Southeast Independent | 1958-11-20 | Page 5

7 INDEPENDENT SuS House, Utah Thursday, November 20. 1958 pg 5 "Your high school diploma is thus worth $49,000 in future earnings, so by all means grad-uate from high school." "Teen-ager- s who quit high school to make some quick money for the purchase of a jalopy to impress a girl friend, are actually pulling the finan-cial rug out from under their future wife and children." "So be smart! Get more education both for your cultural growth and also to i give the family a better living: standard through all the year . ahead." "Unless you expect to pnd four years in college, prepara-- - tory to teaching or entering the professions, such as lavr, dentistry, medicine or other fields, you will get better dividends from business college than from one or two years of general subjects in the liberal arts colleges," Mr. Maxwell concluded. (Continued from page 1) the 11 western states whose population gained 18.5'c during 3950-5- 5, compared with 7.8ft for the rest of the country. "At Stevens Henager College, both in Salt Lake City and Ogden, we are receiving far more requests for people trained in clerical, secretarial, and accounting skills than we can fill," Mr. Maxwell said. "Salaries for skilled office per. sonnel are continuing to im-prove. For example, Civil Service salaries in this area are; stenographers , $248-$28- 4 a month; accounting clerks, $284-$34- 0; card punch operators $248; and office machine operators, $224-$24- 6 a month. Starting salary for accountants is $4524-5757- 0 a year. "Current starting salaries, taken from national averages, in private besiness are: sec-retary, . $314; bookkeeper, $258-$31- 7; receptionist, $200-$24- 0; stenographer, $221-$25- 1; clerk-typis- t, $194-$22- 2 a month." He added that to take care of the increased demand for trained office personnel, Stevens Henager completed this summer a new $200,000 school and campus at 350 7th East, Salt Lake City. Two new depart-ments have been added to the school: office automation and the Nancy Taylor Finishing instruction. "Dr. Paul C. Glick, of our Census Bureau, analyzed the educational background of Americans and compared it with their future earning power," Mr. Maxwell said. ''Note his challenging data: Education Life Income 1- -4 years grade $72,000 Grammer Grad. $116,000 High School Grad. $165,000 1-- 3 yrs. college $190,000 College Graduate $268,000 H w t: - v Jr Telephone Co. Adds Facilities New dial telephone systems costiig: in xces of 11,900,000 ui Cedar City and St. George rere placed in operation at midnight, Saturday, November 15, according to Carloa A. TAtw, ProTO District Mgr. for tk Mountain States Tele, phon Company. Cdar City became the hub of taltphone communications for Southern Utah . the auto, nxatic quipment want into action. A. staff of 55 full time operators will continue to be reguirad ta provide information service and assist in many other way o a both local and long ditance calls originating in the communities strved by the new mafltar exchange. Cedar City will serve a the home office for tha area south and west . of Bearer as well as Kanab ' in Utah, Fredonia in Arizona and Misquite, Nevada. Several major service im-provements have been made , in conjunction with the dial conversions. Many party lines have bean changed to one family lines, and a number of customers remaining on mult-iparty lines has been sub-stantially reduced. Where practical, telephone lines have been moved off the streets. Adequate facilities have been made available to provide Individual line service to all desiring it in Cedar City, St. George and other communities. Long distance lines have been reinforced with additional circuits between frequently called cities in the State. 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Jones graduated from Olym-pus High School in 1955.