The sun., 1908-12-06
TEACHING HERE AND ABROAD.
German Professors Better Paid Thar
Those In the United States. 49,

Tn00e IN tne Uniteu States'
(. A report recently Issued by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement OF
Teaching deals with the financial rewards
Of professors in this country and in Ger
many. The conclusions seem to favor
the latter.
In making the comparison figures are
used concerning 100 American institu-
tions, each paying total Of over $4,000
annually In salaries TO instructors In
these colleges and universities the aver
age salary Of full professorship ranges
from 81 $50 TO q, 7S8.
+ Thirty-five Of these institutions pay
between 81. 100 and s2.iO0. forty-seven pay
between s2.iOO and s. 200, eight pay an
average salary Of less than s1,Soo and
eight pay an average Of $500 or more.
A full half OF these, the leading colleges
of the United States and Of Canada
financially considered, pay less than
g. 200 a year.
The report shows that the teacher who
has gone through college. taken gradu-
ate course and prepared himself Tor the
profession of teaching may normally
hope to obtain at the age Of % salary Of
Al $50, at 81 a salary Of 81. .75O. at 3S salary
Of % $50 and at Sat- which age the able
me-. I'll! have gained his professorship-
a salary Of $2,50o.
There is an almost total absence OF any
large prizes. In only two or three insti-
tutions does the ma ximum salary amount
10 IS 900, and these ma ximum salaries
are available only to a very small number
in the institutions which pay them,
Sometimes the colleges do not repre-
sent payment for all the time and energy
Of the teacher. In schools Of science
there are considerable opportunities for
A professor to increase his salary by fees
for expert service. In an engineering
school in large city many professors
double their income through outside
work. In chemistry the opportunities
to do expert work are probably less than
in engineering. In physics they are less
than In chemistry; in astronomy they are
practically nil.
Each branch Of science will be affected
by its own peculiar conditions. and these
again influenced by the environment Of
the institution. The professors in the
so-oalled academic subjects who fire.
ouently engage in editorial and literary
work In numerous instances add TO their
college salaries. but in nothing like the
proportion OF the professors in the schools
Of science and In the professional schools.
In Germany when man becomes
full or associate professor in German
university he has attained a financial
status which. although II varies widely.
is certain to be we'll within the margin
Of comfortable living. HIS income is
a total usually composed OF ~ salary
attached TO his professorship, ~ per-
sonal supplement, (s} residence or a
feesaenis fees nsid by students for bis courses. @
and (5) q part OF the more general fees
paid by students to the university Qaculty
Tees, examination fees. diploma fees.
&cJ The receipts from fees are a very
important proportion OF the total income
OF the professor. often far exceeding
all the Other s9nroes tbs o. msrsn
as the Educational Repiew points out,
1t must be remembered that the cost Of
living is one and q half times greater In
this country than over there.
The total incomes OF full professors
range from 81 900 year TO over. $4,000,
with three professors receiving incomes
aboye that figure. A fourth Of the incomes
are below g, 100, whioe on the other hand
a fourth are over s. 200. a trifie short OF
a half being over $500. The most fire.
quent income is one between $1,000 and
1000.
Compared with other classes in the COM
munity the German university professor
ranks financially with important legal and
administrative officers and comes below
the nobility and the exceptionally sue
cessful bus mess man. .,
Cla ssified by the subjects taught,
prof essors Of law receive most and
Of medicine occupy the second place
and professors OF the faculty Of philosophy
the third among the normal four faculties
OF the university. The average income
OF professors Of law. In this way. Is about
Of professors OF the faculty OF philosophy
s.. 700; OF professors Of theology. 80. 100.
The widow and minor children Of the
professor are In general provided for
by the Government OF by some Govern