Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-15
TEACHERS WILL GET
RAISE IN SALARIES
School Board So Decides
Final Action at Meeting
Wednesday Evening

Everything was progressing smooth
ly last evening in the election of the
100 teachers of the Salem public schools 1
until it was discovered that if a eer- /
tain schedule was adhered TO in all the 4
three departments of teaching, that /
the primary teachers would be entitled ]
to SIS a month advance. The inten- I
tions of the board was to give the pri- !
mary teachers a $40 advance as it was
thought by the board they were under
paid and entitled TO a raise.
The motion to pay the teachers on
schedule that advanced their salaries
s. a month was passed. But as may of
the teachers were entitled to So
raise according to the old schedule,
and then another So on the new sched-
ule, it was found that the primary
/ teachers, on account of the So advance
given them at the meeting April 80
would be drawing a salary the coming
year on an advance of $l5 a month.
/ just to keep the minutes of the
meeting right, showing that the inten-
tions were to give the primary teach
ers an advance of $40 a month, the
meeting adjourned until Wednesday
evening. Anyhow the teachers may feel
assured of the raise of So a month as
this motion was passed. When it comes
to the salary propositions, the directors
were more in sympathy with those who
receive the smaller salaries rather than
those who are above the 800 mark.
Other matters coming before the
board were as follows:
For the registration of those eligible
for military service, the directors voted
to give free the usual voting places,
as the county has no special fund from
which to pay for voting booths.
The supply committee was authorized
to get prices and buy 800 cords Of wood
. 1t seems the wood yards have most OF
the available wood contracted and that
very little can be bought.
A lady lecturer wanted to use the
Highland school to give talk on anti
vaccination, brought up by special re-
quest. As there IS state law on vac
eination. the board did not feel like
giving the use of one of the schools
wherein the speaker would oppose the
law. Hence no action was taken.
The superintendent of the La Grande
schools wrote that it would give him
pleasure to permit the Salem high
school seniors to take part in his grad
uating exercises and at the same time
present the Salem boys with their di
pIomas. The proposition was looked on
e favorably by the board and Superin
tendent Todd instructed to cooperate
with the La Grande superintendent.
. A communication was read from the
Rev. James Elvin wherein the schools
= were invited to take part in the Dec
6 grafton day parade, to be formed a
80 O'Clock May 80 with march t.
: Wilson park and to the river bank
e for the closing exercises. The idea wa
a approved by the board and the chill
i dren win be in the parade.
i Just as demonstration of what the,
= can do in the cooking line, the domestl
II science class extended an invitation t.
k the school board and their wives to at
tend a dinner given by the pupils Il
e the domestic science department, a
IL $3.50 o'clock Friday afternoon. he boar
IT looked with favor on the invitation.
i The food preparedness campalg
n committee cooperating with the O.
II c. ask the assistance of the Salel
(, schools in securing volunteers to wor
II in the country this summer and unit
.e October !, the beginning of the fall Sc
X. mester. A meeting will be held at tn
ID high school Wednesday when the tW
l. Young men sent out by President kel
a will address the students and tell thel
c about volunteering for farm service
as The suggestion met with the approve
r of the board and the young men frol
a the 0. A. C. given permission to az
dress the students.