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Show COLUMBUS KNIGHTS PUN GREAT SCHOOL Vocations and Culture to Be Taught by Letter ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 24.--Plans were dlcusrd here last niht for the inalitution of the Urffeat cor-renpondence cor-renpondence school system In the I'nited .State, at a-, meetinff; of Kniffhta of Columbus educators. Th Knight are hern in connection with the annual convention of the National Vocational Training association. It ia proposed to (jsiahlish a national na-tional correspondencej school system, under the presidency of William J. lioRnn. principal of the Knights of Columbus schools in Chicago. Headquarters Head-quarters would be established In New Havtn jCodiu. uhera- h- KKht rf Columbus mil in tain thoir headquarters, nnd the system would use the 220 Kniphts of Columbus councils throuKhout the United Htates. The Knipht-j seek to extend their vorational and cultural training ay-; ay-; tern to rural and obscure communities where night schools are not practicable. practica-ble. The plans, which call for the eventual even-tual accommodation of one million stu-i stu-i Unts. will be placed before the Knights of Columbus national board in Washington Wash-ington In April. The Kntahts nf Columbus, It was said herelasc night, have Riven free vocational training to 15,000 war veterans. |