Show I 1 i The Teachers I Ii ill 1 i AVE we a a right to ask experienced s school hool teachers to work Q i for Salaries Claries on of I which they cannot decently exist Do 00 ve we wish the children of Utah to receive their school tr training ini gu under der th the dire direction tion of inexperienced cd instructors 1 1 f These se are questions brought directly to the front by the public c ol teachers of Utah now assembled in convention in this G They dy Jy r Thy e y yli are re ilOt not new questions The Telegram has commented li them before but the teachers have brought them forward with t h eared w d emph emphasis sis i l Th The teachers have declared that an emergency exists exists exists' and li Jf suggested state legislature be called in special session t tor p provide vi e means to relieve They do not misrepresent S sent sent- th the case There is an emergency and the regret is s that our lei legislators tor and other public officials have permitted the situation to tOt drag along until a crisis has been reached 1 Here are the facts Several schools in Utah have been closed h because cause of lack of teachers other schools will soon close in every Je county within the state the there e is a shortage of teachers and the shortage is is increasing many schools are now operating with within in inexperienced instructors standards of f education are being lowered and must drop still lower unless prompt relief is afford en a. a a Here is lis the reason Low salaries I Under the salary schedule schedule now prevailing teachers cannot meet living costs Many experienced educators have been forced to leave the schoolrooms for this reason and to seek other employment employment employment employ employ- ment where higher wages prevail others are prepared to quit as soon soon as s their heir pr present sent contracts expire Some have stuck chiefly because of their love of the work partially because they have believed th they y would not be forever neglected neglected- and t that at some time some board of education or some legislature would provide a decent wage wag scale cale But But- even th the most loyal and hopeful teachers are now abo about t ready to give up Nor can they be blamed They cannot live in comfort on n the salaries they are now receiving and the outside world beckons with fatter pay checks Assuredly there exists an emergency It is more grave we believe than it has been pictured by the teachers for if the condition condition condition condi condi- tion is not promptly remedied our educational system will wilt suffer for years to come Ambitious young women and young men will witt not train to b be teachers if they they- are not assured a living wage for their efforts If we do not offer inducements now we will wilt lose the teachers we already have and there will be no teachers at atall atall atall all for the future If a a. sp special cial session of the legislature legislature- is n necessary to remedy th the situation then them there should be such a special session And it should be called promptly It should should act aCt too with generosity toward the teachers for in their hands rests rests- the future welfare of or r commonwealth I COALS |