Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-15
SEVEN MORE TEACHERS
EMPLOYED BY BOARD
List Now Totals llO---Miss
Hopkins Tenders Her
Resignation

Seven new teachers were added to the
teaching force of the public schools by
the action of the school board Of direct
ors, bringing the total number of in
struetOrs in the city nm to 10.
Mrs. Margaret Powell Lamb was
elected to the position of instructor of
English and science at the Grant school,
at salary of $50 a month. Miss Laura
G.. Bailey, who has had ten years ex-
perienee in senool work win teach at
the Grant junior high school at a sal
ary of $50 a month, and Miss Anna Ny
quest at the Lincoln junior high school
with a salary of $50 month.
The enrolment of the commercial de-
plrtment of the high school has grown
to such an extent that another teacher
was necessary, and Charles j. William
son was elected assistant at 500 a
month.
Miss Steusloff, graduate of the o.
A. @. will put in half time at the high
school and Grant, ON salary of $40 a
month, Miss Edna Mcknight, recently
of Woodburn will teach in the senior
high at 800 and Mrs. Robert Walsh at
the Grant school at $50 a month.
Miss May Hopkins, teacher of Eng
lish sent in her resignation to be acted
ON Immediately, as she had an offer
from another school paying her an ad-
vanced salary. This brought up the
question as to whether a contract with
teacher amounted to anything, not
from the teachers view, but from the
standpoint of the board Contracts are
duly entered into by the school board
with all teachers at the beginning of
the school year, and the contract is for
the entire year. Notwithstanding the
contract, teacher can resign, and
break the contract, but the board could
not lawfully ask the teacher to re-
sign. 1t was regarded as a onesided
contract, yet the state law permits any
teacher to break his or her contract
and the resignation must be accepted
within 80 days. In the case of Miss
Hopkins who wishes to quit in the mid
die of the school year, the board was
not in favor of immediate action, as
they do not appreciate teachers sending
in designations after having entered in
to contract to teach the entire school
year. The matter was left in the hands
of Superintendent O, NJ. Elliott, after
motion had ben passed that the resig-
nation be accepted at the end of 80 days
or at such time as the superintendent
could find a suitable person TO fill the
place.
Endorsement Of the action of the
school board in securing the services of
Ephnnt fta.r a.
with the Women's Club, was given in
a communication presented to the board
signed by DR.. o. B. Miles, H. j. Glenn
ents, Rev. R. n Avison, DR.. F. H.
Thomson, Charles l.. McNary and Anna
M. Dillon.
The Julius Caesar literary society,
part of wnOse members are in the high
school, came into the limelight, as the
result of a protest that a secret society
had been organized in the high school,
contrary to the state law. II seems
that the Julius Caesar society, composed
of 10 young men, has been rather active
in school work, tnat their meetings
have been in secret, and that members
outside of the school were admitted
and that the society had the ear m arks
of a secret fraternal organization. It
appears that friendship" was the
keynote. Secret societies and frater-
nal organizations in the high school arc
in violation of the law The board pass
ed it up to Superintendent Elliott, who
thought the society could be kept with
IN the law if the outside people of the
fraternity would resign and an instmc-
tor in the high school elected a member,
EhO Would meet with the hnve