Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-28
SALARIES TOO
LOW TO APPEAL
TO TEACHERS
100 County and City School
Superintendent Give
Opinion to Survey.
MANY FUNDS SHALLOW

Salaries which must be offered by
boards of education throughout the state
are too low to attract high school teach
ers, is the consensus of opinion Of more
than 100 superintendent Of county and
city schools OF Indiana.
That statement was brought out In a
survey of conditions in Indiana high
schools, conducted by E. 8. Wetherow,
high school inspector, made public today.
The report includes a detailed sum
pary of all vacancies and the visible
supply Of high school teachers in the
state.
In answer to the question, What in
your opinion is the chief difficulty in fill
ing vacancies in your cityf' htty-slH
city superintendents, or u per cent OF
them. said the salaries they must oHer
are too low to attract teachers.
- Fifty county superintendent reported
&that the funds are insufficient 10 pay sal
aries asked by qualified high school
ca cheers.
i Reports from eighty-four county su-
Fperintendents show that but 20 per cent
Of the high school teachers have been
employed for the township and town
high schools for the coming year.
An additional per cent can be en-
RA0gGQ 4EuAA AnatEAAtAA III N--cAA 800
Ties, they estimate.
MUST GO
OUTSIDE FIELD.
The trustees must so outside their OVID
communities to obtain the remaining %
per cent Of their teachers to Ill the va
cancies.
Reports from seventy eight city super
intendents reveal the fact that SO per
cent Of the high school teachers have
been employed for next year.
None. they cay, is available in the
local districts.
The other Il FER cent Of the teaching
STAFF remains TO be filed by teachers
brought in from outside the state.
To fill ell positions in city and rural
high schools in the state 4,526 teachara
must be employed.
Approximately $3.50 teachers already
have signed contracts.
Superintendents say they believe about
100 teachers can be obtained by securing
the vicInities in which the schools are
located.
The various colleges, universities and
training schools IN Indiana have reported
that 203 available, unemployed high school
teachers, seventy-seven Of whom are grad
yates. are in their schools this summer.
II aH these teachers are employed there
will still remain 80 vacancies for high
school teachers in the state, with no VS.
ible supply to i'll them.
Marion county high schools employing
sixty-fve teachers. lack twelve instruc-
tors to complete the teaching STAFF.
The city Of Indianapolis IS more for
mate, having practically every vacancy
He'd. according TO Inspector Wetherow.
GREATEST NEED IN
MARSHALL COUNTY.
Tie greatest needs for teachers are
IN Marshall county, which employ
ffty-seven teachers and needs twenty
two Of that amount and Huntington
county, which lacks fifteen teachers 20
complete its STAFF OF forty Eve
Many vacancies Of the counties which
employ small teaching STATS are but
half filed.
There are two ways to get teachers
for the schools declared Inspector
Wetberow.
"One way IS for the state board Of
education TO authorize Superintendent
Hines to issue permits 10 teachers who
are not at the present time fully quail
fed" -.---
The other way IS that the trustees and
school boards TO increase the salaries OF
the teachers to such point as may bring
back former teachers who have gone into
other and more profitable businesses"
The latter way is practically impossible
IN view OF the fact that there IS a lack
Of money in the Golfers Of the school
boards.
other states face a similar situation.
90 there IS not a great chance OF secur-
ing out-of- state instructors"
No quorum was available at a meet
Ing Of state board of education yesterday
, and the discussion Of the situation will
confront the board at the next meeting,
the tentative date Of which has been set
for next Tuesday.
500 FIRE At GROCERY.
Fire caused a loss Of 500 at Charles
C0xs grocery, col Virginia avenue, last