The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-07-04
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! Bite, stephens Says ..' s'~'s
:, Hard Fressed-Sol'''Fs
DIV are that the State is
lpdicstiOnss o I'd pressed for teachers
srg b h. b I YEAR as it has been 'fo 70
W coming 9 ~" lust how many va
nriss Tl ~ B Bates Stephens, state
Nh Dr. y, ~ d Education, sald
Iss State would need a' ieaS'
III 1eF # the difficulty we have
~ u ld tss Ia last two years in 9.c obtain
u for s ns said DR.. Stephens,
a tsacns sn5 from the fact that we
BAY Ne l rnore than 800 teachers in
w haEt ave- schools who are teaching
b COUNT! isionaI certificates. The
hh pl i This class of certificate
Safs = not high school graduates,
sbsf are h ,nU completed high school
Il tney I've u not had the six weeks
NHses' ~ ininp we require before
as :.s regular certificates s,' So,
Sals IN he done to fill the ex-
N1al - o;oc has not been decided,
~ i I probable that an effort viii
.i = to attract back to the teach
HAu uiaSsion those who have for
\ N I for more remunerative en-
W. . " DR.. Stephens says he Will
"a 10 have back as many as Wish
IN ,nrn to the schools, and can
v, il who will apply. 1t il prob
10 saws, that the provisional
44.a ~ now held by teachers who
\. rot complied with State require
" ~ riIl not be renewed. Know
# this has caused quite a rush
NJ H. the teachers examination.
o-nortunities offered teachers IN
. y saws DR.. Stephens, are i'm
.,+ng rapidly, there being every
t,,a NM evidence that county school
A M realizing the situation, are
.i ions TO assure salaries large
,Dst 10 attract more to the pro-
.,Sr. At present, in the grade
MT, a holder OF a first-grade ~er-
tsnte which calls for complexion
\ normal school training, or equlYal-
VI NAV expect $500 a year mold
! of second-grade certificates may
r,ar about $500. Holders OF third
rsia certificates may be paid, under
I. law as little as $500, but lnere
y very few positions in the State
rBnb nav as little as this. Most OF
\. third grade certificate holders
.siye about $500. These figures DO
n include the salaries paid to nigh
I5oo teachers whose pay runs frcln
rg 10 $1,000 and even 81, 800.
4 few welcome additions probably
NJ iCin the States teaching .orce
l1 those soldiers who are taking
uses at the University OF the Sor-
,ane in Paris, the University OF
Hlouse and other European ulil-
sKities return to this country. Ii
sns to be little known in America
ii MANY soldiers in France We're
Aased from military duty in order
1t they might pursue courses at
iTersities while awaiting their re-
N home. Several thousand of them
\ complete courses on June 30.
ley were young college men, io~
most part many of them not hay
completed their studies i'm Ameri-
before joining the amy. They
doubtless find they are better
tipped for teaching French than
anything else at present. Local
Cheers agencies, in fact, report
Fral inquiries from them.
y. Stephens said he thought these
iiers should make ideal teachers
French and any other language
Y may have mastered while away,
he was disposed to place them as
as they should apply. They
uld combine, he said, splendid
a on discipline caught from the
y, and thorough familiarity with
II subjects, its pronunciation,
akinu opd ro,l;