The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
RAISE
IN TEACHERS SALARIES TO BE
RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Hatfield Advising Board Members
To Be Conservative.

The board Of education VIII grant a
slight raise in teachers salaries at its
meeting Monday night. if it follows the
recommendations of the committee on
I teachers and salaries.
/ Nhe committee was in session nearly
thtee hours yesterday afternoon behind
/ closed doors IN the office of Rodolph Hat
helb. and decided TO recommend an ad-
vafce in salaries. When a reporter for
the Eagle asked 1ir. Hatfield what adj
vance would be recommended. he refused
70 state what the amounts would be, or
how the salaries would be adjusted for
the coming year. preferring that the
matter should not be made public until it
had been referred TO the school board
He said, however:
We viii recommend a slight increase
in salaries and I expect the board to
grant the increase. In fact, think the
beard will raise the salaries on the plan
recommended by the committee. It is
almost necessary for US to raise the sal
aries if we would have the best teachers.
Not that there are not enough applicants
for positions in the schools, but when
cur teachers reach high standard Of ex-
ceIence they sometimes go some place
else for a position.
I'VE have carefully estimated what our
resources viii be next year, and find that
we viii have from 5000 to 5000 more for
general purposes than we had last year
All OF this increase in resources viii not
be used up in the salary raise"
The committee had secluded meeting
yesterday afternoon, for no other mem
bers of the board were present, neither
did any citizens appear with complaints
against any of the teachers. Even Super
irtendent knight was not called in con-
sultation.
Word has reached the committee that
one of last years teachers who has been
an applicant for a position in the schools
next year has learned that there is a
strong prospect that she viii be dropped
from the list next Monday night. and has
withdrawn her application The commit
tee has not yet been officially notified OF
the Withdrawal 1t is also rumored in
the ears Of committee members that two
o. three other teachers VIII get out Of the
way Of the approaching storm by quietly
withdrawing.
John South who taught the Fairmoun.
school. will not be an applicant for
position in the schools next year, but Mr..
Hatfield distinctly stated 70 an Eagle re-
porter last night that Mr.. South was not
withdrawing in order-to avoid defeat bur
because he has other work in view He
would not have been an applicant even
II a shake-up were not threatened.
Mr. Hatfield, after the committee COM
pieted its three hours session. reiterated
his statement made in the Eagle few
DAYS ago that the committee would stand
Tor conservative action.
II 90 not think there viii be many
changes In the corps Of teachers, said
Mr. Hatfield to the Eagle reporter. The
committee win stand by its report, which
is now before the board. unless some good
reasons are advanced why teacher
should not DE retained. Unless such rea-
sons are advanced the committee will de-
fend its report
In order to make sure that the board
viii not do anything rash or radical. Mr.
Hatfield has visited several of the mem
hers personally and used his persuasive
and argumentative powers 70 induce them
&c go slow.
j. H. Martin stated 10 the Eagle re-
porter that he did not anticipate many
changes.
Fred Bell stated that be does not hold
the view advanced by one member Of the
board thai criticism Of the board BY
teacher is ground Tor removal