Show it RAISONS A it S 0 NS A AUTHENTIC I 1 jtb I 1 4 C STATEMENT agor W SP i nil it I 1 iss BABSON DISCUSSES SCHOOL COSTS BABSON PARK MASS mac so many letters come to im from both vouchers tou chers and rind ers that I 1 would like ills week to nn them all it in alili 1 col I dmn in an impartial manner teacher teachers deserve more salaries Sala let me start out by baying ay inn that my sympathies arc are distinctly with the school teachers and especially with the tile school principals it is true that aruck drivers are getting more pay than school teachers morally this seems unjust but the fact is that the employers have sub motors for horses and big trucks for wagons these trucks carry as much in a day ks his the old horses and wagons carried in a week in other words the employers have adopted methods which enable the truck drivers to have increased wages painters today are paid double what they were 20 years ago but employers have adopted sp in place of hand brushes carpenters are getting double but the employers are supplying them with electric saws instead of hand saws the sc school hool committees a and nd the city fathers on the other ther hand have not done much of anything to help the teachers do more efficient work As an employer I 1 pay my typists double what I 1 used to pay them but with electric typewriters and other machinery they give me double the work the doctor costs us more a visit but he is making us live longer hard covered books cost more but we can get the same thing for half the price with paper covers radio washing machines and TVs have all improved in quality and hence profit returns offset the wage increases crazy legislation Legli lalion is increasing costs let us consider who benefits tene fits from the increased costs of modem modern school buildings twenty per cent of this increased cost is due to unnecessary classroom space glass windows unused ventilation and rules or regulations put through by the labor unions and similar associations fifty per cent of the increased cost is due to plumbing electrical work modern kitchens fancy gymnasiums auditoriums to please the voters not to improve education thirty per cent has been due to the increased costs of materials of which uncle sam takes fifty two per cent in taxes in a general way this also explains the increased costs of most houses school committees by catering to the voters are largely responsible for these high cost school buildings they should not make the teachers carry the burden of these costs by accepting low salaries the doctors are not only delivering better services for in creati fea but they are f forming 11 to i conquer ci ati eer heart wart disease 11 cage and oven even atimer ailio wo we however do to not riot knew k of if tiny PTA which Is do to v lophie new s systems of in cllon dion to 0 o assure thu the teachers better hc salaries wt we hear of verv few fw cities whore where the classrooms nn are hiving double service with half of tho tile students coming in the morning and the other halt half in the afternoon we hear of experiments with radio and TV unfortunately however too few parents or arc interested in better teaching too many par enta want to work outside the th home and use the schools f for r parking places for their child ren en teaching is i now in the horse and buggy D day 2 fortunately thy the teachers furuie probably awaits some very important research the ne schools are spending billions a vear year to park and lunch child ten but unlike our large industries dus tries are re spending very little litile on fundamental research we understand the psychology of a cow better than the psychology of a child those who control education do not know the difference between a brain and a mind to say nothing about the probabilities of extrasensory extra sens ory perception and the use of numbers rather than sentences possibilities sibil ties ittes of the mind are tremendous men dous but teachers may be obliged to supplement their teaching by giving pupils prescribed diets or new undiscovered drugs or electric impulses education also may tike take an active interest in eugenics As sir george thompson is reported to say what the brain can foresee presents the greatest promise that lies ahead surely the time required for a conventional education will be cut 75 per cent schools will graduate far more efficient pupils and teachers will be paid what they are worth or else they will be replaced by machines |