The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-20
TEACHERS ARE
IN A TURMOIL
Disappointed Over Boards De-
CiSiOn as to Salaries.
TALK OF AN ORGANIZATION
OBJECTION IS MADE TO PHYsI.
CAL EXAMINATION.
TALK OF AN ORGANIZATION

IN salt Lakes public school system all
is not harmony. Grief, disappoint-
ment. heart burnings, oh, SO bitter,
dwell therein ant.
THE cause OF this unusual condition
of affairs is money; money, the root OF
en- evil. and the subject discussed by
the board Of education at its last meet
inc At that time, it viii be remem-
I,e5e5 tbe board adopted its new salary
schedule II is this schedule that IS
vasnonsible for the awful dissensiOh IN
salary has evtv been the greatest
NJ the hoard of sducation's troubles.
Rut Thursday evening the heaviest
tbunderbolt of all was sprung. The
new schedule was great TO look at IS
q whole. Il raised the maximum sal
e.-v Of principals from S135 10 $l45Y AID
fbe maximum sala~J Of teachers rom
$50 to $50 a moAth- II looked good TO
fha teachers the next morning. until
they discovered the provision that, al
though the principal get their increase
An q IumD at the beginning Of the next
gcbool wear. the teachers get their in
crease in small dabs-namely, 50 OF
s. 30 a year, according 20 the present
salary. until the maximum is reached.
FT,fs means that teachers who have IL
ready worked six OF seven years and
are receiving SO, for Instance, viii have
10 work four years more before they
receive $50.
Fortunately, say the outraged in
structors. not a great many OF them
are on the verge o. gray hairs, and the
money realized from the board large
ness Of heart may possibly be utlhzeo
in some way other than as legacy
10 their grandchildren. Bat they are
indeed. sore at heart and TCu OF In
dirnation. Salt Lakes te.cEers are
mild. usually, buC row they actually
have whispered among themselves a
II the advisability of organizing TO &c
better terms,
Teachers Union Suggested.
said one young instructor who ha'
"a ght school here for five years, an'
IS now receiving the munihcent sum o
SO a month.
The great trouble IS that the teacn
ers have no organization, and are afTai'
10 stand up Tor their rights. The boar,
of education has had its own way al
ala.g. and what few efforts We haV
made 10 organize and thus put a stoI
10 the unfair conditions that are con
annually imposed upon Us have bee
dismal failures. That the teachers bav
not been and are not now being tfedte
right is well known. The principals
however, have stood together, and the
get about anything they want. The
agreed to look after the interests o
their teachers. 700, but there is Ger
tainly nc evidence that they have don
anything in that direction.
The con plant of the teachers doe
not end with the peculiSrities Of tn
Increase in salary. II is general The
protest against the condition ina
principals are given a contract tina
calls for ten months salary, 'Whethe
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paachers' contract they can ne dis
missed at any time for any cause al
though wheT they resign a notice q
their intention is required By the poarI
Object to Health Conditions.
They strongly protest against tn
condition that compels them to pr eseT
a doctors certificate of perfect healt
before their salary usG- be raised, an
eth more violently they oppose N
clause which Compels them 10 sunni
20 a physical examination by any 'to'
Tor whom the board may select.
TIE anger of the teachers mas lea
TO considerable talk Of mass NEE ~
for the purpose Of organizing anCt az
cIarinc themselves. but judging ffo
the results Of former attempts % IN
kind. there is little hope amonEI eve
the more spirited that anything ecu
be accomplished