The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24

! TO boys ana SlfIS OF tDe restless aye III
city or country. The letter to boys is
given herewith not because it Is nec-s-
! the newer conception of the schools
| duty to the community and at the same
| time illustrates a practical method of
making the school known to those who
most need 1.-THE boys and girls of 1t
to IL years of age, The letter TO boys
| follows;
| My dear Mr. ----------
Are you going To be one of the
HEADLESS ARMY? It's in the ma
jority and spends its time taking direc-
tionS and daily pittance from the
LEADING and RULING minority
whose heads, fixed on their own shoul-
ders, 90 the thinking and planning that
carry the world along. The majority
draw pay for the work they can get
out of their muscles and can hope for
no great change in the future; the mi
nority use their physical capacity AS
supplement- to their mental capacity
and expect all things of THEIR fu-
lures. The dividing line is training,
another name for EDUCATION. In
youth, NOW, you decide how YOU
| will be classified later on. This letter
is written to remind you that it is UP
| TO YOU NOW to decide for which
group this year will help fit you and To
point to the open doors of the High
| School.
You want to earn something at once.
Let's measure, if possible, the dollars
and cents value of going to school. In
the United States as whole, taking
conditions by and large, the un-educa-
ted man can not hope for more than
81 80 a day for 800 working days, or
$3.50 year. Wen give him the gen
erous allowance of 40 working years.
Total income, $4,000. Now consider
the trained (educated man. What is
his average salary? Beginning with
the President of the United States and
taking into account the presidents of
companies, banks, universities and in
cials, lawyers, doctors, the majority of
merchants, engineers, ministers, real
estate and insurance men, educated
farmers, master artisans, and teachers
we shall find that 81 900 year is a low
estimate for the average income of the
educated man. 1t is undeniably true
that the educated man wears out more
slowly and lives LONG ER as well as
MORE COMFORTABLY than the un-
ment, wen allow him, too, l0.year
period Of activity. Total income, $40,
600; difference in his favor 80 600. The
average difference in education is less
than 2,200 days. But calling it 2,2O0,
the average return during lifetime
tor each day in school is $40. TEN
| DOLLARS A DAY. Can YOU BEAT
| TIP If so, would like to be shown
how. For Nevada, the figures are diff
ferent, of course, but the relation be-
tween the two groups is about the
same.
| You can doubtless think Of eXcep
tons in our own community, but how
do they compare in numbers with those
who day after day warm free seats on
the sidewalks and benches of Main
StreetY The man who breaks from the
ranks of the Headless Army without
an education is the shining exception.
For every one such there are several
below the average. We can't count
on being among the fortunate excep-
tious. The chances are about three to
one against any such supposition.
one more consideration that may be
news to you. Lacking figures for Me-
vada, wen take those of the neghbor-
ing State OF California. The States
increase OF population for the decade
ending in 1910 was 60.l%. For the
same period high school enrolment
increased from l2,l79 to 39,ll3, or
22l.l% High school attendance is
beating population 22l.2 to COL; in
other words, it is increasing 81 times
AS fast. That means at least two
things. First, the high school has
what you as boy need; second, com
petition, a 'eady FIERCE, is being
INTENSIFIED. There are four edu-
Gated boys. now after every job sought
by one educated boy ten years ago.
You can see at once where that puts
the boy without at least high school
training
To the question, "What shall | do
this winter?n the answer is now very
plain, Is IL not?
Supposing you do give up Job pay
ing something each week. 1t is sur
rendering LITTLE now for MUCH in
the future, giving up two or three dol
lars day now for return Of ten dol
lars day postponed while. IL is not
hard to decide which is the better end
OF THAT bargain.
Where should you 20 To school2
II II you leave Loveock, you cause a
double economic loss; first, TO the COM
munity, because It's money is expended