Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-03-12 | Page 6 | Voice of the People

VOICE OF THE I PEOPLE I By Telegram am Readers Answers Secretary On Teacher Salary Editor Telegram In reply to Irate Secretary I would like to point out that she has joined the governor in being subject to the fallacy of oC statistics Surely she must realize that an average seldom gives an accurate picture of anything And starvation wages doubled in a d decade cade is hardly a basis to judge wages in relation to present day salary standards and of living It is the beginning teacher who is bearing bearing- the brunt of Utah's sighted short-sighted educational financial policy polley A person who spends a minimum of four years in preparation for a profession begins at 2280 a year in Salt Lake Lale City The secretary who has trained for an equal number number number num num- ber of years is difficult to find but the salary is easily A beginning teacher has arbitrarily deducted from his check so many professional profession l dues that take home pay often is less than per month A man with a wife or and/or family is forced to carry a paper route or clerk in retail store to m make le ends meet Teachers must meet the demands demands demands de de- de- de mands of evening meetings meeting and daily preparation plus the demands demands demands de de- de- de mands of 50 children most of whom their own parents are glad to get bet rid of Salt Lake City a larger larg city pays the poorest wages waged Inthe Inthe in inthe the state and one could move into any neighboring state and secure hundreds more dollars with less education Any person doing unskilled labor could make mal more money than those entrusted with the education of your children It is fortunate for forr the people of this community that teachers attempt to retain their professional professional professional spirit in spite of abuses and lack of knowledge on the part of the citizens to whom they are responsible Otherwise the schools would close and the idol of the American way of life would life education would fall G. G G. G