Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1919 — WILL SPREAD EDUCATION [ARTICLE]

WILL SPREAD EDUCATION

TWO phase* of education present themselves in the Junior Red Cross after-war program. One is the providing of scholarship for children of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines who wish to attend schools of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. The purpose of the scholarship Is to furnish a sum of money to keep children from fourteen to sixteen years old out of Industry for a few years longer than family finances permit and to make It possible for them to have added vocational training to fit them for self-support. In this the Red Cross will be cooperating with the Vocational Bqgrd which has an extensive program well under way for providing training for disabled service men. The other educational alm of the Junior Red Cross is to develop among children of all nations understanding of social, Industrial and commercial conditions as they exist and will develop In the future. To meet these needs the Red Cross has compiled a series of graded lessons which teachers may present to their pupils In the schools. These deal with geography, customs, occupations and other affairs peculiar to each country, and are prepared to give a basic understanding of the world as it is in process of change today. School teachers who have completed the standard Red Cross First Aid course and bold a certificate from Nar tlonal Headquarters win be qualified to give this instruction in their schools this fall, » ;•.