OCR Text |
Show UIQHER PAY FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS BEING ASKED Doubling of the salaries of leach itrs within the next five )cnrs and nn additionnl inrrense of nnolher 50 per rtnt wilhiu tho following ten )cnrs, so that Ihe minimum average snlnr) for tenrlurs will he fifteen hundred dollars, is urged in n letter lo Dr II tl. (louniis, state siieruitindiiit of public instruction, from Dr P. V ('laxloii, Lulled States rommissioncr of education. This plan has rccuvnl Ihe support of Dr. (iowuns and othir 1 1 tali school authorities. Dr. Chixtot, dechiros tiarhers aru pud hss than mi) other (lass of workers mid Hint Ihe purchasing mwtr of Ihe teachers' salaries is only nlxiut 03 per mil of what it was four )curs ugo "Many of the better teachers are leaving the schools and their places are taken h) linn and women of less native abilitv, lees education nnd culture, cul-ture, lees training mid expernnee," Dr. Claxtou declares. "Many of the iidaces are not filled nt all. As an iuevilnhle result the character of the 'school is being lowered just at a time when II should be raised to n i higher standard. I "Studinls now entiring Iho normal .rfhool to preimre for lenrhing are not as of giNiii quality as they were formerly, which means Unit Ihe stand-'itrds stand-'itrds of the schools must continue to I fall. In some normal srhools the in-ikIIiiiuiI in-ikIIiiiuiI is fnr lets than in lormcr ixenrs. The only nmedy is larger pay for teachers." |