Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
SALARIES INADEQUATE
Claim Made by School Teach
ers of District.
APPEAL TO CONGRESS
RECENT ADVANCES RENDER
PRESENT ACTION UNNECESSARY.
Memorial to Be Presented at the
Next ssssion-organization
Formed Recently.
APPEAL TO CONGRESS

mittee has drafted a memorial to Congress
setting forth the reasons for the petition
| for higher salaries. However, in view OF
the fact that the District appropriation bill
was reported to the House with an unusual
| increase in some teachers salaries it was
| thought best not to present the memorial
at this time, but rather to wait until next
| year. when, with more and better data.
| further increases may be asked for on bet
! ter grounds.
! The general movement toward an attempt
| to secure higher salaries, while 1t has peen
| contemplated by individual teachers Tor
some time, started only last month. The
contention in favor of the increase is that
public school teachers in the District re-
| ceive very Inadequate compensation 1of
| their work in comparison with teachers in
| other cities. especially when the cost of
| living here is taken into consideration. 1t
| is the raising oil the salaries of all of the
| teachers that is to be asked for, no par
| TALLY whatever being shown.
The Committee Formed.
| Early in February the various teaching
| divisions and departments of the Washing
| ton public schools held meetings and elect
| ed sixty representatives, to form a general
| committee whose duties should be to draft
| a constitution and perfect an organization
| of the teachers of Washington and to act
as permanent committee to whom all I'M
| final settlement. February 10 this general
committee held it's first meeting and elect
| ed Flora l.. Hendley as temporary chair
| man. A committee of twenty, representing
all the interests of the schools, was APP
pointed by the chairman, which committee
! directed three of its members-John T..
Freeman, Allan Davis and Emery M. Will,
| son--to prepare a constitution. Since the
| first meeting the constitution has been sub
mitted to the general committee, accepted
| with some changes and been signed by BIB
teachers.
| Officers of the association and members
! of the memorial committee have been elect
| ed as follows: Oficers-President, Flora
| L. Hendley; first vice president, John A.
| Chamberlain; second vice president Carl
| l.. Garrison; secretary, Anna B. Neumeyer;
trea surer. Nellie NJ Mack. Memorial COM
| mittee-Flora L. Hendley, chairman ex Of
| ficio; Emery NJ Wilson Anne NJ. Cooling,
| Anne Beers. Carl l.. Garrison.
| The president. empowered by the general
committee. has appointed the standing
committees provided for by the constitu-
ton, the chairmcn of WHICH are as follows
E. G. Kimball, statistics; j. T. Freeman
| public interests: +. c. Westcott. women's
citizens associations; S. E. Kramer, mass
| meetings, X T. Brown finance: Allan
Davis. press: Anne Beers, membership.
Memorial to Congress
Tie memorial to Congress has been draft
ed under the following heads: Cost of liv-
ing in Washington and elsewhere; compar-
ison of salaries in Washington and else
where: cost of living now and in the past;
financial responsibilities of teachers; stand
ards of life in Washington; pedagogic de-
mands upon teachers; inability to secure
adequate supply of teachers; loss of teach
ers; lack of male teachers; value of educa-
ton to the nation.
The appropriation bill as passed by Con-
gress carries an increase of about IL per
cent for the salaries of the first three
grades and total increase of nearly $67-
600 over last years pay roll, nearly S11 600
mere than was asked by the board of edu-
cation, as besides the increase for the first
three grades the salaries of eleven p-inci-
rals and three directors were increased.
Some of the increases asked for by the
board of education, notably those for in
creas;ng salaries of the 81 900 eighth grade
principals to loo, were stricken out by
the House committee. The few changes
that were made in the Senate were to in
crease the amounts fixed by the House.
The Committees Statement.
In reference to the work of the organiza-
ton during the present school year the
following statement has been made by the
general committee:
1.-The memorial committee should go be-
fore Congress representing the entire teach
ing corps of the District; that is, with the
name of every teacher in the District af-
fixed to the memorial. We need the in
i
powerful organizations in the city. such as
the board of trade. the various citizens
associations, the women's clubs and the
clergy of the city. And finally we must
have the help of the press and in such
substantial form that all its organs will
speak for us with no uncertain sound, but
with courage, enthusiasm and conviction.
From the last of May until well into
October, the very heavy work in the schools
combined with the intense heat render ad-
ditional labor among teachers almost i'm
possible; therefore, to accomplish our ends
officers and committees have much work
to do for the next few weeks.
1.-THE personal disappointment to some
that this years appropriation bill contains
no increase of salary must be put aside
in the general rejoicing that the low grade
teachers have obtained a much needed in
crease of salary; we must prepare ourselves
for a struggle which may last for years,
but which we are determined to continue
until success crowns our efforts. And we
must work for. and have faith in. the ac-
complshment of the final welfare of all
from lowest to highest, which is the only
reason for being and the only end sought
by the Washington Teachers Association
Members of General Committee.
The following is list of the members
of the general committees:
Superyisors-Mr. ]. T. Freeman, Mr. Isaac
Fairbrother. DIR. E. G. Kimball. Mr. p NJ.
Hughes Mr.. ]. A. Chamberlain.
Central High School-Mr. e. NJ Wilson,
Mrs. Nora Hoegelsberger, Miss Ellen Gold
en-, Mr.. H. English
Eastern High School-Mr. NJ F. F. Swart-
zell Miss L. M. Daily, Mr.. F. S. Suter.
Western High School-Miss E. C. West
cott Miss T. r. Rupli, Miss N. ]. Nc.
Knight
Business High School-Mr Allen Davis,
Miss r. E. Stanley, Miss E. A. Clark, Mr..
E. L. Thurston.
Mckinley Manual Training-Mr p f.
Gerry, Miss Marian White Mr.. L. W. Mat
tern.
First Division-Miss c.. L. Garrison, Mr.
s. E. Kramer. Mr.. b. w. Murch.
Second Division-Miss F. L. Hendey Miss
S. E. White, Mrs. NJ. f. c. Walker.
Third Division-Miss J. NJ. Rawlings, Miss
N M. Mack, Miss Anne Beers.
Fourth Divfsion-Miss e. ]. Riley Miss
M "a Smith, Miss A. B. Neumeyer
Fifth Dfvisioh--Miss E. l.. Cooley Miss M.
c. Wilson,. Miss e. n. Chase.
Sixth Division-Miss E. G.. Dyer Miss G.
8. Sflvers, Miss e. F. Goodwin
Seventh Division-Miss III. G. Nichols
Miss M. E. Given, Miss H. E. King
Eighth Division-Miss 8. A. Laugfey Miss
A. E. Loomis, Miss s.. A. Tichenor
Ninth Division-Mfss Adelaide Davis Miss
X. T. Brown, Mr.. G. K FinckeL
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