The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-21

Good Pay short Days and Lots OF NnrA
tIon-Advautages over Other oeeuPA
tions-MaIs Teachers Have Wider Op
portunitica Than the Women.
Everything taken into consideration,
there are few public Offices III the city u
New York which are more desirable
than those within the public school sys
TEN. From almost every point of view
the life Of n schuolteachcr Is u deSirah.l
one in this City. The Pay is good, G.e
promotion tolerably rapid, the work LII
onerous, and the hours are better than ~
almost any other field Of labor. About
1, 900 teachers are employed in the pub
lie school system Of New York whose
salaries range from $500 TO 81, 800 q I
wear for women. and from 81 ,OS0 to So
coo for men. But So, 0G0 i by no means I
the limit to the financial ambition OF .
New York schoolteachcr. On the part ~ 7
the men there are several greater prizes
within their reach if they have the prop
er qualifications and can secure the right
influence in the board Of education. For
instance, there is the office Uf assistant
superintendent Of public schools, Of
which there are ten, each drawing sal
sl1y Of about "a, coo year. Then there
is the superintendent' e Office itself, with
its handsome pay Of 1000, and il has
Eeen the goal toward which scores Cf
educators iii This and other cities are
constantly keeping their eyes. Buth tine
offices of assistant superintendent and
superintendent are filled absolutely by
lie board Of education. The assistant
Sc al
and, as a matter of practice has life
position Then tine male teachers can
look forward To promotion 20 the City
college either as an instructor az sal
ary of s., 500, or full fledged professor
1t 81, soc.
There are few of the % male princi-
-lals in New York's public schools, how
ever, who do not get more than their
.alary ot 81, OO0 year. Almost every
me Of them gets some little additional
lay, as $500 OF &S9o a year for extra
ervice as an instructor in the evening
.chools or as clerks Of tie ward board uf
chcol trustees. Some If the principals
hold both Of these little plumS and make
i. clear 81 ,000 year out Of the school
system The principals IF boys schools,
# course, have their pick in these choice
requisites, but there are so many addi-
lionaI offices to be filled that under male
teachers in the public schools come in
for good round share.
, The four evening high schools alone
give employment to 20 or 80 teachers.
ach OF whom gets anywhere from S3 TO
Sc night for the additional work.
: Then there are some 23 boards of school
trustees, each Of which has its clerk,
,rho gets pay for the amount Of work
zone, the average mounting mp TO SiOu
r $500 q year. Nearly all these clerks
ne principals Of some schools.
D In the case Of women SchOolteaChers
he chances for earning extras are very
limited The maximum salary she csl
> ct i 81, 900. She starts into the system
y 18th q salary of about 5000, which j.
radually raised until she becomes th,
principal Of girls department Of :
= ramnar school
In order to become schoolteacher il
ne public schools of New York il Is frs
..ocessary TO get a recommendation from
!. member of the board of education
q his enables the candidate to try pre-
: .ilninary examination, which, if he j
! accessful, entities him TO be placed up
: IN the eligible list Of teachers Afte
: satisfactory work in this capacity 70
/. lot more than year the candidate sc
" ures permanent license rs n teache
" u New York's public schools, and a
ID zach is entitled TO teach III any part Q
e the city.
< This does not mean necessarily tina
A. A. the teacher viii Immediately find en-
= aioyment That depends entirely upo
! lhe local board Of school trustees. Th
h city is divided into "a school districts
lie he schools in each of which are cor
Ig lrolled by school board, who are al
,.ointed by tine board OF education. TIL
at .-oards have the selection of all teacher
~ ~ ..elow the grade Of principal, these b.
~ Jag appointed by the board of educ.
h iiun. As a rule, however, the license
a teacher soon finds an opening aud the
v. IS i'll the regular line of promotion.
e. What has made the school service 4
e. attractive to many are the easy hour
1n Eine-tenths of the salary earners in Ne
a. York get to work at s q. IL. and "a
az lucky if they get away by p. m, wit
q half an hour for luncheon. The work
the teacher begins 1t 8 "A. III. and Is owe
,k as a rule, by 3 p. m, with an hour Il
o. luncheon. Nine-tenths of the salal
ce carners get only weeks out Of the
(" in the year for vacation, and the
ly work days in the week at that. III
OF schoolteachers get a vacation of
y weeks in 80 and draw full pay duriI
that time. Besides this they work on
days in the week and have all hol
Gays. 1t has been estimated that Il
schoolteachers of New York work le
than 200 OF the 365 days in the year.
e If a schoolteacher is to rise in q
It's calling, however, the work does not eI