The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-08-30
A DEFINITE AND ADEQUATE IN.
vESTMENT ALWAYS PRECEDES
SUBSTANTIAL RETURNS


SUBSTANTIAL RETURNS
A College education fits a man or
woman to do a piece of work in a
community better than any person
without an education can do it. In
the state of Kansas few years ago,
a survey was made Of the incomes
of representative farmers in par
ticular section. For this survey.
an equal number Of farmers was
selected from those who never went
TO High School, from those who
completed High School but who
never went to College,, and from
those who had completed full
College Course. II was found that
the average income Of those far
mers who began farming early in
life and never went to High School.
was about 5000 year. The income
Of those who delayed farming for
a few years and finished High School
was about $1,000 year. The yearly
income Of those who waited to begin
farming for eight years and who in
the meantime finishing a College
education was about 81 800. A Col
lege education pays in dollars be-
cause il fits a man or woman to do
piece of work better than the per-
son who does not have an education.
A College Education
A complete College education then
is a good investment for the boy
or girl who expects to farm. But
it is a good investment for any
body. Any outlay Of time and
money which will give a person
thirty-three per cent. advantage
over his nearest competitor Is a
sound investment. Young people toe
often overlook the first principle Of
sound business which is that a de-
finite and adequate investment al
WAYS proceeds substantial returns
They are after something that will
bring in immediate money, es-
pecially in these times Of high pay
This high pay soon reaces a limit
above which the preson getting II
can never arise. He puts in four OF
five years at what seems to be high
pay until he is convinced that ne
can get no higher and then tries to
remedy his mistake by beginning
school work, only 10 find that his
opportunity is gone. He has pass
ed the age when school work is
profitable.
without an Education
The man or woman without an
education, who takes a place in one
of the great manufacturing plants
at two dollars day in usual times
may reach six dollars in unusual
times like the present, but in usual
times, no matter what skill may be
acquired, he can never go beyond
three dollars a day, one thousand
dollars a year. The same thing Is
true about boy going into farming
A few years of time and energy as
an investment changes the whole
outlook. A college course opens the
way to five dollars a day, fifteen
hundred dollars year, and there
is no limit to the amount that he
may earn. The great engineers, law
yers, statesmen and preachers wis
have the largest incomes at theiI
command are college educated men
The Kansas survey shows that the
same is true Of farmers.
Men of Real Worth
These are days when real wortl
is looked for and everywhere Col
lege trained men and women arr
being called into the responsible
places. They are the people whit
have the broad outlook upon az
fairs. They are the people thai
the world is looking TO for counsel
What You Ought to do This Fall
To any person who has starte'
college course, there ought TO b
no question about what he ough
10 do this fall. A college educa
ton is not one of those things tina
can be put of few years and theI