Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-17
TEACHERS Salaries
RAISED S5 A MONTH
Some Granted $lO---BOard
Selects Teachers for Com
ing Many New

Just as an emergency proposition, o
account Of the high eosi oi living. an
in response to the petition signed b
Every teacher in th, city for 10 pc
cent increase in salary. the board O
education at its meeting last cvcnin
voted an increase pf saalries amount
ing to 50 month. At the same time
action was taken tu Indicate that thi
Increase was not a permanent advanc
in salary, but Just for the coming schoo
year only.
AL teachers who have not taugh
lNore than three wears aud are unde
the SlO0 a month schedule, will receivt
$40 a month advance for the comm,
year. They are entitled TO the So ;
month advance ON the schedule and th'
temporary advance OF 80.
The action of the board has the eff
feet of granting the 50 a month adyanc,
Just to cover the present emergency ant
one year from now iic whole PROPOSE
tiou of teachers salaries will either z,
lack to the old schedule or be taker
up again for an emergency re-adiust
ment Moreover, by action of the boarC
April 30, the primary schedule was cs
tablished permanently at an advance oil
So month, giving the primary teacher
$40 for her first year, SI5 for the see,
ond year and $50 FOR the third year
Eighty dollars a month is maximum reg
ular schedule for primary teachers, al
though they viii of course receive So Il
month extra the coming year.
The new teachers elected last night
are as follows:
Miss Edna Lola Mills, Of Forest
Grove, for the domestic science work
of the Grant school, at $50 month
Miss Mills was born at Arnold Neb
has lived mostly in Oregon and for the
past two years has been teaching at
Forest Grove.
Miss Evelyn J. Brown will teach in
the primary schools at a salary of $75
a month. Miss Brown is from Clay
City, Ind, whore she was born. She at.
tended the state normal school at Terre
Haute, Ind, three years, has had four
years experience and is from Clay City,
Ind.
Miss Grace White win teach in the
primary grades at 475 Il month. She
was born at Traer Ia., and comes from
Fraer, where she has been teaching. Her
includes two years study at
the Cedar Falls, Ia, normal school, She
has had seven years experience.
Miss Nell Louise Phalon will have
charge of the penmanship and spelling
at the Lincoln junior high school and
the penmanship in the two
other Junior high schools. As teacher
and supervisor, she win receive 800 a
month. Miss Phalon was born at Clio.
quet, Mimi, and comes from Samuels,
Idaho, where she was superintcn-
dent of the schools. Her education in.
eludes training at Berkeley, Cal, and at
Oakland, Cal She has had 10 wears
experience
Miss Marie Churchill, of Salem, will
teach English in the Washington junior
high school at salary of $S5 a month.
Miss Churchill was born at Baker, Ore,
and her education includes three and a
half years study at the University of
Oregon. She has had three years ex-
reriencc.
Miss Laura j. Bell win teach in the
grades at $40 month. She
was born at Rickreall and her education
includes four years study at Monmouth
normal school She has had two years
experience.
The entire teaching staff of the city
schools is now elected with the excep-
ton of principal of the Washington
junior high school ana science and
athletiS teacher for the same school.
Besides the above named new teach
ers, the following were elected. The
figures show the salary received last
year and their salary per month for the
.Oming year: