Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-12
FEVER TEACHERS
HITS SCHOOLS HARD
,...oI, In Anne Arundel And Sew
eral Olher Countries Have
Not Opened
PRINCIPALS ARE LEAVING
,....,.5 Hizb Schools Hard Hit By
' War Demand Better Pay
Declared Necessary.

.r.f.ee of teachers in the
f Maryland due to condi-
m..at abou. by the war, has
ra. such a point that school
-,.. Anne Arundel and sew
+f.,,..r counties are unable TO open
.l.fa. ch00ls The hundreds
|.r.... u aeW bureaus created by
eef.r Government in the con-
~ b. tar and vacancies in Bal
...ra .ad tbe larger towns due to the
sr.a .- ..a iu the military service
,4 u. a.auomenal increase in
,s. -. II responsible for a situ-
.@.. g.. .auIe n Montgomery Coun-
4# .n be larger industrial cen-
os .H. State that State Superin-
..ss.n. aE cho0ls NJ Bates Stephens
rrsa extreme anxiety as TO its
l.come
I'M Montgomery County alone SO
,arbar- have resigned since May"
aap Stephens
.s.nae Har six principals Of ap
myea a.ea chools have entered mill
nv service ana as many more have
resigned aeI positions to take up
e.ba- .arE Most high school teach
~ III .aa counties are women and it
r b.aa pecially hard TO find suit
able candidates for the vacant princi-
mlaps The commercial and man
nal training departments of the high
school. have also suffered severe
l..m OIly for the academic sub
lots ha The supply Of high school
teacher Heon equal to the demand.
White living expenses were rela-
au.y lou and not so many other ave-
rge. of employment were open it was
a5nr5r lively easy to find teachers for
All ,ha eheols Today girls with less
haa "a hleh school education have lit
Ha difficulty ia securing positions in
msme Offices and government bu-
ralls a uaicc the salary their teacher
receives As q result, teachers are
leaving lhe schools TO so into other
lines "a work. and since fewer young
mea aud women are now in schools to
secure ihe requisite training to fit
hou .or teaching it is a serious ques-
zion with school authorities how the
school may be kept open and up 20
standard.
Tine great need OF the public
school og Maryland for years has been
property qualified teachers, trained es-
p.oaIb for service in the one and
motelebers schools, with a desire to
hye a The country To render the
best service in country schools teach
cts need TO be specially fitted to meet
mul Hta problems. They must oe
mral minded. with love for the
country and its institutions, and must
hayeg good capacity for initiative and
leadership And while this need has
never heen adequately met, good be
ginning has been made under the pro-
81 ye school legislation passed by
,be last three sessions of the General
Assembly.
following the report of the Mary
land Educational Survey Commission
the legislature of 1916 passed laws
mr ding for many improvements Il
.h. state school system, which have
IS en- Maryland the credit for having
me best school legislation of any Stat'
5. The Union Just as this law is get
Wr into operation there is eXtrem'
DANGER that its high standard set al
u me interest OF the school children
%. Maryland may be nulliRed through
,a. ack of teachers who measure NJ
,o aesc standards.
rbe underlying cause for the lacs
% eQuate and trained teachers is
al apathy toward the needs o
tae hools and a mistaken notion .
seaaamy in public school support
Over 1000 teachers in the counties o
N- and are paid the minimum sala
ra permitted by law With the in
sre ug cost of living and the othe
avenues of employment open to teach
ers more money must be available TO
teachers salaries If the schools are Z
De- Kept up to former standards. i
ao .her way viii teachers be able 7
continue making the necessary prepa
ration for their work and meet tn
expenses for further improvement
White teaching"