Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-10
OUR CHIEF EDUCATION
the Navy.
Learning IL in Demand

the Navy.
Learning is in Demand
Vocational rehabilitation of the
wounded soldiers, and the increasing
demand for such training among ex-
service men all over the country, en-
phasizes the popular desire for more
complete education. In looking over
lists of particular cases asking such
training. it is appalling to note the
number of incapacitated men with
families to support, VINO did not ge.
beyond the fourth grade in school,
A man of q has an average of ~
years of productive life before him,
provided he has been so taught and
trained as to enable him to preserve
his health and strength Former
United States commissioner of Educa-
ton P. p. Claxton says that If sl,5oo
were paid for the education of such an
| individual. and the results of such an
education spread over period of ~
years, the cost would be less than $3o
a year.
The investment problem resolves It.
' self into this simple question: WIN
7 the average man or woman with such
education and training as could be
given at cost of $500. instead OF
1852 produce enough more in taxable
values to reimburse the state for the
extra expenditure?
| In view of these suggestions, as set
4 tBTtn DN Ildut ny llle hi'" u
of education. the far western states
have found larger funds for educa-
tional purposes a good investment
Montana, Califorr a, Nevada. WASH
ineton, the District of Columbia 1the
only eastern exception,) wyoming,
Colorado. and Idaho, head the list in
the largest amounts appropriated for
such purposes with sums ranging from
ss37 per individual in Montana, to si]5
| IN Idaho
| In considering the investing of s1,5oo
! for the education of each child in the
| United States, as suggested by MIR.
| Claxton. one shrould take into con-
sideration the fact that this amount
will give elementary and high school
education to all. in schools manned
! by competent teachers and adequate
lly equipped. Moreover. such an np-
preparation would PROVIDE the higher
education of the college, university.
professional and technical schools for
two or three times as many as now
get It. 1t would also allow oppor-
tunity for correspondence education
/ tor all those unable to attend a college
or any other school of higher educa-
ton.
| Pny the Teachers More.
The cheapest thing in the world Is
a good teacher at any reasonable
price" to quote Mr.. Claxton again:
THE time, intellect. life and character
of our children are too precious to he
wasted and misuscd by teachers who
are incompetent The work of the
teachers is the most important work
done in America, More depends on II
than on the work of any other class
of men or women"
How. much does the United states
spend on its teachers? North Caro-
lima is at the bottom OF the list with
an average salary OF s2si the year.
The average salary paid teachers Is
less than thewaces paid scrub-women
or ditch -diggers, according to the
committee on educa ton OF the house of
representatives. There Is only one
state in the United states which pays
an average teachers salary bf over
ono thousand dollars year Calf
! fornia leads tho states with Sl,0l2.
The District of Columbia, however.
goes this figure one oetter. granting
an average annual salary of ti,o52.
! After these two. tn. only states pay
| ing an average annual salary Of over
5000 are New York. Arizona, Washing
| ton and New Jersey.
| This Is country of poor schools
and underpaid teachers. With all our
wealth 1t IL hard to get a decent edu-
cation in America. When we have
| fully Graspcd this fact we may do
| something about II