New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Problem of Adjusting Salaries Must Som D.
Worked Out and Secured by Law If
High Grade Is To Be Held

continues the obJector. ready with a
iustratlons and statistics
The young doctor must .psna a.
years In hospital before he a..
OUT into the world to build nm
,or himself During these three r..r. s
ne receives his board and ks.n-.s..
ing more. -a0sn-
Inc young lawyer doe. not
10 make $1,000 the first v.s~ .pees
out in business '''rs
- l"e conscientious objector Is b;..
y educated himself-briIliant ,.un.
eminent :: physicians of this city sb.r.
MS views-he will try to point ~. :.
advantages in the community tba,
with teachers position. In tho. ~
ms1c'ai days he has an old-fash;on.s
respect Tor brains. Unfortunately tb;.
- not true Of the pleasure levine -.
thinking members of the coromnn;...
Don't talk like school teacher. ),
'Sh becoming in peach of a pir, liz.
you'" says the hero to the her,;.. =:
a certain musical comedy now IN -
Encouragement in
The Latest Report
Tor those who look favorsblv NM,
hlgher pay for teachers recent CO..
are encouraging. Following a COVE
ence with Mayor Hylan and Contro,,..
oralg last week, Arthur S. som..,
president of the Board of Educ..;as'
announced the minimum salary =. -,
teachers will be increased to 81 ooo !.
year. beginning July 1. The Board -
Istlmate was informed that the .n,,,.
salary list Of teachers would b.r. ~
De revised, and that from s4 900 ooo ~
so'ooo'ooo would be needed each v..r
ABOVE the amount now appropr;ated :.
care for the increase. Az -.
teachers who have been receiving ssoo
sSoo' s94o and $3.50 annually will draw
pay checks in July for ssa a. ~.
rSS-ooS Vue-
twelfth of the new minimum sa,ar
-Four cities have granted w.,
bonuses: Milwaukee. graduated bonn,
from $3.50 to s12 a month for tho,a
receiving $50 month or less; Philad.l.
phia a bonus of $3.50 for the year 1918
Tor all classes; Pittsburgh a bonus q,
Sloo year from January 1. 1918. fo,
al employees Gas war emergency;
Washington, D. c., a bonus Of 10 No,
cent for the year 1918 only.
IN Kansas City women's club. and
women reporters aided greatly in &C.
curing a tax levy for increasing grad.
teachers salaries 25 per cent.
Following the announcement hv ~.
NOW York Board of Education That -.
minimum salary of all teachers will b.
increased to $1,000 a year beainn;n,
July l, 1913. there was meetino -
tRe Interborough Association of WON.
en- Teachers, at which motion wa,
made for a wartime bonus of 5000 ato
keep the wolf from the door, pendin,
t'Sauthe
ehe revision Of the salary schedule.
Inc intention Of the motion was that
the surplus Of about $4,000, 600 in the
boards salary account for fhe v..r
snouio De distributed equally among all
teachers as a war bonus rathsr th.,
exclusively among the teachers r...;.
ing less than 81 900, as was serssd nn..
at the Board of Education,s conss ps1
on Monday. '"'s
The $1,000 minimum met with x..,,
enthusiasm from the women a. nj.
meeting. Most cf them represent ,nors
'hah seven years of teacbine co,s.
quently they have passed the 81 ooo
point OF the schedule. Mrs. Graz.
Ssrachan Forsythe, who presided :,
president Of the association. said.
There is nothing either .n..u-
ur o, o,scouraging in this report for n.
ne Dig question of adjusting salar;e,
ior all the teachers will bav. n =.
"ofked out by the teachers tbemseIvo,
ana secured by legislation. The amount
oiey available to make sd;ust.
'nents at all compatible with the .d.
vance IN the cost of living cannot b.
nSd with less than ten or twe1v. mill
ION dollars. which will have to be Sc.
cured by legislative enactment. A hill
70 increase the present educationa, tar
o1 Tour and half mills to sig mills
would settle the question of where the
money is to come from"
Increased Pay Only
Part of the Remedy
TRADE teachers salaries are a ns.
'3onai peril" says William n. Allen,
the farseeing director of the rusti-
tnte Of Public Service in this city.
but the increase in pay is only one
OF many steps necessary to remedy the
shortage. If prominent men and wom-
en- OF the country could be persuaded to
take an interest in the life of the pub
nc schools a great point would be