Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1920 — JASPERCOUNTY'S SHARES6OO [ARTICLE]

JASPERCOUNTY'S SHARES6OO

Of Unexpended Y. M. C. A. War Fund for Educational Work. Jasper county has approximately '5600.90 to be used in educational work for ex-service men. If this sum is not sufficient, there is a possibility that more can be secured. This money comes from the $3,000,000 national war work council fund of the Young Men’s Christian association of the United States. The proportion for Indiana was $131.000, and of this amount $98,000 is to be used for educational purposes under collegiate grade. The S6OO to be used In Jasper county is out of this fund. There is still about sll,000 to be used for ex-service men new In colleges. According to present plans, this money must be used by June 30, 1921, or it will revert back into another fund.

The money can be used to send ment to Purdue short courses, busjness colleges, night schools or in the taking of correspondence courses. The amount of money to be used on one individual cannot exceed >2OO for day school work, or >IOO for night school. The cost of correspondence courses varies from >lO to >lls. Some of the groups of correspondence courses are as follows: Agricultural, architectural, civil engineering, commercial, electrical, mechanical.

This is something that ex-service men should take advantage of. One should remember that there is no expense attached to this work. Jasper county has this money to her credit and it should be used here. If it is not used it will go into some other county of the state.' • The local educational committee consists of M. L. Sterret, Cope J. Hanley and C. R. Dean. They have charge of the awarding of scholarships and are very anxious for applications. Only those who have an earnest desire to Improve their education along the respective lines of their work should apply for these scholarships. Any member of the committee Is ready and willing to talk to anyone interested in this line of work. This should be done within the next few days.