The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-23

Nsvnr before has the need OF trained
leadership IA our schools been $" great
a, nj the present timc. Sew and vitality
:EIporinn; problems are largely depen-
Gent upon the schools Tor settlement
WITH r"ur-hfthS OF the counirys ieachI
crs having little or no protess'orN.
ffaining, II is ve:y important that the
slprIy OF trained l~autrs be immc-
dintely and materially increased. ~ IS
= fact that ono. out OF every seven pro-
REASONABLY trained teachers IN IN" nv
81 States has received raining ~ "ur
institution, Teachers college. Ne" ,",S
City. These teachers are 10 I've t"und
~ all branches Of education ana III an
the stAlra and are making An imr"l lau.
contribution toward meeting me frese"N
education cm"rGcnC%.
Eyrry school system Is undergoing;
the experience Of having a larger mum
her Of It's teachers resisning 10 OCCUPY
TaUrc r"NuneratiNe occupations ''al
ever before. Il IA not easy 10 make
,n,lperlSrns with other lines OF work
which ara in every s"use fair compnri-
sons. since II IL difficult 10 select other
occupations which demand IN" sam"
amount Of PREPARATION and i similar e\,
rrnditure Of nerve energy. professional
i,pkeep, eic. II $ no, difficult how
over 10 find any number O! occupations
" hich are materially better paid than
teachers.
When the comparison was mad" with
~
sect !on- hands on railroads received
larger annual salary than the average
a,lry for all teachers IN the | nlteh
states when a COMPARISON is MADE
we md The; many occupations bring
from so TO 500 percent more returns
furInE the year than teaching.
During the year 1918. the teachers ~
the country received an average salary
Of $500 s. while the workers In the
ship building yards for the same year
averaged a salary o. Sl4ll. IN" com
parisou Is even more discoirag.nE "nen
teachers are compared with me "tner
professions. There arc many teachers
az well prepared for their work as iaW-
yers. doctors. engineers and others
who after ten years or service IRE
receiving less than $500 per year. The
1918 class OF Masaachusetts Institute
Of Technology ten years after gradua-
lion were receiving an average saIaLE
Of S34ln. The average income OF t:o"n
men Of the American Society OF ClHli
Engineers in 1914 was $3.50. ms ne
IRE would hn much higher II the ad-
vance caused by the war were incIuoed'
The shortage OF teachers cannot hc III
nny sense overcome, nor can the vel!
insufficient preparation whiCh tne
teacher OF the country have for thetr
work he remedicd. until adequate sal
aries arc paid. This cannot be done IN.
iii salary schedules nre made tho result
81 careful and intelligent study. lheSh
schedules can no longer b" based upon
tradEicnnI salaries nor upon what has
been paid IN the district. Instead they
mus. c>:,sicer the cost Of preparation
and insure an adequate return.
Teachers are expected 10 exernptlly
tho hes. ideals and standards OF Amer
tran ma THIS cannot be done uron a
salary which IL less than two-thirds as
adequate In it's purchasing power as
tho teachers salary OF 1914.
ne present situation can. IN a !arSc
n pUDr
IL, does not realize the Importance "t
iGe -rnerEercy As nation. and as
communities, we are amply able 10 Al,
ford the very best kind OF "ducatonI,ii
service The thinking citizens wen
know that no other investment ot puolic
moneys Will bring greater returns than
one witch secures a more lntNHieent
citizenship. 49,,
. number NJ smaller places have all
CLEARLY shown that they not only can
hut are mora than willing 20 snPpnrt
INC best kind ~ education when me
need dozen or more small cites
ranging in population from 500" M
have provIded salaries 81 $1,000 and
sIion FOR their high school teachers
Detroit is Introducing soheduls
which starts elementary teachers 81
$1,000 and high school teachers AZ i,V";
and extends MAXIMUM salaries 10 S-Uoo
for tho first group and $3.50" Tor Inc
second .1,-.
The United states - In the presence
81, prsar reconstruction crisis wntch
includes every phase or our political.
social and economic NE More than
eyer before the schools are caiIHh Upon
~ d.ycior thinking Americans AZ Their
rroduc. To DO this teachers must ne
healthy. happy mature. vel framed
Sor'aiiv respected and thoroughly Amer
team mon ard women. This kind OF men
and women Will not enter profession