The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-01-29
Hhortage of Teachers Trace
able to insufficient Sal
aries Offered.
DIUSTDOOTHER WORK
Unskilled Laborers Receive
Better Remuneration Than
High Glass Educators.

The present educational emergency
Il traceable in practically all its as
poets to the insufficient salaries paid
to teachers thruout the country.
The cost of living has more than
doubled in the last three years, while
the increases In teachers salaries for
the United States in the same time has
been about II per cent. AS conse-
quence, nearly half the teachers Of the
country are compelled to spend more
than their salaries.
Teachers, as well as other salaried
workers, have not had their salaries
increase in anything like the same de-
gree that other workers have. Conse-
Quently, teachers are constantly being
forced to a lower standard of living
and resulting lower standard Of ef-
ficiency, because they can not meet the
higher demands for rent, food, clothing
books, etc.
From various studies of budgets for
many occupations in relation to the
cost of living, it is estimated that a
minimum salary Of $1,000 should be es-
tablished for the entire country, and
paid on the basis of twelve months.
/ Too many teachers are living below
the the margin of efficiency. Hum
dreds of them returned their question
naires annoted with remarks such as !:
II work in a drug store during sum-
mer,'' 81 do house work for my room
and board" Il take in sewing to meet
expenses" my summer expenses are
paid by my family" 81 can't save
enough money to go to summer school,
Teachers are paid much less than
the members of other professions
ministry, law, medicine, engineering,
etc. The minimum salaries are not only
larger, but the range of salaries is
very much greater, thus offering more
promise to the capable, the hardwork-
ing and the ambitious individual in
the professions. This is lacking In
teaching.
Teachers are paid much less than a
great many of the unskilled laborers
whose preparation is very much short
or, and whose expenses for ''profes
sional upkeep' are very much less
Existing salaries paid to teachers car
be said to almost place a penalty upor
adequate preparation, since there is n,
ppportunity for an adequate return
upon the investment of time and mon
ey necessary to the securing Of thai
Preparation.
A teachers work is most effectively
done when she Is In good health, fre,
from worry, able to participate in the
community activities, aud when sh
has the stt,al respect Of the commupi
ty. These things make her a leader
moulder of citizens, creator IL |
deals, ail5 yet practically all these ia
ments of success are denied a majorit,
of teachers by the insufficient salac'
paid.
New York City, which pays relative
" high salaries when compared witt
\ cher cii;es, in reality pays its teacher
\ no better than the workers in many /"
the unskiIled occupations.
The study of the salaries Of the
4 o15 draft registrants shows that ther
il In other lines of work an increas.. il
I salary in direct relation to an in
crease IN age, and also In relation I
the increase in the amount of schoo
Ing received.
The additional salary received pc
4 year of increase age is much less tina
he additional salary received per ado
81 year OF schooling
Occupations which demand addition
q preparation, with the exception {
feching, received higher minimum
salaries than those where education bt
4 eond the elementary schools is not e
sential,
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