Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
Az ARMY OF SCH00LMA'ANS
Th2s Eaics New YORK Every Year
Ia June.
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eis- sAoi4 ls4crs- Every year a. tAr lrs42-
nlng Or JaEs 1s are coming 20 lock tor
tasir aPpeaEs1es- They 4Ee tas coiieSs
girls "a search 0f schools. They ride Up
aaG down = the elevators u TAI buIialass
IL ca. shopping district. hauagiaS Eae
teachers sg~aciess tney srog - bay daisies
aud mountaia laurel oR ths sidewalks sna
their 1.-THE nsures and fresh color are pleas
ant - look On. Ihey are7s very UplY.
with little Iessl or Hene ss al, buG their
butterfly bonasfs znd pretty gloves are
1aLaistakAoiy refined
The process of obtaining school IS often
a weary one and July may come ia and
n1d many or the applicants sLill Ia the
clty. New York Is the great hs4dQ uagyers
Tor teachers for the country. au4 thou
saads of names ars registered personally
AID ~ letter Tor vacancies West. south,
North and East from Maine 10 CaAfotniA.
Many schools leave the selection of their
teachers wildly in the hands " New York
agents wao choose Tor them from the Inui-
iitude Of candidates who apply. A major
fty or the teachers sgs.cies are conducted
5y women who require registration Zee
Of s. On application and charge per cent.
or tnereaoOuts on salaries auder 81 COO aud
per cent on salaries above that sum
Pr1liminaries over. the would Dc teacher
II put through eatechism. An average
set OF uestions, for academic work largely,
oesins with inquiries about diplomas
degrees and testimonials, experience and
Tue addresses OF persons who will testify
20 the moral Character. lt proceeds 10
probe the depth OF ones understanding OF
Greek, Latin, mathe mztics, modern Ian
Suag-s, the natural sciences. history.
metaphysics. literature and voice culture.
II wants 10 know IL you are proficient IN
sten0graphy and telegrsphy aud DO keep
Ing. IL manitests all interest ia drawing
woodearving and painting ia oil and water
modelling. pastel, embroidery and decora-
tive art lt asks about instrumental
music and the quality OF your voice and
would you sing in a choir, IL queries
whether W no you are a kindergartner,
whether you are specialist in manual
training aud gymnastics IL asks what
educational Journals you read, how old
you are color OF hair and eyes, height and
aud wei sht, whether deformed or MANNED.
where you 20 10 church, and state Of single
or double blessedness. 1t requires the de-
posit or photograph, and If You are "A
woman, as happens TO most teachers, it
expects clean bill OF health from your
family physician.
Ii goes without saying that the number
OF candidates is four times the number OF
openings Who come off first best, then,
In the competitionl The testimony is all
but universal that it is the college girls.
Ten years from now" said a man VINO
conducts one OF the largest teachers
agencies, sit will be practically impossi-
bic for woman not Il graduate from a
good college 10 obtain a place as teacher in
any OF the high grade private schools OF
the country or in any Of the first rank pub
lie schools above the grammar grades"
There can be no question about it,
said woman at the head of "A second
agency. "the collegiate alumne have an
immense advantage. Private schools,
academies, Institutes and high schools
have long expected their male teachers to
be graduates and now they are exacting
The same thing from the women"
There is already an outcry. not loud
but Deep" was said at third bureau,
from the older teachers, of many years
experience, used to tie cream of the places,
who begin 10 find themselves thrust aside
20 make room for young chits, themselves
Just out Of school. There are many schools
which infinitely prefer bri kht, energetic
young woman just out of Smith or NasSaE
10 a woman, be she never so good an in
structor and disciplinarian who has
taught without the college girls educa-
tion ten years Certificates OF graduation
from fashionable boarding schools whose
pupils are coddled to induce them to CONS
back next term don't count in these days
at all, their holders take back seats or
stand up altogether"
rs there any preference shown as be-
leges and the cO-educational institutions"
only in individual cases One school
may want a Wellesley girl just as another
may want a Columbia instead OF a Har-
ward man. There Is no distinction in the
average"
Much Is exacted. what ia given,
"Do teachers wages advance with the
improvement I'm women's education -
Certainly they 10, and yet not in pro
portion 10 the advance OF the standard.
That i 70 say. If girl wants TO do well as
a teacher she ought to 20 to college; and
yet. IL she goes 10 college, the chances are
she will not receive wages to repay her for
the long and expensive course of study"
The catechisms OF the teachers agencies
require the applicant to state the amount
OF the expected salary. suppose was
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young woman three years out OF Vassar
aud successful in her vocation. what fig-
vres might she insert In that blank as ex-
pressing a remuneration to be reasonably
expected after 50 many years Of prepara-
tiOn and experience enough 70 test her st.
ness p
"About 500 was the answer
III she were 70 20 to private school or
academy" replied a second person inter.
viewed. she would receive 500 or s6o9
and her board. Wereckon board az about
fc0O additional II sae taught in q high
school the wages w0uld De 500 or $500
"I c1uldu't give ron any aVerage salary
fer college graduafes.' vas the reply in
third Instance ''If I were to say s. eco o-
81 20. or s. 40. just because have known
Of Tonuz women : receiving those sums. I
should have hundreds OF women here ex-
p-cting 70 do equally well Now. ia point
of fact such figures are exceptional. I
have known { college graduate. with nos
more than four or five years experience.
70 get 9 60 position and have known
another Just as vel qualified 70 be glad 20
obtain a primary clfss ia a Chicago puliis
school ss not above s40o salary. some W.
men srr fortunate eBough 20 step ar oare
into coed places bat I should sa7 that Sss
was "a much as = TonRx roman. after
some experience. could expect 10 com,
msad. Tie sum ser q places paying s6ov,
Sat Squire a limited
Ysu spaEe Of public school classes:
ther~ srs sixty or seventy Principslsh - IA
the New Iors puhic schools which psg
women from e. 10 70 E se0 "
-. and there are nearly s0oo whics
osy sss han 500. SIX hundred dollars i
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