The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22

SSSSS''S'ts
The United States Govern
ment itself has issued an Off
cial appeal to such young people
to stay in school and obtain all
the education they can.
In recent years the jobs that
required only a grammar school
education have become few and
far between. Most "good"
jobs require at least high school
education, and this requirement
will probably be increasingly
emphasized after the war when
the manpower pool is overflow
ing,
The job being filled by a
youth Of Is, IS or IL years old
may look mighty good now
with its S35 or $40
week.. But what will 1t Of
fer five years from now =.
even II some serviceman re-
turning from war does not
rightfully claim it?
The youth who is holding such
a job should study his or her
future with earnest deliberation
right now and listen to the
advice of parents, ministers,
school officials and others whose
long years of experience sup
port their well-balanced judg-
ment.
The youth who Is thinking
of quitting school and staying
at the soda fountain, gas sta
ton, restaurant or other job
now paying good money
should ponder the question as
to whether a better knowledge
of various branches of mathe.
mates, business administra-
ton, English literature, CIV
les, home economies, short
hand, tipping and business
practise would enable him or
her to make better progress
in the important business Of
making a living.
Maybe these young folks
think that school Is "kid stuff"
Well, the men in service don't
think so because 50 many of
them wanted to continue studies
after donning Uncle Sans uni
form that the army was obliged
to organize special institute to
help them. Evening classes
in every large city near an army
center are we'll populated with
men in uniform, and countless
thousands of soldiers are anx-
iously awaiting the wars end 50
they may resume schooling.
Attending school isn't "kid
stuff" It's one Of the
privileges for which this ma
ton Is fighting.
Here and there boy will
contend that by quitting school
and continuing to work they are
helping the nations war effort.
But the War Manpower Com
mission says:
''In most cases, youth under
Is can best contribute to the
war program by continuing In
school and, when their serv-
ices are required, by accept
ing vacation and part-time
employment. Your No. l war
work is school work. Keep 1t
up.
A NEWSPAPER PICTURE
showing a Battle Creek chap
lain holding church service
Lison, France, outside a captur-
ed railroad station, is treasured
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Rosso.
Their son, Sgt. Bruce Ros-
so is plainly shown in the front
row of the sober-faced, reverent
troops. In fact, Bruce is look
ing right at the camera. The
Rossos also know that their 9TH
err son, Sgt. Charlie Jr., Is
somewhere in the background,
unrecognizable in the picture,
because the two brothers are in
the same company and stick
pretty closely together.
Mrs. Lemon Jones, Route 3,
Box 10, Mount Clemens,
writes to ask us to correct a
false impression that her son,
Robert NJ. Jones, s NC has
been missing in action in the
Pacific She encloses q
letter from Robert dated Aug.
in which he observes: "The
weather is rot, the food Is
good, and the work is easy Of
late. We can't complain
too much out here for Uncle
Sam Is taking excellent care
of us. Main trouble Is that
we're 10000 miles from
home" The letter GER
tainly doesn't sound as though
Jones Is missing.
THE DRINKING FRATERN-
ITY at home may think they're
being forced to imbibe a lot Of
strange connections during these
davS Of shnrfaoes hut they have