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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
GIVES REMEDY FOR
TEACHING CONDITIONS
Columbia Professor Quotes Sen
sationaI Figures at Annual
Convention of New Jer-
sey Teachers.

Atlantic City.@eSix per cent of all
the schools il the United States were
closed for want of teachers beginning
of the present fall term
IAN inquiry made In November
showed that one-third of the country
schools in six Southern States were
closed on account of the imposSibility
of securing teachers"
"Only one-ifth of the teachers In the
United States before the war had edu-
cational and professional training
equivalent to or more than high school
graduation and two years normal
school training"
These were some Of the sensational
statements made by Professor George
D. Strayer, of Columbia University, in
his address before the sixty-fifth an
nual convention of the New Jersey
State Teachers Association here.
Professor Strayer recommended the
following remedy:
"One-An existence wage, which
would NEAR the possibility of adequate
food, housing, medical and dental serv-
ice anu LHe like. L estimate that lHlS
would require at the present level of
prices, $1,000.
"Two-A saving wage, which Is to
provide against illness and old age.
From ten to twenty per cent would
have to be added to the existence wage
to guarantee economic independence
to the teachers.
'Three-A culture wage. Teachers
should not only exist and feel secure
but they should have a life worth liv-
ing, with books, travel, music and
other forms of recreation, to say moth
ing of continued professional opportuni-
ties that are necessary If teachers are
TO pass on to the children the social
and spiritual inheritance Of the race.
The culture wage would have to be
from ten to twenty per cent more
than the saving and existence wage.
"Four-A professional wage for
those who show an unusual ability and
who wish to make teaching a life ca
reer. For these teachers a maximum
wage which will grant more than ex-
istence, more than the minimum wage
of saving and more than the minimum
culture scale"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
GRADUATES EARN MORE
THAN FORMER TEACHERS

That graduates of the commercial
departments of New Jersey high
schools after one year III the BUSINESS
world carr more than their former
teachers is clearly shown by reports
received from teachers in five of the
commercial departments of schools
in this state.
Graduates of the commercial de-
partment of the Camden high school,
according to teachers of that institu-
ton, are able to command a salary of
$14 to SIS a week Immediately after
leaving school $40 a week in Sep
TENDER of the same year, and $25 or
more after n years experience. New
Brunswick's commercial department
teachers report that their graduates
are paid as high as $50 a week to
start, and that some of the boys grad
uating from this school have started in
in positions paying $125 a month.
Graduates from the commercial de-
partment of the Atlantic City high
school average $15 to $50 a week at
the outset, according to reports from
that city, while graduates of the New
ark Central high schools department
receive an average salary of $15 a
week to start and after a years ex-
p%erience average $25 a week. Boys
run higher" according to a report sent
to the School and Teacher Campaign
Headquarters.
The wage of the average teacher in
New Jersey is about $40 a week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10

Whereas 1t has pleased Divine Providence
10 remove from the scene of his earthly ac-
tivities our esteemed brother. James F. Price,
and
Whereas During his membership in the
Bargaintown Grange. being a charter mem
Der, he had by his deyotiOns and interest in
its welfare, wrought much for its progress
and had by cordiality endeared himself to
all our members. Now, therefore. be it
Resolved. That the members Of Bargain
town Grange do hereby give expressions of
profound regret that the death of our broth
er, James f. Price. has deprived BaTgaintown
Grange of a member Of splendid character,
OF a loyal and diligent worker. Therefore.
be it
Resolved. That this resolution be spread
upon the minutes and a copy sent to the
bereaved family. also printed in the local
paper.
S. Y. WILSON,
Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
LABOR WANTS SQUARE
DEAL FOR CHILDREN

"Of the many arguments advanced
urging an increase in the salaries Of
the teachers in the public schools" de-
clared Benjamin Chaplin, editor of The
Railroad Employee, a magazine de-
voted to the interests of all classes Of
railroad men. none appeals to me
with more conviction than that this
issue has a vital and particular interest
to the workingman in the fact that
his children should be afforded an
equal opportunity with the children Of
those who can afford to give Their
every educational advantage
ample financial means afford"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
REPORT OF SCHOOL NO.
FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER
Kathryn Fleisher, Principal.

