Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-14
MEN TEACHERS
PAY NO MORE
THAN WOMEN
Board of Education Committee
Turns Down Application for
Salary Increase.
SUPT. POLAND DECLARES
THERE is NO NEED FOR 1T
Staff in Central High School
Also Meets With a
Reverse.

That men teachers in elementary
schools of this city will not be paid
higher salaries than women teachers
was tho rule adopted last night by
the committee on instruction and
educational supplies of the Board of
Education. The committee also de-
cided to have three additional all
year schools, two new summer
schools, three more Fairgrounds and
an educational laboratory.
The attitude taken by the commit
tee In relation to the salaries of men
teachers was the result of a petition
presented to the committee at its
last meeting. At that session dele
cation of men teachers in the ele
mentary schools appeared before the
committee and asked for an increase
In salary over that given the women
teachers. The committee referred the
matter to City Superintendent Of
Schools Addison b. Poland, who SUBJ
nlitted his report last night. In rec
ommending that the increase be not
granted the superintendent said
THAT there should be a differential
salary schedule giving men higher
remuneration than is given women
in the same position I do not favor
Newark has long pursued the policy
OF giving equal pay to men ana
women in the elementary grades,
with the single exception of the prin-
cipalsnip. If in order to secure q
sufficient number of men to meet our
requirements 1t We're necessary to
pay them moro than is paid the
women teachers. then it might be
justly claimed that the salary be in
creased. We have no difficulty, how
ever, in getting all the men we need.
do not, therefore. recommend the
salary increase asked for by the mon
petitioners"
Against Raise at Central High, Too.
superintendent Poland also advised
against the granting of salary in
creases asked for by the teachers
of the Central High School. A COM
mittee OF teachers from Central High
also had appeared before the COM
mittee and asked for additional
salary. Their application was based
on the fact that teachers in the Cen
trail High School do more work than
teachers OF other schools, because of
the facs that longer school hours are
in vogue at Central High. On this
question the superintendent re-
ported:
"I am unable to recommend such
increases. In my Judgment the
salary schedule, for the present at
least, should be uniform for all high
schools. Not enough time has
elapsed since these schools were es.
tablished to warrant the assumption
that the salary schedule should be
differentiated.
"'rhe length of the school day in
each particular high school should
be such as the special needs of the
school may demand. If at any time
1t should be thought necessary to
lengthen the daily session of the
Barringer or South Side High Schools
it could be done without any change
in the salary schedule. Thus, for
instance, the school day was re-
Gently heightened a half-hour at the
East Side High School without
suggestion that 1t bore any rela-
ton to the salary schedule. This,
it seems to me, Is the right attitude
to be taken by teachers, as well as
school officials. Theoretically, the
teachers whole time-within reason
able limits, of course-is at the COM
mand of the school system.
"If IL can be shown that the eff
cheney of the Central High School
would not be impaired by beginning
the morning session at 8 O'Clock in
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