The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15

nlgnt November IL, 1JlI.e AullllSSiOll
20 cents and 40 cents at the door.
Season tickets SIPS. Everybody is
invited TO come.
An interesting and instructive
meeting Of Rankin County Teachers
Association was held in Brandon Sat-
urday All present enjoyed the dis
cussions and the lunch.
Why II Is Important for the Present
Generation to Be Well Educated.
CA theme written by 9th grade
pupil of Brandon School,
One Of the most important ques-
tions that is facing the United States
is the education of its boys and girls.
The future generation cannot be
what it should be, to do what will be
required of it, if education is not
thorough. The best young manhood
of the country is now being taken
away from the colleges, away from
their positions and sent to defend
their country These young men
probably had had great ideals of
what they would do and be. Now all
their aircastles have been torn down
by war. Aircastles will not be the
only things destroyed by war. So
everyone should prepare himself for
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young men may never return to
their native shores and those who
do return may not be able to do
what they had planned to do. There
fore, it is the duty Of every boy and
girl of the present generation to
prepare himself for whatever may
fall his lot. In order to do this a
good education is, of course, the first
thing to be considered.
AS everyone knows, the boys Of
to-day will be the men of to-,nor-
row After this struggle, it will re-
quire a man of great ability to hold
the presidency of the United States
That is, to hold it and hold it prop
erly. The presiden of tomorrow
will have matters such as no other
president has had to deal with. In
order to handle these matters wisely
the president will have to be one of
the braniest men we have'ever had in
this office. Some very brainy men
have held the highest office in the
land therefore we see that it will
require a very highly educated man
to hold this position.
The president is not the only one
who will have to be well educated.
We will have to have senator's and
representatives Besides those who
have to deal with the government We
will have to have doctors, lawyers,
merchants, bankers, farmers, anil q
great many others. Every one Of
these - it makes no difference
whether his position is the highest
or the lowest-will have the great
est need in the world for a good edl-
cation.
Since the future nation depends 50
much upon the present generation
think it the duty and the greatest
duty ever placed upon anyone, for
every boy and girl to do his part
toward getting an education hipself.
and helping others to do the same.
[ think those who do rot do this
may we'll be classed as a Stacker and
deserter.
KATHERINE STINGILY.
Below is a copy of sheet gotten
out by the u. S. Bureau of Educa-
ton showing the money value OF
public school education.
Every Day Spent in School Pays the
Child Nine Dollars.
Here is the Proof
Uneducated laborers earn on the
average $500 per year for forty
years, total of...-..-..- $4,000
High school graduates earn on
the average $1,000 per year for forty
years, total of........-....---s $4,000
This education required II years
of schooling of $50 days each, a
total Of 2l60 days of school.
If 2f60 days at school add $4,000
to the income for life, then each day
at school adds 1902.
The child that stays out of school
to earn less than SO a day is losing
money, not making money.