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Of interest To
Veterans
More than .1,000 son* and daughters of deceased war veterans attended class this past school vear under the eight-month-old War Orphans Education program. Veterans Administration disclosed.1
Hut VA pointed out that the educational program, which went into effect after the 1916**7 school tear got underway, is just now beginning to gain momentum. Purser the next school vear, VA predicted. War Orphans enrollments nrohahlv will more than double ♦h;s tear's total.
And the vears ahead will Witness even greater increases. VA said, as younger children Of decreased veterans reach' the legal age for War Orphans schooling. Oenerallv. the program is for voting men and women between 1S and 21 years of age.
At nresent, for example, an e*ti••-ated 2S.000 sons and daughters of war veterans who died of conrjit'ons caused by military service arc 1-1 years old. They’ll reach tbe eligible age for War Orphans r<|ucafion in another four years.
Ami another 60,000 are under 1 i. Tltev will become eligible in biter tears.
Of the 1,000 who attend class dtiring the past school year, 04r,r enrolled in colleges and universities. However. VA said, belowcollege-level courses are allowed bv law. so long .as the voting person is out of high school and wants to rake a helow-collegf course that will eouip him for a definite vocational goal.
War Orphans education is available to the sons and daughters of World War I. World War II and Korea veterans who died of conditions caused by their military service. Young men and women mav receive up to 36 months of education, with VA paying them ru allowance of up to $I1H for each month of schooling completed.
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