The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-07

county teacher could retire on . pen
sion q $7Qo . year: isnN that fact?''
incurred, d. Johnssoa.
Yss," ansvered Mr.. Willjaus.
30, your teachers are worth more
when they are not able to work than
when they can work. continued Or.
johnson. -s~i $50 Is
Mayor. Robbins called upon Wilfred
Jesspp. a&torpey tor tie school beard,
70 Eve hts opinions, and Mr.. Jessup
vtding the peusion system for IT.
tSaeherA The principle or teachers
pSnsjoaS 10 right: its application un.
der szist,ng lava wrons. he said.
Legislators oossisa.
Jessup then asserted that the pres
emit law was drafted by q committee
representing the state teachers asGo-
citation and that high scaie Of WAGES
was provided for retired teachers With
the expectation that the !egfsls&ure
would pare down the scale Instead, he
S1id. the legislature raiiroaaed the bill
throuSh without maktng any changes,
to the establishment OF the authors OF
the bill: 4 es-fae - So
PROT. Ramsey doubted the accuracy
Qt Mr.. Jessup's assertion whereupon
lessup declared that he could substAn-
ttate his charge by Prot. Giles. or by
Prof. Moore. Giles confirmed 'Jessup's
assertion. ...s-. i.,.+ -
81 attended the same committee
meeting With Mr.. Giles, just before
the bill vas submitted to the legisla-
tHre. but do not care to discuss what
took place." remarked Mr.. Williams.
He then asked that the discussion be
postponed until Mr.. Moore came to
address council. You know the teach.
ers are not In q position to defend
Themselves he said. - ~
Councilman Handley promptly took
the floor and remarked that as he un-
derstoQd the law it would be possible
Tor Prof. Ramsey to RETRO in fifteen
years when he would still be In the
prime Of life, which would be outrage
GUS. to my way Of looking at t."
Remark Nettiss Ramsey.
Somewhat nettled. PREF. Ramsey re-
marked that he thought it somewhat
unfair to insinuste that he would re-
tire on . pension as soon as he had
an opportunity, to do So" Several mem
beers Of my family were soldiers and
not one Of them ever asked the gov
erument for pension" he said. Il
would work as long as was able to
do 30 and think every other teacher
would do likewise"
The discussion Of pensions for teach.
eYs was opened by Councilman Stein
brink, who said he thought every
councilman should call . meeting OF
his constituents in his ward to discuss
the question:. Councilman O'Neal said
bis sympathies- went out to all people
Who had passed the age of usefulness
but he questioned the adyisability of
taxing the people to pension such peo-
The pension idea is q good one,"
remarked Councilman Handley, but It
should not be extended only to Ger
tain classes. I favor pension for sol.
oilers. but do not believe the govern.
mept PAYS the average soldier. who
fought for his country. any $500. or
500 year. as is proposed for the
teachers. I also believe that the age
70 IS years is too young for a person
to retire from. active service. but the
teacher, under the law, can retire at
that age on $500 a year, and she has
only paid in that sum to the pension
fund during her thirty-five years of
service. This is q question which Of.
fects more interests than those Of the
teaching class.
Thirteen Could Retire.
Supt. Giles, at the request of Hand.
ley. said that on January I, 1917, thir-
teen teachers would be eligible to re-
tire and at that time there would be
$4,000 paid into the pension fund by
teachers II all the teachers paid in
null their arrearages and did not at
tempt to take ADVANTAGE of that pro
vision OF the law permitting them to