Number of pupils enrolled, 697.
The percentage of attendance for
the month was SAT. The banner for
best attendance during the month was
awarded the Eighth Grade class, whose
percentage of attendance was 92.16.
Grade s, Mrs. Hopf: Anna May Col
Inns, Martha Cramer, Dorothy Evans,
Edna Kroger, Eva Reid, Agnes Wilson,
William Scarborough, Ralph Schussler.
Grade 7, Mrs. Steelman: Alice Booth,
Mary Hewes, Anna Madara, Mae Simp-
kins, Frances Thomas, Helen Trum-
bore, Kathryn Whitman, Philip Horn
brook, John Platt, Andy Streichert,
Jack Kinsell.
Grade 7, Miss Pyfer: Hazel Adams,
Kathryn Shappell, Lila Woolbert, Lew
Is Bowen, Mark Bowen.
Grade 6, Miss Valentine: Mary
Boice, Eleanor Crowder, Mary Cramer,
Martha Collins, Clara Leeds, Theresa
Lavigna, Edna Mannery. Dorothy
Stiles, Agnes Pascarella, Ruth Seiwell,
Harry Dilks, Marian Trumbore. Ell
wood Bowen, William Brooks, Ernest
Booth.
Grade s, Miss Viana: Edna Duncan,
Delma Kline, Margaret Lochel, Mil
dred Nelson, Anna Schussler, Jeanette
St. Clair, George Guthoff, Albert Nick
erson, Tony OngarOla, Charles Peleig-
ge Walter Smith.
Grade 5, Miss Davis: Miriam Klair,
Winifred ST. John, Kathryn Woolbert,
Orion Doughty. Earl P. Field, William
Green. NELSON PhfiT1ps. ne nvs aesv
art.
Grade ., Miss Hays: Myrtle Conover,
Dorothy quinr,- Ssaa6frsd AThrayter.
Robert Crowder, Earl %Shappell, Vir-
ginia Moretti, Charles Horton.
Grade 4. Miss Cramer: Elizabeth
Hartley, Thelma Lake, Roberta Mar
shall, Marie O~ttenheimer. Virginia
Weeks, Louis Collins, Elwood Dix,
Paul Koehler.
Grade 4, Miss King: Cora Conover,
Doris Kinsell, Virginia Newman, Doro-
thy Sampson. Elizabeth Thomas, The
odore Evans. Walter Fenton, Leroy
Houser, Norman Miller, Walter Reit-
meyer, Lewis Seymour.
Grades 8 and 4, Miss Brockway:
Helen Booth, Helene McClam, Mabel
Olsen, Frank Gillingham, George Mil
Ter, Walter Kinsell, Joseph Fields
Grade 8, Mrs. Souder: Tillie Ware,
Mary Harmon, George Somers, Marga-
ret Hughes.
GTdue D, MISS myers. 11uJH Ddley
Catherine Van Sykel, Thomas Cusack,
Joseph De Vito, Floyd Reid.
Grade 2, Mrs. Collins: Frances Boice,
Florence Evans, Grace Kirkbride, Mary
Rutledge, Ruth Thompson, Jennie Van
Syckel, Melvin Cramer, Edward Goeh-
Ter, Warren Smith.
Grade 2, Mrs. McAnney: Florence
Adams, Anita Hires. Rayanna Lafferty,
Edmund Fenton, William Hosbach.
Owen Koehler, Vernon Miller, Harley
Rossman, Albert Harmon.
Grade 2, Miss Lake: Ruth Brooks,
Ethelyn Swain, James Angoralo. Park
er Cramer.
Grade 1, Miss Smith: Mildred Gin
derella, Wesley Norton, Franklin Nick
ersOn, Daniel Porreca.
Grade l, Miss Mcpherson: Sherman
DeMill, Charles Ange, Richard Gilling-
ham, Agnes Duty, Eleanor %Finkbeiner,
Elizabeth Goehler.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
NOTICE. [

