New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

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! Il Learned society and social c1nb ir;+,a.t
iees and dues must amount to at least - r,,on+hI
- University gifts and supplies. typewrftfng
So, W e are constantly going into our pockets for
nor TENS which the university viii or can
IoI furnish without unbedrabe delay; or we NAV
o5ta u AilS on lines Of investigation which call for
pa 20 In our case, our children are of the kinder
s. leI ana primary school this item is only
to older ib colleagues. whose children have advanced
say they must allow $50 to SEQ month";. "se'
ba1 " some families belong TO church We all
g,bi charitable instincts are that class To-
mhich the call of needy or suffering humanity ap1
May we allow 81 a month?
cia+io, - tuuGauon has given US refined appre-
and love for the best music The s KnoTIFdSg Of
6i4E Is social event which every loyal member
We cut ong ag6 Gran 99P opera exists sfe4 @
Let ne, ~ [ae memory Of our German days
rs We have Children and frie 7ty g. tboro ,ro
birthdays and auniversIr es as well as t'bri.r
NJ ~ SY' d year too much? This 81 a month Din
~ ISSceptons and the like are not for US.
dosia 0cc22S5ionally man is faded; he has wild
p0ctet 70 olow himself May he have 81 a month
NOT ct Most 0 Of US can shave ourselves but we can
9oWI over the heads of our youngsters and trim
Here is another 81
ro ~ hen summer comes a teacher Is pretty
combining. His family requires AN oc Il lB ana
His professional needs may call for a long Jour
S 30 attend an important meeting of fellow work
e'C or an average geographical location 800
fbeg.: G 49, ~ % q month is not too much TO cover
us ieenls For an exceptional location ike the
go T,1e dIIit cast TINS item should be trebled.
ed7ICa +or ~rlter mas known many colleagues whose
expenses had put them under obligations
takes ten years to wipe out these oblgato8s Some
Ming Of a ie END OF TINS period not even the begin
ColLese professors often come from families hose
other relatives may have to be borne bt them in
G9IIlo4 with their brothers and sisters. Every
rs apr 10 nave some such claim himself or his
1T, TO cover these items let us allow him SO
-, 81 a few. very few. of our colleges pay pen
ISIS perhaps there IS no need for man to lay
Vision son b for his old age or to make pro-
them a god ne owes duty to his children to give
self received If so. he must begin to lay aside
.,,Where there is no. pension. should he not aim.
after thirty years of faithful service to have $1,000
Iald aside? He is not in a position to know If
PAGES where ne can get large returns on his small
vdhs P Ps no 6 S f sn6 put dna sa s
peIses that year. as there always are)?
Let us say go month
These are certainly not great demands. Yet
summing them up. taking the smaller OF the two
when two sums are mentioned. We have s262 20
bad Tnanagenent-we and our wives face an impos-
IF this seems extravagaut To those who have to
aeternllne upon the proper minimum compensation
Tor a man OF long training education and refine
think fair sum for each item for fan9 of fF
foot up the total The average college pro-
fessors salary in the United States is about
g Q22 The inevitable deduction from the table Of
the writer and of all of his colleagues whom he
has consulted, is that this must be increased so
per cent-the increase be uniform in all grades
from instructor to head professor
II the profession of teaching is TO attract the
highest type Of efficient manhood a living salary
must be paid. A man who devOtes his life to the
cause of the Advancement Of education must feel
sal 70 it He SHOULD be of a type which joy
fully rellnquisheS all desire to accumulate worldly
wealth live in luxury. Large salaries com
mensurate with what equal ability would bring in
other lines Of work (S1O00O 10 $4,000 might be
lust but would be undesirable. as they would tend
10 serve as bait 10 attract mercenary and lower
types of
But fit to occupy Il chair in a university
should be paid enough to enable him TO live in
decency and comfort, rearing and educating his
children and retiring in his old age to something
other than absolute penury
The writer would commend Il careful study OF
his table to all college trustees.
Can man whose energies are spent IN IN
equal q struggle to make both ends meet main
tain freshness and vigor in his work be an in
spiratiOn to his students and fulfil in scholarship
the promise Of his early years? The alternative
demanded by the conditions IS celibacy."