New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-13
Regarding TEACHERS SALARIES.
TnE OBJECTIONS MADE 10 THE HOLT And CRAM

THE OBJECTIONS MADE 10 THE HOLT AND CRAl'A
PLANS
A third meeting of the women teachers of the
onbIc schools was held yesterday in Grammar
School No A. in East welfth-st., to consider the
objections TO the rcgradlng or teachers saIdIies.
More than four hundred teachers, representing
schools IN all parts of the city, crowGed INTO the
small room. Among the number was delekatlcn
Of primary teachers aPpo1Itsd at wse'n as ngI
showed the benefit of its experience III two peyou1
meetings, and conducted lis proceedings smooth!'
After calling the teachers TO order the president
Miss Mary II. Davis requested all teachers not III
sympathy. with the movement to leave the room
None took advantage of this call ana re ia .I
elected APPLAUSE. a motion was maze that inc
organization should be known as ihe noclety on
Po6 School Teacher tew Wv o pee 70 1o
of them exclaimed "Oh pshaw" 1hc rest sat
down and the motion was carried almost uhah-
nonsly; o, ..,..-o,,, oe ,,o oIioo,;ors
that have been made to the Holt ana Crazy plans
for regarding salaries. These objections nave Dcen
made bv teachers from schools OF all grades ana
were embodied III protest, which is To be pre-
seuted to che Board of Education 1t presented III
respectful terms the position OF the teachers o!t
urged that their objections, being based on me
practical experience OF years, should receive the
most careful attention, as the result was OF more
Importance to them than to the members OF the
Hoard whose interest is incidental and subordinate
TO other pursuits. None OF the teachers. II CON
tnuei Is now too highly PAD, so that a reduction
in any instance by these plans would he unjust.
The city is increasing III wealth, aud under such
conditions no employer Is lusIlhed N reducing me
accOmplshes the intended purpose. They do not
recognize length of experience. and the salaries OF
older teachers are reduced to increase those OF later
incumbents on whom. if OH any, the reduction
should fall. In the female department OF NO II
sx teachers had their salaries increased and fteen
were decreased. In No. II. male department, the
salaries Of i've teachers highest in the school, whose
service had been from ifteeC 10 thirty years would
be lowered. No difference is made between teaching
girls and boys in the plans. The desire TO make
salar,es uniform was forfeited because they are
based on the average attendance at the school.
school might decrease in numbers but classes III II
remain as large as ever. aud the teacher OF such
classes would suffer for the school Mr.. CraryS
plan is based entirely on attendance Another
strong objection that several lower grades were
male equal in the large schools. teacher might
thus be promoted several times in such school
without an increase of salary, but in smaller
school she would receive an increase Tor each pro-
motion. Both plans of regarding, instead OF reduc-
ing The disproportOn between tine salaries OF men
and women. intensified IT. and that for the same
kind of labor. The female teachers the protest SAID
do not want the salaries of male teachers fednccd
to e0ualize their own but they desire their own IN
creased to do away with the unfair diSproportion.
This protest received the unanimous approval OF
the teachers present Copies were ordered printed
To I've presented to the members of the Board OF Edu
cation and to be sent TO the different schools. Or.
Jerome Alien of The School Journal made address
to the meeting.