St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06
The Average Age and Powers
of Attracting the Male
Sex.
Salaries Paid for CURLING
IS Wild and Turbulent
Small Boys.
Dignity and Punctuality Sub
ordinated to the Satur-
day Matinees.

Of the onward movement. The modern
schoolmarm is not at all like the school
marin of twenty years ago. The school
marin OF those days was creature to be
dreaded. She was usually of angular
and auStere eountenanee, specialized,
authoritative rather than persuasive, in
favor of cOrkscrew curlS and opposed
to smiles as sinful and hereto, strict
disciplinarian who wore eyes in the back
other head and long switch in her hand,
a firm believer in corporal punishment,
and in her own authority to everybody
else, and altogether a person of much
acerbity of temper and chronic strong
mindedness that she was feared by
young and old alike. This schoolmarm
is no more. In her place is the pretty,
dressy, blithesome, spirited young
schoolmarm who rules her flock with
soft words and winning smiles, and has
no use for birch switches or hickory
rulers. She has mind of her own,
knows what discipline is and how to
apply 1t. None but bright, vivacious
young woman, with plenty of snap and
executive ability, could manage from
twenty to forty struggling, pushing,
NOISY YOUNG N1INNESOTIANS.
The task of governing a roomful of
these turbulent and irresponsible spir-
its is not an easy one, but such is the
magic power possessed by the taper
like fingers, or one glance of her blue,
milky eyes that quietness and order are
readily obtained.
AS the modern school marin is unlike
the SchoOlmarmS of past generation,
so is he Saturday schoolmarm quite
different from the Monday sehoolmarm,
or the Wednesday or Friday marin.
During the week she is all earnestnesS
punctuality and dignity, but Saturday
she throws off all restraints of her posi-
ton and INDUCES freely her propenSi-
ties for fine feathers, giggies and the
matinee. But for this Saturday off,
and its requirements i'll the way
of pin money and dressing, most school
marmS would save money, but as it is
comparatively few Of them do. The
most serious complaint that has been
made against the schoolmarms is that
they monop0lfze the beaux. Naturally
this complaint comes from the young
ladies who are not schoolmarms. The
marms, it is claimed, have from two to
six admirers apiece, and this is greater
humber thau even the school-marm is
schoOlmarms have. Having good
looks and wit to begin with. their own
money to spend at the milliners' and
dressmakers' the brightness, independ-
ence and dash which spring from con-
tact with the world as
THEIR OWN NHSTREsSES,
the school marmS are truly fascinating.
They don't know much about cooking
Or serubbing, but these accomplish
ments count for little with the young
men before marriage. They do, how
ever, find time to study the art of con-
versation. German, Christian science,
vocal and instrumental music. and to
acquire, an agreeable smattering of
literary small-talk and considerable
skill as jokers and storytellers; and
these accomplishments 90 long way
with men, both before and after mar
rage.
The schoolmarms know very we'll how
to make an impression upon the other
sex. For instance, there's st. Paul
marin who enjoys reputation as phe-
nomenal diSciplinarian. In making an
impression upon the turbulent spirits of
her young flock she has way of taking
in her hand harmless roll of paper and
assuming belligerent attitude. The
bad small boy knows that she will not
hurt him-he knows that she dare not,
but so great is his estimation for her re-
strained prowess, and so heartfelt his
thankfulneSS that she is not in dead
earnest, that he at once succumbs. 1t
is not necessary to describe in detail
how this artful young marin makes an
impression upon the bad small boys
handsome big brother. 1t is enough to
simply say that she does it.
There is another thing of good deal
more Importance. st. Paul schools and
nj oh no i'm r,
business. Their reputation is high
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
Applicants for positions as teachers
are examined in arithmetic, grammar,
United States history, geography,
spelling, reading, penmanship, theory
and practice of teaching. physiology.
and hygiene. Principals, in addition
to the foregoing, are also examined in
algebra, general history, physics, Amer
lean literature and school manage
ment.
A good many schoolmarms? Indeed
there are. In the pubic schools of st.
Paul there are nearly 400. All but
thirty of them are marms. If you meet
one of these marms and want to guess
at her age say twenty-three. In doing
so you may run some risk of giving
offense, but cold, cruel statistics de
clare that to be the average age of st.
Paul schoOlmarms, and you have a
logical right to assume that any indi-
vidual is up to the average. The sal
aries paid are:
High School-Principal, 5000; in
structor in physical science, $4,000; as
sistant instructor in physical science,
81, 500; instructor in Latin and Greek,
$500; instructor in Latin and Greek,
$1,S00; instructor in civil government
and common law, S1.S00; Instructor in
commercial department., S1,SO0; as
sistant Instructor in commercial depart
ment, $1,000; instructor in French,
$780,; instructor in mathematics,
$1,000; instructor in English, ST.
200; instructor in English, ST.
200; Instructor in English, $1,000;
instructor in drawing, LOO; instructor
in drawing, $1,000; instructor i'll elocu-
ton and reading, 81, 200; instructor in
mathematics, $1,000; instructor in math-
MATES, $1,000; instructor in mathe-
MATES, $1,000; instructor in German,
81 900; instructor in English and math-
ematics, $1,000; instructor in English
and mathematics, $1,000; instructor in
English and mathematics, $3.50; i'll
Structor in English and mathematics.
$3.50.
Manual Training School-Principal
S1,40O; instructor in pattern shop, 81, 2)O;-
instructor in carpenter shop, $1,000; in
strlletor in drawing, $1,000; instructor
in English. $3.50.
Teachers Training School-Principal,
$1,000; director of practice, $1,000; as
sistant, $1,000: model teacher and in
structor in primary methods, $1,000;
teacher of model school, $3.50; teacher
of model school, $3.50.
Principals of Buildings = Franklin
school, $4,000; Madison school, $4,000;
each-16 class room building, s1,750; each
14-class room building, 81, $50; each u
class room building, 81, 500; each 1O-class
room building, $1,000; each S-elass room