The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-04
FIGURING OUT A Wy
School Teachers Have Not V.
Abandoned Hope. ~
MEETING TO BE Hpr
LEGAL ASPECT OF EMPLOYEE
CONTRACT QUEsTroNPn l

The public school teachers
yet gone on a strike and tba,- - not
will not because of the ac+j.lP 'Ooaoy
board of education in raq--a-t-., VI the
Ginning to aecede to the teach. oe-
quest to modify the form Of -. le-
required to be signed befora ..','Iaet
are payable Yesterday befD,- 'les
day in the schools, little onr,~.. -o-l-
was afforded the pedagogues n .7.-y
the school boards action Tuas5,,- .'--''Ss
ing, but today it is expected IN 1-
$50 or more aggrieved schooInaar7ns ne ne
do some further resolving VIII
Yesterday afternoon a meeting
delegates from each school was 81,
in the examination room in the 60
county building to hear the rar.,-. '--1
the committee charged with the d..
Of presenting the grievance n ~
school board It deveIopad that
ficient notice had been given a-,4 =,
meeting was attended by only q g
of the delegate teachers. In con-.
quence it will be necessary 10 hold o..
other meeting either this afternoo,
tomorrow, a holiday. to determine v-bs.
the next proceeding shall be.
Despite the fact that one of n.
SchOOlmarmS of the committee y,bi1L
appeared before the board of ed,,.s-t----
shut the door in the face of a He'd
reporter when he worked I'D cou~sg.
enough to enter the place of yeSts@
days meeting, it is known that rba-o
was only a random discussion of -
affair UppermOst in the minds of -
teachers Every madame had her own
opinion of ways and means to achfare.
the desired surrender of the hoard 6,,.
all were agreed that by holding t0ga-b,
er, the board would be forced 10 s,b
nit a more liberal form OF contract he
fore any would sign the One-sida5
irOn-clad contracts Of employment.
Legal Phase to Be Cited.
While discIaiming any intention q,
putting themselves in the attitude Of
debating to the school board or of pos
Sibly calling forth censUre for wbsr
some might term INSTRUMENTATION. rba
teachers will now consider the advis-
ability Of bringing TO the boards atten-
ton the legal phase Of the controversy.
This will be done by showing that rha
proposed contract is more in the form
of a prOmissOry note without consider
alton than an equitable contract. from
the legal axiom that a contract 10 be
binding must be the result Of an agree-
ment in which some OF the benefits in
view will accrue 10 the parties Of The
second part
In support OF this contention It IS
proposed to set Up that the teachers
have not yet consented 10 the form II
contract adopted and that they have
never been considered in the premises
Il was stated last evening that the
teachers would be very we'll satisfied
with the concession proposed 70 be
made TO them in Mr. BAN berger'S mo-
ton at the board meeting Tuesiar
evening, which motion received five q
the nine votes present but failed %
carry because two more would be r.
Quired TO carry z reconsideration
While 1t meant nothing more than an
expression of good will, considering The
certainty of schools not running The
full year out because of lack OF funds
this proposition had for its object the
inserting of a modifying clause in The
contracts that the teachers should be
paid for nine consecutive months ser
vice, provided that funds were on hand
to maintain the schools for that length
OF time