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w ========== WHY TEACHERS SEEK OTHER OCCUPATIONS ^Pitiful Salaries Driving Strong Wo men and Men Out of Profession. Fifty Thousand Vacancies in Country. t literary Digest. It is strange that the generoushearted American people, whc poured out their riches so prodigally an response to ^rery patriotic, every charitable appeal, and who accorded such enthusiastic and liberal sup.port to every measure and to every fcj^group that helped win the war should 2iave neglected to properly encourage ?nd reward the services of one of ^ the noblest professions in the field human activities?a profession that in lofty ideals, in unselfish' prin*-*? ciples, in sacred responsibilities, stands side by side with the ministry of the Gospel itself. v We wish to bespeak, with what* -ngvarer and authority we may tr*-- r liave'and with such words as may be % granted to us, some*measure of con_ sideration for the foster fathers and smothers of our children?-the school teachers of the United States of H^k?paerica. I W There is no class M workers of Mjy-which we demand so much. We commit into their keeping the minds, the bodies, and the very souls of our W children in the tender and formative L years Of their lives, and they, receiv& ing these children, can indeed be said ^^^to hold in the hollow of their hands ^^P&he future of America. We expect these devoted men and women to ^ watch over and care for our sons r^and daughters as though they were -their very own, -to drill them in the arts and sciences, to train them for __ - business and for citizenship, to instruct them in manners and in morjL ***, to do for them those things which w# would do had we the train ' ^ onH thp IPISUTP. }* ' - ?"* ? "7 f r No class has assumed so heavy, so trying a burden and a resonsibility -with such willingness as these consecrated men and women. No class has performed their increasingly heavy tasks more devotedly, more conscientiously, and with less thought- of self. No class served their country more wholeheartedly, more loyal, during the trying and tempestuous times of ^rar day by day pursuing their round of doty, day by day helping the young people, and through' the childx ren the parents, to see the struggle K<r)i+._ thus securing the co *u ??? * ?? ?o?, _ operation of the community in every imeasure undertaken by the government to win the war. < Truly they havg made the nation their everlasting debtor. Truly had they not done their work so . well this ? -republic would not outlast the span ^ # of a generation. What, then have the teach jrs re^-^ceived at our hands in fetnrn? They have received ilttle of honor- and Nl somewhat less of pay. Other classes have prospered; other classes through IK powerful organizations have secured jfenerous wages. The teachers have ' no spokesman, however, to demand even the simple justice of a living too rrivo nftttv Witge, SU Ml t^ciu rr V 2,i< V t pre-war pittance, so meager, so pitifully inadequate, that it places a burning brand of shame and disgrace upon this nation. The men and women who are making the Americans of tomorrow are * bt -.g treated with less consideration than the janitors who sweep out the buildings in which they are employV ed; they are earning on the average, less- than the wages given to the scrub women employed in the pub"" -" ?rtTT_ ilC DUUdingS OI me uiiueu tavco gvi?rnment. Normal - school graduates receive less salary than street sweepers; high school principals and superintendents less than section foremen; country school teachers less for instructing the farmer's children than le pays his hired man to feed his hogs. In a certain town of Illinois, for instance, the average wages of 15 miners for one month was $217, while the average monthly salary of B teachers in the same town was W 5. In another town a miner, who, Sy the way, was an enemy alien, drew more than $2,700 last year, while the salary of the high school principal in the same town was $765. We welcome with' all our hearts the long belated recognition tftat is being given to the man who works with his hands. We believe that this same workingman will be the first to join with us in asking better pay for those who teach his children. No wonder there are 50,000 va* cancies in the teaching forces of the schools. No wonder the ranks are being filled with weak men and with immature women who merely use the profession as a stepping stone to something better. No wonder there are 36,000 teachers in the United States who have had no schooling bevoriH the eiehth erammar grade. Small wonder, indeed, that 7,000,000 of our school children are being trained by teachers, mere boys and , gi^s themselves, who have had no professional education whatever. When we consider that the 740,>*& ?