Notice is hereby given that the following
local budget and tax ordinance were approved
by the Township Committee of the TOWNSHIP
of Galloway, County of Atlantic, on the etf
day of January, 1920.
A hearing on the budget and tax ordinance
will be held at the Town Hall, Smithville, on
Saturday. the oath day of January, 1920, al
l O'Clock p: NJ, at which time and place
objections to Said budget and tax ordinance
of the Township of Galloway for the year
1920 may be presented by any tax payer OF
said Township.
Local Budget of Township of Galloway.
County of Atlantic. for the fiscal year 1920.
This Budget shall also constitute the Tax
ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE relating to taxes for the
year 1920.
Be it Ordained by the Township Commit
tee of the Township of Galloway, County of
Atlantic, that there shall be assessed, raised
by taxation and collected for the year 1920
the sum of Eleven thousand three hundred
eighty five and $500 dollars ($11, 1856. S8)
for the purpose of meeting the appropria-
tions set forth in the following statement of
resources and appropriations for the fiscal
year 1920.
Amount of Surplus Revenue. So, 296.47
Resources, Anticipated Revenues.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
CARD OF THANKS.

Walter Yates, brother of Mrs. Re-
becca Creasey, and family, desire to
express to all those who assisted them
in their sad bereavement their sincere
appreciation, especially the Rebeka
Lodge of Odd Fellows and the other
organizations of which she was a mem
her
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
IN EMoRIAM

TREEN.-In memory of Mr.. William
Treen, who died Jan. 18th, 1919.
I often sit and think of you when l
am all alone, for memory is the only
friend that grief can call it's own
Sadly missed by wife and daughters.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10

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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-10
12,e12.35 $1o,593.55
Appropriations.

$12,612.35 $40, $685.
This Ordinance shall take effect >as pro-
vided by law.
Dated Jan. 9th, 1920.
HARRY H. HOLZER,
Clerk of Galloway Township.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03
MILITARIsM SURVIVES.

ERMANY has million men under arms in spite
- of the armistice terms dictated by Marshal Foch.
Three times that many men are reported to be serving
under the flag of the Soviet government of Russia and
recent reports from the latter country indicate that this Red
army at last IS an efficient military force.
The existence of Of these forces probably has con-
siderable TO do with the exteace of the other but if the
two at any stage should happen be joined offensive
campaign against the emocracies to the west good many
unpleasant things might happen in very short time.
here is, of course small probability that anything like
this could happen but the fact that fourteen months after
the end of hos6es there should be so many fully armed
and equipped soldiers in Europe which is so completely
bankrupt that has been able figure out just how
bad the financial and economic condition is is pointed
and unanswerabe arragnmeq Of the who have been
charged with the responsibility for working out the peace
terms
One of the things that the war was expected to bring
10 broken world was relief from the burden Of mlitarl
But the basis of this showing Mars is still riding on the
neck Of Europe insolenty as he did in the days of
Hohenzoem might, and the only nations that have shown
any tendency to dsam get rid of the cost of huge
ornaments the two from which the world has the least
to fear
The rule seems to the more dangerous and backward
the people the bigger their armies and the heavier the bur-
den they are bearing because of them. This is new
threat at the peace of the world and dangerous one
For the fact that exists the world has thank the dplo-
matss who could not the vision and from the first
plotted the Versailles treaty into an old fashioned
predatory peace The delays and the changes in program
which this brought about have literally given new effect
to the war;
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03
.COUGHED NIGHT and
day FOR TWO Years
Mr.. Parkhurst Found Quick Relief
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~ commenced taking everything my
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Finally l got hold Of Milks Emul-
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03
RANGING AS A SoFTENINC INFLUENCE

