The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
TEACHERS GET MONEY
Nearly S15O,OOO Paid Out by
Washington Schools.
AVERAGE ABOUT $50 EACH
Sum Expended Includes What Was
Paid JanitOrs and Office HeIp-MOre
British Teachers Not Expected
Until Thanksgiving Vacation Is
Ended-ThOse Here Ask Questions.

Nearly $4,000 was paid out at the vari-
Gus schools yesterday as the monthly
salary list. The exact amount was sl4i,-
2l3.H divided as follows: Office help
81. 1868; teachers. including principals
$12S, ,A07s; night school teachers, 81 429i
janftors Of owned buildings, $7.22499; jan
itors of rented buildings 1894; four med
Ical inspectors, $500; caretakers Of rooms
rented under compulsory education law,
SOS.
The amount paid to teachers, day and
night-S125, S39 7S-was divided among 1.5CC
teachers, making an average OF a little
less than $50 each. Next months payroll
will include about seventeen more ap-
pointments.
No More BritIshers Arrive.
No more visiting British teachers ar
rived IN Washington yesterday. 4 sup
pose they are waiting for the Thanks
giving holidays. which last from Thurs
day TO Monday. to be at an end before
coming on" said a. 7. Stuart, chairman
Of the reception committee, yesterday.
Those who spent Thanksgiving in this
city were the only two women among the
teachers who have appeared as yet
Misses Elinor D. Lee and Kate Hogan,
of Birmingham. They have not yet had
opportunity to inspect any Of the schools,
but will do so tomorrow.
This weeks reception committee con-
sists of Principal c. y. Thompson. Of
jefferson School. and Miss y. 3. Cr0s-
well. Of Cranch School Mr.. Stuart.
whom all the visitors meet when they 20
20 the Franklin School TO register, is
greatly impressed with their culture and
intelligence.
They are regular Interrogation points, %
saic he yesterday; Two or three were
with me for two hours the other day.
plying me with questions and making
copi0us notes They are ell highly edu-
Gated men, too, graduates either OF uni
yeTsities or Of the best private insJitu-
tions Of England.
Thorough I'm Ideas.
They are very thorough in their ideas.
and know exactly what information they
are after, and go right 10 the point to
secure IT. One matter In which they are
greatly interested is to know whether or
not we are bothered with the class ques-
tion-the social side Of the public school
question.
II told them that we had no such ques-
tions here in Washington, and they were
ar1azed when l told them the Presidents s
son, and the son Of Secretary Taft. at
tend public schools They asked e the
school which the Presidents son at
tended was not very select. and when I
answered IN the negative, they were as
founded.
Class Question Serious in England.
They say that this class question Is a
very serious one in England. where lines
are drawn very rigidly. and express them
selves az greatly impressed with the
democracy Of the American public school
system. It appeals to them at once; at
the same time they do not see how II
could be so in England"
In compliance with the request of the
New York City Board Of Education. Mr
Stuart's committee has prepared a printed
blank. which is forwarded to the sec
retary Of the reception committee in New
York. Josiah II. Pitts. 800 Park avenue.
and which the visitors who arrive in that
city are supposed 10 ill out, whereupon
It is returned 70 Washington, thus Civ
ing the local committee fOreknowledge Of
the various arrivals and the lines Of
work in which each one Is specially in
terested.
An information bureau. in charge Of
Miss F. L. Henley. principal Of the Seaton
School. IS established at each railway
station. where the visitors are met by
member Of the reception committee and
escorted 10 the Franklin School