The Washington herald., 1907-11-13
EXPLAINS The PLAN
DR.. Chancellor States His
Proposals to Teachers.
LUMP SUM FOR VACATION
This Comes, However, Provided
Teachers Work Through Month OF
June-Facetious Remarks Called
Forth by Inquiry as to What Hap
pens I'm the Case of Death I'm May.

If the tentative proposals Of the super
intendent of schools, Dr. William E
Chancellor. are adopted and made law in
the District. It will show exceedingly
poor financial judgment on the part Of a
teacher who decides TO die in the month
of May. These tentative proposals were
submitted by DR.. Chancellor to the board
Of education about one week aEo. and
were published in the newspapers at that
time Yesterday, however the High
School Teachers Association. meeting in
the Carnegie Library. listened to DR..
Chancellor as he explained the scheme.
There were only a few teachers present
who desired explanation after DR.. Chan
celloF had finished. and all OF these. with
few exceptions. seemed to be satisfied
with the explanation given.
Dr. Chancellor started out by telling a
story about his trip 10 Italy. where there
are plenty of mussels lying about near
the sad sea and under the deep blue sky.
story of the MusseI.
he said he once entered an Italian cafe
and ordered frutti del mer. They brought
him baked mussel. He said he grabbed
up menu jabbed his finger down at a
good-looking point, and ordered some OF
that. The waiter brought him fried mus
sci With a last desperate effort be
pointed out another lot OF type on the
card and asked for whatever IL meant.
1t came mussel soup
This story, Dr. Chancellor said. illus
trates the schools Of the District where
there are supervisors. heads of DEPART
ments, and superintendents. They are all
about the same thing. but have different
names He also said his musseI IN italy
cost about 80 cents. He didn't bring in
any comparisons in that particular, but
left that 10 inference.
When the superintendent finished there
was none Of that expected scramble n
take issue with him that almost every
body anticipated. One woman thought I;
wasn't right that different increases be
given under the new rule TO teachers IN
/ the same grade. she explained that one
teacher would get a raise OF may be as
much as $1o5, while another. who prob-
ably had been working and tinkerinp with
childish minds for quite a spell. might
only get cents day increase. She said
she didn't see any equity In that. DR.
Chancellor said there might not be any
equity in it, but IL was a practical ar
rangement that would take some time "a
! properly adjust He said a scheme of in
crease could not be devised whereby every
one would be satisfied, but that In twenty
years everything ought to be lovely under
the new system.
system of Payment
The second objector-that is an OBJ
jector who wasn't really bowIed over
| Immediately, was a man teacher. who
wanted to know about the new system
Of payment Under that DR.. Chancellor
has il all fixed up so that a hard-worked
teacher can get all his summer salary
at the end o. the school year, and 2,
| on 10 Chesapeake Beach. or Cabin John,
Bridge, and have good time. Dr
/ Chancellor said he knew how hard il wa,
/ To have vacation on SO, and he want.
| the teachers 10 get all their summer
money in lump This objector. though
wanted 10 know about a supposjtiou,
/ case. where a man died about the elev.
enth hour in May, when the birds ar,
| singing and the flowers shooting up an,
/ everybody is looking at the baseeai
/ scores Passing up the obvious unyleas
/ sntness of leaving at that tin,a Of vear
/ Dr. Chancellor said the obiecto~ ought
( to ask about the 18th OF May. So u,
mutual consent, il was made the 18Th
and went along ,oerrily The obiectol
| then wanted 10 know If a man goes aIonf
/ and dies on the 18th OF May and anotne,
I teacher, say from Oshkosh or KaIanl,
/ zoo, or Pea Ridge. is appointed imme
/ diately. who is going TO get that vaca
/ ton money which comes due early d
June Dr. Chancellor said if tha new
| scheme is adopted, he can't see how an,
/ one but the new teacher can possib!,
get that summer vacation rnoue,- II,
/ admitted this is strong point Of tb,
/ new proposals, as thereby ne expect.
many applications to come fomp,ag n
4 for positions which need TO be filled II
May. Everyone will know about tn,
bonus. and will know that II nc work,
/ for a week or two in Washington he VII
get ali that pile Of money for goot
i time in the summer.
The man who objected to this arrange
ment said it seemed hardly fair. and h,
| thought the man who taught all through
! the preceding months ought to get tina.
money DR.. Chancellor said: "Why. he.
! supposed TO be dead" The argument
ended right there.
Woman Mnkesc Inquiry.
Another woman teacher wanted I,
! know. if. under the new rules. which ss,
! that one-twelfth OF the whole salary h,
paid three days after the opening o