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Show SS BMl SMi in mm s 111 1 ! 1 linn mm mmm GO TOCpLLEEE Qualified Men May Get Higher Training Under New Plans SALT LAKE, Dei . l i. -- ppoi tuni-!tles tuni-!tles for thorough college education arc mv offered to qualified soldiers In nuiny divisions of the L'nitod States 'army. From tin- first grade to the I final coilteiate degree, the way is be- :iiiKr paved by the war department, wlthi the 10-operatlon of numerous edura-j jtionul institutions, for a complete I 'training in all academic and many I technical courses. The Dnlverslt) of EJtah and the Utah I Agricultural college ur- Msteld by th-Jgovernment. th-Jgovernment. toKther frith more thuu l"( Other big COlleiee and unlerBitles MhrotiKhoin the country. u.m v illlnn to j 10-operate, as far as poaslble. with the n.ir department In furnishing the sol-: dler with a college education In many Institutions w here It has been Impossible to sel aside liolar-flhlpi liolar-flhlpi for this purpose, money ha bl en 1 made available fot use in dcfralng' itlio expense ol obtaining the courses, ; for the soldiers, according to the ln- formation received at the Salt Lake! 'army recruiting station. Hv the autumn of 1921 it will be j possible for more than 100 qualified) soldiers to lay aside their uniforms; and enroll ns students in as many colleges throughout the country I While this project is an entirely nw departure for the mil 1th rj establlsh-iment, establlsh-iment, it Is the result of a definitely 'conceived plan to make the army an I organisation pf tho fullest educational' opportunity and to offer soldiers thel same Chance for mental Improvement which they might secure in clil life. The present educntional and vocational voca-tional program of the army, which has been In operation tor more than a, year, Includes elementary and second-j aiy subjects and it Is now possible Cor I the soldier to obtain the equivalent of j a high school education. The arrange -! merit which has been made by the war department and various educational! institutions throughout the countrj will enable soldiers to continue their education with a minimum of expense j to Ihcmsel i While the nroiect Is still in a foi - mutative stage, a sufficient number ol colleges have offered scholarships to 'insure full opportunity for every soldier sol-dier who desires these educational ad.-IvantagM ad.-IvantagM Prom thirty-eight institutions institu-tions have come BSBUrances that tui-ii tui-ii Ion niui other aHsistunce will be given students, fifty-two colleges have slg-nitt.il slg-nitt.il their ability to grant t-iliion or IS reduction In feeis. while sev ni v -four 'institutions still have the mutter under i advisement and several o'h-is declare that they will make every effort to i further the war department's plan |