service.
men had been forced to the realiza-