The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-27


Principals female department., maximum 500
Assistants an average o. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
Principals primary departments and schools, maxi ~
Vice principals primary departments and schools
Assistants an average 800
In male departing il shall been
less SIS for each unit or more than 200 sl3 for each
in female departments. Il average exceeded 100 (and
not oiherwise), $40 for each unit
- ~ ' Same until 1867
Principals male departments 900 to $1,000
Male assistants when only employed. !Mo
Male assistants an average oa Ivy
Principals female departments ximum. 100
mnm Raed 1 BY the wv
Principais primary Departments ma xmam 1SI2
Vice principals primary departments, maximum. 20
ING minimum ior PRINCIPALS and vice, principals was
mnsa y s b S s s % the the sGa IN %
out the city was 500.
Principals male apartments ....... 81 25O TO $4,000
Maze praepSs %d here dy nns = %
Male assistants male departments an AVERAGE Of: 100
PRINCIPALS female departments. $3.50 TO l7uo
Vice principals female departments LOO
frinsipas primary dept; and schools; l,sS
Assistants primary depart fonts ana schoos
FROM hi; time aari May sia ue rates remained
the same, excert in the cases where only one male
fixed seOO Alter May i, 1872 the were as ioI
Principals male departments 5000
Maze aassas ale re omy one Is
Male asssaass male an Of 9
Principals; female department. 2sS6
Vice PRINCIPALS female departments $50 TO l2as
prncipals primary and schools 8, Soto so
Assistants, an average oil .................. 600
Minimum salary in all cases 500
The question Of preparing schedule OF reduc-
ton has been referred to Il committee comprising
Messrs. Nelson, Beardslee, West, vermilye, Kelly,
these gentlemen are now actively eng ged in
business, and they undoubtedly know that those
they employ. II fitted to hold the positions they
give them, are worthy Of o recompense more than
would be given TO common laborers or people new
to the business. They know that the majority OF
Gated and well trained men and women, and 1T Is
to be hoped that the good common sense possessed
this matter, and that economy can be,
and VIII be, practlsed in some other
way than in reducing the hard-earned money OF
the teachers. In times past 1t may have happened
that unworthy persons secured positions by i'm
proper means. In TACT, IL is a matter OF record
that teachers positions have been purchased from
men who formerly neld places school trustees
There have been notorious cases in the Fourth
ward but when the fact leaked out that poor girls
were obliged to pay wealthy but illiterate butchers
and others Of similar calibre for minor positions
the matter was promptly checked by the Board Of
Education and She disreputable officials dismissed
The teachers however, were not to blame, and If
there be any unworthy persons now holding places
d
and an able corps or assistants to ind them out
and show beyond peradventure that they are not
worthy 81 e n a ms tse Glass; mey
lie confidence in other ways better than by curtail-
ing the teachers pay.
A Protest Against the Proposed Reduce
ton OF Salaries.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
That Comptroller Green should look sharply
after the large pipe men and the small pipe men;
that he should detect fraudulent lamppost paint
ers and other mythical recipients of the public
money, is right and natural; but that body az
enlightened and as honorable as the new Board Of
Public Education should consider 1t their first duty
to lower the salaries OF the teachers is unjust as
well as unwise. No one has ever doubted the i'm
portance of the teachers duties, nor the fidelity
with which it is performed. Capable, earnest, IN
DESTINATIONS workers, they exercise through
all classes OF society a wide and bene6-
cent influence for which they do not even
now receive sufficient reward or reco9n-
dulles dD alter years OF hard study. She does not
work for amusement but for bread. The govern
ment OF large classes is In itself constant and ex-
hausting strain on all the forces OF mind and body.
Scarcely any one who has never entered the school
room the capacity OF teacher realizes the amount
of skill patience and educated labor necessary TO
control and instruct crowd OF eager restless and
inqusitive children. For all this service the school
teacher receives $500 year. from which she must
pay her board six dollars a week at least, cothe
herself and pay for washing and other incidental
expenses. She must have decent attire, even to
command the respect OF pupils, and the
margin left will hardly permit her to be fas.
tidious about the location or surroundings OF
her boarding house. Regarding the higher grades
OF teachers, will men engaged daily In transactions
that involve millions OIL money. tell us what value
they place upon the years OF noble life the edu-
Gated faculties, the intellect. the priceless ex-
perlcnce OF the men and women who have spent
ten fifteen and twenty years in the schools OF tins
ctyY The great difference between the salaries OF
male and female teachers, the fact that some hold
honorable positions who are mere political APP
pontees disqualified both by character and capa-
city are subjects well worthy OF attention; but
cheap instructors are neither In harmony with the
spirit of the age nor the wishes OF the people.
EVERYWHERE In the civilized world to-day the ques-
ton OF public education Is considered the most vital
10 the State. This Is even true in countries where
the governing classes are not taught in the free
schools With us the governing classes ION whose
intelligence depends the glory and the permanence
or the statel are educated In the public schools
True economy demands, therefore, that the public
schools should be guarded with the most jealous
care and that they should be governed by the
wisest the most enlightened and the most liberal
policy. justine.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
was so glad to read your article this morning In
,Yeference Ia teachers salaries. &C, that could