The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-26
EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION
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with the reg
children At school , A,.o sub.
Recommendations asking for a S" ,,I
..ar,i,, increase in this and tund al" Az,
l"Sninr more clearly and fairy '"s
m ~, Of arriving at the average were
na..cd by the convention ana reIv'n
,mrndcd by their legislative committee aup,
5,r ,hs action of the House 1t Is earn,
l ~, hoped tha; favorable action Will
" r ,"'' burning subject of scarcity of
.sa,her, was fully discussed ana 'n'
y, opinion was that the smaIInes'
- me salaries as compared with the
enumeration offered by other voeat'ohS
.,pn TO our educated young people "V'
,,,n,ed largely for the trouble. COM
.n,rison indicates that we stand wen III
~. yan in this matter in ST. Luce
sammy and a matter Of fact We have as
w., had Nt,le trouble from scarcity
;
Wha, the result of this term ) en-
,.r,rn,e will be, however, remains 10
H.. ..rn and our tax payers need not De
.,rnris.5 II We have to follow the
necessity born example Of many tourist
towns and DAY more than We are now
i,,,., IN order 70 retain the services OF
..r,i.r, teachers. 4 few words VIII
make the matter clear. An ordinary
salary fora first grade teacher Is s'o
par month. In Fort Pierce and Jensen
mi. term, and in many smaller places
our teachers have had 10 pay from SIS
to $.i per month for board add to TINS
a, least s. per month for laundry ami
take into consideration that these
teacher. only earn during q maximum
Of eigh, months of the year and little
further inquiry is needed to arrive at
the cause Of the scarcity Of teachers.
The western and interior counties are
much better situated in these respects;
inquiry among their superintendent
showing that board there costs from
s. 10 Sl2 per month, but they mostly
have the drawback of shorter terms
and in some cases a break Of two
months in the middle Of the term to
se, their crops made. The only relief
in sight for this condition and ! think
/, is feasible one, is that power be
granted county boards to establish
iormitories for the larger schools where
in addition 10 furnishing board at cost
for the teachers, pupils from out of
Gown could be given board and the over.
sigh, which the constant presence of
the teachers would afford found
that We We're not by any means the
only sufferers on this account and that
special school Trustee Metcalf of West
Palm Beach was preparing a resolution
recommending the granting of this
power TO county boards for presenta-
ilon 70 our legislation committee but
unfortunately had failed to get it in in
time, In this juncture the only course
SEEMED 10 be TO make the effort through
oar representatives and this | am en-.
deayorlng 10 do through Senator
Hudson whom the Hon. Claude Olmstead
VIII, am sure, second heartily in any.
thing SO clearly for the benefit Of our
schools. The matter of uniformity of
'eNt books was very thoroughly dis.
'uSSed and II was almost unanimously
the decision Of the convention that we
would gain nothing thereby No reason
ol any Importance was urged in defence
Of the change except that il would
cheaper the books.
Inc state representative of III.
american Book Company who now
!aF'lSh most Of the books of the State
appeared before the convention and ar.
saed IN favor of county option in the
matter asserting that his house would
,uFn'Sh any county in the State with
DOCKS Of equal quality with those
furnished states having State uniform
ny Tor just as good prices as given 70
them. e''" "
,r ,a", u. . H'ner matters of vast import.
In'e 10 the progress of education in the
S'"'e came up for discussion but anv
review Of them within the limits of
'eSspaper article would be impossible
Suinee IT to say that if measures a;>
'aSsed and recommended bv tho o a
, ,e"t ,~';' are acted upon favorably by