Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-09-08
THE BUSINESS OF
GOING TO SCHOOL.
ISSUED by the Better Schools League
of Chicago.)

The enthusiasm of school promo
ton is past Removed from that
occasion by a three-months' period
parent and child face a new school
year. There arises the alternative
back to school or 'get a job" II
the child is young, there is NO
choice; il older, and beyond COM
| pulsory attendance laws, then the
question of returning to school Is
before them. Such considerations
as additional income for the home,
inclination and capabilities of the
child, the general value placed on
education, the accessibility Of school
privileges, on the one hand, and the
cost Of going away to school on the
other. Such items will be determin-
ing factors.
History might record many story
Of the parting of chums. One goes
to work; the other continues in
school; one follows the lure Of
ready money" the other the invest
ment Of time for future returns; the
one has set vision and uninspired
hope; the other an enlarging hor-
lion and increasing appreciation Of
service; the one may be held by the
deadehing influence Of routine; the
other moved by desire for greater
initiative, the satisfaction OF in
dependent thinking and the thrill OF
being creative. Their parting,
based on similar hopes, may lead
them poles apart.
Every community boasts one or
more large dustries-factories for
building citizenship. This business
is somewhat seasonal, running at
capacity usually from nine to ten
months in the year. Sometimes, un-
fortunately, operations are as low as
four. five and six months.
With the beginning Of the year
come promotions in business. SINH
larly. with the beginning Of the new
school year, the schools pass around
their opportunities for a hlgher
grade of learning. In business
there is a ceaseless evolution TO pro-
duce men and women OF training
and experience for higher places OIL
leadership in that business. IL IS 50
in the schools.
with the promotion in business
comes added earning power. fls-
uras are not wanting to demonstrate
mo same results from increased
school training. To quote III. $500.
Lord. of Boston university, ~
hegins it's activities at the ase ~,
fourteen and arrives at It's maAii 1,s, ~
earning power at tnlrty: aint
average is 81 200. FROM lhie po .he
an il dwindles and falls Delow ors
noint of self-support at MY se Sd :.
4 high school graduate peelns and
tios at the age of elghteen .ouaS
ootcbes M with the laborer IA so hos
'aors At the age of forty he T rae
ss'l oarning power Of $2,Zoo::. in at
an ,,e eaa graduate begins actiVMies CIV Nv
coliee go ~ twenty-five. IN Of 20
tine as Or at twenty-eight years 70 20
years, 10 EQUALS the earning DOW snrt "
age VOL, na school graduate at 20 NO r.,
the Mo- anaraqe earning power % 400 "
me a'e araduate at sixty is $ o;I1u,
collese snts owe it to their emu INV 3D. d.
RAJ nroner valuation on .no
to set e. that adequate Gu 10 the
vant sss and to exercise care reenno,ing
bestows an ~ the type Of schooil No
selection, hast fit their needs cot
that VIII la Id he encouraged 10 30 90
effort should a. W discipline resulting
away from th hut to get back TO w. ~,
ana sns'5?
a menace ,r .u at the expense % u
ton acqu,, 10 superfcial-a veil
s mn That schooling Snnnly of toll
s sniced with a lipe ;,, nrove the most
sp an avocation Will p''
effective. ,u. and girls acqunto
sss ss';:Sa ,: q VIE S T.;
care :.o Of i more able workers and A0'0
citizens Wholesome who ideals