Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-13
Davenport Teachers Get an
Average Advance of $500
Per Month
CITIES IN IOWA COMPARED
Comparison of Teachers Wages in So
Cities of United States Showed Dav-
export Below The Averase-keokuk
Heads the List of Iowa Cities in It's
Average.
Special to Times-Repup,lcan.

Davenport, May IA. a meeting o
| Gay afternoon the salaries of the teach.
ers Of the city were raised So a month
with the exception of the teachers of the
eighth grades who receive an advance
of $3.50 month. This advance was In
pursuance with the petition presented
to the board by the teachers some time
| ago.
The teachers have compared the sala-
ries that are paid in this city with those
paid in other cities and 1t was discov-
cred that smaller salaties We're paid
here on an average than in any other
city in this section of the same popula-
ton, but the raise yesterday will place
Davenport on an equal footing and in
advance of many cities OF equal popula-
ton.
The teachers committee had investi-
gated the salary situation in fifty-two
cities in the United States, finding that
Davenport salaries were lower than the
average. with the exception of the ninth
grade. The report says in part:
Almost everywhere the second, third,
fourth and fifth grades receive uniform
pay. The few exceptions would affect
the average scarcely persaptibly, and so
we have considered these four grades
together.
The teachers work is of the greatest
Importance to the community and the
state, and we believe that the average
wages now paid are not too high To
approximate these Davenport must pay
somewhat more than heretofore in all
but the ninth grade, an. this, because
of It's close relation to the high school,
1t would be unwise to reduce. We
should pay good wages and then see to
1t that our teaching force is of the best
turnout. We should choose from our
own trainers the best ana only the best
IL better material can be found else
where. The teacher should be especial
~ adapted to her vocation and both
mentally and physically able for the
discharge of its duties. She owes to the
which employs her not on
ly the few hours in the school room, but
her full working time, IL needed for the
best results. Ii study or research are re-
CURED OH her part she should not
grud9e the time they consume. If Wis
iting the homes of her pupils will help
her to understand and manage them
better, she should count 1t her duty to
do SO. If she is abusing or neglecting
her health. to the detriment of her
temper she should correct herself rather
than her pupils. In word she should
recognize that the schools have right
to her best work, and that the impor-
lance OF that work is above all money
Your committee would respectfully
recommend that the full salary of the
ninth grade remain as 1T present, $50
rer month, that that of the eighth be
made $3.50, that of the seventh and
first S55 each, of the SIKH $3.50. of the |
fifth, fourth, third and second $50 each
per month, and that the present rule |
scaling the pay of beginners by $40 per
month the first year and S. per
We recommend further that those
classes in more than one |
grade be paid the average salary of the |
beginning of the next school year
Continuing the report says:
I'VE have prepared iable by which
both the average yearly and monthly |
salaries of all and of the cities of our
lass may be compared with ours.
..Ayera ge Annual Salary-