Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-05-01
OVER 2oO TE4CRtRS WANT PAt5GJT[
 POSITIONS
Average Salaries Paid Here Second Highest
 In U. 5.
(From Saturdays DailyI

With over 900 applications on hand. from which to dll ten positions in the city schools, the school board of this district has held several meetings dur iue Inc past two weeks, but so far have been unable ,o agree upon the appoln, mcnt of n successor to Superintendent lillinehurs,, who has announced that hc is not q candidate for rc appoint mcnt
 or the moro than 900 applications, sixty are for the position of supcrin tcudcnt, many of tho applicants being prominent m educational circles in eastern states, five being from super intcndcnts uf schools in other cities in the Territory. Adjourned meetings will bc held hy The board from time to time until the appointment of a super inicndru, is made. and the other va. cnnci,s filled.
 \ prominent member of the school board. when interviewed, yesterday, said:
 "it will take some time to sclcc, successor to Superintendent Billing.
 
 from professors in T,nncsscc. Pcnnsyl vauia. Ohio. Illinois. aud even as far east as New York. which goes to show thai the position of superintendent of "ur schools is considered among the best uf its kind in the United States. Wr arc looking carefully into the roe urjs uf service and character of the applicants. and are confident that our selection tor ihc place will bc accept. able to the people"
 The snlary of thc supcrintcn lent of pfrsrott's school, is 5000 per m. mum. of t2jO month for ten months m ,hr year. the highest paid for any sim. ilnr position in tho Territory. The Jcr. 0mc and Bsho. supcrintcndcnts come 1 next with a monthly salary of Sl7J. while In Douglas only Slj0 a month is puld One hundred and thirty five dol hrs per month is paid in Tombstone. tl33 in Phoenix, and SEQ in Flag siIfT.
 Teachers in the Prescott high school ! receive from .ll2.jO to s12O a month. and in the grammar grades from s7J io SSj. raise of $j being given in the sccond and third years of service. pro. vidod service is satisfactory. Grade 1 teachers in the Jerome schools receive ! from ts0 to Sl0O month.
 The average wages of male teachers in Nnvapai county during the year lDOG was SlO3.7j month, and of female teachers &77.IG. and the aver age monthly wage of male teachers in the Territory during tho same period was SS9.il. and female teachers S7I.lO, which shows that the Ynvapai teachers receive better than the average prices paid in the Territory.
 Compared with other states the Ari. zona teacher tx among the best paid in the United States. the salaries paid in many cases being more than double that paid in some of the eastern states. School statistics show that the average salary of teacher in Alabama is only | S3l n month for males and *27 for females. Princely salaries arc not paid pcdagogucs in Maine. where the aver. | ago monthly wage for males is &3S.5l and females s2s.i0. Tennessee 's aver. | age ia s3D and $3i for male and female teachers. respectively, and that of Texas s55.2i for males and $i3.27 for females. The highest average salaries l of teachers in the United States is in Nevada, where the average is but very little larger than that paid in this ' Territory.