Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jul 1939, p. 39

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ern university school of education told the conférence that the -general publie ha s begun to question thie value of the nation's tremnendous ex- penditures for edu-cation. Get BaUel of Public Rtevenue "'Our schools are- now getting about one-half of the local public revenues," Dr. D) Y k-s91tr-a---s a i d. "Amierica bas 1 ad faith in eduta- tion for a long time. We've pinched, and. squeezed, to give- our young. ster s better opportunities than their parents had. Today for, the first time in American histor-y the que- tion is being .Put, 'What are we get- ting for these sums, 1of .nioney?' New groups, are demanding a' share of the funds which have always gone for education, he said. These include public welfare, publie health, and recreational workers, and leaders of the old-age pension' movemnent. "Grandparents," he d e c l'a r e d , "are asking the governmertt to as- sume the same attitude toward them which it bas traditionally assumed toward youà'ger persons. This move- ment wiIl increase ini significance as the declining birth rate alters the age groupings in our popula- tion." Should Budgets Be Cut? HO ýWATER "People are beginning to- Wonder whether we will get more out of $100,000 by having a good police deprtmntor by improving our schools," he declared. "The' aver- age age of criminals in America is 19, the age at which they are just blooming out of our educational sys-~ tem. Which is more important, pro- tection or more education?" JJJylksta uuu. --w e are conin that we, are doing a competent This is our chan ce to expand the and Dr. iced job, our That's AUTOMAT1C, GAS Net Water Service! 'é Be done with lazy, inefficient hot water service that causes work instead of saving it-that fails you just when, you need it *most. There',s a new way, a modern way to

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