The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-05-20
COMMUNICATIONS
As TO Teachers sls-ss

To Tue L@ader.-A srsat ircu-s c'
diss2tistac-son sxtrs Aarcnrsr ra-
grade teachers orr RE uaW "a arrv
schedule ss snncu1csa sg the ec3rs
c. esucasiou last ~sa's Sah1ss -
teachers ara gong 80 raesdlv fhs
year. mech more thar rhev tH1 Ms
ye&r salaries we-s irtre1sst aA,rls
% per cent LAST rear we;rk was no.
/. In Truporsion TO the srur--cnf Increase
Va liVinE expenses and most of toe
boards os education ars izereas5nE ths
salaries ot the teachers arai- this
y~a- 70 make ~ for rhe increase rafr
was due them the ysar before The
's~ache-s os Gaihris teel that they are
about the poorest Fald aggregation al
their profession IN ,he state and that
the s. increase offered them 6y the
board Is nor as all adequate 20 brlng
their salaries aa TO -he standards Of
he other neigh5oring csrtes IL makes
the maximum salary q GutArie s-ss
o. q lsrsAe less than $50 per month
There is not q hEsin@s firm liz Guthrie
thar Il not pairing higher wage scale
than ;Ast Oklahozia Ctty's -.aximum
salary for grade teachers is S-aaN.
that OF Tulsa j. $1,000. Enid ts Tayinr
$500 and so is Fl Reno. Chickash@ and
La~toa II sA~raf that Guthrie ts
standing 2lozs in aer IoE salaries see
Is offering her teachers. The G9th-
rls teachers srp On rsr WITH th>s~s
NJ the best sysseras In the state No
city in Oklahoma requires AiEher
standard ot schcaarship than GGfhFee
ard yes roze offers 80 low salsrr
Either the standards in Guthrie n,usG
se lowered Or The salaries raised Sew-
sral OF she verv best teachers asr1
: already rssce-Fe-i ossers from o-her
cities and have acrevsed One Teacher
a1s SIN otter ct siGp@ as a Teacher il
the Tulsa schools Two or three 9th
= ~At -b h1 0sAAAEAlAkt J, NY &ea4 >fse44E
s-e going 70 Drum ight. those cssies
sre OF ra@ Aooko9r scr good teachers I
supe Overhctser OF Tulsa. annonnce6 Z
r. Csarhrie last week that hs had to
ind lee rs~ teachers Supi White
ord ot Okiahora City says hs wilg
-VrElov all sh@ gaci teachers he can
ind as he will aee1 large number
( additions to h5s so-ce to siIg an the
iew buildings now being bGiit IL
Ikrzhcrna City .
In the tzee os fheHa conditions /.
rouId seem 1nwssa fcr The local board
{ e,iEcatsc- 70 ALLOW lis best tezchg-x
, slip Away from Guthrie ard 20 10
her fields aud il she srd hare 70
n rheir places ~Srh Incompetent ma
rial ~ higher szisrT tha1 81 is
syins th@ teachers that a-e sere now
Izrv Of them =fu leave u1less ttei
sfzrSes are raised TO what they saoal1 V
?. TIE p9bTie y strongly in fzvor OF
: adequate raise Of tsae1eEsr saazri-
Gutkrss That Eas one os rhz del
a1ts made by the Patrons eaut snit
se OF the REASONS vhy that o-zx1s- y,
.tsou put It's szp-ota polsdly behind a.
= levy rhis yszr A sssz-T schesiale %
from 80 10 s1f.s per month rsth =.
- regard to experience and p-spars- 4
d wiI satisfy the teachers Of Grrh- O.
= The board hzs plenty Of funds 3
carry o1t tbs schedule II zsy -
can that the INSTALLATION OF the kin- il
srgsrren department vIII have TO be 81
spsn<et ritA for this yezr. b7t that q
q better D done than to cripple the co
-ozx teaching force that II has tskea
'zrs 90 bald u2- The board shoaid OF
ke action O. shis matter at once.- =
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