an's writing. The shown by quoting
first attempts were large, irregular exercise
letters that sprawled over the sheet
like the work of a child when it begins
to write. After twenty weeks of struggle,
her work took on a form that, although
still crude, was creditable for
one who had never written until she
was over forty. "Her joy at her success
was great enough to repay me
many times over for my efforts to teach
her," remarked Miss Meyers.

The exact cost to the firm of conducting VI. COST OF SCHOOL
the school, including the wages 1. Expense to firm
paid for the time spent by the girls in
the classroom, has been itemized by
Mr. Sicher for the year just closed, as
follows:

Floor space $175.00 Short table of figures
Rent, light, and heat 105.00 is comprehensible
Janitor 357.00 and not uninteresting
Wages at 17c an hr., 40
girls 375.00
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Total cost, 40 girls $672.00
Total cost per girl 16.80

The Board of Education, for its part 2. Cost to Board of
of the school, paid out $560 for the Education
teacher's salary and for supplies. This
was an expense of $14.80 for each pupil.

The entire cost for educating each 3. Entire cost per pupil
one of the forty girl workers, therefore,
was only $31.60.

That this money has been well spent 4. Returns outweigh
is the opinion of the employer, for the cost
school work increases the efficiency in
the factory sufficiently to make up for
the time taken out of working hours.

"I would rather have these girls in Head of firm's statement
my employ whom I can afford to pay given to convince
from ten to twenty dollars a week," readers
declares Mr. Sicher, "than many more
whom I have to pay low wages simply
because they aren't worth higher ones.
From a business point of view, it saves
space and space is money."

That the result has been what the VII. SUMMARY CONCLUSION
firm had anticipated in establishing
the school is shown by the following 1. Results quoted from
statement which was made on the commencement program
program: "It is the present
belief of the firm that the workers Note appeal of
who have b