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Show SCHOOL DAYS In a recent statement Katharine F. Lenroot, chief of the U. S. Children's Bureau, said: 'F'or four years war pressures have pushed school enrollment down and 'child labor up." In the year 1940-41 high school attendance at-tendance in the nation reached a record peak with a figure of 7,250,000. The following year the registration dropped 300,000; in 1942-43, 300,000 more. In 1943-44 there was a drop of 000,000 reported by high schools on a nation-wide basis. While a small percentage of these losses is attributable to the fewer number of boys and girls, owing to declining birth rates of previous years, the employment of 14 to 17 year olds rose from less than one million in 1940 to approximately three million in the spring of 1945. In addition to those young people who have dropped from school for steady employment in industry, another anoth-er two to three millions have found jobs during afternoons, after-noons, evenings, week-ends and vacation periods. Educators Edu-cators are concerned lest a sizable percentage of these fail to return to school this fall. In order to make a successful readjustment to school programs those who have known the independence and excitement of receiving re-ceiving war-inflated waos must be willing to settle down to the everyday routine of school life. But parents, par-ents, civic organizations and youth leaders can perform per-form a needed service by emphasizing to tomorrow's citizens that the best foundation for future happiness is a well-rounded education. |
