The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
Remedy Is Suggested. )

AS q remedy for. these conditions tn,
committee recommends:
:, Ihat after the year 1910, one Of
the requirements for license to teacl
be at least one year of professional
training -
'That the minimum age at which
any person may be licensed as a public
school teacher shall be eighteen years
'Ihat, as the next step in Mime
sofa s movement toward the best things
IN public school education, a minimum
salary law, be enacted to awaken un
thinking, parsimonious districts which
compel the future fathers and mothers
OF the state to grow UP under the
make.belleve tuition Of an undergrad
unframed YOUTH >.-.t. y
After the elimination Of all portions
OF the report not dealing directly with
conditions in Minnesota, all Of the nu
merous statistical tables and much OF
ment, the report Is as follows: ~
'That; the wages of the public school
teacher in America are lower than the
wages Of the ordinarily industrious I'M.
skilled laborer can be shown beyond
the possibility Of contradiction.
1T must be pointed out that since
teachers are on expense thruout the
year, 1t seems entirely fair that thei,
annua! rather than their monthly in.
come be used in any comparison with
other incomes. A very small per cent
OF teachers are able to add to their in.
come by securing profitable work dur.
ing the vacation periods; on the con.
tfarv, 1t is often expected by the public
e IN shall engage in some form
OF vacation study or in travel.
Minnesota 10 rio, oro
better than for the whole country. But
the nearest computation possible fo,
Minnesota makes the average annual
salary for all teachers SAIL, which Is
$50 less than the annual income OF
section men on railroads, who receive
from $1.25 to $1.75 a day. but il $50
more than the income of domestic ser.
wants who average 81 week, in add
ton to board and home comforts.
=, However, if we think only of the
IL ,soS women who taught in Mime
sofa last year, whose average annual
SALARY was 1886, we see that even the
was better paid than the AVERAGE fe
male teacher.
FIFTY per cent of our high schoo
towns pay their janitor more than the;,
pest grade. teacher. There were only
which paid a grade teacher 5000. an2
only one which paid $500, while there
were thlrty-one cities paying thei,
school 5anitors $500 or more.
: Other Public Servants.
81 In 1908 the postmasters in 151
presidential .postofices in Minnesota
winch are also high school towns. re-
selXed an average salary of Sill
y! u the superintendent Of the school.
IN the same towns received an ayera or
annual salary Of 1920. ~,
,, 1T IS found by careful inquiry that
Gn1rteen dentists in the city Of Winona
90 $4,000 worth of service in dentistry
annually, Of which $4,000 is net in.
come. This gives an average for each
oent1st OF little over $4,000 per wear
young man Of good ability would
nave thirteen times more chances foi
q living salary in Winona in dentistrv
IMAM In education. It can be said With
certainty t that there are six dentists IN
.Wdnona receiving $4,000 or over net ct
income, while Inspector Atoms last
report shows that there are in The
public schools Of the state of. Mime.
sofa but six positions paving a.. 10n ~,
over. The committee is informed ~
prominent dentist that there are in
this state 100 men of his profession
VINO WI O. receive net annual income Of
$5,OOO or over, so that in, Minnesota
there are sixteen times as many nosi
Tons to attract the young dentist a,
the beginning man teacher.,'' !, : -