Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-04-04

are paying 1Ao1G " SIAOlh6 AACA Gill;
strong women.
The teachers salary is insufficient
on account of the amount of techni-
cal preparation required in order to
enter the school room with any hope
of success.
The teacher who undertakes the
work of the school room today must
not only have the training of the High
school and the college but also the
training of the professional school.
This preparation requires time. mon
ey and energy.
You would not employ physician
who has not had the proper training.
You would not employ lawyer mere
ly because he has an office and hangs
out a shingle. Much less win you
employ teacher who has not a gen.
eral education plus the training in
physiology and method that will en-
able him to understand the princi-
pies Of mind growth and their appli-
cation to the art Of learning.
Demand for Higher Salaries.
In other professions salaries are
paid in proportion to the amount of
training required and the nervous ten
sion and strain of the work. The
teacher as has already been said, re-
quires large amount of training and
then when on duty is under a great
nervous strain,-must be constantly
on the alert and cannot relax for a
moment.
This continues day after day and
month after month. There are a larg-
err proportion of nervous wrecks from
the teachers profession than from
any other.
This makes the demand for higher
salaries over those professions that
are not so exhaustive. But this seems
to be overlooked when the scale Of
salaries is fixed for the teachers.
In order to keep up with the ad-
vancement of the science and art of
education the teacher is subject to
an expense. Books must be purchas-
ed, periodicals obtained, teachers
meetings attended. 1t is essential to
the best interests of the teacher to
keep posted as to what is going on
In the educational world. The county
| institute, the state association the
national association, all demand the
attention of the wide awake teacher.
The teacher should have opportuni-
ties to travel In the matter of self
education the luxury of travel is in
spring and elevating and for it no
substitute has been found. How diff
ferent in effect the illustrations given
to our classes from our own observa-
ton, from those that we have CLEANED
from books.
No Premium on Old Age.
The teaching profession is the only
one that does not put a premium or
age The meagre salary has barely
furnished the means of living while
health and activity remain. What
kind of picture is 1t when age makes
the teacher no longer acceptable?
William Rainey Harper says "Tht
picture is a dark one 1t is a picture
that ought to inspire every parent t.
tiles for better salaries; because bet.
ter salaries mean better talent. bet,
ter preparation. a higher character o.
work the taking ADVANTAGE of larger
opportunities. and, in addition. th'
privilege to which every man or wo
man. who has given up life for thu
sake of others, is entitled-the priv
ilege of a quiet and comfortable OLE
age"
Believing that this is something II
which every teacher Is entitled wht
gives his life to this public services
there has been movement Inaugural
ted in our country having the accom-
plishment of this end for its purpose
How Retirement Plan Works.
The movement has taken two diff
ferent forms. The first may be cal
led retirement fund for teachers ant
the other pension fund for teachers
New Jersey Is the first common
wealth to sanction plan for the re
tirement of teachers by state enact
ment.
The following are the principa
points in the New Jersey plan: elg
l. A charter in the state schoo
law making the teachers retiremen
fund part of the state school sys
tem-Membership in the association
was entirely voluntary.
II. An absolutely free administra
ton by the state of fund Furnished
entirely by the teachers, and Of which
the state, in the increased eficienc.
) of it's schools, is the chief beneficiary
} There is an annual appropriation o
$4,000 to defray the expenses of ad
: ministration.
Benefits in Old Age.
III. The act provided that an.
} teacher in the state of New Jerse!
who had become a member OF tn
fund and who had taught In the pub
} lie schools of the state for period o
at least twenty years. and had been In