Show Education a Dogs Does Pay Poy Off In An Dollars I asp and Cents I Special to the Clipper From a purely dollars and cents standpoint does it pay young men in Davis County tc stay in school longer HOW MUCH more does the average person with a college background make during his working career than one who has not gone beyond high school What advantage does a high school graduate have over an elementary school graduate These questions have come cometo cometo to o the fore in connection with American Education Week Nov 1016 10 TH lEASURE El of what the typical local man is worth these days in terms of earning earn earn- ing ng capacity is based on special cial ial studies made by the Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce Clearing House the Department Department De De- of Labor the Department Detriment De De- Department of Commerce and others They show that in Davis County taking faking into account the amount of education he is isnow isnow isnow now acquiring and assuming no change in economic conditions conditions condi condi- he can expect to earn earna a total tatal of oC during his working years THIS TIllS prospective lifetime income income income in in- come compares favorably with the expectations c. in many other other other oth oth- oth- oth er parts of the country All the findings point to a direct relationship between the amount of schooling a person gets and the amount of money he will make during his life life- time THERE WAS a time up to about 20 years ago when experience experience experience ex ex- was more important than education Those days have passed Not that experience experience experience exper exper- is no longer a real factor in determining income The I studies show rather that education education education ed ed- carries more weight It costs the average teenager teenager teenager teen teen- ager in the tile United States some for failure to complete high high school according to the Commerce Clearing House THE TIlE LOSS amounts to 22 per cent of what might have been earned in his lifetime On the basis of annual income in come it reports the high school g graduate r a d u ate can ean look forward to earning an average of or a year year For the high school out drop the average is THE LATEST figures show the educational level of the adult population in Davis County to be relatively good The median years of or schooling locally is Elsewhere in the United States it is and in the Mountain States |