The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-07
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BOYS, GO BACK TO SCHOOL

that boys remain in school instead of quit
ting to take 'jobs" when they are less than hall
educated. Any boy who leaves the school roor
before he has passesd through high school
handicapping himself for life. No matte
whether he enters profession, commercial III
or trade, he will be more useful and will ge
more good out of life if he has acquired hg
school education. The public schools of Ard
more will reopen a week from tomorrow.
boys and boys parents will read carefully tn
following excellent advice from the Bulletin o
BrownWood, Texas, they should profit thereby
By all means, see that the boys go back
to school this year. Don't let the lure Of
high wages keep them on their job after the
first day of the new school year.
Too many of the sort Of boys to whom an
education would be invaluabe-that is, the
ambitious, energetic bOys-are now and for
some time have been filling positions which
pay them splendid salaries. Not one has
been without employment during the sum-
mer, unless he willed it so. The increased
demand for help, and the increased wage
paid for all kind of help, has made the va
cation period Of 1919 a very profitable one
for every worker including the high school
boy.
But despite the high wages which he
may be receiving now, no high school boy
can afford to remain out Of school The men
who like Henry Ford, have built up fab
ulous fortunes on foundation of monument
al ignorance are very few; and the boy who
remains out of school now because he is re-
ceiving big daily wage or monthly salary
will probably be unable ten years from now
to earn more than he is now receiving. 1t is
a very short-sighted policy which would
keep the boy on the job and cause him to
leave his education uncompleted merely be-
cause he is now receiving more money for
his work than the average working man re-
ceived for the same work two or three years
ago. 1t is like killing the goose that laid the
golden eggs.
There is going to be, some day in the not
far distant future, a revision of all the en-
ployment conditions now existing in this
country. Just now the unskilled workman,
the uneducated laborer, is receiving almost
if not quite as much as the skilled and the
educated worker But this condition can not
continue. Ultimately, although existing
wage scales may not be lowered, the salary
scales are going to take their old-time prece-
dence. The man who knows is going to be
paid more for his knowledge than the man
who labors will be paid for his work This
will not be brought about by any antagonism
to the working man, or by any class war
fare on the part of educated people. 1t will
be, as it has always been, but natural re-
suit of perfectly natural combination of
circumstances. Then-and it is inevitable
that that time is coming-the boy who this
year has resumed his school work and has
gone steadily forward with his educational
training will easily take the leadership
while the boy who this year has remained
out of school and stayed on the job because
of the wage it paid, will be found on the job
working for wages and being paid for the
work of his hands.
Keep the boy in school. Persuade him to
go by showing him the manifold advantages
Of properly equippng himself for perform
ing real service in the world. Urge him to
finish the high school course, and then show
him the necessity for college training. Don't
let him accept the cheap bribe which indus
try is now offering him.
The only point in the Brownwood Bulletins
argument which seems to us not we'll taken is
he distinction that paper makes between the
work of the head and the work of the hands,
1and-Work is just as necessary and Just as hon
rable as head-work in fact the opportunities
or hand-work are far more numerous than the
opportunities for head-work. The majority of
Joys, no doubt, will find themselves better fitted
or following some trade than for professional
ife. A high school education will enable them
o excel in labor with the hands, for the more
a man has in his head, the better
work. he can do with his hands. In any event
high school education is well worth while for
my boy, no matter what may be his ambitions
II his capabilities.
How times do change Here comes a St.
4ouis institution which used to manufacture
sell pt bar on