New Castle High School - Ne Ca Hi Yearbook (New Castle, PA)

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7 flllnneg lHaIur2nf an iihuraiinn It is decidedly unfair to measure the value of an education in dollars and cents. It has a value far greater than can be measured in money. However, many surveys have been made to determine just what is the money value of an education. Here are the results: 1-Ten thousand men with a common school education, earn yearly 5657.00 each. 1,579 men with a high school education, each yearly 81,597 each. The difference, 894000, represents the earning power of a high school education. This is the interest at 5927 on S18,800. Hence a high school education equals the earning power of 5S18,800. 2-Five thousand boys who left school at 14 years of age, eighth grade, were earning per year at the age of 25 years, S661.00. Five thousand boys who left school at 18 years of age, end of high school, were earn- ing per year at the age of 25 years, 31,612.00 The difference, S951.00, represents the money value per year of a high school educa- tion, or the interest at 576 on 319,000 3-Massachusetts gives her citizens seven years of schooling. The United States gives her citizens 4.4 years of schooling. Tennessee gives her citizens three years of schooling. Massachusetts citizens produce, per person, 3260.00 per year. Citizens of the United States produce, per person, 55170.00 per year. Tennessee citizens produce, per person, 3116.00 per year. It pays the state to educate. 4-Uneducated laborers earn on the average 8500.00 per year for forty years, a total of 320,000 High school graduates earn on the average 81,000 per year for forty years, a total of 2B40,000. This education required 12 years of 180 days each, a total of 2161 days in school. If 2160 days at school add 620,000 to the income for life, then each day at school adds 39.02. A boy or girl that stays out of school to earn less than 359.00 a day is losing money, not making money. 5-In the United States, as a whole, the average earning power of college graduates is 52,000 per year. High school graduates is 51,000 per year. Common school graduates is S500 per year. 6-Only one in a hundred of our people is a college graduate, yet 36? of every 100 congressmen have been college graduates, while 5001: of our presidents, 54W of our vice-presidents, 6935 of our Supreme Court judges, and 87W of our attorney- generals have been college graduates. 7-Your chance to become distinguished or to render distinguished service to your State or Country is in direct ratio to the amount of education that you have. With no education or only a rudimentary education, you stand one chance in 150,000 of becoming distinguished. With a common school education, one chance in 4,250. With a high school education, one chance in 1,600. - With a college education, one chance in 180. If you graduate from college with honors, one chance in three. 8--Salaries in the New York Bridge Department are as follows: In positions demanding only reading, writing and arithmetic, 3982. In positions demanding high school graduates, S1,729. In positions requiring high school and college graduates, S2,500. Educated men and women receive good salaries. Educated men and women render efficient service. The educated mind is the greatest producing agency in the world. 9-Education is the greatest factor today in combatting crime. Out of 22,000 prisoners in New York State only four were college graduates. Out of 1,000 prisoners only 7017 were high school graduates. 2592 were common school graduates and more than 65621 had attended only the pri- mary grades. F. L. ORTH