Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-31

Merits Of Their Claim and Methods
Adopted.

Merits Of Their Claim and Methods
Adopted.
There can hardly be two opinions as to
the claim which the teacher has upon any
system that may be adopted, whether 1t
be official or private. says the Century
Magazine. Mt. Carnegie's Foundation
has made admirable provision for veteran
professors. but compared even with the
small salaries paid for higher instruction.
those paid to teachers In the common
schools are lamentably inadequate. These
soldiers Of tho intellectual realm often
reach the gray age Of service, after years
OF sacrifice, without having received u
larger compensation than tina Of an
ordinary clerk or cook. Many a young
woman, in tho bloom of beauty and health,
takes up teaching with a fair and natural
expectation of marriage, and, being con-
scientious, devotes herself TO the interest
ing work until, caught in the machinery of
her daily toll, she realizes, after many
years, that competent and faithful as she
is, her resources have not been sufficient
to cultivate in her the best OF which she is
capable; llfo has passed her by. Every one
knows Of instances OF hardship attendant
upon such devotion to the great work OF
training the minds md forming the
characters Of the young In contrast to
this, the honor accorded to the teacher in
China carries both suggestion and warm
ing.
The amount Of pension varies. New York
giving the highest maximum pension, and
Boston and st. Louis the lowest. In some
there Is a uniform rate of pension for all
teachers, regardless Of the amount OF the
salary; in others the annuity is in pro-
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majority of cities give a life pension of
one-hslf the annual salary. In st. Louis
and Boston the pension is $50 a year; in
Buffalo, a third Of the salary; which. for
the grade teacher. amounts to $3.50 or $500.
Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus give
a maximum pension OF $500. indianapolis
gives $500 for twenty-five years of service,
and $40 additional for every year taught
after this. Rochester, Syracuse and Utica
grant one-half Of the salary, provided this
is not more than $500. Nebraska gives $500,
and requires thirty-five years OF service
Detroit one-half the annual salary; New
Jersey not less than $3.50 or more than $3.50;
California from $50 to $50 a month; Min
neapolis a uniform rate OF $500 a year, and
st. Paul a uniform rate of $3.50.
New York, st, Louis, BuffaloS Syracuse,
Providence, Newport, Albany, Detroit, st.
Paul, Elmira and Utica ask teachers to
contribute 1 per cent of their salary.
Cleveland and Cincinnati require them TO
pay $50 a year; Rochester takes 2 per cent
of the salary; Harrisburg, 3 per cent for
ten years or less, and 3 per cent for all the
years after. Chicago asks IS for the first
five years. $40 for the next ten years, SIS
for fifteen years, and $50 for all the time
thereafter. A pension law is operative in
every school district in New Jersey, where
2 per cent of their salary is asked for the
first ten years, "a from ten to fifteen, and
3 for all the years after.
California asks S12 a year, Baltimore /
per cent of the salary for the first ten
years, III for the second ten years, and q
per cent for all time after, Columbus asks
81 a month. Indianapolis asks / per cent
OF the salary of a teacher who has taught
less than fifteen years, but not to exceed
$40 a year, and 2 per cent for all teachers
who have taught more than this, but not
to exceed $50 per annum. Minneapolis asks
S. for the first five years. $40 for the seer
ond five years. AID SIS for the remainder
Of the years taught, Philadelphia asks I
per cent OF those who have been in service
for ten years or less, 2 per cent for more
than this, but the contribution in any one
yea. is not to exceed $50, -