Show Students Receiving Better ett Training Progress is being made in I education in Davis County I YOUNG YOUNG I PEOPLE are arc Saying staying stay Say ing in school longer and getting more education p- p presumably p I Ithan than the same age group got gotten gotten ten years ears ago The fact that there are arc advantages ad vantages that flow Clow i more complete schooling is rapidly I sc seeping ping through to the current student bod body They have cometo cometo come cometo to realize as their parents already al ai- ready had that education pays paysoff paysoff off oct at t financially FIGURES gathered during the recent n national onal census and j jq i t released show that the amount of formal education acquired acquired acquired ac ac- ac- ac by the average Davis County resident b by the time he has reached age 25 is years ears In 1950 i it it was years ears That is a greater amount of schooling than was reported in other parts of the United States 10 6 years ears In the mountain states it is years TilE THE TENDENCY of the resent generation of students to remain in school longer is evident in most sections of the country any any of them however however how how- ever er arc are continuing for lor reasons reasons reasons rea rea- sons other than the mere desire for Cor intellectual development it appears They have become impressed by the many reports emanating from and industry that education and job opportunities opportunities opportunities go hand hand in ONE RECENT study b by the university of Michigan shows that over 33 percent of those who work for Cor others and do not have a high school diploma found Cound themselves unemployed at some time during the past five years ears B By contrast only 16 percent of those with some training beyond high school were similarly affected Some specific figures on how howa a persons person's earning capacity varies with the the amount of or schooling he has under his bellare belt bell are arc given by the US U.S. Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Labor IN ITS REPORT on the money money money mon mon- ey value of or an education it lists as the average lifetime income for lor a man who is an elementary elementary ele ele- dc- dc mental school graduate for Cor a high school graduate and for a college grad grad- Residents of Davis County with their educational level 17 percent higher than in the United States generally may look forward to better financial rewards on that basis bais |