The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-18

interest In tho coming annual meeting
4, the West Virginia Teachers Assoc.a-
ion IN this city Is general throughout
me- state, and the Indications are that at
las. 800 from every section Of the state
wIll gather here. The local committees
IN Charge of the meeting have alrea ly
prepared their programme, which has
appeared In the ,Intclligencer. II Is
promising Of three days OF enjoyment
and Instruction that no teacher can az
f,rl 10 miss. !, " Z. !, II.
Added interest is felt In tho meeting
through the recently inaugurated moye-
men, for O teachers retirement fund
through the working Of which teachers
Of long service who are unable 70 con-
tnuc IN the harness are .pens!oned.
Mss Clohan. OF this city. principal Of
Cuy school, Ia tho author OF the scheme
and she will present It at the coming
meeting OF the state association. Tie
retirement fund plan is outlined below:
Nams-Wcst Virginia Teachers Retire
rtnt Fund. ly,sS E'{s; u n
objcct-Thc purpose OF this association,
shali DO 10 provide for the relief OF intrm
,hal have been members OF this assocla-
Plan OF organization:
, /, Officers and Adm!nlstration-The nd.
mIn!s;rauon OF the business Of this asso-
ciltIon shall DO In tho hands OF a board OF
trustees. which shall consist OF the state
uperlntendent Of free schools and six rep
rtsentative teachers OF the state (selccted
In accordance with conditions which may
b hereafter prescribed at the annual
meeting OF tho State Educational AssocIa-
ton. The board Of trustees shall organize
BY choosing from their own number PRES
dent, Vice president, and secretary. and
the state treasurer shall serve as treasurer
Of the funds OF the association.
II. MISUNDERSTANDING in tho as
ISOLATION shall ut first DO voluntary and
secured by signing and placing with the
secretary the proper application to be pro-
rIded. But three years after tho passage
tf m act by the Legislature Incorporating
Ills association, all persons becoming
teachers In the FREQ schools OF the state
shall become members. (But no person On
gagged in teaching In the state previous to
that time, who shall not have become 4
permitted to receive any OF the privileges
Of tho association, or bear any OF It's bur-
denS) (Honorary membership may be
granted to persons not teachers upon tho
ship shall not entitle the holder to any
,Ionl f5'Eg a2 tl7El.
III Kinds OF Funds-There shall be es-
tatl!shed two kinds OF funds. First. an
irreducible or permanent fund; second nm
annuity fund. At first all Incomes shall
be equally divided between these funds,
but when the permanent fund shall have
become C5o,0t0 or 100000 all income
from 1t and all other income OF the asso-
c!atlon shall be placed to the annuity fund.
". Methods Of Obtaining Funds-One
Ier cent OF the salary OF each member Of
this association shall be reserved by the
clerk. treasurer. or proper disbursins, off,
Ger. whose duty It Is to pay the teachers
state treasurer to be credited to the ac-
count OF the Teachers Retirement Fund
Of West Virginia. The permanent fund
shall be kept constantly increasing by leg
other methods authorized by law.
'. Participation In Berefits-Any teach
er having for three years or more been
member OF tEis association. after a total
service OF th'!ty years, II q female teacher.
tr thirty-hye years. II q male teacher, upon
furnishing to the board Of trustees salts
factory proof Of physical or mental dIsn-
eillty for further service, may retire from
service, and shall re.':iye an annuity equal
rdeG thatsno annuity shall be less than
t6c. &C.. greater than $500. Such annuity
thail 10 defrayeJ from the annuity fund.
VI: Reaso IS for Such an Association
Paid to3' small a salary. to provide for the
future. and their professional duties pre-
rent other mans OF gain a teachers self
respect demands 1t, Able teachers will
remain in the profession, In the future II
assured. Able men and women will adopt
the teachers profession who might other
wise choose other more lucrative profess
siors. 1t would remove much caro- and
anxiety from the teachers mind and thus
enable him to be better teacher. After
paying his annual per cent toward the
fund he would feel free to use his salary,
In books, travel. and other means OF self
Improvement II would make the teach
teachers who pay into tho fund would e1-
Iect to remain In the profession. boards
Of educationstc choose teachers OF high
grade. and make but few changes. Other
states have successfully adopted methods
10 provide for the future with marked ad-
Tan;age. thus giving ,us the benefit OF their
experience in establishing u teachers re-