The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-06
GET MORE MONEY
Teachers Salaries in Shawnee
County Boosted Since 1908.
Mere Teachers Are Employed
Than Ever Before.
RURAL SCHOOLS GOOD
Attitude of County Boards Makes
Advancement Possible.
New Methods and Courses At
RURAL SCHOOLS GOOD
New Methods and Courses At
tract More Students.

In the annual compendium Of Shaw
nee county public schools for the 1911
u term, John F. Eby. county superin-
| tendent, shows that teachers salaries
in this county have advanced from Il
to 5 per cent in the last two years
The report from the superintendent's
| office went to the printer today and
viii be ready for distribution some
time next week.
The new report shows great ad-
vancement in rural school work in the
county and every department OIL the
work has advanced in the last Two
years In the rural schools of Shaw
nee county there are this year 80
teachers. while in the term of 1903
10, rs teachers were employed Two
years ago 40 teachers were used IN
the graded schools. This year there
were 1877 teachers in both the graded
and rural schools, while this year 1876
teachers were needed to handle the
work
Pay checks Are Boosted.
When the annual compendium was
issued two years ago, the RECORDS
showed that the average teachers sal
arv in the county was but $53.05- This
year it is $5S.31. The average salary
for male teachers in 1909-1O was
S57,71, but in two years Shawnee
county has increased this average TO
monthly stipend of $49-92 two years
ago, but the 116 schoolma' ans IN
Shawnee county this year draw
monthly pay check which averages
S55.73.
Two years ago 20 male teachers
were employed in Shawnee county
school rooms. The same number finds
employment in the county this year
The increase in the teaching force
however. has favored the female in
structors. There we're 1O7 women en-
pIoyed as teachers by Shawnee county
boards in 19O9-1O. This year 116 found
EMPLOYMENT at salaries materially in
excess of those of two years ago.
School Work Advances.
one reason for the increased teach
ing force in the county has been the
steady advance in educational work in
the rural districts Probably no coun-
ty in the state has made greater prog
ress in school work than the record
shown by the country school districts
of Shawnee county.
In the last year number OF new
school buildings have been erected and
not less than a score Of country dis
tricts this year provided new equip
ment for use in the school rooms one
district has installed a manual train
ing course and equipped an entire
room of a new $4,000 building with
apparatus for the work
More Teachers Next Year.
The increased interest in school
work the new buildings and increased
courses of study have made necessary
the employment of the new teachers
and superintendent Eby believes that
next year another big increase in rural
instructors will be shown in his re-
port.
When Mr.. Eby this week sent his
letter to the rural school boards ask
ing that the teachers be permitted to
attend the state teachers meeting in
Topeka, he met with an immediate
response and 1t now seems probable
that every district in Shawnee county
will declare a two days vacation that
the schoolma'ams may come to town
and mingle with the instructors from
other sections of the state.
It is this spirit, Eby declares, that
has been responsible for the increase
i'll school work in the county.