Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1921-08-11
SERVICE BUREAU
To take place Of Federal
Vocational Board

1t is doubtful whether our citizens
fully realize the very great value to
this community as a whole, and Cooke
vile in particular, of the Rehabllita.
tion department of Tennessee Poly
technic Institute. A few facts and fig
ures might serve to impress itG i'm
portance upon our people and have a
tendency to NIKE some OF us sit up
and take notice, who have heretofore
been pursuing the even tenure of our
ways, with the presumption that VIC
are entitled to all we are getting and
that no especial appreciation is due
anyone
The amount paid the T. P. l. by
the government for teaching these
young soldiers would pay the monthly
tuition of 500 students at Vanderbilt
University. The amount OF compen-
sation and maintenance paid the 260
soldiers NOW enrolled is more than a
quarter of a million dollars annually.
and the aggregate would make pay
roll that any city in the country would
invest thousands of dollars cash, to
get, and expand to met all the require
ments of the government besides.
The school has already grown to pro-
portions far beyond the expectations
of our most enthusiastic citizens, and.
we are told authoritatively that the
can and will be doubled with
in the next year II we can take care
of that number. Under the present
law, which was enacted two years ago,
the school will be in Cookeville for six
years longer, and its absolute perma-
nency is practically assured by other
that have been passed, max
ing appropriations for an Industrial
Rehabilitation department, which has
already been launched and is being
worked In Tennessee and other ctatee
Of the Union. Under this law, people
who are debilitated from accidents.
etc., will be placed in the schools and
fitted for vocations just as the soldiers
are being trained now.
While the great colleges and uni
OF the United States are
for prospective students
Tor their respective institutions, the
government is gladly sending these
young men to the T. P. l. just as fast
rs the institution will receive them
At least two hundred more will be
sent between now and winter II the
institution and the community will ex-
,and to receive them. What does the
r. p I. and the community think about
lie matter? Shall we make room for
hem or shal we allow the opportunity
% pass to some other center?
Messrs. w. l.. Mitchell and r. L.
3ynum, both Federal Board Directors
n supervisors, were here last week,
md the information given above was
cleaned from them with the permis-
ion to publish same as coming from
hem. They have charge Of the situa- |
ion as relates to the local school
md certainly would mot misrepresent |
he matter in any form. The Federal
Board for Vocational Training is now |
,eing merged into the Veterans Ser
rice Bureau. which department will |
JUNCTION in all matters heretofore hand
ed by the Board and as has been sta
ed the appropriation for this has
,een made for six years hence. The
Directors and supervisors of the Vet
,rans' Service Bureau have their
yes on Cookeville, and at present are
nery favorably impressed with the !
Possibilities here. Shall We rest con-
ent with what we have and allow
ONE more progressive town to- pull
he plumf |