The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1921-04-01
VOCATIONAL WORK
OF WOUNDED VETS
SEVERAL MONTANA MEN MAKE
GOOD LEARNING TRADE OF
MATCHMAKING
Even Where Man Has Lost Use Of
Both Legs He Can Follow This
Line Of Work, as Motor Does the
Turning; Progress at One Poly.
technic Institute.

Many of Montana's disabled ex-
soldiers are being given the finest
educations that the country can pro-
vide for them. They are being train |
ed in the best schools in America and
under the finest teachers obtainable.
The Montana men taking vocation
al education and training at Bradley
Polytechnic Institute, Horology
school, have expressed preference
for the watch and jewelry work and
were awarded training, by the fed
eral board for vocational education,
because their disability in no way in
terferes with the successful cOntinu-
ance Of this work. The cases of sew
eral Of the Montana students attend
ing the Horology School, Peoria, 1lli-
nois, are given, showing the mems
disability and how the training over
comes it.
John E. High, Fort Benton, suf-
fers disability in both legs. He is
equipped with a motor to run his
watchmaker's lathe: and as he thus
overcomes his handicap, is able to
compete with physically fit man.
Highs progress is good.
John Gustad of Big Timber was
shot through the right foot His
disability has no effect upon his ca
pabilities as a matchmaker. Gustad
has been spoken Of by Dean Westlake
Of the Horology school as one of the
brightest men in the school. His pro-
gress has been splendid.
Joseph Parish Of Butte, received
=; tho orn,y which 1rovouf
him from doing heavy work of any
kind. Light work does not incon-
venience him or injure his health in
petition with a physically fit man at
gress is also good.
Stanley L. Kerr of Big Timber was
shot through the left foot and the
right shoulder. He suffers no handi-
cap as matchmaker or at any light
work but Is unable to do heavy work
Of any kind. Kerr has made very
good progress in the eight months he
has been In training. He has also
taken a great deal of interest in
school work and IS Horology editor
Of the Bradley Annual Book, the
"Polyscope," and the schools weekly
paper, the Bradley Tech" Kerr is
also secretary Of the Peoria post of
the Disabled American Veterans of
the World War.
The federal board of vocational
education reports that they have
hard time to place men in positions,
owing to the fact that employers are
not aware that the disabled men are
not handicapped in the work that
they are trained for by the federal
board: and also employers are not
aware that the men are being train
ed in the best of the private schools
and not in army schools or in schools
under army control.
Federal board of vocational educa-
ton students are attending Yale,
Harvard, Leland-Stanford Universi-
ties. the University Of Montana, Colo
RADIO School of Mines, Bradley Poly
technic Institute, University OF Chi
cago, and others of the best schools
and universities. The country is pay
ing its debt to its disabled ex-sol-
diers by giving them the best educa-
tion in any branch of work chosen
by them and in which the disabled
man can become as efficient as, and
can successfully compete with, the
physically fit man.