The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-27

City School Teachers met at the Higirs
School building Saturday afternoon toi
enter their protest against the decision
of the Board of Education OF Escambiat
county, in refusing payment of theirs
salaries for the month Of October
Teachers Discuss Problems
The sense Of the meeting was that
inasmuch as the teachers were in nod
way responsible for the closing OF the,
schools, and We're willing 10 make uni
the time that was lost, it was oniyl
fair that the Board of Education adj
vance the salaries.
Miss Margaret Owsley, chairman OF,
the Primary Teachers Association, hadi
charge of the meeting, which resolveds
itself into a thorough discussion oh
the problems which the teachers facedi
and the way in which these difficultiess
were TO be overcome.
It was pointed out that there werea
many teachers who had come to Pen-4
sacola from other cities and were de-j
pendent upon their salaries for their,
board. and that those who make theirt
homes here are, in many cases, equally
dependent upon their earnings.
Propose Relief Plan
A member of the committee stated
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in the city who stated, that while iii
was not according TO usual legal prc-i
'tedure tospay these salaries, that some
arrangement could be made by thef
Board of Education Which would over
come the difficulty.
That teachers are being paid their
salaries in other states, and in some
instances, in South Florida, was
stressed as evidence that some arrang-
ment could be made by the Board Of
Education which would be legal.
A number OF the teachers stated en-
phatically that they felt that it wass
working q special hardship on them tog
ask them TO forego their salaries att
this time, just. at the end of the vaca =
tion period, when they We're short OF
funds
One teacher said that she had been:
teaching in the Pensacola schools fori
forty-nine years, and had tried to dol
her duty to the best Of her ability. ami
that it seemed as if the board might;
show its appreciation of those who
had served so long by advancing the +
salary Another cited the time when
the teachers OF Escambia county hadi
had only three pay days q year, yet,
had been willing to wait on the board, +
and thought the board should be
equally willing to wait on them
One of the teachers called attention
to the fact that the teachers have nott
been idle during the weeks that the,
schools have been closed, but that,
many of them have taken part in Lib
erty Loan sales. and have aided with
the Emergency Relief work
Will Make Up Lost Time
It was also pointed out that tflel
teachers were asking only that the
board pay their salaries on the regular
pay day, and that they be allowed to
make up the lost time, and il was
stated that in order that the board
might be protected the teachers were
willing to offer a guarantee 10 the
board that, in the event that If, after
q salary was advanced any teacher
failed for any cause to make up the
time the teachers would pay the board
any possible deficit
A committee comprising Miss Natalie
Miss Evelyn Thornton. Miss
Florence Higgins and Mrs. Ethel Quar-
les was appointed to call upon the
board and place their case before it.
Six Day Plan Discussed
The question OF teaching six days a