Show TEACHERS TO GET WAGE i RISE IN ALPINE ALINE Increase of 10 Per Cent to Hold Be Best t Instructors Board Boa d Hopes Ono One hundred and thirty t teachers in Alpine school district will wi receive immediately immediately im Im- im- im mediately a a. 10 per cent salary salaT increase Tho The new salary sala schedules provide for retaining the most efficient and contemplate discontinuance of the practice of oC employing emergency teachers teachers teach teach- I ers or those not holding regular normal normal nor nor- mal certificates James H. H I H Walker Valer superintendent of I schools announced that tha Alpine faces a a crisis in the matter maher of getting experienced ex CX ex- ex and well trained trained wel-trained teachers for foi forthe forthe the next term Halfday sessions ra mayI may maybe f be necessary he said In all aU grades Up Ui I to and Including the sixth J A per Increase ase was wa deemed I preferable pr to a blanket advance beca because because be be- be- be ca cause se tho the former Cormer provides more remuneration for the tho teacher who is already already among or the foremost In hi his district in Ir I training experience and sheer worth according to Superintendent VallerA Walker Valler I A Able hIe r Lost The district faces faes a shortage O of r about 25 23 per cent in graduate teachers teacher I and to avoid an nn influx gra of emer emergency ency instructors this action seems to be th the only recourse the acton superintendent said salt Conduct of school for tor six h hours urs a a day dal throughout a period of or several everal hundred hundred hun hun- dred years cars Is deemed a physical Im irn Impossibility Im- Im possibility according to Mr Walker who said it was wa the trend of ot modern modem educational thought to shorten the sessions sos ses of ot school con considerably and give the teacher more time for preparation Under the plan proposed more won wor work will wil b be b required of or the Instructors but bu t by decreasing the personnel of or tho the faculty faculty fac fac- an Increase in salaries will wil result Increases caused by elimination 0 of ot uncertified le teachers chers will 11 attract atrat collee college col col- loge lee and high school students to prepare prepare pre pre- pare for tor the profession as ns a life work ork and not as a a stepping stone to something something some some- thing more remunerative the the teachers teacher S believe C Contracts for the thic school year ear 19 1920 0 1921 will wl b be he sent out soon Boon Superintendent dent Walker announced He said that hat In considering the contracts the board of education had evinced a determination tion to maintain the hl high h de degree fee of ot etI ef- ef attained b by the Alpine dis dis- dis- dis The advances in salaries will wi be beas beas beas I as great Ireat as a tho the board can possibly of offer offer of- of fer it was declared The board Is sensible of the fact that teachers must dress well wel study study- and above all al J keep their minds free from irom financial worry Vote Superintendents Superintendent Salaries Salares Inadequate One of twenty-four twenty count county and and district district dis dis- dis- dis school chool superintendents who havo submitted data on conditions relating to public teachers expressed the time be belef belief beliet be- be lief liet lef that salaries have ha e Increased out of ot proportion to living HYing expenses and twenty-one twenty reported that it had been necessary to lower Jower teachers teachers' qualifications catons ca- ca tons to secure instructors These twenty four superintendents submitted their data to tho the state tate superintendent super super- of public instruction The teachers affected in their reports report to total total total to- to tal 1903 Instructors below the regular public school standard number 7 or 13 per cen cent t Teachers who dropped out of service servio In 1919 total or 34 4 per cent In 1919 the schools employed new i instructors n atm C t 0 rs There is a a shortage of ot SI 81 or 4 per percent cen cent and the tho total shortage of teachers below the standard amounts to S or 17 11 per cent The Tho questions submitted to the twenty-four twenty superintendents were answered an an- as follows Has it been necessary to accept lower qualifications to supply teachers Yes 21 1 no 3 Have teachers' teachers salaries increased as I salaries saari s have in other vocations No o. o 24 I Have teachers' teachers salaries advanced advanced ad ed In proportion to cost of living 1 Yes cs 1 1 no 23 Is the number of teachers below Cl 21 years ears Increasing Yes 15 no 9 Are Arc promising promising- young oun men and wo women women wo- wo Omen O men attracted to teaching teaching as in the past Yes Yer 3 no 21 1 Commercial Club I Favors More lore Pay 1 Herald Sp Special cI 1 Bingham Canyon Jan 14 I H.-I Members Members of oC Bingham's Commercial club chub decided at a meeting last night to send to the tho Jordan school district through h Francis Franeis Francl Fran Fran- cl cis eis W W. Quinn tIme the opinion of or the or organization organization or- or on the of or raising teachers' teachers salaries The note drawn up b by Secretary John Green declared that in view of the fact that the publics public's greatest obligation was to care for fu future futuro future fu- fu ture turo Americans It should see that the coming generation had the best beaL In Instruction instruction In- In possible and that this could bo be accomplished only b by keeping the best talent obtainable in the teachers teacher's chair To get et and retain good Instructors Instructors instructors tors higher salaries must be paid members member of ot the club believe belee John Green secretary also reported upon the clubs club's financial condition which was found to be better than atan at an army any time In its Is history Tho The members decided that a great reat source of revenue was not being taken advantage nd of be because because because be- be cause dances were not being held atthe at at atthe the Commercial club I |