The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
is HARD BLOW
FOR TEACHERS
School Board Says Women Must
Not Marry.
LOSE PLACES IF THEY DO
CONVICTION IS CAUSED AMONG
THE FEMALE INSTRUCTORS.

A n edict has gone forth from the
~ city board of education that
hereafter no newly married wo-
wan shall be employed as permanent
teacher In the public schools OF Salt
Lake. The marriage certificate Of a
teacher will be considered her resig-
nation.
This state of affairs has caused a
cOmmOtiOn> among the teachers, espe-
cially the unmarried ones, who still
have some matrimonial hopes. But
the school board has said: 1T must be
thus" and il seems that henceforth
she who would hold her position in
the schools must first Danish all ro-
mantle inclinations and resign herself
10 the single blessedness of old maid
enhood.
While the school board has not in
open session passed a regulation bar
ring newly married women from
teaching in the schools the committee
has had several secret sessions upon
that subject and the result is that no
more married teachers will be en-
ployed and those who get married will
be requested 10 resign.
] Nearly a year ago this matter was
brought up before the board and such
| action was strongly urged by many OF
| the members at that time. Nothing
/ was done then, however, and the
young women teachers who enter
tanned matrimonial expectations, re-
covered from the temporary siege OF
/ heart palPitauon.
/ While the matter was hushed up It
was not dropped, and 1t has been
talked over very Thoroughly by the
committee at various meetings since
that time.
One Woman Out.
The result Is that when school
! opened few days ago Mrs. Mort Al
len, a teacher at the Twelfth ward
school, who, previous to the summer
vacation. was Miss Eloise Rancke, was
notified that under the ruling of the
committee she could not be allowed 70
| take her place as regular teacher IN
the school. Superintendent Christen-
sen explained TO her the action of the
committee of the board and then IL
became known what fate was in store
for the young teacher who dared te
get married
President Newman OF the sehoo
board. when approached yesterday on
the subject. stated that while the ruiz
was not an ironclad one, made by the
board, vet the committee had decided
that il was to the interests of the
school to take such action, and hence
forth all teachers who marry during
|. vacation time and all other newly mar
ried teachers viii not be given posi-
lions as regular teachers In the schools
When asked for the reason OF this &C
ton, he stated:
"A married woman's first duty is Z
her home and husband. and we Eel
that she could not devote the time an'
interest 20 the school and children I'M
der those conditions that the schoo
: required.
Marriage Upsets Everything.
"Then We have had considerably
trouble from teachers getting married
in the vacation time and later in tn
, term having to retire from school. Thi
disrupts the smooth progress Of III
school, and having 70 put new teach
er in another's place for time up
sets everything so that the school worl
| Is materially interfered with.
Then, too, teachers whom we hav
counted upon TO I'LL their position
during the school year Ia ye got mar
ried az the last moment. then sent Il
their designations. thus leaving us Il
the lurch for teachers. as by that tim
all the good ones have been engaged.
The majority OF the teachers, II
said, are anything but pleased wit
the action of the committee and fee
that il is an injustice 70 the unmar
ried teachers. However, they appar
, | entity accept the inevitable with goo
| grace