Show I More T Than an Half alf of Americans 25 or Ol Older erl erli i Have Haye Had Eight or More Years Years' Schooling 1 WASHINGTON June 4 UP liP liP- Without mentioning President Roosevelt's surprise at low intelligence intelligence intelligence intel intel- ratings among many army the census bureau reported reported re re- ported Thursday that more than half the persons 25 years old or older in the United States had completed at least eight years of school by April 1 1940 The president disclosing that the government was considering a a. program of instruction for the undereducated told a a. press conference conference conference con con- ference last week that he was startled by figures showing that an amazingly large number of men were being turned down for military military military mili mili- tary service because they lacked schooling Need Wits Sharpened Many he added need needed needed ed to have their wits sharpened along with academic training inthe inthe in inthe the sense of reading and writing The bureau reported the number of persons 25 years old or over in the country was Only 37 per cent had less than tan one year of formal schooling but on the other hand only 46 percent per percent percent cent had finished college Thus those with less than a a. year In school totaled and those with four or more years' years college numbered number d Everyone else in m the age group had schooling ranging from a a. year or more in grade school classes to one to three years in college Those completing fewer than five years in the grades numbered numbered num num- while 10 per cent had at least a a. year in college Figures showing howing by states In Inthe inthe inthe the Ninth corps area the number of persons 25 or over as of April 1 1940 the number who failed I to complete a a. year of 1 school tl median school years completer and the per cent less than t flu years completed respeCtively respective Montana 87 q Idaho 2463 89 52 V 71 Arizona 2514 SR 86 in Utah K 55 Nevada L 96 91 88 of I Washington 91 O 59 7 Oregon 91 j California i 1137 3 99 81 I |