Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-03
WHY go TO IIGm SCHOOL,
lruln a boy = standpoinu
liy HERBERT WlLLtHiit.S

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The question Of whether n boy VI
kari vail gu to high school. 90 drop
cut at the end Of grammar school. Is
ono at the most important questions
that a hut or Eirl has 90 decide. His
decision in this matter viii atiert the
rest ct MS lil' more than any other
decision that might have o. be- made.
o. must ds e.dc at un early age. wheth.
- h, wants 90 become success Ia
This world. az failure. II b" decides
a. stop school 40 :bp a...' Of the gram.
MAR Hshuoi. be- Dr.. ! .,4yr words stat
irr that b. does Lgt care GO q, a big
success IN the world. bat that an he
wants IL enough Go I've On. However.
N loy goes u Go high school. ne
eiys. hy the Nori l,t 81 hia Eu.ug. that
%. 81 EuuE o. start iu this word with
the suu, advantages thlt other boys
have. amt the rest 90 the world had
better watch out for him.
The advantages ul hirh school odu.
,ntion arr ~ great and the disidyan.
tagcs ~ small. that there ~ almost no
argument tu the question The main
Argument. or reason. Why boy quits
school. IS that be mus, work O. sup.
pDri the family. This reason whiie
sometimes 10 b. the main uD"-is us.
ually given none Hs an excuse than
us an urum'n, for leaving school
The arguments Tor taking "a course
100 90, niEh sghuDl ar, numerous. and
cDuNiu,mE a. the first place. q hoy
with high sHhuul education can com.
mand a better salary than un, who
rls nr. had high scDUl education.
Employers are more and moro coming
90 the point whor, they require that Il
boy have high school education be.
fofc they viii even consider giving
nm position. They nav" found by
experience. that the educated boy can
de- better work. In a shorter time. than
the uneduvatrd boy. Second four
wears in high school win develop a boy
IM fisally. There Is q great deal. and
great variety ~ play attached To
the high school The records ia the
army show that the boys who had been
o. high s'hool were Ia better shape.
physically than the buss who had not
been 90 high school
\ hirh ~cool education hroad.ns
hoy. ~ high school b. forms acquain.
tanccs tina, viii last lifetime. Ills
best friends are made during his four
years In hieh school. friends that viii
later be- his business associates
4 high school education u the best
Investment hos van make. Statistics
show that the buy who let s,huOl at
the age ul fourteen. was making. at
the age % tweniyf five an average Of
sl:75 week: and that the boy who
finished high school was making an
average OF $500 a week. at the age OF
twenty-five. Suppos the earning ca
pnciiy m n man ends 40 the age Of
forty. During thss. fifteen years the
hoy with a high -chool education will
earn approximately $4,000 more than
the boy without high school aducaiiOn
IN other words. during the forty months
sou spend In high school you receive
about $4,000 month Isn't this n
pretty good wages Tor about six hours
work a day.
II you do not believe the above facts,
lsk u.unl. who have been through high
scohol and those who have not. t. first
Nill tell you that they would not have
missed their -four years IN high school
Tor any amount ~ money. The see.
a class will tell you that they wished
they had gone 10 high school and will
encourage you o. Eo.
Hut, even after knowing the above
facts. some boys still stop school at the
end 81 the seventh grade. HOW DC
THEY Two IT.