HERE is no large unsolyed problem before cyiz-
~ alton about which there is such wide difference of
opinion. 50 many conflicting theories and such complete
confusion of thought there about that which in
years has been rather loosely labeled crmnology. But
Ill schools of thought probably are entire agreement
oay that Sheriff Peters. of Cook county, Illinois. was
Absolutely wrong when he concluded that forcing 200
graduaes Of the countys crime schools to witness the
legal taking off of fellow who had been so unfortunate
lose in the game of matching wits with the min
ions the law in town like Chicago might have re-
formatory effect upon them.
Ii much easier 10 understand the mental processes
which nnpelled those hard who have turned their
backs upon the world to up their horrible chant of
when do we ca9 than it to figure out what was going
inside of Peters head when he conceived his plan of
making spectacle out of this hanging for the possible
ofening influence it might have upon the 200 particular
prisoners he selected Does the man not know that it has
not been many years since hanging public holi-
day Ensanda IF he has reached middle age he must
be able himself remember the day when the story of an
ordinary hanging regarded great news and worthy
Of front page display by the editors of Chicago news
papers Who whatever their other limitations may have been,
certainly understood what their public wanted.
was because of this morbid curiosity that in many
states capital punishment has by law been shom of its
spectacular features and now generally conducted in the
Utmost privacy. 1t is indication of the essential back
wardness of Illinois that it possible for the sheriff of
any county to cary such revolving plan as the ono
Peters conceived,
Bat however much of failure Peters may be as STU
dent OF the psychology of what Prof Lpmbroso would
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03
EDITORIAL onarnent
on Current Subjects
A CASE OF FRIGHTENING.
I'M the Wheeling lntelligencer.

from the wheeling lntelligencer.
A West Virginia daily newspaper
published within a hundred miles OF
Wheeling, relates the following ex-
perience. This newspaper has. for
years, had a contract for its paper
supply with an important jobbing
house in Philadelphia. Early in the
fall this house assured the publisher
that it would arrange to take care OF
his needs during the year of 1920. The
publisher had been marketing the pa
per Of well known New York paper
mill and assumed that the supply
would be furnished to his customers
at the normal price established by the
large paper manufacturers.
When he attempted to renew con-
tracts for the people he represented
he was met with an arbitrary ADVANCE
IN price from 1915 hundred to $6.75
a hundred. There was no claim that 1t
would cost more to manufacture paper
in 1920 than it did to manufacture in
1919. The cold-blooded fact was that
the paper producers thought they had
their customers at disadvantage aai
intended to squeeze them to the limit.
This is the kind Of profiteering that is
responsible for good deal of the high
prices In this country today; profiteer-
ing from the necessities OF the public
and OF long established customers,
profiteering without regard to costs of
operation.
Heretofore we have depended upon
the principle of competition to protect
consumers against the ,consclenceless
profiteer, but the world is short OF
goods. Competition, under these con-
dltions does not exit, and the men who
happen to control the production of
necessities are in a position to force
exorbitant prices. Until the balance
between production and consumption
is more nearly established some legal
limit should be set upon the opera
tons of concerns that apparently do
not have the wisdom or fairness to set
a limit themselves.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03
RUFF STUFF

Last nights lecturer is reported to
have electrified" some OF his audi
rnce by intimating that their ances-
tors scampered around on all fours.
That's rather delicate way OF put
ting Il, we'd say.
Guys who really have delved into
he anatomical side have gone to the
length OF saying that maybe some an
ckstors hung from the limbs Of trees
With their tails.
But that must have been long
lime ago.
Not mnch danger that it ever will
crop up in such a way as to embarrass
one socially or keep One out Of the
You see scientist told lot OF
sther scientists at. st. Louis this week
that there had not been change in
The shape OF mans shoulder blades in
svef 5000 years.
And that probably goes for the rest
81 his anatomy. ~.
Out in Los Angeles they are trying
% prove that man who killed grrl
Is insane because he sat down in an
sinrty bath tub ate a. m. clad in his
Irareclothing ard socks and called It
"A dry bath.
There probably has been lot OF
mak kind OF fffsafiity in the world
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03
Municipal Election

