The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
THE PAY OF THE TEACHERS
HIGHER ~ VIEW YORK NOW THAN
MANI OTHER CITY.


Been Paid-Thc Old y, stem " Monitors In
New Works. Early Free choois -Growth Of
the Public schools OF This City.
The PAY of New York SChoolieachers. 10
which attention has been drawn Of late be-
cause OF the school puddle and the Davis
School law, will now. rs n result of that act. be
considerably higher than ever before since
the first free school was started in the city 10
the first decade OF the century. Likewise,
under the provisions of the Davis measure.
New York schooltcachers sill get on an aver
age more than their fellow laborsrs in cities
removing for the excellence of their public
schools, and this c,tS will have the honor. for
SO the teachers consider It, OF having the best
paid public teachers in the country Naturally
the increased prosperity which the Davis law
has brought the teachers has taken SOM Of
the gray headed principals still in the SER
We" back to the days wfel the school system
was in It's infancy, and when under the old
monitorial plan they received about one-sixth
the pay of n new teacher In the schools to-day.
With this growing popularity of the early
free schools, the moni,orlal sy stem under which
pupils did duty H. assistant teachers in n way.
began TO grow into dlsfavor and finally was
given up entirely when through the co-opera-
ton of the state the schools were placed on a bet
ter financial basis, But this was not till after
the system had made good teachers Of some
-, ,ha ,ri,,h, ,,,Is an, o,o,.J 40 oor...
y" =" "s"' p"p"7 anu '''"' w " ~"
To them which n few are yet pursuing. In Q
reminiscent mood these old gray haired teach-
ers will talk about the days Of the monitors
with general satisfaction.
The monitors cam" with the first school
Mnn " mnH "th "a W rrb3c- .ni,t.S c;,,;,ens
who had formed the Free School Society which
made the public schools possible, II vas prin-
Slnny Dt'a ,ho mn 'on ~ !" lahors
ras in m w nrnc,ira ,ba, ,he monitors
wa 'uns,io Lhru ~ pTrto.r ,ma Nv ,rhinh
W. mesiueu uL,om ~ n , H. ;nron,fnn " 10
ny VII nn,lloHDu ~ n - ,ooL
i,s Name from him Lon"ss,er was in charge Of
,r ha, a. D.t s,tho ri,h ,nn; EIu ,n ana ALI ones he
Inai pg ns,,g DOght pnnniT We nmi uu' rb bn su"'
coulo grt aInne Tmn irW osart. hro,,h, INN
tlrai pl"IuhL'Ih'' an'.t "a In "a 4, IN
,nr rrn% ',toVI 1919 mn t. ~, au ! " uas
called INTO NV nnrk, ~ 'he reroraS o. ,h =
Euucallo,hl l'"parlhleht " aplNdis ,nu' II
Jew teachprs VINO We're h'ersSary uhHrr ,hMni,
easier Sysl"n tntnIN'u t"'u inha unn, 'm W
work. These teachers had 10 be well &C.
uuallted WIN me mohltorlal SYSTEM anu IN
one case me society Ti ma ar 70 tGy a b bta'" a
pr eNpehS"S rom fntla'" Nun t,k' Wmhm
salarN oi SS" a y"Gr 10 n'eln Wlth InrSo
teachers ,w"r" IN realllr prlncLpais me MON.
IN" teachers VINO drll'd me n,nhIIniS, nuL Ute
success OF the system naturally dettenue1 on
me ahlilty ol me monitors as lneE Ior,nsn LOT
wears the largest part OF ~" teaching FORCE
As the schools grew and he number OF tne
monitors Increased the sC"l'tN oeClOed NAV
a. IT had given IN" monitors the,r framing
u had "A lien On Their 'trNlcr- for ms reason
ana also hecans" moe' OF ne pnpII, III InS
schools nj that time were ~chldrHh ol me no9r
a plan was adop,ed by which al pupils mace
monitors were indeilturrd 10 me society az
anI %renticcN untl, thel were u Years on ae".
~ the end Of Their term o. annrenticeshIp
the nonliorS received a r"rthcate whlcn Sc
| cured ptnnInNIlpft 1hT tlpn As tpHfI'TN III
any part 81 the country. For we ns, tNtiss
years "i thr l",'at,erlan SlH,rnu . ~ IL
had 10 ION IN" IanMlN "I, me tehSh'r OF nS
school the so'l'tF lhNlhe ms poHIu any c's"
lng MN mn ewing MN no Na,9rN III ~.
1t was decided mat There w.uln D" grea,rd
economy ~ paving monitors sln = year anu
having them llN" WIN men, narentS some
~ IN" monitor cary o.N"naPfn ny SVbnn
t"achprN ahh Wien ln' ,u,u 9,nu' chmmo
SucietN Wa C''h"d Nv n"GN"h hhu rtle'o-
pher streets a'or'ner h1i'oT vas l,uI III VnaIko
ana Rn' s.n y !'aI "'h'h WI "'"'""'' Nv
'reANen 10 80 ,.,.r ,Lo. ,os co,ar,, NOM.
Jew N"W~ il''! .lrLr "aH S'.a" ,on,r.
pIIalnt among "" ''h'IerH 80 NV idl'.
oI ne N1'aLn 70 ,ntonN' Sn",nr ~ wy $50
,rSuu WW ~ um ~" uo. r,'go5 ~ 5000 The
Q, me eln"r uea''Wr> W. ,n.'nu e. AN.
DISSATISFACTION al un ns"u rarn NV Tho rats ~
a p'mF'H oerG nm tbe numhcr Of runils In
pan d,nco VIII his srLaduls n teacher in
az ~ oo"" ~, ~ H. -,, q, n,rI an addition
y 800" ~ 70 49, era o,wo.n 200 and
oo VIZ ~ Hnn,D' obnnI "rG q u,"rn If he MN.
T T" mt,g' o, w eoo ri. scbodrIe gave ~ The
nr W. ~ go, III ri. ~ tbot
.rl'',., oo No IT, go orotber scbeduIe
llrl' nI"m III "n.bn n, rat thn,a
W." Uma"n 80 La ,oocbcrs II v,S agraed
.p'N VI, "" ,,Ior ~ eco a.nt ,aor IN To casa
~ - IN ho;r salories raaCbed sooo The
~ mnm =" CO.. grl. ~, 0yed at s5i n vea,
'rr'Jn,JJ ,Lor 10, roocbaJ s,no '" ~"
Wv ,,houn ,boso schedules urderuent many
ra H. ,i. .rccoodirg van,s duriru which
.ha.ErS nIm,t ,s,or' Io-,ond ibo 80 ~ nar
uu w. nv, r,',,L in excess Of tLrse FxeS in tho arst
WI n 80 crc TOO i.,r,a ~ n,rni,ors
par, va ~, ro.',lt Of ,La Growing ponuler-
urta. a. ~ rL.ro rod Leon a 'dacidad
NY W y" n a. an tho mr., ~ Tho ricb nd even
4, 20 ,,,,ao ~ ro,,,, 90 TO- adu-