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Veterans’ Activities
By LARRY QUINLIN
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Most World War II veterans have
less than four months in which to en
roll in G I courses of edU<|lion or
trainihg — or lose these beneSts for
ever. Ju ly 25 is the deadline for all
veterans who were discharged prior
t° July 25, 1947; those discharged af
ter that'date havevfpur years from the
date of their discharge to start GI
training.
The Veterans Administration says
a veteran actually must .be enrolled in
a course prior to Ju ly 25, if he is to
keep his rightsi intact beyond that
date, and once he, quits his course
after that time, he’s through. The
only exceptions to this ruling are:
1. Normal summer wa B a l n >Bter-
ruption. .If a veteran is in College’
this springWnd plans to ^ etu rn , next*
fall, he’s safe; however, if he intends/
toMhange .to another field of studjjl
nextOall, he should apply to the VA
immediately.
H The veteran who interrupted his
G I course to enter military service
can enroll again after his dSfffarge/^
3. A veteran who has completed a
premedical or predental B g l B i rsp
gain admission to a medical
or dentalgchool by Ju ly H E R enter
u jfe r the G I bill at d later E B j , pro-
vided h e ’show! the'JVA | H he had
applied for and was denied ^admission.
4. A school teacher who takes sum
mer trainingleading E H degree, can
enroll uniter the G I bill each summer,
even thojugh his C^I^training is inter
rupted for,' the purpose ^ W te a ^ B g
school the remainder of the year.
5. The I veteran who completes I
undergraduate course this.'spring un
der the G I bill and intends to take
graduate training in the same field
next fall, may do so.
UnS H I a veteran fits one of these
exceptig M t h g l how can he enroll
in M | | j | u i S g t h e G I bill next fall?
The
there’s one way to do it,
and. that’s by enrolling in a residence
course of training before the Ju ly 25
other words, he will have
to enroll in a summer school course, in
the same field that he intends to pur-
B R H college. He should check with
or with the General.
Extension Division, of the State Sys-
tem of Higher Educati^Seitherivin
Eugene ■ Portland, to find out what
EBB* are offering summer courses
iri his fie lfflo f’stud
Can a veteran, start a correspond
ence course now an&W B tch to college
VA says. It has
to
even though
such course need not be. full time. A
veteran t a k i n g a jg flllespondence
^ g ^ s ^ g jhi^^continues after Ju ly 25,
cannot change over to residence
I studies. He may remain in the cor
respondence course until its com
pletion and may take an advanced
■gwesponden^ course|8er that, pro
vided it is considered a “normal pro-!..
g5 S ® 2 ’ from ■ -present course and
provided he still has G I entitlement.
H U B July 25 deadline applies to
technical studies, on-the-job training,
»on-farm training, businesl/* and pro-
fessional sqfiqqls, etc., so theB hferan
I planning to enter courses in any of
E e s e subjects should check immed-
HUBB with the school of his choice and
get enrolled before the deadline.
At the same time, he should get his
applicObn for entitlement in to the
Veterans Administration regional of
fice, Portland. He can do this by mail,
by pegbnal gontact with V A , I or
through his local veterans’ service of
ficer.
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