Montana labor news., 1945-11-01
STATE UNIVERSITY
PROVIDES SERVICES
FOR EX- -SERVICEMEN

Establishment Of a veterans accom-
modate center at Montana State uni
versity to house in one location all the
special services provided for ex-serv-
icemen, is announced by President
James A. Mccain.
Under the plan, returning servicemen
and women will be saved the confusion
and delay involved in having TO call at
several widely separated offices in or
der to enroll at the university, Presi-
dent Mccain said. A total of los q. rs
are at the university this fall and dou-
bic the number is expected for the win
ter and spring term, he predicts.
Work has begun on adaptation of a
suite of rooms in university hall to use
as a center for veterans services.
According to the plan just adopted
BY the university office. of veteran edu-
cation, seven counseling and advising
functions will be performed by the
center to assist eX-servicemen to get
started in college and to gain maximum
benefits from their education.
First, the office will have a coun-
selor qualified to appraise and assign
university credits for training and ex-
perience in the armed services In all
cases, military experience will be evalu-
ated in accordance with nationwide
standards established jointly by the
Army and Navy and the American
Council on Education. The program
will insure uniform cvaluation of mill
tary experience and will avoid the con-
fusion of non-standardization.
Vocational counsclors attached to
this office will assist veterans in choos-
ing a career. The counselors will em-
ploy aptitude tests, inventories and 9TH
err instruments which have proved sue
ccssfu I'm industrial and educational
personnel work
Another counselor will assist each
veteran TO select a course of study
adapted TO his industrial needs In addi-
ton TO advising students who wish reg
ular degrees, this counselor will rec
ommcud short courses for those who
want TO prepare for immediate employ
ment or whose requirements can best
be met by a non-degree program.
The university veterans office will
have a housing staff to assist eN-serv-
ice personnel i'm finding suitable living
accommodations When houses for mar
ricd veterans are available ON the CAM
pus assignment and rental of the units
viii be administered through the cen-
ter
Two officials from the Veterans adj
ministrauon - one a training officer
and the other a vocational education
adviser-will help former servicemen
with adjustment problems and will sug-
gest courses which will enable the stu
dent to have the best possible vocational
outlet after he completes his university
study.
The office of veteran education,
headed by DR.. A. S. Merrill, was estab-
lished on the State university campus
in February of this year. Its staff con-
sisted of eight members until the re-
cent additions were made.
Under the G. I. Bill of Rights, ex-
servicemen who entered the armed
forces at the age of 25 or at a younger
age, are entitled at no personal cost to
one year of higher education plus
schooling time amounting to the num-
Der of months the veteran was in ac-
tive service. The maximum allowed is
four years.
Men older than Is at the time Of in
duction may have not more than one
year of free university schooling under
the bill, unless the older men can prove
that their education was interrupted be-
cause Of war service.
In addition to paying education ex-
penses, the G. l. bill allots $50 per
month for the subsistence of single men
in college and SIS a month toward liv-
ing expenses Of married men.