Show 1 pa Pa rz p Better Pa Pay for or School Teachers REPORTS from Washington picture United Unites States Slates Commissioner of Education on Philander P P. P Claxton as deeply anxious s over the outlook for an nn adequate tc supply o of teachers to keep American schools open and busy dur- dur the ing-the coming comin year Dr Claxton is n not t the only one who is is worrying Many cities citie and rural communities throughout the tho country are arc re threatened with an absolute shortage e of an and all nil who are arc interested in th the chil childrens children's rens ren's welfare arc deeply concerned In the meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time those whose special business it is to keep the schools running lunning are bus busy seeking a n solution of the problem lem Serious as IS this thi problem ma may appear to some it is isea ea easy of solution All An that is necessary is to offer the teachers a n decent wage Accor According inz to federal statistics there ther are 7 teachers iii in n the United States who are pai paid salaries e below helow per year cat in other words word less than 12 per week for the full calendar year Many ManyI Ian I thousands arc arc re paid Pahl per year cal or less lII This 1 pis S in spite I l of the fact that school teachers must be intelligent and well hell educated and that the work they thoy arc are required el todo to todo todo do is both difficult and nerve racking Who rho can blam those who arc are leaving ing the profession to to accept easier positions positions po po- at better pay It is is sheer nonsense to brand as ns unpatriotic tho those e teachers who are nrc lookin looking for more remunerative work It will be he observed cd that those who are arc malting making this charge are arc not teachers themselves and that they are arc not makin making any effort to prove pro their own burning patriotism patriotism pa pa- l by getting gettin into the profession If Tf there is is alack a n alack lack of patriotism sm anywhere it ii is in the breasts of those who arc are striving n to hold down clown teachers teachers' salaries where as ns in ninny many man cases they are clearly inadequate The Thc American people might mig as well get accustomed to the idea that there will never nc be an adequate supply of high grade teachers until the teaching profession is made as ns attractive c to capable young young- women as s the business business busi husi- ness life which they fire are now so largely entering In Inthe Inthe Inthe the old lla hays days s 's genteel young youn women did not nol go o into the business ss world orM Consequently the supply of teachers so greatly exceeded the demand that school boards paid about what hat salaries they chose and the teachers took what the they could get and anal did not complain But that time has forever fore gone one 11 by Today we e arc are confronted with two either cither we can keep teachers' teachers wages atthe at atthe atthe the present low level lc and see sec the schools deteriorate or we wc can raise ralso salaries to a n considerably higher level and attract a 1 sufficient nm number bei of intelligent and efficient young youn voun women into the profusion profession The future of our children and the highest interests of our country demand I h 1 1 11 |