Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1916 — Average Child Earns Nine Dollars Each Day That It Spends in the Schoolroom [ARTICLE]

Average Child Earns Nine Dollars Each Day That It Spends in the Schoolroom

By C. P. CARY

State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wuconrin

Every day spent in school the children earn $9. Uneducated laborers earn on the average SSOO a year for forty years, a total of $20,000. High-school graduates earn on an average SI,OOO per year for forty years, a total of $40,000. This education requires 12 years of school of 180 days each, a total of 2,160 days. If 2,160 days at school add $20,000 to the income for life, then each day at school adds $9.02. Forceful as this summarization of earnings is, it tells but one side of the story —the money side, Back of this can be seen improved standi ards of living and more intelligent communities..