Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07

dollars, the income Of which, together with
the current dues of members, to be devoted
10 several objects. The first of these is to
pay an annuity of three-ffths of his annual
salary to any member who may become
permanently disabled for work. after hav-
ing been a member of the association for
hve years; the second in case of DEATH to
pay one years annuity to the members
beneficiary, and the third, to pay a similar
annuity during life to any member who
Shall have taught thirty-five years. No an
nu;ty shall exceed six hundred dollars.
At the time of organization it was set forth
that the benefits of the associa ton are not
Tor veteran teachers alone. but benefits
are to be shared by all, regardless of length
of service
Contributed by Members.
The affairs of the association are admin
istered by a board of trustees, consisting
of the officers and a representative board
OF directors. The entrance fee of members
IS three dollars, and the annual dues, one
ana one-half per cent of annual salary
me dues are divided into four equal in
staAments payable. respectively, on the LIST
~ april, June. November and February
me constitution provides that those of the
members who so choose may at any time
form separate class, to be known as
class b. to accumulate a fund from which
i w ara" one dollar per day for temporary
illness Oh not less than five consecutive
Gays, no more than fifty dollars to be drawn
by any member in one year
Inc income already practically provided
Tor, about $500 per annum will enable
the payment of 5000 per annum to six an
nuitants, $500 to twelve annuitants or
smaller amounts to larger number
Ihere are as yet no applications for re-
trement, although probably four or five
teachers now in the schools have completed
thirty-five years of service. Some of these
however are still in the midst of their use
fuiness, as we'll as In unimpaired health and
vigor, and so are not likely soon to be CLASSIC
fed as beneticiaries. There are others how
ever younger in the service who are str,lg-
cling against the inroads Of disease and
rervous exhaustion. whom the teachers are
anxious to see retired at an early day.
What IL Needed.
In ten years the permanent fund of the
association will be $4,000, and will continue
to grow at the rate of 81 800 per year with
the present membership, and, of course
much faster with an increased membership
1t will require, however, a fund of 100000
or more to yield an income sufficient to en-
able the association to pay full annuities to
all probable claimants in future.
Under the terms of the constitution no one
can be retired until after five years men,
bership. There are, however. one or two
very pressing cases that special provision
may have to be made for Immediately
These are not superannuates, but invalids
The policy of the directors is toward the
largest liberality in meeting the needs of
The board of directors are making ar
rangements to begin paying small annuities
early in the coming school year. The present
officers of the association are: n. P. Gage,
supervising principal, second division, pres
iGent; Clara Bahen Smith, principal Adams
School. first vice president; Ida NJ. DAILY,
Eastern High School, second vice president;
Flora l.. Hendley. principal Seaton School,
principal, sixth division B. financial secre-
tary; A. T. Stuart, supervising principal
third division, treasurer. The directors are:
First division, Mary McGill Berret School;
School; third division, Annie Beers. Wallach
School; fourth division, Isaac Fairbrother,
supervising principal, fourth DIVISION fifth
division. B. T. Janney, supervising principal
fifth division; sixth division A and B, s. A.
Langley. Tyler School, special division, An
ME NJ. Cooling, Normal School: directors at
large. Grace NJ. Ravenburg. Dennison School,
and Rebecca Stoneroad, directress of phys
ical training.
Superintendent POwe1Ps Views.
In his annual report to the board of trus-
tees for the school year 1884 Superin-
tendent Powell, in the course of extended
remarks on the subject of the Teachers
Annuity and Aid Association, said: There
is no profession, no calling that demands
more of lifes vital forces for it's successful
prosecution than that of teaching school.
Although the number of days teaching per
year seems small, and the number of hours
per day limited, as compared with the DAYS
ard hours employed in other. calings, it
yet remains true that in no other calling
do men and women break down sooner
by fewer years Of employment than in
that of teaching.
1.-The mental strain Is great from the
nature of the work, but the physical ex-
haustion is increased many fold by the
nervous tension cccasioned by that feeling
of great responsibility amounting almost
to fear that every true teacher has in a
large degree. The better the teacher, the
, more intelligent and enlightened the COM
munity. the greater does this feeling of re-
sDonsibility become and sooner does the
teacher wear out. Your encour-
agement of this movement may be consist
emily given. then, for the reason that the
humanitarian point of view in considering
the teacher is one that appeals more
strongly to the common public, but if the
interests of the fifty children attending
each school were considered in their true
light the humanitarian side would be as
great from this point as from the other"
DIR. Lanes Opinion.
In the opinion of DR.. F. R. Lane. director
of the Washington High Schools, the asso-
citation will accomplish a great good.
"Of course" DR.. Lane said, "all who are
members now will not by any means con-
tinue In the association for any length of
time, and the benefits will only accrue to a
few. There are hundreds of young girls Just
from the normal school now teaching, AS
well as scores of young men. Many of the
girls will marry and leave the ranks,
while the young men will take up profess
sions and engage in other pursuits, and
therefore, be Independent of the associa-
ton. But there are a few who will un-
doubtedly continue to teach for many years
to come, and when they are unable to lon
ger perform their duties, it is then that the
purpose of the organization will be DEM
onstrated."
Germany. Switzerland and Canada pen
sion the teachers of the public schools, and
in Boston and Brooklyn, when a teacher
has served a certain period, leave of alb
sence for year on half pay is granted. In
Boston. this period is fifteen years, and the
schools of that city enjoy the phenomenon
of teachers who are both freshly eauippel