The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-02-09
Who Succeed

publish "Who's Who 10 Amer, ?"
1900 pages Of brief geographic 4
living Americans ''most notable 10 III
OF usefulness nd
reputable endeayor.r Chaneellor ".
". Smith examines lO.704 names
dudIug "a sell taught, 278 home-
taught, 1865 common. school traIrtd,
1927 high school trained, 77O9 w n
college5training, 6l2s 5-inL ,oI ge
graduates.
Comparing With the popu AL r ser
80 years o: sge, Chahctlo, $50 h
shows that l,757,O 23 unedo t 4
people produced no not,blr; y
SS5 persons taught at home OF COZ o
schools, produced 1868 notable
one for each 1912 persons; 657
normal or high school tina
produced 1927, or one notaOlo
each 4O4 persons; 1875, 613 co
trained produced TOO, or ore NJ ne
tor each AZ persons. Thus a gh
school boy has % times the char Of
the common school boy; the c , e
trained has ten times the cham. of
the high school. boy, or more thu 90
times the chance of the cor On
school boy. The a. B, gradu ;
pre- miDently successful.
Statistics shcw that the Nv re
common school trained person cars
$500 per yesri tls nigh school ira r,J.
$500: the average college gracn4te,
1890. These ca. nings repres, b, 6
pr ceot on $4,000, $40, 900 and
$40 900, respectively. Tbat is, our
common school represents a capt of
$1,000. 81 lend $500 a year on him 10
pat tim through a irsl.class acs nv
an1 you turn tim ilto a Soc coo
capnsl, Now, take this $40 COO
capital and spend 5000 a year to belp
aim through four years at college ard
turn bis working capital into s20. 0C0.
Since Sc weeks makes the average
3cllege year, four years means 1000
days 1T school. Then esoh day at
high school adds IS to The conn On
school boys capital; each day at
college adds $40 to the high schcll
BOY,
Again, comparing the rumber Of
!, ptu ui means in America, it app ars
'1st the college man has 500 times he
| chance of the common school pr oct
own wealth But such precu AIRY
e 4ndard is the lowest. Not how to
gain riches, but now to use 5bsa
when gained is the ultimate goal Of
5 education as related to wealth, The
hiei Uains exc priceless ;snot cstil ahe
:. IA money.
q Consider furtheT: H%eretofor S
tnsn one person in 200ubas grat strr
trom a college. Yet this ,ssless totl
ono hall per cent OF our nation hni
2 adjusted ere specializing, ba,
l. turuished over so per- cent 81 our
) coogrcesmen, so per cent Of c0]
: eena'o rs. . vo.thirds OF tho gov .or.
4 Estates, rs per cent OF our e,bn,l
$ officers, 80 per cent OF judges o. tb,
Unned Stotss supreme Court. ar
,>-r tn4 ee.tcurths Of ~ll min, -,
u gers, ply sicians ard educator vi
nave attained real emiaeuee in ,o
: p,oiesslons, hlle the thousan ,
= -. lures yearly, the thousands wh.
II %alaudou their profession tor som ,io,
. el,r, come from the crowd who ~,
w, medical, theological, or n,rmo
= c urses without a college education !,
! the broad foundation. AS for ,bos,
g who think a little ''buslness ., ,rss,
), /. all that is necessary, The comc,ero,.
t, a agencies ee;l hat 95 per cent of al
bl.ine,s ventures end In fAilnre
4 ecause of insulcent i~ntellectua
: raining. You must pay now for !,
: c llsee course or pay oil through M,
r the lack Of lt.-A. H. Godbey i.
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