Show Should ld Marr Married ed W Women men Be Denied Teaching Jobs This information service on education education education edu edu- cation is brought to you Jou by special arrangement with Teachers eachers collage College Columbia University New York City Questions ns on education may maybe maybe be submitted through this news news- paper Question Is there any relation between talent in music and general in Intelligence T I Reply To answer this question adequately requires a differentiation between at least two aspects of ot I music responsiveness music responsiveness or sensitivity I to music ant and understanding of or Its technical aspects I Studies have shown shon that there is little definite relation between sensitivity sensitivity sen sen- I sen-I sen and natural performing ability ability ability abi abi- lity and superior intelligence This I II type of musical ability Is b as likely meely I to be accompanied by inferior intelligence in- in in intelligence as ns by superior in-I in On the other hand In regard to j t tho the scientific and factual tactual side or of music the musIc tho ability to analyse and understand structure harmony rhythmic rhythmic rhy relations there has 1135 been found round to be he a n high correlation between between be be- I be-I tween such ability and general In in- in I I QU Question Should married women I be allowed to teach What aT are thE tho arguments for and against married women as teachers I Reply The most host frequent arguments arguments arru- arru I ments against the tho employment of or married won women el as teachers arc are 1 1 I i Married tea teachers hers cannot give ho the tho 1 necessary attention to their homes and families 2 they are less efficient ef cr levent and les less satisfactory as teachers teach teach- ers than are arc single women 3 Inthe inthe in inthe the employment ment of teachers persons person who are dependent upon themselves for Cor support should be preferred over those who have other means meane of DC support I Those In favor of employing married marI married mar mar- ried teachers hold on the other hand I it j that 1 there Is no evidence that married women teachers are unable j 1 to devote devoto ti sufficient time timo to their nOll Homes s and families or or make maJi less les efficient teachers 2 that tine the j school is not an agency merely to provide employment ment to needy persons persons per per- sons OIlS who happen to hold teaching certificates tES 3 that t the experience l of or l marriage and motherhood dej deI de- de j I clops characteristics and qualifications I ions most desirable In III working with children l They h National Educational Association Assoc Assoc- lalion in a study of this problem made In 1938 1935 states these conclusIons conclusions The fundamental issue Is j I not one of defending the right of ot I married women to work or 01 of showing showing show show- In ing that eugenic economic ant and I sociological factors Justify no pre- pre I for Cor the employment of off single single sin sin- gle le women The Tho only important criterion cri cri- terion erion of eligibility for Cor employment as a teacher Is one of or competency The only real question Is Do married mar mac ried vied women render capable and efficient efficient ef er- ef- ef service as teachers Studies nf of the tile relative efficiency of single and nd married women show that th the latter often rank tank slightly higher Many 1 take lake the lie position that marriage marriage mar mar- tends actually to increase of- of efficiency ef et Discrimination against the employment of married women undoubtedly un un- undoubtedly un-I un acts as a deterrent to tu preparation beyond the tho minimum standard If H a young woman expects to 0 marry in a n few years there thero Is scant incentive for COl her to study for a profession that soon must be abandoned Tho The relatively short period of teaching leaching service Is one of or orthe the greatest handicaps towards building up rip a competent staff starr |