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Show n U S A C TO TRAIN WARHVETERANS rrogam Outlined by yoit Dr. Arden Frandsen fJ Special plans for the guidance lg0, and training of returning service men and women have been com-' com-' plcted at Utah State Agricultural 'college which has been approved 5 'for participation in the national fc ''veterans' education program, Dr. ' 'c Arden Frandsen, coordinator of 'lat veteran education at the college, ' reports. The - curriculum, intended for 'veterans, includes courses in 48 ;w departments of the seven schools v t the college. The program of-! of-! 'fere training for hundreds of different dif-ferent vocations and professions y and prepares men and women for "lappier and efficient living besides cariualifying them for doing needed k.ervices for community and na- Jt lion, Dr. Frandsen explained. act The provisions for assisting ex. ."ervice men and woman in education edu-cation have been made by the 8 Jnited States government. Every lonorabbly discharged person who aEvias served three months or more eacn the armed forces since Sep- smber 16, 1940, will be eligible ' wor one year of training with fees r lus 530 a month living expenses n aid by the government. An ad-antitional ad-antitional year of training for each '! ear in the armed forces will be hvea; however, men over 25 ears of age to take advantage 0 f the program, must show that 15 eir education has been interrupted. inter-rupted. Such training must be ""utiated two years after discharge $ e en( f the war. an(i can-ot can-ot be continued beyond seven ,av0Iears after termination of the : m-ar. y fVi. Frandsen stated the second lan provides for the education of predersons who ave received physi-lts physi-lts ral disabilities in the service of nus(he nation. Persons who have sus-e(j sus-e(j ained disabilities should file application ap-plication for pension form 526, ob-,a ob-,a ained from the local American 3nal'e'on ce or from American ronted Cross offices or the Veterans ,st ,dministration at Salt Lake City. .0''lf a pensionable disability producing pro-ducing a vocational handicap is vor'ound ','The veteran will be ad-, ad-, a jised to make application for vo-ational vo-ational training. This training ilasnay extend from one to four coolrears and school fees plus living we:osts of $80 per month will be labi(jaid. If ,. the veteran is married her;90 plus $5 for each dependent h-ild will be paid. This training nust be completed within six "'ears after termination of war. The 1944 college catalogue con-ains con-ains information of the various raining opportunities for return-jjng return-jjng service men, but additional formation about the educational ipportunities offered to veterans 0:an be obtained directly at USAC. J Application forms for the train-y. train-y. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of T0944 can be obtained at the Vet. jB;ran American office in Salt JLake City or directly at USAC. Xft, Thirteen men have already be-,??un be-,??un training in the rehabilitation ftjprogram at Utah State in the fol-A fol-A lowing curricula: agronomy, biochemistry, bio-chemistry, home appliances, mechanics, me-chanics, photography, automotive lmechanics, aeronautics, civil engin. peering, economics, merchandising, N education, and poultry. |