The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-19

of the mems college than usual will be-
come teachers. SO the current is not
running all one way-away from the
schools.
Nor is the reason far to seek. Some
of the young men are already engaged at
salaries as high as 81 soc, plus living eN
pcnses, and some of the Middlebury
young women have already signed con
tracts at 81 200. These salaries are not
on a proftecr basis. to be sure, but they
do represent substantial increases above
beginners pay in the past, and they may
be taken to indicate that the tide has
turned in this matter OF teachers remun-
Grafton.
There is another aspect of the case.
lTddlcbury has reputation for training
teachers. For more than century it
has sent large proportion of its grad
yates into educational work Its aim
has been to make teachers rather than
educational theorists 1t is only fair to
point out that these Young men and
women are being thoroughly trained for
their work.
This is sonnet thing. we fancy. that will
figure more and more in the matter OF
teachers pay. The cities and towns
have got to pay more i'll order to hold
what teachers they have End get enough
more to fill out the stalls. This is true
enough. but it is also true that while pay
has been low. the requirements have
also been low in some instances. With
increased remuneration will come closer
scrutiny as to qualifications. There is
going to be no eNtravagant scaling up of
salaries for teachers who know little
more than enough to ring the bell The
trained teacher, however, the patient
worker who has studiously prepared for
vocation, is beginning To get the good
effects of the campaign of education il
regard 10 teachers incomes
80 much has been said about the mea
ger pay of the teachers that one wonders
, whether or not an important aspect OF
this question has been overlooked By
some of our promising young people
The LAW OF supply and demand function,
despite efforts To set il aside. There is
! sort of teacher famine That throws a.
n the advantage i'll competition to tn
teacher who is best qualified. Instead o
i being discouraged by the low pay of In
4 past and the none too liberal remunera
: ton OF the present transition period iii
:, ambitious and studionS Young tcache
ought to be encouraged in situation i
: which the simple laws of competitio
e cannot but operate to The benefit of I'll
iittest. Pay enough to get and hol
them has got to be given. Those VII
!. have to raise and pay the larger sun
10 will look sharply to their candidates, an
p Will engage the best who can be ol
- tanned. Tie competent. trained teach
: IS sure OF an opportunity TO work al
DO her best work at better pay than Ii;
:, been obtained in The past and with go,
- prospects of advance.
III This IS clear enough STILL one feels
II there must have been some pref
good work done in AIdtIlebltrv to make
,e- 50 plain to the young people of the c,
: lege that they have been held true to t
Middlebury tradition.
d And as this is written, here comes
he item from our own state college, iudica
lis ing that > per cent of the senior ella.
the usual proportion, is to go into teac
ing as profession. Some good work
being done and is becoming effective.