Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

body back of the school problem" Mr..
Corby said. "None need fear that we
VIII not have the loyal support Of
every business man in washington.
After a resume of the beginnings of
the council, Mr. Corby paid tribute to
Mr.. Ufford. whom. he declared, had
advised a committee from the Rotary
Club. which was seeking some service
10 perform, that the school problem
OF the District presented the best field
ror service today.
Our first big duty" Mr.. C.orby told
the club members, sis to get T. ,reases in
salary for the teachers. Ife need Is
SO great that 1t seems as it it ought
70 De easy of attainment. Inc wage
increase committee has had one meet
ing, and expects to have It's report
III ABOUT a weeks time.
me speaker explained the various
obJectiVes of the council already out
iined, and declared that the council
GOES not want too many Committees
going before Congress- The great
question, he said, Is how to present
the requests of the citizens SO they
can be realized.
Calls Teachers GOODS Own"
The needs are 30 great that I can
not but feel the way will be pro-
vlded for" Mr.. Corby said. we, as
a people. have not begun to apprect-
ate our school teachers. l look upon
are not being paid. If 1t wasn't for
the mother-love in their hearts there
would be no schools today.
| believe the thing we should
the foundation is the school child. Per
sonally. / would say that school
teachers should get the highest sal
aries OF salaried persons. But We put
! the least where we expect the most.
II we can't give the best salaries,
then we have got to expect what we
give.
The National Capital School Bet
terment Council does not seek to
place itself in the foreground at all.
do not expect to take the problem out
OF the hands of those running the
school system"
DIR. Ramsay Gives Salary Data.
DR.. Ramsay told of the salaries now
being paid grade and high school
teachers in the District. The for
| mer, he said. received from $3.50 to
S1,100 a year, the last salary after
working ten years. The high school
he said, some getting as much as
| $4,000 with a bonus. A small group
| receive $4,000 a year.
Aren't we ashamed of it?" asked
Dr. Ramsay
How can we citizens Of this great
conscious that the woman teachers in
the grades, who teach the child in the
impressionable years, are receiving
but $3.50 a year,"
Dr. Ramsay told the club that there
are nine cases of appropriations made
| for schools here, but that in each
| case the cost of building had so risen
| that the funds available are entirely
| Inadequate. He said that the Pet.
| worth School has an appropriation OF
S7000e, but that it would cost s19l' !,
900 to build it today. The proposed
new Eastern High School. he said mas
an appropriation of 100000, but that
| bids today call for 100000.
Committee Chnfrmen Announced.
DR.. Meeker announced the follow
ing chairmen of committees OF the
Monday Evening Club:
Reception. Louis A. Simon; MEMBER
ship, Mrs. Walter S. Ufford; BANQUET
Mrs. Louis BrownioW; rGmealal ioa "a
Legislation, William H. Baldwin; the
Juvenile Court, J. Wilmer Latimer;
modern municipal lodging house. Miss
Aline T.. Solomons; provision tor the
care of the feeble minded, George >.
Wilson: supervision of dependent ana
neglected children. Mrs. Whitman
Cross; housing, Milton Strasburger
health supervision of school children,
Willard S. Small; special schools, w.
B. Patterson; open air schools. Selden
NJ. Ely: use of school buildings as
social and civic centers, Miss Cecil B.
! Norton; municipal care and super
vision of the tuberculous, DR.. William
C. Fowler; child labor legislation, Mrs.
Louis Brownlow; social hygiene, DR..
| George NJ. Kober; infant welfare.
| DIR. Joseph S. Wall; the delinquent
girl Mrs. Jennie T. Griffith; standard
ization of charities, Walter S. Ufford.
| New Members Elected.
| New members elected to member
ship in the club last night included
Mrs. Thomas w. Walton, Miss Lor-
torella, Edward D. Shaw, Miss Maria
Ewing, Charles I. Corby, Miss Alice
Deal, Miss Maud r. Cavanaugh,
Arthur I. Ramsay, Miss Maud Alton,
Miss Marcia Bready. Miss F. NJ.
Rhodes, Miss E. Natalie Mathews,
Miss Pauline Goldmark. Miss Eliza
beth Brandeis. Joseph Berberich, Will
lard D. Bigelow and Miss Ethel NJ.
| Smith.