Free Tuition to
Soldiers. . . U.S. Bureau of Education Requests State College Summer School at
Raleigh to Offer Courses in Agriculture to Returning Soldiers, Tuition Free
At the request of the United States Bureau of Education the
State College Summer School at Raleigh is arranging courses in farm practice
for returned soldiers. This instruction will be given these soldiers without
any tuition charges. More than 40,000 returned soldiers have applied to date to
the Secretary of the Interior concerning the possibility of becoming farm
owners, according to a statement by Commissioner of Education P.P. Claxton. In
order to reach all classes of these men, this agricultural instruction is to be
given in two divisions. One, for those soldiers who have had no farm
experience, and who constitute 25 per cent, of those mentioned above, which
will be every elementary; and one for those who have had some farm experience.
These ex-soldier students in Agriculture will be allowed to take, free of
tuition charges, any additional courses offered in the Summer School which they
may desire to take.
In addition to this work the Summer School will offer
courses in Agriculture and Mechanic Arts for Rehabilitation Soldiers under the
general direction of the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
The Summer School further offers exceptionally strong
courses in education for the benefit of the teachers of the State who desire to
obtain or renew Teacher’s Certificates. The catalogue contains very full
information as to the procedure necessary to do these and may be had upon
application to W.A. Withers, Director.
In addition to courses in Agriculture and Education, courses
in Home Economics, History, Literature, Manual Training, French and Spanish are
offered and every opportunity is given for pupils now in High School to obtain
additional units for College Entrance, and for College men to obtain College
Credit in their Freshman work.
Reservations have been coming in rapidly and a large and
successful school is anticipated by the authorities.
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