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ance from the State'* tax reaourc. •a. The able but unwilling need carefully to examine the cost of their neglect. Even the most cautious must be convinced by the studies of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce whieh show that money spent for schools is a sound financial investment.
7. Virginia’s low rank among the states in peV cent of young people of high school and college age who are enrolled in school is disturbing. Further improvements in the high school curriculum through consolidation and diversification of offering should help. Rut the increased cost of a college education will continue to a keep many capable young men and women from continuing their education belond high school. Perhaps the establishment of college opportunities nearer home will be the answer for many young persons. The experiment in this direction now under way in the state should be watched earefully and expand. ed if successful. These demands for further progVess are not impossible ones. Virginia has the resources—both material and human—to provide a sound and adequate education for tbe youth of our beloved Commonwealth.
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