Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19
THE TEACHERS WILL NOT GET
THEIR RAISE.

Despite the resolution In favor Of In
creasing the pay Of teachers IN the city
schools passed by the Council Monday
night the Finance Committee on Wed.
nesday cut the appropriation asked Tor
by the School Board from $1.364.OOO to
$1,000, .,S3. 20. a total Of x1,OI3,4G0SO.
This cut will probably make 1t impossi.
bic for the present board to grant the
petitions Of the primary and grammar
teachers for an increase In salary.
The amount asked by the board for
salaries and maintenance OF schools
was S5,?64,OOO. These figures. after
passing through the Finance Commit
tee, were reduced to $4,G4O, $3.50, the
2 per cent. allowed by law. The
amount granted by the committee Tor
new sites and building was x1,5OO,OOO.
against S2,1OO,OOO asked for by the
board. The board In making Its est.
mate had not called for the full
amount to which It was entitled for the
purpose Of buildings ana grounds, but
had added the surplus to the salary es-
Innate. But the Finance Committee
cut both estimates.
When the School Management Com
mittee meets 1t will face a question
that for weeks has stared mt It with a
persistence which only the fixing Of
teachers salaries has kept OF. Text
books Oh physiology and hygiene will
be examined and discussed. the follow.
ing list having the Endorsement Of Supt.
Lane:
"Child's Health Primer" No. /.
Health for Little Folks" No. 1.
"rhe House l Live H." No. l..
Physiology and Hygiene" No. 1.
"The Child's Book Of Health"
primer Of Physiology" No. I.
"A Primer Of Health"
Brands Good Health for Children"
primary Lessons In Human PhysiOl-
cgy."
young Peoples Physiology" No. 2.
"The Human Body ana How to Take
Care OF It,"
Martins High.school Academic
Physiology"
"rracy's Outlines Of Anatomy, Phys.
iOlOgy ana Hygiene"
The chief point In determining the
value Of the books selected, the point on
which the law lays most stress, IL that
they shall have a certain number OF
pages devoted to q consideration Of the
effects Of alcohol on the human system,
The last Legislature listened to the
"Oft-tOld tale" Of the members Of the
WOman's Christian Temperance Union
ana passed the law, the provisions OF
which the School Management Com
mittee will struggle to fulfill by recon-
mending for use In the schools enough
Of the books In the list to supply MI
grades.
There has been some discussion as Il
the wisdom Of putting textbooks In the
hands OF the pupils, some Of the mem
bers Of the board favOring a plan by
which the teachers shall lecture Il
their charges SO many hours during thu
term on physiology and hygiene. Chair
man Thomas Brenan talked Of the mat
ter Wednesday, saying:
II cannot say what textbook we vii
decide upon. The law requires that ,
part of the book shall treat Of the Of
fects of alcoholic drinks on the system
and it Is on that point we shall spent
most time. One of the books asks tn,
question, DO alcoholic drinks reall!
puench thirstT and another has sec
ton devoted to dissertation In answe
TO the query, Does the use of alcoholic
beverages produce bodily warmth II
cold weather. We shall abide by tn,
law and choose the book that we thinl
| will do the greatest good"