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abo0t % cents PEI srre. Why 50
muA diaerenre between year chiid's
farm hone and hs shool home.
Why Is there 50 mach difference be-
tween eur chil1ren's home and that
Ct their city cousins?
You ask, aB1t does II psy7" OF
course. you mean Is dollars and eentS
Let Us see. Uncle Sam has found out
for as that the average u~neducated
workman earns $40 per year, while
the boy who fnishes the rural school
gets his eighth grade diploma, earns
5000 per year. or $3.50 more than the
uneducated worknan. In 50 years
be viii earn $500 the mOr To
prepare himself he spent s years in
school, 8 months per year, and 20
days per month, OF a total Of 1880
school days. Divide $500 by 1880,
the number Of school days, we find
that on the average the country boys
are earning Sc per day-a pretty
good salary for a boy from the age
Of six to fourteen.
And to Garry it q step Of two fur
ther, the average high school grad
uata is earning $1,000 per year, while
the average college graduate is earn
ing $1,000 per year. Now, you may
find for yourself the value Of a day
spent in high school or college. Does
it pay? Is it likely that we viii put
50 much into our schools that we win
not get a fair return on our invest
ment?
But" you may object, "this does
not apply 70 farmers and farmers
boys" "Uncle Sam" tells US that the
average farmer With a high school
education is making $500 a year
more than his less educated neighbor,
and the farmers with a college educa-
ton are making a like sum more than
their less fortunate brothers. $500
represents the income on 5000 in
vested at 6%-a pretty good sum to
earn in four years.
Rush Hill has a small school this
year-not more than 50 in all. Miss
Anna Miller again has charge Of the
primary grades and is doing her US
ual first class work. She has chairs
for her recitation work, and teacher
and pupils form an interesting circle.
She is also allowed a small sum each
month by the board to provide the
pupils with materials for their hand
work and busy work. How much it
would repay them II all the rural
boards would do likewise. C. N.
Ford is the principal for the second
time. He has the grammar grades
and n year of high school work.
He seems to be getting good results,
and with the helpful and necessary
hearty cooperation of board and par
ents, ! am sure he win have a very
successful school.
Martinsburg had a splendid Pat
rons Meeting, Wednesday before
noon, one room was filed with large
baskets Of the best things to eat,
while another was filed with children
and parents. The program of the
forenoon was very interesting. 1t
was rendered by the high school pup
lis. The most interesting feature was
a Lesson given the corn<club by Miss
jeanette White, the principal.
After dinner; talks were made by
Editor John Beal on Community In
@terests, supt. Pryor on Team Work,
and another by Mitchell White on
Boy Scouts, The pupils of the grades
a very interesting program.
In each room we're displays Of ex-
eellent work done by the pupils, and
greatly admired by the parents. 1t
was a great day for Martinsburg, and
will bear fruits in closer cooperation
Of pupils, parents, and teachers. II
shows that the work Of Miss
White and her able assistants, Mrs.
schaefer and Miss Underwood, is be-
ing appreciated, and is getting good
results.
PLAY WASN'T @BoNRHEAD."