The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-03

ed as he stepped forward to make ms remarks. In part he said
 T am here tonight because am in sympathy with the Teachers league and because am in favor, as tax payer of this city, of the people in- structing the board of education to comply with the request of the teach- CTS schedule instead of the one they teachers that but for their league no schedule would have been offered to them.
 1T believe in the maxim that the peo- \ pie who have the labor to offer shall fix the price to sell it at. Of course, the purchaser has the right to buy at that price or decline. I have felt for many years that the teachers have been not only underpaid, but overworked. And l want to say that I have no sympathy with those who make comparisons be- \ tween the girls who work in the de- partment stores with those who follow the profession of teaching.
 "The salaries paid here are a disgrace to the city of New Haven. I would be ashamed to sit on the board of educa- | ton and have a teacher look me in the face if I were responsible for the pres ent conditions. In Naugatuck, town of 140OO, member of the board of ed ucation informs me they would not think of starting a teacher on less than $400, and here they get $500 in this magnificent city of ours, which we're going to make so beautiful without giving our teachers a chance to enjoy | it.
 Tn all disputes I favor arbitration would not give them an opportunity Ito say that you were arbitrary, say this not in criticism of your action, but because think 1t would have been the best action.
 The people behind the board of ed- ucation have right to instruct them, whether they want to pay the salaries asked or not.
 The purpose of this meeting is to set in motion the machinery to compel them to do the right thing in the fu- ture.
 If the people elected the members of the board of education they could get at them at least once year. If they are appointed by the mayor they are hard to get at, am not in favor of one-man government I would rath- CT trust the people of New Haven then the seven wise men of the board of ed ucation."
 Mir ,rroup closed with short critic ism of some modern school measures.
 Rev. Watson L. Phillips, D. D., sue ceeded hln. He stated that he was present because he was interested in the whole movement and specially the schedule presented by the teachers. T am free to confess" he said, that the seance at the room of the board of education left bad taste in our mouths had hoped that the board of education would have had the grace to bs here and explain its position to the people. have leard no reasons on the other side except that one member said he thought the board schedule was ! the hcs: cne.'
 Dr. Philips said he only favored the | teachers schedule as a beginning as he thought it was hardly fair to them and that they should have asked more
 Mrs. Alexander Troup made quite an address in behalf of the teachers tell ing experiences with the school man. agement and board of education in her years in this city. She held that the. main reason the board insisted on it's schedule and refused to yield was to show its authority and to maintain school discipline, She said that the paltry sum now paid teachers would not permit the teachers to broaden themselves as they should
 Mrs. Troup called attention especial- | ly to the custom of putting young l teachers in the most difficult rooms in- stead of the more experienced teachers, and the preference shown to out of town teachers.
 | Walter Leigh spoke of the way the schools ih New Haven were bound down to the state normal school sys- tenn. He said that no member of the board ever visited the schools at all. In closing he gave it as his opinion that no man on the board, including Superintendent Beede, was capable of making schedule such as the teachers had prepared.
 Other speakers who gave short ad- dresses were Charles Gay, ". H. Boyle and Anthony Carroll. Colonel Osborn then invited any member Of the board of education to present that side of the case, but no one responded.
 Walter Leigh moved that commit tee of five be appointed by the chair man to draw up resolutions giving the