Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-05

Gamse, married teacher, on the
ground that she concealed the fact
of her marriage when she applied for
a position. A committee, recommend
ing her dismissal, reported that Mrs.
Gamse chad deliberately attempted to
deceive the board"
Maxwell in his report said there
are approximately 1900 woman teach
ers in the New York public schools
who are married or have been mar
ried. The number of widows was not
given. He took ia of these 1900,
whose records have been thoroughly
investigated for the purpose of arriv-
ing at his statistics. They were rated
in four degrees, A, B, c and ID, each
classification counting 10, 8, 6 and A
points. The records were for four
years before and four years after
marriage.
The ia in the aggregate produced
a rating of 1892 points for instruc-
ton and 1876 points for discipline
before marriage. After marriage in
struction rose to 10,S78 points and
discipline to 1876 points. This gave
each of the ia teachers an average
rating of 81 for instruction and 81
for discipline before marriage and So
for instruction and 100 for discipline
after marriage.
The figures showed that marriage
! improved the teachers astonishingly
in the matter Of discipline and also
brought up their instruction average
to a remarkable extent. These same
ia teachers, who showed such i'm
provement in their work, were absent
total of 24491a days in the school,
year before they We're married anC
1929 days after marriage, giving them
averages of q and % days respec.
/ lively.
A special report on nine widow
teachers was made by Albert Shields
director of reference and research OF
the board of education. The ratings
of the nine were 722 for instruction
and 764 for discipline before marriage
and TIC and 1872 respectively after
This gave them individual averages
of 90 and "a before marriage and 9(
and 101 after, a higher average thar
those married teachers whose hus
bands are still among the living. The
average absence of the widows was
% days a year before marriage anC
38 days year after Figures were
also compiled for 50 married teachers
who were absent at the time the sta.
tistics We're compiled. These teach
ers were absent three times as much
after their marriage as before.
A well known society matron in the
Fifth avenue set, the spreading
branches of whose family tree and
her husbands bank book entities her
to leadership, is threatened with os-
tracism because she ate a dinner in
the home of her former cook. The
wealthy woman now lives in a marble
and gilt apartment hotel, where she
is allowed to do nothing for herself
In the days of the long ago when
New Workers had homes she kept the
house and had cook who prepared
the best meals the good woman ever
ate. Not long ago she met Mary on
the street and laughingly remarked
that she would give most anything for
regular boiled dinner like she used
to have. Mary volunteered to cook
one of the old time dinners if her
former mistress would come and eat
it. The society woman accepted with
alacrity.
Mary did not presume to sit at
table with her guest and acted the
servant in every way. The woman
told of her experience to dear friend,
and before nightfall the story had
gone the rounds. Shocked matrons
everywhere were holding up their
hands in horror and wondering if they
would dare to accept the iconoclastic
ones next invitation.
Lee Tires-Roy Norman & Co.,