Show Did You Ever Stop To Think Edson R. R Waite Walte Col Luke Lea publisher of the Nashville Tenn Term says That the profession of teaching though one of the most important to the welfare of our country Is yet one of the most sadly underpaid Upon the ability and Inspiration of our teachers rests the hope of our youth In the grade schools and in the colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges and universities the teacher often falls fails to make a living wage This Is s especially true when the individual has children to support and educate In one of our southern institutions an eminent scientist after thirty years of labor has attained a salary which should come to a minor business of- of fical at the age of thirty He has educated his boys has built a substantial substantial substantial sub sub- home and is 13 a leader in community community community com com- life Though still in the full full- ness of his faculties he must look ahead to the not far time o of retirement Within a few years he willbe will wll willbe be entitled to oa a meager meag r pe pension ion Ten years years ago he was offered a large larg salary from a great textile concern It n would remove him from association with his students It It would would t take ke him from his home and family He chose chos to remain a teacher and the choice meant the sacrifice of financial Inde inde- If It Is worth money to know th the technicalities of turning out first class clas textile goods is it not worth as much to know the art of developing successful successful successful success success- ful boys and girls or men and women Mass education which Is after althe al all the education of the Individual on a large scale is vital to the thi future of our ou country Good clUzen hl U is worth more than good machinery and it is wort word I paying for |