Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-07
EDUCATORS ASK
{ FOR INCREASE IN
TEACHERS PAY
! 3ayonne Superintendent of
Schools Speaker Before Ma
tional Education Assn.

/ eza PAUL, Minn.. July THE in
! a,ftS1 ence of the public to all forms
- electual effort is the discourage
I ~, 4 aracteristie of our times, de-
elssre Il Charles WilliamsDabney. pres
]. ss5ent a 9 the University of Cincinnati,
lst,,fera he National Education Asso-
tsa,e today THE rich man who
en,,,inv. twenty-five thonsand-dol-
/ lar iawys r or a ten thousano- oollsi
III vsician. the speaker SAID, regarus
- fifteen i ,undred-dollar college pro-
s.ss,r ae rood enough to train his
son Nfon.a making, politics, sports
49, t,ictllre shows are holding the IN
te,.est of th,e public. The teacher to
~ s,yerapeA man is a mere book
worm = ..,roa.oa sai-
aries for profea. sors, whom ne termed
nfders Of new 3 ,nowleuge anu lliaAeis
OF men. and add ca ,,..,., - +ba
~ bieher Il wing combined bear
,scre heavily on college professors
s,ls,,ssarv other g lass. The effective
ssiarv If the prof t sssor is only about
se.,.sst,aIf what il Twas twenty years
AGO The universdity's Income does
nof Increase autonn ltieally, and the
larger the number OF stuueii's '"e
poorer does 1t becenA .i,,
-.
Itcndent of schools. Brs poklyh' n >
smoke on equal salaries She took
,,rn, stand on the quest ion and con-
sfended that salary shouid De oaseu
m the position and not O the sex
aTn making up a school budget, II
.usuallv happens that everything else
ID urovided for before any provision
sls made for increasing teachers saia-
ries.Y said John w. carr superb
tendent of schools of Bayohne, y,
II @The result is that other school
sxne,,ses are increased far more rap
sdlv than teachers salaries.
He suggested Standardization OF
fexpenses as a possible solution OF the
fquestion. .,
Marked progress in the develop
!. mef4t of retirement funds for teachers
i has been made by this country, w. l.
Hamilton, Boston, Mass, sand IN an
! address on pensions.
4 seven years ago" ne said, Two /
s States were paying retirement allow
kances to teachers out OF state funoS'
Now twelve have made more or less
satisfactory provision for sueh pay
ment. -
The various state delegations elect
ed members of the nominating com
mitfee last night, and today those
supporting DR.. David B. johnson Tor
! the association presidency were
sclaiming at least twenty-five OF the /
forty-seven States represented at the
i convention, enough to assure ms
nomination. While the friends OF
Or. David starr Jordan's candidacy
ssnade no definite claims they seemed
not to fear the outcome of their cam
paign for the Californian.
The nominating committee IS 10
make it's selection Thursday morning.
One of the most notable social CEN
ire movements and extensions OF high
school activities begun in the Middle
West was outlined by Principai
Thomas J. Mccormack, OF the town
IS shin high school of La Sale and Peru,
fIl..san institution organized unoer
il ihe Illinois township high school laws
and combining the features or
aunior college for an urban and rural
community.
= I'm the four buildings which consti-
Is lutte this unique plant said Mr.. Nc
II tsormack mot only is instruction
f-xiven and contemplated in all practi-
Il eal and cultural lines, including sub
leafs SO far removed from one another
b as agriculture. are and technical mu-
b sic. but private donations by f. W
g Matthiessen have permitted the con-
= Ttruction of two buildings that both
tEontribute to the educational ia
fkilities Of the school and subserve dis
stinctly civic and recreational pur-
r hoses for the community"