The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-29

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enough. Some Of them earned only q
little by odd work, bringing down the
general average.
Taking into consideration the entire
413 who worked at all. tho amount
they earned gave an average Of
$e0s.eo for the four years. This IL So
per cent Of the average total cost Of
the course. How they earned this
money would make many an interest
ing story which cannot be recorded
in tho statistics, and the seekers after
higher educet ton would be revealed
as a practical, hustling lot Of boys.
Here are a few Of the things that
some Of them mentioned as methods
by which they helped pay their own
bills: Sign painting. surveying. car
rying papers, firing furnaces. tutoring
backward students. milking, washing
dishes. waiting on table. scrubbing
floors. typewriting. photography. pa
per hanging, pruning orchards. type
setting, seed testing, running elevator.
telegrapher. photographer. managing
boarding club. and this is only a part
Of the list. It seems AZ IL almost ev-
cry branch Of work Is represented.
and one would gather tho idea that to
be idle would be exceedingly unfash-
ionable.
It will be interesting to many to
sec how the various states compare
in these figures. AS to the cost Of
the four years in agriculture. the
lineup is as follows: Wisconsin
1924. Illinois $1.S57. Iowa (Ames)
$1.7so. California $1.72s, Indiana
(Purdue) Sits. Missouri $1,6o5.
Kansas $780,. Nebraska 31.4S7. Col
orado $1,46s. Michigan $1.32S. Okla
homa $1,025. OF course, these figures
do not signify that the cost needs to
vary SO greatly in tho different states,
but they are simply the average ex-
penses Of a large number OF students
in each state.
The corresponding comparisons Of
the average amount earned in each
state do not seem 20 have any rela-
ton. They stand as follows: Cali
fornia 1915. Nebraska $7Ss. wiscon-
sin $6O8, Kansas 1907. Iowa $59S. Ok
lahoma $5S7, Illinois $685., Michigan
1884, Missouri $545, Colorado 1902,
Indiana $3.50. Somewhat q different
lineup il presented when the amount
earned Ia expressed in per cent Of the
average cost at each state. The IL
states then stand as follows: Okla
home 81 per cent. Nebraska So per
cent, California 81 per cent. Michigan
~ per cent, Kansas 40 per cent, Mis-
souri, SO per cent. Iowa - per cent.
Colorado - per cent, Illinois 81 per
cent. Wisconsin 81 per cent. Indiana
22.1 per cent.
In the last decade many boys from
towns and cities have become inter-
ested in agriculture and have taken
the college course to fit themselves
for 1t. This has caused apprehension
in some quarters. but 1t has been OBJ
served that some OF these boys 70
out and become first-class, practical
farmers. In some states. according
to the figures collected in this in
quiry. a large proportion Of this
years graduates are from towns and
cities, while in others there are few
except farmer boys. The average of
the same IL states previously consid-
cred. shows that I'LL per cent have
come either directly from the farm or
had simply been living in town for
the high school advantages, but were
born and reared in the country. The
other 28.9 per cent are without farm
experience in their early life, al:
though most If them have worked as
harvest hands or hired men to gain
practical experience.
With the number Of this years
graduates who were farm reared or
have had farm experience, expressed
in per cent. the states stand as fol-
lows: Indiana 30. Kansas 81. Okla
homa S3, Nebraska ~, Colorado So,
Iowa Sc, Michigan IS. California SIS.
Missouri So. Wisconsin 81, Illinois ~.
The great difference In the number of
town and city boys attending in the
various states can be assigned to nu-
merous reasons although it would be
dinicult to prove any Of them. 1t will
be interesting to note one further fig-
ure in this connection, which shows
that among the graduates at the In
diana school more than 50 per cent
will inherit farms.
The number OF boys at the various
schools who At present own or will
inherit farms. when expressed In per
cent, runs a. follows: Indiana 80,
Kansas 80. Illinois As. Nebraska q,
Oklahoma ~. Iowa II. Missouri IS,
Michigan 81. Wisconsin 80. Colorado
rs. California 2e. In = general way
these figures correspond to the num-
Der OF farm reared students
What the graduates are going to do
after they have left the campus and