The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
TEACH The 'PINOS
Uncle Sam Has Trouble Getting
Enough Americans to Do
the Work.

The Salaries and Opportunities for
Young Men Are Of the
Best.
From The Journal Bureau, Room 4b, Post Build
ing, Washington.
Washington, Oct. 31.-The first
casting of the civil service net for
to produce a sufficient supply. The
commission will try again and Nov. 81
has been set as the date for the ex-
| animation. Those of Oct. 10 and 20,
from which it was expected that a
good supply Of pedagogs would be de-
rived, will not answer the purpose.
/ If everybody who took the examina-
ftion should pass, there would be hard
! ly enough to fill the vacancies, which
number $50, and such competitive
| tests always invite a number Of ap-
pAcants who have only the widest
+ idea Of what is required. Inquiries
came from about 500 persons, but less
than a third Of that number presented
themselves on examination, day. The
commission is now In readiness to
furnish blanks to others who, may de-
sire to apply. The new examinations
may be held in as many%as 500 differ
ent places in the United States where
the commission has Boards or as. the
reasonable convenience, OF those who
desire to make the trial requires.
Only men between 20 and 40 are
wanted. It proved a venturesome ex-
pertinent to take women out to- the
Philippines as teachers, althO some of
them have been remarkably success
full. The task Of finding places where
they could live in suitable, conditions
was such that the bureau of education
will for the present cali for no more. ..
|, Various Excuses for Quitting, ~
r.: The: great trouble with the first, con-
sfgnment, of teachers who went out
there was their inclination to abandon
their positions after too short an ex
perience. It is hoped now that with
a better understanding of conditions
and responsibilities on the, part of APP
from the ranks. The list of record in
this respect, as 'tabulated in the, war
department of the teachers who left
the service before. they, had been in
the islands long furnishes some. inter
esting reading, even tho q somewhat
pathetic story. IN health 80 is. as
signed as a cause for resignation with
monotonous regularity. Some Of the
district. superintendent have, how
ever, assigned reasons in certain cases
which are. more original. Here are
some of them:
Went to- the United States on four
months leave of absence without, pay and
never returned. Dropped" -. -: 49, :
discharged for cause ''"aiF .~,.'::. "
For good of service . 80. -. -.
Resigned to go to United States to be
married" 49, r. -. .-. H. .T.~.. t-sge:r
Resigned to marry, - - %'' -
. "Ill-health of husband'' TX -. -
'Ill-health of wife,. =. ' i,
Resigned to accompany the remains Of
wife to United States" ,..~,
Appointed superintendent of .ae;rt-1
cultural school. When it was turned over
to the department. Of the interior he was
= Broke contract. did not teach on ar
rival here, dropped"
Deserted some time in July, 1902, after
drawing salary to June 80, and giving de-
partmentc certain impression that he was
using his best efforts to reach his station;
Wrote back a letter undated and unheaded
statln g. mat sickness induced him to re-.
Ordinarily a person who, takes.a civil
service examination cannot feel sure;
OF an appointment, even If heh passes
at the; top of the list, Three; names,
are sent In with every requisition from.
Wn1ch the appointing power takes his
PICK. Each person thus named goes
up but three times, so there is.a fair
cnance OF failure. even when the: can,
didate stands near enough to the top
of eligibles to get certified: But there
VIII be no such painful scrutiny with
the philippine teachers All who pass
reasonably well and are suitably in
'dorsed Will be accepted. What TO do
with the colored applicants has not
e decided: The natives would not
Ieel. nattered by their appointment as
missionary instructors, but under the;
American system Of equality hefore
the law it will be- hard to reject them.
Each candidate supplies his .uhoto-5
graph, nominally for identified ton In
arranging transportation. Practically.
IL may serve other purposes. 80 -,
Salaries Are Good. 49,
The salaries, altho they would seem
small In the more thickly settled part
or the United States, where teaching
as a profession is viewed with some
lnlng OF Its deserved Importance, are
much larger than generally prevail
thruout the United States. = The In
tentlon has been to make them about
double the home = salary for corre-
spending work. One-sixthe of those
no" appointed will get $1,000 at the
start one-half of them $1,000: and the
remaining third 5000. The assign
SAAsS ~ Viz auSCSSSl III applicants will
depend upon. the degree of experiences
and the. standing in the exanlinetion
They Will all be eligible to promotion
10 positions carrying sa laries as large
as $2,50O a year, which is the, COM
pensat ton of division superihtendents:
When the small com pensation of ru-
raj teachers in the south and west is
taken into account, 1t becomes almost
a mystery that these places are in eff
feet allowed to go begging. In Penn
sylvania to-day the. salaries of male
teachers range from s35 to $50 per
month. In MARYLAND, Just outside the
city limits Of Washington, men teach
ers in middle life supplement, their in
come by acting as carriage drivers for
overland passengers to the Great Falls
OF the Potomac, during the week ends,
when school does not keep, or after
school hours in the afternoons. In
remote mountain district, 800 miles
from here, mining superintendent
hired man to cut column Of coal,
him Z g cents a day. To the
surprise of the mining superintend-