-. ' 000 teachers of America are paid an ! >'average salary of $630 a year; when, Th 'moreover, we consider the fact that ers living costs have actually advanced mil 103 per cent, since the beginning of wh the war, thereby cutting the buying sin power of these insignificant salaries ing in half, we can easily determine that are only a fool or a martyr would choose jurg ^ teaching as a profession, or would ;the > long remain in it unless these terri- jtho r S ble conditions were swiftly remedied, j val r | What a crime is this! What an ! TX/Viof an 11 nnar^nnfl lty | iiiUldHiClil TV UMV Mil sin at the doors of an enlightened * 'people who now find themselves at sc^ the head and forefront of the dem- jm ; ocracies of the wolrd! How can we h?? better prepare for the great under- 'gre /\*? 4-V> o K/i Stn , lillUIlgS Ul ICtVllOllUVWVil man wv , :settng ourselves immediately to rem-.eac i etiying this perilous condition. In ^ar (these trying and chaotic, times when ,wal the world is beset by unrest, by an- [the archy, by revolution, by the devil's cos1 Uwsvsl /-?-P onnoHinor .Avils that: "follow UXVVU Vi W f r .. in the train of war, we must make wec sure that the foundations of our re-; \ public are set on a rock that it may the stand against the flood. sioi The peace and security of the sPe< world of the future will be in the Am safe keeping of the generations now er? in our schools. These boys and girls mei must "weave up the raveled sleeve" ;are of civilization. Their hands* must mei minister to the wounds of the na- j jtions. Their minds must meet and our 'solve the difficult and crucial prob-,*101 lems that will be their inheritance. ;w^c Their hearts must be so imbued with nev the horrors of war and with the pov- ^re< erty and anguish that inevitably fol-. *or low in its wake that they in their; 'time will enter upon it only as a last ^is resort in hational self defense or in her support of some great principle of ceS{ ihumanitv. | Never, has there been a more urg-| .n { ent need for high" minded, great hearted, splendidly trained, 10.0 per cent. American instructors to irive S home the vital lessons that these ' * * I I J VT ? 1 """ limes jioja. xxever uaa tuc iuvuic vi am 'the nation been so clearly committed Ij | into the hands of the teachers. And Ij 'yet thousands, of ffien and women of U . ability. who would prefer to teach ^ are reluctantly leaving their chosen calling, forced by the hard necessi- / ties of their very existence. 1.1 The teachers ask no largess at the i hands of fortune. They enter their profession for -service, not riches. But they invest years and money in | preparation for their life work and i ;the knowledge they gain is shared I with others who themselves use it {' I to their own profit. Teachers, then, 1 by every right and in all justice expect a return that will permit them and their dependents to live decently ? and in comfort. g. MaBBBMaaaaaairaB^aaiaMBfl 1 LiKed Bet { Thar ? mi5 for its uniformb I of flavor, its ah | and fair price, a i omy? s I DncntM i I JL \J*J Jl VIA i a a g Jf you want a sat | erage that will I plaints about "p | or the " high pric | start using Postu | results. a | Usually sold at s | Everywhere a I " B ' . SB 899999989989999899999999999 I p . j During ti rarm Lands command communit should be listed prosper^ *TA1I7 * peace, ar NOW keta ?f t plenty. T1 be active, If you year, list avoid the careful :: I belies ' tafie to li "buy, see are my s W. M. MAr SEAL ESTA1 Arcade Building [n every community reached by e-Literary Digest there are readi of foresight, of vision, broad nded men and thoughtful women o will see?nay perhaps have long ce seen?the critical and compell importance of this problem. We t directing this appeal to them. We :e them to compare the salaries of ir teachers with the wages of se who are doing work of equal ue. There will be a challenge in' facts that will stir the communto action. j ^et each community invest i\ ools so that it may thereby invest: a trained manhood and woman- ] d that can play their part in the j at period of rebuilding and recon- j JCtion that lies before us. Let j 1~ ^ -P/-vv? ite fTAO 1 9C II L'UllIIIIUUitJI ocl jlui ug guui, uu as is practicable, a minimum of at least $1,000 a year for ; teachers of America. This would i b the nation perhaps as much as spent so gloriously in but me ik of the great war. i Ve are not pleading merely for welfare of some single profes 1; we are not pleading for a eial class; we are pleading for erica; for her larger, her brighther richer future, for the fulfill it of her glorious promise. We pleading for a coming race of i i and women who shall be qualito make complete the work of forefathers who founded this na- j i and dedicated it to liberty, and j ? will bring to full fruition the' r victories that we fcave won in jdom's cause. We are pleading a wider teaching of the princi}, the purposes, and* the ideals of : nation that all men shall know i meaning and shall have equal ac-; 5 to her opportunities; that the t of Americanism will shine that * i rill flood every home, every heart, >ur great land. i ? . ubscribe to The Herald and News' > i i ^SPECIALISTS^ B We Do It Right E$ j j H-f- Specialists on repairing all' ~ T 11 |jU4- make* cf Automobile - + j m. tors. Wc mnica them as good - X J jrj"T as new. We ale > repair fen- I i J deri, tanks and make ncing ~7? jj sear*. Sbijjua your radiators. 'j , DISCOUNT TO r>EALER$ W.R.Hartin & Bro. V"' *>.. 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