The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-17
National Conference Next Week
To Consider Educational Crisis

Women Voters; MaJor-Gcnerai Will
lam q. HAN. director. war plans d.
vision. genefal stan corps. United
Statea army. Colonel Leonard y.
Ayrcs. director. departments OF educa-
ton and statistics. Russell SAGE foun-
dalton; Hon. John u. FINLEY. state
commissioner Of education, Albany. n.
Y; Hon. Thomas 4. ftnegan. state nu-
pcrintendcnt Of public instruction.
harrisburg, Pa: President N. l.. Bur
ton. University q Minnesota; DR. Lave
lngnton farrand. director. American
National Red Cross; DR.. Ch0rlea ~.
Judd. director. school or Education.
University OF Chicago; President y. q.
Gilbrenth. State Normal school. John
son CITY, Tenn; President ". 3. West.
state Nornlnl school. Towron. Nd.
Mr.. Hugh >. Maglli, 0cid secretary.
National Educational association.
Startling Facts About crisis.
Accordlng 10 reports made by state
school officers to Commissioner Of Ed
ucation Cinxton the present great
shortage OF teachers has necessitatcd
the closing OF 1870 schools in the
United States. and 41.000 have been
kept open only through the issuance
Of emergency" licenses granted 10
teachers who are often far below the
preacfihcd standard but who have
been pressed into service in the abb
sence OF qualified applicants.
Another consideration that bears
upon this shortage Of teachera rs the
fact that attendance upon fUrmal
schools how a considerable falling
OF. II has been pointed out that i2o
schools. state, county. city and private,
report for November I, 1919, 1t,bOa
fewer pupils than for the year before
the These schools are 90 per
cent OF the entire force and at this rate
the total deficit in pupils for the year
NunnuNI he ia IN mud tho mMmHh4r RN
graduates 1000 less than are ordlngr-
ity turned out They ran hardly be
spared for the estimate Of the federal
Commissioned Of education gave $780,
900 e. the number Of teaching va
cancies to be hiied In 1918 In rural
school service alone. Reports go 70
show that the shortage OF rural school
teachers IN more acute than that OF
urban.
The war IL held largely responsible
FOR the a%cuteness Of the situation. Int
conditions that were hound 10 give
rise to the present emergency existed
long before the wal hegrn. The TYNE
81 applicant for service In the public
schools has deteriorated greatly In
the past ten years say norma school
teachers. who report that students en-
tering upon their wor are found Ia
be MOI 80 capable intellectually nor
are they equal in character and per
s~onality With those who elect other oc-
equations than teaching.
IN this connection II In noted by the
United states bureau ~ educatiun that
In the eastern states immigrants are
training for teachers. III II iH re-
membered. however says % bureau
bulletin. that iu the United States
day luhorcrs receive more Tor their
services than teachers it would seem
TO Indicate u praiseworthy Helf-stcri-
flee on tho mart of the Immigrant 10
enter the teaching profession. His al
truism exceeds that Of our n~atiNc-horu
patriots for they are leaving u to take
mp more lucrative work. For the
average pay OF our 10000 teacher,
and superintendcnts is $3.50 % year
while the established rate OF pay foi
the day laborcr ranEcs IN the neigh
borhoOd OF 80 per day or approx.
utntcly $500 q ear In some states
the average teachers helary Is below
$500 n yet complaint Is made that
among rural teachers especially. th'