New-York tribune., 1918-06-12
Association at Meeting De-
c;des Salaries Are made
ouate; Seeks Legislation
Grants 80 Days Time
Instructors, Waiting for Increase,
Point Out It's a Long
Time to january

wartime bonus of $500 "to keep
,ss wolf from the door" was recon.
mended yesterday by the 1nterborough
association of Women Teachers. at
Is special salary meeting in the as
semby room of the Metropolitan Life
Buildinc. Anna {. McAuliffe, Of the
yewtown High School, who proposed
,he motion, pointed out that, even #
,be salary schedules should be revised
sc manned, the increases could not be-
roue effective until after the meeting
81 the 1919 Legislature.
at is long time until January"
she said, land we must keep the wolf
from the door meanwhile. Therefore,
| propose the Board of Education be
asked to grant Il war bonus of 5000
within ninety days for every teacher
in the system, pending the revision of
the salary schedules"
The intention of the motion was that
the surplus of about 100000 in the
boards salary account for the year
should be distributed equally among
All teachers as a war bonus rather than
exclusively among the teachers re-
ceying less than $1,000, as was prac-
tically agreed upon at the Board of
Education conference Monday.
Pass $1,000 Schedule
The $1,000 minimum, which will
probably be established by the Board
ot Education at its regular meeting this
afternoon, met with scant enthusiasm
from the women at the meeting. Most
Of them have taught more than seven
years. and, consequently, have passed
the $1,000 point of the schedules.
Svsakinc of the results of the Monday
conference, Mrs. Grace Strachan For
ythe who presided as president of the
association, said:
@There is nothing either encouraging
or discouraging in this report for us.
The big question of adjusting salaries
worked out by the teachers themselves
and secured by legislation. The amount
Of money available to make adjust
ments at all compatible with the ad-
vance in the cost of living cannot be
had with less than ten or twelve mill
ion dollars, which will have to be
secured by legislative enactment. A
bill to increase the present educational
tax of four and half mills to six
mills would settle the question of
where the money is to come from"
Will Wait for Revision
Teresa NJ. Bernholtz, of Public
School TO- Manhattan, speaking for the
1 principals. said they would seek no
/ increase until the schedules had been
. revised for the teachers from the kim
!, dergarten to the 6B classes, except that
the women principals felt that the
existing inequalities due to sex should
4sobe set aside SO that women would not
receive 5000 less than men doing the
same work during the first four years
I of service.
Lulu N. Sheehan, of Public School
80, Manhattan, recommended $4,000 as
minimum and $4,000 as maximum for
assistants to principals, but there was
some objection among those present to
this report on the ground that assist
ants would thus receive almost as much
as principals
Helen McKeen recommended a maxi
mum OF $3.50 to be attained after ten
years of service by teachers from the
kindergarten through the 6B class.
ars. Forsythe, reporting for the teach
efs OF the seventh and eighth years,
recommended a minimum of $500 with
annual lncrements of $3.50 until max
mum OF s2,400 is attained,