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Show BRITISH TEACHERS ASK HIGHER PAY Five Hundred Dollars Is the Average Salary for One Year's Work. By FLOYD MACGRIFFE, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. 1 LONDON. June 10 ( B'y mail). Anitri- ; oa.il school teachers who have been campaigning cam-paigning for higher pay and' a pension system will sympathize with British teachers, who also want more pay." Kui- . tistics published by the board "of education edu-cation show that of 77, 1 35 certified wo- ! men teachers, ;U'.,J7 receive )e:s than a year. Of 'M.fi'2 i men teachers, ! 2639 receive less than Jui'O annually. Since women row have the ballot, they are ex- ; peeled to be called upon to change this situation. A schoolmaster who spout seven years ! preparing to be a teacher, and who now receives ?7U0 a year," aj i.er lengthy service, ser-vice, says: "In addition to my qualified teaching certificate, hold extra qualifications in music, physical drill. physiogruphv, physiology, hygiene, science- of common life, gardening and first aid. "My school h:is 120 pupils on the books, and 1 am tlu1 only qualified teacher. I am responsible lor a class of forty many rural head masters have larger numbers. Fifteen subjects have to be arranged and taught. In addition, 1 have all the organization and clerical work to do, to keep an eye on flagging children and report suspicious cases of eye, throat and ear trouble to the medical officer of-ficer and periodically to examine the children's chil-dren's heads for vermin. I run the school library, prepare hot cocoa for the 'dinner children," and supervise the school gardens. "I am honorary secretary to' most of the local clubs. I train the village choir and run the war savings association. "In various papers I win criticized I do not travel. do not dress well. I am not sufficiently cultured. I ;Lm stiff and pedantic and awkward in society. Mv power is unlimited. In ten years' time I can stamp my moral, political and religious re-ligious views upon the men and women of tomorrow. "The rector gets $;;500 a year, the no-Herman no-Herman $9no." |