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Show WEBER TEACHERS TO flETJORE PAY 1 . At the meeting of the Weber coun- ity board of education, Saturday afternoon, after-noon, the date for the graduating ex-! ex-! Ureases for the schools was fixed at , iMay 28th. ! The last teachers' institute tor tho .year will be hald in Ogden, May 7tb, jat 'which time final arrangements will be made for the graduation and I promotion of the various classes, and I jtho teachers who have been engaged for the year will havo until that date j l to decide whether they will accept I 'positions. ; At Ibe. closo of thrf Institute, a i .teaohers' party and banquet will be ,glven and a Jolly .good time Is nntl ! cl pated. 1 The board of education! decided to J raise the salaries of tho : teachers, a ; resolution to that effect bclug uuan-' uuan-' ; imoualy adopted. The sense of tho resolution adopted 1 Is that beginning teachers who pre sent examination certificates are to receive $33 per month. Beginning teachers who have hod four years of high school work and the summer 1 school will receive $50 per month Bo- gl'ining tfnehers who hold normal dl- ! plomas will be paid $45 per month. All teachers and prlnclpnls will re-j re-j celve in addition to their salary undf-r their present rating $2.50 extra per month, provided they hold a state certificate; cer-tificate; $5 extra If they hold a gram -I mar school diploma, and $7.50 per ; month If they hold a high echool di-I ' ploma. Furthermore, It Is possible to I j receive nn additional $2 50 per month i 1 for merit. Superintendent Eggertson express-. express-. ed hlfi satisfaction with tho new ordr '; yesterday, slating that It would now ibe possible for oery teacher to obtain a raise in salary which would be based on what tho teacher actually accomplishes. accom-plishes. "It puts a value on anilcge education." educa-tion." he said, "a thing that has been lamentably lost sight of in this sta'o, and in every respect Is the most practical prac-tical scheme yot inaugurated to create cre-ate educational proficiency In teac.h-' teac.h-' crs. I am sure the new order will work out satisfactorily and will add Kreatly to tho general efficiency of our teaching force.'' O'hers Interested iu srhool work expressed their approval of the new plans taken up by the count v board, and there Is little doubt but that th-scheme th-scheme will be taken up throughout the stale. |