The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-05-19

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COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
It occurs to me that we too little
value q high school education-the
opportunity new within the grasp Of
all the youth Of our county. Before
taking up the farther consideration Of
the necessity for an adequate high
school in Powder River county for all,
let us consider the advantages secured
to our boys and girls and zee y the
small outlay for each individual tax
payer IL not repaid many fold.
Too many people are inclined to dis
regard the advantages of an educa-
tion. Dad didn't get any high school
training. He has been able to make q
living and doesn't see tn. need OF
wasting any time in sending "Bilr' to
high school. But figured frcm the
dollar and cents standpoint every day
'Bilv spends in school il worth more
than SO.
There was never a greater demand
for high school graduates than at
present. Many firms now expect and
demand a high school education for
their employees. Other qualities be-
ing equal the high school boy or girl
will win over tn Sc without such
training. The discipline and training
Of a high school course gives tre-
mendcus advantage IN most lines over
the person not SO trained.
Addressing myself to the students
of Powder River county eligible for
high school, namely. all pupils who
have passed successfully the eighth
grade examination-I say, now Is your
chance to get a high school education.
II you do not & to high school new
the chances are you never will go.
A high school course will bring out
and develop your best qualities and
your greatest strength. 1t will broad
en- your sympathies. sharpen your in
tenect. extend your mental horizon.
and multiply your capabilities.
Your fund of Information CLEANED
from high school course may be
worth much to you, but the thinking
power is a greater asset. The think
ing power gained by daily wrcstle
with quadratic equations may make it
possible for you later to puncture
quickly the fake project of the pre-
fessional promoter. The facts as we'll
as the mental power gained in a study
of ancient Rome will enable you to
find the flaws in the half baked politi-
cal curealls peddled about as a pam
acea for all our national ills. 1t is
the thinking power generated in the
high school rather than the facts
learned that enables the high school
graduate to outrun others in the at.
tainments Ct life.
The best financial Investment you
can possibly make is going to high
school. 1t will pay you and pay you
literally in increased earning power.
II you know safe investment, II you
recognize genuine bargain t is
easy to- prove to you that going to
high school is the best investment you
can make. The following figures are
vouched for by the United States Blu
reau of Education. They are based
upon the investigation of the earning
power ct boys from various school
classes at the age of Is. At that age
the boys who went to work at II we're
earning on the average $l2.75 per
week. The boys of the same classes
who took high school course were
earning at the age or rs $31 per week.
We estimate forty years as the earn
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from the time he is 20 until he is 50
years old. Let US assume that the
earning power remains the same after
the age of 25, and then counting 50
weeks tc the year. the average boy
that goes to work at IA will earn
$25.5OO in a life time. The average
boy with a high school education will
earn 362. 900 in the same length OF
time. The dinernce between $4,000
and $25,50o. or $36.500. equals the
value of a high school education.
It takes four years to get high
school education after completing the
work of the grammar grades. or COM
mon branches. In each school year
there are $50 days: four times $50
equals 720 the number of days in a
high school course: $36.5O0 divided by
720 gives a quotient of $50 which Is
the amount per day that boy earns
while attending higa school. based
upon the increase Of his earning
power.
To acquire this earning capacity re-
Quires ~ years at school of $50 days
each. or a total OF 2.16o days. Divide
$36,5OO. the number of days required
in getting 1t, and we find that each
day at school q worth more than SIC
to the average boy who completes the
course.
In the Investigation of hundreds of
bcys. those who had gone through
high school were earning by the time
they were Is years old 5000 more per
year than the boys who went to work
at II. II this increased earning power
were capitalized at per cent 1t would
be equal to a. working capital Of
$4,000 invested in their business.
These figures are as authentic al
any that have been compiled. Figures
for girls will show slight variation
hut the same ratios OF earning power
Yo uand your parents should ponder
these figures we'll before you deter
mine to leave school with an eighth
grade education or less. For solid
financial Investment you can neither