The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-05-20
THE SITUATION IN


One-seventh Of the teachers of
Clay and Wilbargcr counties resign
ed during the current year, accord
/ ing to reports Of County Supcrintcn-
dent Hugh Moore Of Clay county
and J. n Fulcher Of Wilbarger coun.
I a., received by the State Teachers
I Association. Thirteen Of Clay coun
| tvs ninety teachers quit; ten teach
ers Of lower qualifications were cm-
ployed in their places, three vacancies
/ persisted till the close Of school and
| one school remained closed TO the end
of the term. Superintendent fulcher
/ reports forty-six teachers, more than
/ half. in Wilbarger county have sec
/ ond grade certificates. The average
pay Of teachers is SIS per month
! for assistants; carpenters receive
5000 to S240 per month and common
! laborers get 1925 10 $3.50 IN the
same county.
Rusk county lost thirty Of It's
| teachers during the current year, and
twenty-four in Upshur county quit
since Fall, according TO reports OF
| County Superntendents Elder Of
! Gilmer and Padgett of Henderson,
made to the Texas State Teachers
| Association. All recent applicants for
certificates but one in Upshur coun-
ty were without experience and were
seeking the lowest grade certificate
/ issued BY the State Twenty Of Rusk
county's thirty-six applicants have
never taught and another ten had
taught less than one year. or Gregg
county applicants Superintendent ;.
! l.. Wilson says, we had seventeen
applicants for certificates at the last
examination, most of them school
girls in the eighth grade. II some Of
them were to happen TO pass and
schools be turned over to these un-
| educated children, It might well dis
gust the children with schools and
books"
Burleson, Fayette and Washington
counties are TO have unframed teach
ers in charge Of their country schools
for next year II recent applicants for
certificates in those counties are en-
ployed, according TO reports made by
the county superintendents TO the
Texas State Teachers Association.
OF the thirty-nine applicants in the
three counties. thirty-one we're en-
tirely without experience and not
one Of the remaining nine had taught
as much as seven months. Twenty
eight Of the group were less than -
years Of age. Last year we had IS
teachers working their first year ~
Fayette county says Superintendent
G. A STERLING Of LaGrangc. "and
eighteen Of them had not taught be
fore" Lee Hensley, Superintendent
Of Burleson county, says his county
will have 90 employ 0ne-fourth Of
its teachers next year from among
applicants without experience.
Five schools or rooms in McCu.-
loch and Mason counties have remain
ed closed for the present term on
account Of inability TO secure teach
ers, according 90 reports Of Judge
/ C.. II Garrett. ex-ofhcio county su-
[ perintendent Of Mason county. and
/ W VI. Deans, county superintendent
/ Of McCulloch county To fill the va-
I cancies for next year in these and
| Llano county fifteen persons have
/ applied for certificates. Ten asked
I for the lowest grade certificates au-
| thorized by the State, seven have
never taught and FIVE Of the remain
[ ing seven have taught less than one
I school term There were las teach
ers In the three counties this year
with 5.057 pupils. Judge a +. Moore.
I ey-oiilcio superintendent Of ilan0
county alone reports an increase In
I school taxes for next term and that
/ In but one district