, 1926-09-01
She Business Of SONG TO school,

The enthusiasm of school promotion is past. Removed
from that occasion by a three-months period, parents and
back to school or get a "job.' If the child is young, there is
no choice; if older. and beyond compulsory attendance laws,
then the question of returning to school is before them. Such
Is il incomes for 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, and
such items will be determining factors.
History might record many a story of the parting of
chums. One g os 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 a set vision
N uninspred nope; the other a n charging horizon and in
creasing appreciation of service. The one may be held by
the deadening influence of routine; the other moved by a de-
Ire for greater initiative, the satisfaction of independent think
ing and the thrill of being creative. Their parting, based OIL
SIMILAR hopes, may lead them poles apart.
Every community boasts one o r. more large industries.
factories for building citizenship. This business is somewhat
seasonal, running at capacity usually from nine to ten months
In the year. Sometimes. unfortunately, operations are as low
as four, five and six months.
With the beginning of the year come promotions in bus
mess. Similarly. W 18th the beginning of the new school year,
the schools pass around their opportunities for a higher grade
u learning IN BUSINESS there is a ceaseiess evolution TIC pro-
duce men and women of training and experience for higher
places of leadership in that business. 1t is 8 o in the schools.
With the promotion in business comes added earning
power. Figures are not wanting to demonstrate the same
results from increased school training. To quote DR.. Everett
Lord, of Boston University, Labor begins its activities at the
age of fourteen and arrives at its maximum earning power at
80. This average is $1,000. From this point o n it dwindles
and falls below the point of self-support at SO years. A high
school graduate begins activities at the age of eighteen and
catches up with the laborer in seven years. At the age of 40
he has al earning power Of $4,000. The college graduate be-
gins activities at the age of %. In six years, O at % years
of age. he equals the earning power of the high school gra-
duate at 40. The average earning power of the college gra-
duate at 60 is $6O00."
Parents owe it to their children to set a proper valuation
on the advantages that adequate education bestows and to
exercise care in the selection of the type of schooling that
will best fit their needs. No effort should be encouraged to
get away from the discipline resulting from work, but to get
back to it. Idleness and misdirected energy are a menace to-
development Education acquired at the expense of the will
to work is SUPERFICIAL handicap. That school ing which is
well spiced with a liberal supply of toll as an ayocation will
prove the most effective.
Let our boys and girls acquire their education in this en-
vfronment and the business life will take care of itself. They
will be better citizens. more able workers and hold to more
wholesome ideals.