Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-23
MORE TEACHERS
|. ARE NEEDED IN
j. 8. IS CLAIM
Of EDUCATE ORS
$4,000, Well Trained, Re-
Quired at Once to Take
Vacant Positions or Re-
place InConnpetentS,
EDUCATORS FLOCKING
INTO CLEVELAND, 0.
Semi-AnnuaI Superintend-
entS' Meeting Which Be-
gins Tuesday viii Deal
With Many Problems,
Esy MORNING youanAL SPECIAL LEASED wIREI

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wREI
Cleveland, O., Feb. 22.---More
than 1000 delegates had oeen reg
istered tonight to attend the semi
annual meeting of the department
superintendence of the educational
field association from all parts OF
the country. Approximately 5000
delegates are expected to be on
hand when the first meeting of
the department of superintendent
opens Tuesday morning.
During the week many leading
educators of the country will dis
cuss educational problems and the
convention will adopt resolutions
respecting solutions.
The only meeting held today
was a conference of the committee
on national emergency in educa-
ton, representative of all groups
of education. which discussed the
questions of shortage and salaries
OF teachers and the Smith-ToWner
bill to create a secretary of educa-
ton in the presidents cabinet, and
La S1OO,0O0.000 annual federal sub
sidy for public schools,
Scores of the educators ana
teachers occupied Cleveland pulpits
this morning and evening.
The problem of finding approx
imately $4,000 well trained teach
ers to take positions either vacant
or filled with incompetents now,
according to prominent educators,
and the question of a minimum
salary schedule of $1,000 per an
mum for beginners and a maxi
mum of $2,100 for the 100000
elementary school teachers of the
country now receiving $500 per an
rum, according to the report of
1.-THE bureau of education, will be
the paramount topics before the
convention. Other important ques-
tons will include:
Passage of the Smith Towner
bill; universal military training;
health crusades throughout the
school systems, including a con-
Ecrete program for physical culture;
broadening of Americanizatlon
work as applied to schools and
teachers; affiliation of teachers
organizations with labor unions;
necessity of teaching patriotism in
the public schools and whether a
icourse in patriotism should be
made a part of the curriculum.
The Smith-Towner bill, creating
Ian additional federal cabinet posi-
Ition, has caused much speculation
lamong delegates as to whether a
man or woman should be chosen
for the post in the event the bill
passes.
Among those mentioned as cam
didates for the position in case the
bill becomes a law is Mrs. Mary c.
Bradford superintendent of pub
Ilic instruction for Colorado and
mast president of the National Ed
ucation association.
Mrs. Bradford when asked her
opinion as to whether or not a de-
mand for a woman secretary of ed
ueation would be made. said:
whether a man or woman fills
this important position is of small
moment.
1T has been said one reason
women have lent their adherence
to the creation of a department of
education is that they intend to
urge the appointment of q woman
las the first secretary of education.
Personally, / do not believe this
| is so.
"While all thinking women
would be glad to see as first ap-
pointee a woman fitted by nature,
training and experience to dis
charge the functions of such an Of
| flee. yet l do not believe that this
Hope has motivated the action of
| the hundreds of thousands of
American women who have in
| dorsed the bill.
ut is my hope that the bill will
| be enacted into law and that the
| first secretary of education,
whether man or woman. may be
ideally fitted to serve the nation"