The last municipal election was
about the warmest one ever held in
Worthington. The Citizens ticket and
the Peoples Progressive ticket were
on the official ballot but some Of tn.
leaders of the Peoples Progressive
party were not satisfied with some OF
the substitutions made by their COM
mittee to fill vacancies and attempt to
defeat the candidate placed ON the
ticket and also made an effort to de-
feat one of their own nominees. Both
attempts were failures and the Citi-
zens' party elected every man on its
ticket. The vote was as follows: Citi-
zens' ticket: Mayor Elisha Brumage,
43; recorder. 8. K. Jacobs. AZ; >mem-
bers OF council, Chas, r. Atha, "a; A.
j. Mcdaniel, &c; Chas. E. Parrish, As;
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03

Lowell oakes attended the News
boys dinner given By The West viz
ginian on Thursday.
Miss Mabel Hubanks. OF Annabelle,
was a visitor here ON wednesday.
A. R. Watkins, OF Fairmont, was a
visitor in town on Friday.
A. ]. Mcdaniel was a. visitor Ia
Fairmont on Thursday evening.
Archie Brumage returned on Thurs
day from a visit with his brother, John
L. Brumage, at MoundsvTlle.
Perry G. Vernon. OF Enterprise, was
visitor here on. Wednesday evening
and took in the banquet.
R. G. Mayo. conductor on the West
ern MARYLAND, returned on Friday
evening from weeks vacation spent
with l4.ends at Cumberland, Md.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03

Worth!ngton Lodge No. 40. l.. o
o. g., elected the following Of c r.
at the regular e meeting . on Tu . sia:
Noble grand. James P. Sandy; vice
grand, Artie T. Wood; secretary, S. X.
Jacobs; treasurer, A. L. Mason; trus.
tee. James T. Taggart. They will be
installed later in the month.
Loyal Sisters Rebekah Lodge No.
1888, elected the following officers for
next term: Noble grand, Zoa B. Sturm
vice grand, Mrs. Ida Cunningham;
secretary, j. c. Jacobs; treasurer, Mrs
Ellen Jacobs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03

call the typical criminal lie Is quite success IN another
way Chicago and Sheriff Peters viii be the t,so Best
hours al least they will loom larger in the newspapers and
occupy prominent positions on the best news pages
than the progress Of the negotiations with Germany or the
probable fate Of the treaty in the United States senate
If he is willing to accept notoey as the equivalent of
fame Sheriff Peters ought to be satisfied because for
few hours at least he will be aword figure. What the
sensible people of Chicago and the state of Illinois think
about it is of course another story
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03

DR. Earl Barnes of Philadelphia who lectured before
the Womans club last evening, said that the educa-
tonal conditions in this country reaching alarm
ing stage because so many teachers are leaving the
ranks But that is but phase of the matter
something is done to put the schools back into the
position they ought occupy of the corner
of the Republic young people will stop training for edu
catona service the real crisis will occur several
years hence.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03

Coincident with the largest raid upon the radicals
operating in this country the Department of Justice
announced last night that it had evidence that ennis
saries of the Communists active in many cities
boring into labor organizations which have hitherto
been noted for their conservatism. From surface ndl-
cations the public has suspected this for time
honest organized labor not have detected the
movement However, the issue raised by the Depart
ent of Justice cannot be ignored and II the
do not clean house they expect to
ston in places where they have had support for many
years. This country is going get rid of agitation for
agitaton's sake alone no matter what the cost.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-03

Reginald De Kovens Rip Van Wrinkle was sung for
the first time last night by the Chicago Opera company
and 1T is described in the dispatches grand opera
fashioned light opera lines with tuneful mel
odes That ought to the crowd toward the ticket
window, but it is pretty safe to say that it will be
unqualified from financial standpoint I'M
less it also has than little jazz in it, genera
ton which could stomach whskey straight, and there
fore made it Illegal has captuated unqualifedly to
the neurotic in music and grand opera light opera
lines is public confession of it, but like other equivo
cations it is apt not to prove satisfactory.