Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-04-09

CAN GET AID
Men Who Saw Service Have
Chance to Secure Education
at Expense of Y. Nj. c. A.

With the announcement of n two
million dollar appropriation for the
promotion of education among demo-
bilizcd sldicrs, sailors and marines,
the Y. Nj. c. A. launches the great .
est educational project in its history
and the most far reaching single
venture since the war. Under this
plan il is contemplated that more
than 10000 free scholarships will be
granted cN-scrvicc men opening new
educational opportunities in ali lines
and with the best class of educational
institutions in the country. This work
OF study may he pursued either by
personal attendance mt some institu-
ton which the student may select
with the approval of the Local Educa-
tional Committee of the y. NJ. G.. A.
or by II correspondence course in tho
nssacintcd y. NJ. G. y. schools in New
YORK City. These schools are among
the largest and most thorough of
Their kind in the world, being POSSESS
cd of thoroughly modern equip
mcnt in every way and having staff
OF hundreds of trained and expert
cnccd educators.
The apportioning Of the two mil
lion dollar fund among the various
states has been made upon b nsis
OF two cents per capita of the States
population according to the census of
1910. IL is designed to spend this
money as far rs il is practicable
among the various counties of each
stHta at the same per capita rate.
This fund for the State of Virpinin
amounts To $Il 900. n,ldcd to il will
be $1,000 more for college and univer-
sity scholarships alone. These Inst
will bc granted in sums not TO ex-
ceed $500.O0 for any one scholarship.
The general fund of Sal 900 is avail
nble IN sums not to exceed $4,000
Tor any one man and is designed to
MD men i'll Correspondence Courses,
business or commercial study and
short term courses in mechanical and
agricultural pursuits. In Virgnln. due
To the fact thnt some eighty per cent
of her service men came from fnrms
to which they have returned, speciul
attention will he given to promoting
training in nll branches Of agricul-
ture.
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These scholarships nre available ns
long us the funds hold out to dis-
charged men. Americans who served
with our Allies, or the sons of Amer
leans who died in service during the
war. Applications must be made and
nll grants given before September 30.
1920. The scholarships need not be
used, however, before that dntc. but
are good until February, 1921. The
requirements are simply that n man
be honorably discharged, TINT he he
able to do the work he seeks to under
take and that he sntisfy the local
Committee of his worLhincss and his
financial need. In the issuing of these
scholarships no money will be given
the applicant himself, but will be pnid
in installments to the school in which
he is to pursue his studies, and, after
the first payment each installment
will be conditioned upon the man
making his grades.
The service for the district compos
cd of Tazewell, Russell, Scott Buch
anan, Dickenson, Wise and Lee coun
ties will be handled by district Ed
ucntional Committee located ut Nor
ton. This Committee is composed of
}. l.. Camblos, Robert S. Graham, G.
ID. kilgore and A. i. Snodgrass, An
plications for scholarships should be
sent to Howard II. Keister, District
Secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A., Nor.
ton, Va