Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-26

TEAoIIERs AND TIE SCHOOLS.

Eu"cation' regarding the bonuses
siFoH inc 'e'theis' particularly IN rel
erehce 10 the three teachers VINO were
IN th9 service OF the government dur
ing the war, 5traightens out the aP-
parent misunderstanding mat existed
III ms ih''.t1 ana oashI 10 ehd the
ag'tatioh ana eli1ei7ia mat the mis-
unu''Sl''H'h6 ha1 stlffeu up
AS TOT ts BONUSES MT. Sheeh9
showed tu'l me bo3ra o. Euucalion
was meioiy i'It'"ihs out the wording
OF 'he contract "hleh the board has
WIN every te3chef' ms contract
Pfo'IueS 'N't Hliy uoilai bonus Is 70
De paiu II Two ihstaiiihehts' twenty
hVc ooIlhT7 IN december ana went
hNe uo'larS III June Inc BOARD II
seems Is ooiHE eAdetiy "n@I II asree"
{" 40 an" 10 "'teA me teacHerS 'hem-
serves "s'eeo' NO thotsht was ever
gwen 10 " 80 ooAus lot eN-SefNIco
men,
AS Tor the e@-aerFlce men, accotu-
ms 10 MI 9heehy, there are thfee
teachers "he were taken BACK al'er tle
war ana an three returned at a greatly
Increased salary one OF theSe men
received an increase OF 9ooV' announcer
an increase OF @fVV' ana the othor "ii
increase OF 9@90. IL was oe-
u h school board desired TO DO
something Tor these men upon theIr
return that THESE increases were made
with n increases. IN w OF the cases.
went better ana more responsible posi-
TONS but az there was such Il SUD-
stahtlu increase IN salary Tor THESE
men 1t was deemed only rlght that the
claim ior a bonus IN ada1tioh shoulo
De waived. rms was agreed TO by
the men apparently ana as Iar as the
school BOARD Is concerned there Has
been no compliant by them as 10 the
way they were beng treated
u S at present 1Aere Is d great "SA-
tation for the general Improvement OF
the educalloh3I system OF the state
n an increase IN the salaries lor
teachers' AheFe Is no ooupC Ihat Ihe
general STANDARD OF salaries Tor the
teaching profession shoulu De r"ISeu'
put the proper place TO 40 inns Is
through the legislature Assembly,
man DeNoe' VINO the
cause or the teachers last year. mas
another Dill TINS year whlch ne pro-
proses to Introduce making the MINI
this state $l,ooo. rms Dill shoulo De
passed.
\ But In the teachlhs pfolessloh' Ike
In every other line or WORK. lhere are
persons employed VINO are not worm
even as much salary as they are get
ing; also there are some VINO are
worth a great deal moro IMAM they are
receiving In a private business these
teachers YOU'D be PAID ACCORDING 10
their own worth and aplilty' In pup
lie schools. and In government WORK
generally II IS Impossible 10 nus us
erlmlnate. ihere must be a
wage and the good and the BAD get
the same Tor the same ilne Oh WORK
To fix a salary SO that the best teach
ers would get what hey are worth
would mean mat a great many m
competent eachers-and there are
lots of them speaking generally
would be greatly o~Ver-pald' On the
other hand h competent IL EN-
cient teacher are greatly under-pald
when the standard Is hXed so as 10
give the mcompetents only what they
are worth "a , hiouium e"o"lN
oe louhu 10 epuallAe ue pay DIS nearly
as poSsiole' out 'he minimum Siou'N
AT ieaS' oe sl'VoV' II Is apparent 'h"V
'he ieeiSiu'"'' - One p'"0e u '"ii'
On tnIs aslC"IioH us INC SoNoo's "e
largely uhuer STATE coh'ro'' Inc nuni-
cip"ii'ieS "ei'5 iV'''i''eu III 'Ne man
@selieh' OF 'le Schools pS S'"'e law
ms - particularly u"o !" 'oleiV''