| Show TEACHERS POORLY PAID often receive less than laborers on the street new haven conn july 10 the american institute of instruction open cd its annual convention today with sessions in several departments in the department of public school finance calvin N kendall superintendent of schools jn indianapolis spoke on the salary of teachers saying in part excepting new york boston chicago and philadelphia the average yearly salaries of women teachers in the elementary schools is only in some of the cities the average salary Is less than so far as men are concerned they have practically disappeared from teaching in the elementary schools of cities owing to the inadequate salaries the wages for women in half the cities are less than those of servant girls when it is considered that the latter pay nothing for board room and laundry moreover they have no social position to maintain as does the teacher and the requirements of dress are far leas expensive in many cities the minimum wages of teach ers are less than the laborers on the streets this labor is entirely unskilled while the teacher has spent in preparation the wages or skilled labor ore from 25 to per cent higher than teachers wages the wages of teachers in the cities are princely in comparison with those in the rural schools in view of the demands made lipon lip on them teachers are therefore miserably underpaid it seems incredible that the pay should be so inadequate for those in whose hands rests the training for citizenship mr kendall predicted that unless higher salaries are paid to teachers there would be a steady increase in private schools to which many thoughtful and people would send their children |
