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Show uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllli:: THE GIRL ON THE JOB 1 E How to Succeed How to Get -5 Ahead How to Make Good 2 1 By JESSIE ROBERTS 1 nimm.iiimiiiimi.iiimiiiiiiiimiiiiii.ir! DOES TEACHING PAY? THE talk thnt was started by .Miss Helen Tuft, octlng president of Hon Muwr college, when she asserted assert-ed thnt In her opinion tho professors of the country uliould strike for high-er high-er salaries has led many people to ask themselves whether or not Witching pays. It has long been called the "worst paid profession" nnd there Is no doubt that tho tencher miiRt sncrl-flee sncrl-flee any hopes of a great Income, how-ever how-ever emluent he or she may become. Yet thero Is no profession of n more vital Importance than teaching, nnd tho teacher should be treated as, and rccclvo tho remuneration of, n vnlua-bio vnlua-bio member of society. Teochlng should bo mado a tractive, nnd every means thnt could Induco people of talent, force, energy and charm to take up teaching should be used as a matter of course, since the community Is bound to beneflt. Thero nre some who say that the vacations of tenchers nro longer than in the other professions, and this Is so. Hut tho work Itself la extremely fatiguing; even with tho long vacations, vaca-tions, many teachers break down la what should bo tho prlmo of life Then theso vacations nro often cup tailed by summer work nnd extension work. Teaching In America Is largely In tho hands of women. It Is woinnn's duty to see that teaching Is brought to Us highest efllclency, and thnt it Is made attractive to tho right people. Teaching must bo better paid or tho mea and women who ore most needed ta teachers will go Into other work (CopyrUht.) lBBBBBBBWMalMMMatMaaMtewM.. . |