The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-09
FULTON COUNTY TEACHERS
The Legislature Has Given Them an
Increase Of Thirty.five Hundred
Dollars in Salaries.

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names will De given at the close
of this article. An examination
of the list shows that of the
eighty-four teachers, 62 hold
provisional certificates; 7, pro-
fessional; 6. permanent; 2, normal
school certificates, and 7, normal
school diplomas. Seventeen, or
about 20 per cent. are beginners.
This shows improvement. Twen-
ty-fve years ago, the number of
beginners averaged about one
third.
Last week Governor Brum-
baugh affixed his signature to a
bill passed by the legislature
giving teachers an increase in
salary, hence, the teachers just
elected will receive in salaries
the following: PROFESSIONALS, $45 a
month; professionals, $500;
permanents, $4,000; State Nor
NAL school certificates, $55 90;
and Normal school diplomas, $50.
To those of US who taught
years ago" for SIS a month,
the present rate looks good; but
when it is considered that the
average man or woman who has
brains enough to pass an exam
ination, get a certificate, and
teach school successfully, has
brains enough to earn more mon.
ey at something else. School
teachers are slowly coming into
their own. They have always
been underpaid.
While they were at it, the
legislature did not forget the
County Superintendent, and the
gentleman who fills that office
beginning with the close of the
present term will receive no less
than $1,000 a year and may re-
ceive $2500, if the directors at
the Convention say so.
Of this increase in salaries,
DR.. Schaeffer, State Superintend-
ent, says: During a period of
increase of the cost of living and
of general advance of the wages
in all other occupations, our
faithful teachers richly deserve
the increase of salary fixed by
the last legislature and approved
by the Governor. f"
The first thing most people
will think of as they read this is:
"Will itmake my school tax high
err"
No; to take care of the increas-
ed salaries, the legislature added
two million dollars to the ap-
preparation making the sum Is
million dollars instead of 16. Of
course, when the State gave 16
million dollars to the schools, the
State paid the County Superin-
tendents and the Normnl school
appropriation in addition. Now
the salaries of the superintend-
ents and the Normal school ap-
propiations are paid out of the
Is million. AS that takes only
about.750 thousand, there is left
a sum equal to a million and a
quarter which will pay the in
crease voted to the teachers and
superintendent.
The following list shows the
names of the teachers and the
schools they will have during the
ensuing year:
AYR-Big Cove Tannery, Retha
Mellott; Laurel Ridge, Cora Mes
bit; Webster Mills, Dorothy Kirk;
Corner, Kenneth Glazier; Back
Run, Lydia Humbert; Rock Hill,
Stanley Humbert; Jugtown, Lew
is Harris; Cito, Hazel McQuade;
Road, May Pittman.
BELFAST-Cross Roads, Levi
Garland; Sipes Mill, Foster Hol-
linshead; Maple, Ettie Waltz;
Jacob Lakes Hobart Truax;
Philip Morgret's Clarence Nor
ton; Pleasant Grove, Vernona
Mellott; Needmore, Floyd Hart;
Morton's Point, Florence Truax;
Cedar Lane, George Mellott.
BETHEL Warfordsburg Ad-
vanced, Blanche Smith; War
fordsburg Primary, Gladys Charl-
ton; Gordon's, Frances Norris;
Alpine, Mary Breakall; Mt. Airy,
w. W. Mellott; Franklin Mills,
Earl Golden; Mays Chapel, Clara