The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
Education Paw,
Big Dividend,
BY ROGER W. sApso.'

hChh CITY. Nov u
The best insurance sa :G ! IL
employment is educstionS u
cry young person wbo ~
qualify ought to load VINO h can
with as much of this ns,.nset
as possible. The record is oia'
Education pays off. ~ Clear
II you are doubtful
these facts. A U. S. Off;o need
Education survey after the the d
depression found that 90 90 last
cent of the college ed S1 Pc,
women and SO per GEN. s.ed
men had never been on =. IN,
A survey by Dean Partc os"ei
rutgers once revealed that ~
every 500 earned by a fsr,b 5or
with no schooling, s375 .f
earned by the farmer ""
"short course" college trsiD; na
and S522 by the farmer with f"S
four-year college training, '0il
Everett W. Lord, dean Fr,.,
tus Of Boston university coiIe.'
of business minis,ra.s
found in a prewaf survey t5nl
the college man gradn.,.
earned an average life total -,
from $4,000 to 5000, OOo d,r;..
his 50 productive years trnr.
college to retirement. This W..
about So, 900 more, on the aver
age, than the high school graSn
ate's earnings of $88, 900.
The G. I. Bill OF Rights w..
enacted as a job insursnc,
measure for the education,l
and vocational rehabilitation n
World War II veterans. The law
provides for free education
equivalent in time to the num-.
Der of months of active seryic.
plus one year, UP to a mar,
mum of four calendar year,
This is for veterans education.
ally qualified and honorab]v
discharged. They must hay,
served 80 days or more. ey.
elusive Of training in either
Army or Navy specialized train.
ing programs. Further, to be.
come eligible a veteran mus,
initiate such course of education
not later than four years after
either the date of his dischars,
or the termination of World War
II whichever is later. Thes.
benefits will continue for Mn,
years after July Is, 1947.
Uncle Sam has agreed 10 paw
a maximum freight bill Of $500
per year for tuition, laboratory,
infirmary, and other fees, plu,
subsistence Of $65 per month for
single men and 500 per month
for married men. The law also
provides that a man may hold
a Job while attending school, ex.
cept that if he earns more than
$11O per month his subsistence
is reduced proportionately, The
college enrollments oil 2,l43,0 900,
more than half of whom ara
veterans, is testimony to tn,
good sense of G, I. Joe. Let
me add that my new Utopia
college in the center Of the U.
S. at Eureka, Kansas, will tax.
care of any G. l. Of good
character unable to get located
elsewhere.
But don't give up a college
education because you are not
a G.. I. There never was a BET
ter time to work your way
through. Most employers gener'
ally prefer hiring men who
have already developed sue
cessful work habits and who
know the value of a dollar. II
you have to watch your per-
MES, remember: (a) privately
controlled colleges have many
full or part scholarships-from
5000 to 5000; (b) state collese'
and universities have very low
tuition rates - about sl25 per
wear and some make No
charge for tuition. ,
Prewar surveys OF Gil col
leges revealed that half OF the
men and one-fourth Of the wonl'
en- earned part Of then
expenses, while about one fifth Of
the men and one-tentf OF the
earned all their ez'
penses, totaling annual earnings
of 1872, 600, 900! Scholarships ana
fellowships granted by 1854 col
1eges to d serving students
amounted to another 10000 '
Job d scholarship t7portuhl'
ties are as good as ever.