The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-15
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Hon. j. N. Hartman 4 II Says. They
Are Very Poorly Paid.
"a BILL no /. BENEFIT j, THEN
The farewell Legislator Does Not
Think Any Should Receive less 4
Than Forty Dollars a Month.
az Wants the Very Best.


Hon. J. N. Hartman, Of Tazewoll, school
teacher, preacher. lawyer and legislator,
and still far from being an old man, is
q staunch friend Of tho teachers and has
Just testified his Interest In his early vo-
cntlon by introducing Il bill designed to
secure better remuneration for the teach
efS. ia rs Is < M
as8the old adagc goes, good Mt none, I'm
afraid" said tho Senator In conversation
With a reported OF. The Times Dispatch.
Y III I may be said to be successfully In any
thing, however, It Is in tho instruction
of children. love children. and | find
4 them very interesting, and II tho remun-
Grafton Justified mo In doing so l would
sratksf teach them than any thing else.
I have a. peculiar faculty for instructing
and developing the minds OF children be-
D tween six or seven and fourteen or tlf-
teen years old n III RI al h.
85l3Sf VERY POORLY PAID.
34"1 taught school--yes,s a public school
for seven years, and would now DO
aching II tho salary were Bu fficientsto
y i've on. It Is tho poorest paid OF all tho
4 rofcssions. considering the preparation
required. and the fact that he salary
CONTINUES OuL u low IllotH s ~ Liis y ctA' 4
Mr.. Hartman abandoned teaching and
read law. II practice law for n living
4 and preach free on Sundays and board
Il myself said he, when asked as to- his
present occupation. From my own cx-
r rerience as a teacher, j feel q peculiar
d lnterest8in the profession and a desire to
nce the standard Of tea cheers raised. es-
peci>ily In the section OF the State I
represent. There is no future for the
teacher In that vocation and after DEM
ongtrating ability in that work the best
OF them abandon 1t for something more
Il proHtable"s{& 5ss n a &
WANTS BEST TEACHERS. 3l
Tho bill offered by the Tazewell Sena-
tor proposes a salary OF not less than
i SO for public school teachers Tho patron
stated that he would accept ar, amend
4 rccntl. in the nature OF n scale of salaries,
Il 80 that after four years' successful ser
vice as a teacher they shall receive $a0
+ per month or more. What he desires Is
10 offer Inducements to tho most talented
and capable and experienced teachers to
Y devote their lives to that vocation. In
stead OF abandoning It to those less ca
pable. He regards better salary for the
teachers as a solution OF the problem, and
Is an earnest advocate OF this reform. n
It'll The measure he has Just offered Will
hardly pass in its present form, nor does
he expect that 1t will. It Is merely q
suggestion OF tho subject, which Will
Il serve as the basis OF a plea for better
remuneration OF the pedagogne. 1t is a
step@in a campaign OF education. which
he hopes will be followed by others. uni til
something Is accomplished. BY agitation
OF tho subject something will ultimately
be achieved, and the results will be benz
y ef7cial, not only to the teachers but to the
+ patrons OF, the schools as we'll. 3