Commencement Address at Bryant College by Commissioner Of Education Earl McGrath, Education and the Productive Citizen
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OCR Page 1 of 13EDUCATION AND THE PRODUCTIVE CITIZEN*
It is often said that the greatest single asset of the United States
is the productivity of its people. Our homes, cities, farms, schools,
hospitals, appliances, wonder drugs, and highways all attest to the
tremendous material progress we have made. This country's high standard
of living has made us the envy of the rest of the world, and the American
industrial machine is without parallel in either peace or war. Business-
men, farmers, scientists, laborers, enginters, clerical and professional
workers-every segment of American society contributes the know-how which
makes possible our technological progress and our constantly expanding
productive capacity.
A good share of the credit for American productivity must go to
our schools and colleges. There is strong evidence that the more highly
educated the citizen, the greater the likelihood of a successful and
prosperous Nation and of the development and mainténance of a high level
of living. In recent years the fact that education and economic productivity
go hand in hand has been well substantiated by many studies, including some
made by the United States Chamber of Commerce. Publications issued by that
organization show that education pays; that it is an investment in. people
which yields high economic dividends. As graduates of Bryant College,
with its notable record in the field of business education, you may be
expected to add convincingly to the proof that education steps up living
standards. The economic productivity which I ['am confident you can develop
and sustain will reflect credit on this fine institution and the work
you have done here.
*Address by Dr. Earl J. McGrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal
Security Agency, Washington, D. C., at 1951 Commencement Exercises,
Bryant College, Providence, Rhode Island, 10:00 a.m., EST, August 10, 1951.
Printed in Con cressional Record, Aug. 1/1, 1952, pp. A5334-15. Published
in part in School LIIE, VOI. 311, No. 2, Nov. 1951, pp. 21-22, 28.
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