The Cordova daily times., 1920-10-29
 SALARY GIVEN
 TO TEACHERS

ed Press. )-The salaries, training and experience of public school teachers in the United States are declared to be inadequate" by the national committee for Chamber of Commerce, cooperating with the pub lie schools.
 Despite recent salary increases, the committee asserts that the. crisis has not been passed.
 These conclusions are drawn in summary of. a survey of the schools of 359 cities conducted by the committee, which is composed of B secretaries of chambers of commerce and 33 superintendents of schools.
 "The thoughtful citizen sneeds to ask himself" declared Dr. George T. Strayer of Columbia university, chairman of the committee, Gin the light of the returns presented by our inquiry, questions like the follow ing: Can teachers in our community have comfortable place to live, good food and decent clothes for the amount of money which we pay them? Are the teachers who work in our schools able. on the salary paid to them, to make provision against the liabilities of illness and old age? Do the teachers of our cities have salaries sufficient to en- able them to buy books, to sub scribe to magaZinese, to enjoy muisc. to travel, to continue their profess sional study and otherwise to lead the type of life which makes them the kind of men and women that can be most helpful to my boys and girls? Would I want my son and daughter to go into teaching? Is the recognition given to teachers, ill terms of salary, in my city sui ficient to attract the ablest of the young men and women in our com munity?' The replies to these in quiries, in view of the findings, must all be in the negative, says Dr, Strayer.
 elementary teachers in cities with a population of from 5000 to 30,000, the report shows, received less than $946 In 1919-20, one-half of the same group were receiving less than $l,262, an advance of $316 or 33 per cent Meanwhile, it was stated, the cost of living had ad- vanced 1O4 per cent
 American cities paid high school principals an average of $2,500 last year while elementary school prin- cipals received an average salary Of $1,S39. Many of the salaries paid in these position requiring the management of complex organiza- ions and skilled leadership" the report points out are not enough to secure a competent secretary. let alone to be considered adequate pay for the principal" A summary of the survey issued by the committee says:
 The survey also discloses that the salaries of artisans and laborers 4l,, II, IDI, higher on the average than those of teachers These low salaries have resulted in a serious teacher short age throughout the country. Te de- mand for teachers is so great that students leave normal schools when their courses have been but half completed. An alarmingly large proportion of the teachers as a result are emergency teachers lack ing in proper training for their work
 Reports from the cities of this survey show what 50 per cent of the teachers in the elementary schools of American cities have had less than six and one-third years of training beyond the eighth grade; that 50 per cent of the junior hign school teachers have had less than seven years training beyond, and that 50 per cent of the senior high school teachers have had less than eight and one-half years.
 "Chambers of Commerce in every state have assumed the leadership in conducting local campaigns to bring the seriousness of the situa- tion to public attention and or ganize community forces for i'm proving conditions"