The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-02-06
TEACHERS PAY
FOR DECEMBER
STILL IMP AID
TEACHERS OF HIGH AND CITY
SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED NO
MONEY FOR TWO MONTHS.
BORROWING FROM THE BANKS
City Board Of Education Will Make Ef-
fort to Have Salaries for December
and January Paid by the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen at Once.

At a,meeting of tho city board of ed
ucation held last night attention was
called to the fact that the teachers in
the city schools have not received
their salaries for either the month of
| December or January, and that many
| of them have been compelled to go to
the banks and borrow money and pay
| interest on it in order to live during
the month of January, Upon motion
of W. G. Salmon committee was APP
pointed to take the matter up with the
board of mayor and aldermen in an
effort to have the salaries paid, and
that this board be requested to make
immediate payment. In the words
of Judge Salmon in making the mo-
ton land | am good mind to go so
far as to deplore the miserable failure
in paying these salaries during the
month of January"
Superintendent Harris said that he
had discussed the matter more than
once with Mayor w. o. Cherry and
members of the finance committee,
but had been unable to obtain anything
except promises. He said that in his
las: talk with Mayor Cherry, the may
or told him that nothing would be
done by the city until after the next
meeting night, on Friday, February 6,
when the board would authorize the
payment of both January and Februa-
~ salaries.
The reduction of the school budget,
made in tentative" manner by the
board of mayor and aldermen at
called meeting was also discussed by
the education board Supt. Harris
said that it would be impossible to OPP
crate the schools on the amount set
aside for them by the board ofmayor
and aldermen. and unless other funds
were secured it would be necessary to
discontinue some of the, departments
next term. x Other members of the
board believe that the city administra-
ton left the word tentative" in the
budget for the purpose of making, a
change in the appropriation, and it is
believed that the appropriation for
school purposes will later be increas-
ed.
Supt. Harris called attention to the
fact that the teachers of the city
underpaid. He said that it costs more
than twice as much to live today as it
did just few years ago, but the sal
aries of the teachers have not been ad-
vanced proportionately, and that as a
result many of the best of them were
quitting the game and entering some
field where they can make living.
Members of the board said they re-
allied fully the conditions, and would
be delighted to give increases if they
only knew where the funds with
which to do so, could be secured.
Supt. Harris said that everything
was running tremendously in the
schools at the present time. and that
splendid progress is being made. He
called attention to the large number
of students in school here. ant. read
an extract from the High SchoQ Sig
nal school paper, which posi- will
be off the press today, giving NJ in
teresting facts about the schot1, He
requested that the ,represehtatfs 5 of
the Dress pass this bit of information
by until the honor has gone to the
staff Of the Signal.
i The meeting of the board last night
was well attended, more members be-
ing present than for any meeting dur
ing the past several months.