El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-16
BOARD REALIZES
NEED OF RAISE
Education Trustees Listen
To Teachers Plea for
More Salary.

When Mrs Empress Arlington, who
represented the FL Paso Teachers as
ISOLATION. presented her request for
Increased salaries for the teachers OF
this city TO the school board Tuesday
night. she impressed upon the board
the critical situation OF the teachers
and the extreme necessity Of imme-
date relief AIRS. Arlington stated
that she had gathered statistics from
the different cities OF the country a.
wen rs Investigated the legal side OF
The question relative to ways of pro-
viding funds Tor the present emer-
eency and had found that the local
I'D Vaiorem tax rate which is now
Sl-slle cannot be raised TO more than
-. but that an additional rate Of 10
cents added TO the present rate would
be sufficient TO meet the need.
She also said that the board could
borrow money as other boards of the
country were doing and seemed TO
feel this was the most plausible way
OF meeting the present situation. Mrs.
Arlington said
Cannot Live On Pay.
Il don't want 10 ask an impossible
thing but unless the impossible is
done, our schools are ruined. Our
best teachers are planning 10 go into
other work unless their pay is m
creased for they cannot live on what
they now get
Il am not asking the raise for my
self but for the girls who are going
into debt but 1 would like TO state
right here thai have to economic
in order 10 come out even and get
a salary Of $500 a year I might add
that when a girl who is unable to
make the eighth grade OF the junior
high school in school is now making
$50 in government work ahd that an
other girl with SIX months training
is making more than I after II years
of service in your schools as principal.
teachers should not be expected to
remain in the profession"
Recognize Need.
Members Of the board concurred
with Mrs Arlington as TO the need
OF the raise and it vas stated by
president E II. Wb5.aker that while
The trustee electicn was on. the can
didates were in faTor of the raise and
something shyuld be done He said
T believe we ought to raise the
81 laries if we have TO cut elsewhere"
sills amounting to over $4,000 were
n--rreT paid by the board A petition
from the Parent-Teachers' association
g.. tne high school for the expendi-
ture Of $500 for providing a watering
system for the trees. grass and flowers
on rhe high school grounds was
means Of raising the money had been
found
ResignaffOns Received.
Reservations Of Mrs Y. I. Boggs-
Mrs. Matte Keithly, Miss Gertrude
Eirueser and Miss Helen Il Swift were
accepted The request for TIE con-
st~uction Of tennis courts at The high
school was granted. A request from
Airs Eunice Payne TO be allowed 10
sell Thrift stamps in the Alta Vista
school was refused The petition for
holidays on Thursday and Friday pre-
ceding Easter Sunday was turned
down
ar. Clayton and Mrs. J G. McGrady
were appointed 10 represent the board
I'm the expenditure Of $1,000 turned
over 10 the high school by the city
council
Big Attendance.
Tn his report Mr.. Tighe stated that
the hgh water mark in attendance
was reached during the past month
and THAT there was now an enrolment
Of over 1900 children in the city
schools He recommended that teach
crs be elected al the earliest pos
sihle date and requested the approval
~ the proposed Iowner bill for the
Establishment Of a department Of edu-
cation The request was granted
The board adjourned 20 hold spe-
cial meeting Tuesday night OF next
week when the new members OF the
board. % a. Andreas. Crawford Har-
Vie. Mrs 7 g 1lcGrady and Chas- B.
Stevens viii be sworn in and the re-
firing members be formally made