| Show NEtS NELSON ON CO RH C IS FALSE Resolution of Board of Education Education Education tion Not Directed Against University LOW SALARIES PAID HERE HERI Salt Lake Known as Recruiting Ground for Western Educators A. A C. C Nelson superintendent o ol or schools has hns issued a a. statement In connection con con- necton with wih the resolution passed at al althe atthe the tho session of or the tho board of or e education Tuesday R evening Mr lr Nelson says as a's that the resolution was vas not in any manner aimed at the University of Utah but hut rather ha had to tc todeal lent deal with schools outside of or tho city ci The rhe superintendent ays s that lint the board would be glad Iad to have hare ha e teachers provide themselves with wih good positions tons Ions apart and aside from their positions po po- here During the last three jr or r four our years something like l e 27 teachers teachers teach teach- ers rs have been offered better heter 1 positions positions' by ay 3 other oilier branches of or learning and have lave seen fit ft to accept such positions Following is the superintendents superintendent's It I is to be deeply regretted that the he ie purport of the tire resolution adopted by y tho board of oC education Tuesday night light was partially misunderstood Of OC nurse course the tho University of ot Utah was not lot tho the object of ot censure c tes les Cs and colleges are not in the habit 1 ot f r recruiting their faculties from elementary ele- ele y schools Possibly the fact that rat several teachers have havo withdrawn from rom orn our schools to accept more moro lucra- lucra Ivo ye positions In tho the Training school may lay havo have been responsible for the madeJ madeI made J I 1 am sorry that tho the resolution hat has h haten heen eon en the occasion for c so much di discus discus- cus- cus slon on n. n and that it Jt has been given Ien such sueh ido do publicity However I reco that lat at It Is a legitimate item of or news for T r publication Salt Sal Lake I-ake City CJ is indeed fortunate fortunato r In having in its 18 schools many of or the tho very er best teachers In Jn tho the count country There nr are few places If any in which tor C lio t i lw I t I tn r 44 t. t places pa pay decidedly decided better salaries Tho result pR l In that our city IB Is sort nort of ot n. n n recruiting ground Practically ov every v ry arse arge city In tho the West Vest VestS pays S 'S better botter for or the Iho services of or teachers than we vo do do anti yot yet there la ts perhaps not a single 1 city in which a larger proportion of ot school revenues goes oes to tho to salary fund than In Salt Sal Lake Lale City The fact act that we have hae more pupils In proportion proportion tion ton to the total population and a smaller assessed valuation of ot prop property rt than in most other cities cites of or equal size accounts for Cor one of the tho the difficult problems problems i lems that the board must meet meet IU nU In STATEMENT TIE ST. So Ni o Special Inducements o Offered el for Teachers City Cly Dr Kingsbury of or the university said sid that he ho had no knowledge of ot any in inducements Inducements In- In tha over o cr being offered to the teachers teacher of or the city schools and called caled all the heads hedl o or of the different departments departments depart depart- al ments Into Int his office to find out whether or not any of ot them had hod over offered any special inducement to the city school teachers After making malting a thorough investigation of tho the matter matter mat mat- ter ho he said In IP regard to tho the caso case of or Mrs Irs Miller Mier Principal McKnight of oC tho the Training school says S 'S that he spoke to Mrs Irs Miller Mier as soon as he learned earned that Miss Kincaid was to resign asto asto as asto tho the to whether or not she Bhe would take position if IC It I was offered her No In Inducement Inducement In- In however o ho other than that was offered I myself conferred with wih of or Mr Christensen for the purpose getting Mrs Miller and he stated that ho he had no objections whatsoever As Asto Asto Asto to Miss Badcock attempting to got get Miss Ward ard of or the High school that thatis is also an error Miss Bad Badcock cock has been short of or assistance In her de department re- re IC- IC duo due to the Illness Ines of Miss Knudson Some time ago aso n o she sho asked aked Miss John Johnson on of oC tho the High school I if she might ml ht get et tho assistance of or Miss MIS Ward until Miss Knudson was able ablo to return to her duties On several occasions Miss Badcock Badcock has given Iven the tho city schools assistance when they were short and she did not feel teet that It I Iwas was asking too much to get et the tho loan of Miss Ward Vard Yarl for a n few Cow days I am extremely sorry that such a thing occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc and orr I believe It I was all nJ due misinformation more or less Jes to lo an art error or mation maton |
