The Washington times., 1919-09-07
COLLEGE TRAINING
VALUABLE TO ALL

Today, as never before, young peo-
ole are considering the value Of q col
lege education. They are counting
the cost and wondering whether the
benefits to be secured from a college
course will compensate them for the
time and effort involved. But there is
really no room for q debate. The argu-
ments are all on one side.
Young people should so to college in
order that they may be better pre-
ed for life, its duties and response
young people are taught to open a
little wider the door OF narrow life,
how to take the dready drudgery out
OF life, and also how to make life q
glory instead Of a grind. They are
taught to get a wider outlook and .
clearer vision.
College Outlook Valuable.
The college outlook is worth all
the practical experience" that could
be obtained in MAJ, times four years
without H. Many young people be-
gin the work Of life too early. They
should be more eager to begin well
prepared. Too many have come into
active life like Ephraim-"a cake not
turned" or q cake half-baked. The
college is the place where the mind 10
trained to think clearly. the heart 70
feel powerfully, the will to choose
justly, the esthetic faculty to appre-
ciate httlngly and the conscience to
do rightly. 4.
It Is the place to experience the Joy
OF self-discovery, to open up whole
continents OF possibilities in ones
nature which might otherwise remain
undiscovered. In short. q thorough
college course heightens ones intel
lectual en1oyments, enhances social
opportunities. increases personal re-
hnement, awakens nobler ideals OF
manhood and Womanhood. and thus
fits q person to do something as well
as to be something worth while in this
needy world.
VaIue Increased.
Il Is estimated that q college sduca-.
tion multiplies the value OF q life
career over q common school and q
high school education by nine and one
third; over only common school edu-
cation, by 215; over no school educa-
tiop, BY S17. II you have a common
school education. your life is worth
three and eight-tenths times a. much
to the world as though you had no
education. II you have a high school
three times as much az IL you have
only a common school education. and
eighty-seVen times as much a. II you
had no education, II you have a col
lege education. your life is worth nine
and one-thifd times as much as II you
had only q high school education; 215
times as much as II you had only q
common school education. and s17
times as much as II you had no educa-
tion. Surely IL pays In life values 70
get q college education, and for this
reason your should 20 TO college.
The college graduates OF this coun-
try comprise about 1 per cent OF the
male population over tWenty-one
years OF age. Yet thib per cent has
more than one-third Of the
members OF Congress. tWo-thirds Of
the Presidents, Vice Presidents, and
Cabinet officers and more than two
thirds OF the justices Of the Supreme
Court, Every Chief Justice has been
q college man but one. and he left
college to serve in the Revolutionary
War. The ratio OF our distinguished
men who are college graduates is
very much on the increase.
Growing Demand.
There Is also a growing demand
for college trained men and women
as assistants in the great industrial
world. Manufacturers, jobbers, inn
porters, exporters. railroad and
steamship companies and so on, are |
calling for men and women with col |
lege training and equipment. They |
have learned from experience that !
college training furnished a founda- |
tion for increased intellectual value |
and increased money value far and |
away above and beyond the cost. |
From the wage-earner's standpoint. |
the college graduate earns an aver !
age Of two and one-half times as i
much as the high school graduate. |
An Ohio manufacturer said recently: |
"Our Mr.. Blank earns $4,000 q year, |
and IS the cheapest man we have"
On being asked, "What Is the secret |
Of his value?" he replied, Cultivated !
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