Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-05
I. n. 8. 4. WoafnN.s AUXILIARY

4. III. u H. W011ENsb AOAIA1AARA
HEARs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WORK
The January NEE ing of the 7. M. c.
"A. Women's Auxiliary was held at the
home Of the Misses Norton, iss Wash-
ington strertrX Tuesday afternoon. The a
president, Mrs A. N. H. Vaughn, pre-
sided. and there was large attendance
| of members.
Devotional exercises were led as usual
by Edwin Hill, local secretary. who also
outlined briefly the plans Of the COM
mit.ee in charge sof the new association
building Due to the increased price eff
materials and labor the amount of
money Originally pledged for the entire
building is Insufficient, so it has been
planned to build only the first unit of the,
structure at presen.; this will consist of
Ian up-to-datc gymnasium. equipped with
the latest thing in running tracks, SWIM
ming pool lockers etc. and will be a
permanent building, to be connected with
the two old houses owned by he associa-
i ton, the lower floors of which viii be in
i use for the men and boys. Upstairs,
i changes will be made to provide dormi-
tories. the income from which will be the
same as that now received from the
present Later on. as sufficient
funds warrant, a second and then a third
unit will be added till the whole few
building is complete. 1t is hoped that
the New Years reeeotion in 1922 may
be held in. the first COMPLETED unit.
II At the speaker of the af ernoon, j.
4 William Denton, A1nericanizatIon. and
Educational director of the State z. NJ
4 C. A, gave very Interesting and COM
) prehensiye talk on the phase of work in
, which he is especially concerned that OF
Il the educational service work being done
for ex-soldiers. In this way. met, dcsr-
Gus of taking up their educations broker
) of by the war. are given an opportunity
t to complete different courses OF study
and helped towards a vocation through
collegiate, and general scholarships
4 Approximately a sum of 5000 900 bai
e been set aside for this purpose. the com
: pie allotment for Connecticut beini
So, 600, such fund to be supervised by re
gional state and local committees Abuu
five-sixths of. this money has been award
! ed for general scholarships as the ma
jority of men are interested in prepare
tory COURSES, the remaining one-sixth be
ing used for collegiate study. There i
! also an extension depar nlent VIII, CHI give
], | correspondence courses equal 70 any cor
4 respondence school. in which English. az
: Iricultural and technical knowledge i
gained. The wards are given entirel
4 without favor = applications are consid
= cred solely on basis Of merit. and tier
is no racial or religious partlaiity. Nh
! state educational service connittc
grants all collegiate awards. while ger
eral scholarships are awarded by Ices
n committees The rural districts in Cor
e necticut have been web covered. and til
y money wisely distributed throughout Ii
e state
: Awards may range from me or tn
n dollars to $500. which is the highes. 8
: lotment for day work. with a maximum
r. of $500 for the collegiate courses. Tn
d committee endeavors to make tae wide.
e possible distribution. and many pleasin
: letters OF appreciation are daily receive
8 from their beneficiaries S atistics sho
It that the men apply themselves to the
\ studies and are getting fine results I'll
II value of such service is very great: I
Z helping. individuals we are rendering he
to tho community life in general, an
fperhaps nothing the "Y'' has. done SIM
war times has rendered more servit
I han this educationa. work among OF
= ex-soldiers.
Following Mr. Denton's extremely va
liable address. Miss Lucy Wilcox, who
= a talented pupil of Miss Olive Hun
fplayed prettily two very charming piar
selections, March and Hungarian Dan,