The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1921-05-09

! ing, shoe repairing and electricity is
given, looking forward to more ex-
tended course in these trades after
the recovery Of health. Frequently
men are tutored in advanced subjects.
In fact, most of the work is individual
rather than class because the men are
of such different attainments and
needs. 5@sn5i s&.@'.,
Three definite things are, therefore.
accomplished while the man is max
ing his stay in the hospital. -%.
He is furnished educational and
pre-vocational training as an encour-
agement SO that upon his discharge ne
is ready and anxious to continue vo-
cational rehabilitation. "
He is assured that time spent in a
hospital will have vocational as we'll
as curative value, thus saving the pa
tient much time and energy otherwise
lost. EG+>5 ~s> '''.
An opportunity is afforded to COM
pile all information and to do all pa
per work on the patients case before
he leaves the hospital, thereby assur-
ing quick action and decision regard
ing his training =| 8 r. t2*;4t
Centers are also formed in COM
munities, outside of hospitals, to care
for several distinct classes of
trainees: (a) those being trained
in shops and factories who need sup
Elemental work in drafting. mathe-
matics or English; (b) those who are
undecided as to the vocation for
which they wish to be trained and
need to be taught in various subjects,
working with an advisor to decide up
on their final choice of a vocation; (c)
those taking correspondence courses
who need assistance with difficult les
sons, and (d) men entitled to train
ing but who are still holding positions
and who can and will accept evening
instruction. y ~ - *~~'EE+:S
Z: Large special centers are estab-
lished to care for men recovering from
tuberculosis, and for men with mental
disabi Eties. Men in those centers
are furnished living quarters and
board, as well as nursing and medical
attention, in order that all condi-
tions under, which the men live and
study may be carefully controlled.
Each center is in charge of an edu-
cational director with as many ex-
perienced teachers as are needed.
These teachers are given an intensive
course of training at Washington, d.
c., to fit them for this kind Of work.
Equipment for these centers is fur
nished by the federal board and is
well adapted to the work to be car
ried on. tssr ettt.-a =. - *s5
No department Of the federal board
work is developing more rapidly than
that of the special training centers. 1t
fills a place in the scheme of rehabil-
itation that no existing institutions
were prepared to fill, and adds anoth-
er valuable agency in caring for the
needs OF the disabled ex-service men.
Centers of kinds mentioned are be-
ing established in District No. 10 as
rapidly as possible. Already there are
ten organized and more in the process
of organization. Every place where
there are disabled ex-service men is
being Investigated. including hospi-
tails, prisons and insane asylums.
q The work is indicative Of the care
full attention that is being given to the
gigantic task of rehabilitating the
army of disabled men. hi
Properly housed and equipped,
these classes in vocational training
will inevitably become a powerful
factor for good in the lives Of the ex-
service men in the hospitals and sani-
tariums, and other similar institu-
tions. OF all the benefits which our
government can offer the disabled
veterans. this one is the most signi-
ficant in possibilities for good. Money
compensation, homes, medical treat
rnent-these are all fine and appropri-
ate ways Of paying the nations debt
to its defenders, but to help these men
find their places in the worlds activ-
tiles, places which will reinstate them
in their pre-War plans or will, in many
instances. be incentives to far more
congenial and useful careers than
would have been possible without this
advantage, this is an undertaking Of
a scope and a significance in the
highest degree, typical of democracy
and of the development of it's citi-
zens. To properly follow out this
spirit the federal board follows the
man entitled to training and takes
the training to him in case he is not
able to come to the place Of training.
The board was established for the sole
purpose OF service to the men who
served the nation and strives in ev-.
cry way possible to carry out both the
letter and the spirit Of the rehabili-
tation act. s aS FEszSs
Mirror Or Window.
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