New Plateaus of Training Needed for Each Generation

Grandpa, meeting his cronies in the village store back in the last century, was a community leader. His word on crops and politics was listened to with respect, for grandpa had completed eight full grades of schooling. Even many school teachers had less, back there in the 80's. Father, in those years before World War I, was a success, a community leader in his day. Father's high school diploma gave him standing in the Chamber of Commerce and in county politics. Father's biggest wish was that his son might go to college, and that wish was fulfilled. So Father stepped aside in the 1940's and the collegetrained son, with his bachelor's degree, gradually took over reins of leadership, in the business and in the community. So it has been a higher plateau of learning for each generation, yet each with the same degree of leadership in his generation. Measure it in periods of 25 years an eighth grade education in 1890, high school in 1915, a bachelor's degree in 1940.