Arizona republican., 1920-02-07
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 MENACE IF COUNTRY. EDUCATOR DECLARES.

Pleading the cause of the underpaid teacher. pr. Charles F. Meserve, presi- dent emeritus of Shaw University, at Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the leading educators of the United States spoke yesterday noon at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary club in the '. NJ. c. A.
 Boilermakers who worked at Shaw University last summer made more money than any teacher there, Dr. Meserve said. My father was a shoe maker and d farmer" he continued, and I have the utmost sympathy for the workingman. l don't object if he makes S100 an hour. l am only inter- ested to see that the educators of the United States shall receive what is due them
 Calling attention to a recent state ment of Dr. W. H. r. F'aunce. presi- dent of Brown University, to the ef- feet that 45,000 teachers left their pro- fession in the United States in the last year, Dr. Meserve said:
 w hIIe as q rule all the colleges of the United States have a larger en- roiIment this year than ever before, in the normal schools of the country there are few if any who have enrollments as large At Emporia, Kansas, for example, the average enrolment of 2.000 has fallen this year to 800 am also informed that two months ago there were 1000 rurai schools in the state Of New York who had no teachers
 Shaw University, founded as an in stitution of higher learning for mem berS Of the negro race in 1865. has had but two presidents pr. Henry Martin Tupper was its president until more than 25 years ago, when Dr.. Meserve succeeded him The university is maintained by the American Baptist Home Mission society.
 Dr. MeSerVe became president emer- 1tus after his resignation on Decem- Der 51 of last year and with Mrs MeserVe Is making a tour of the west He was succeeded at Shaw by the Reverend Joseph l.. Peacock of Brown University In Phoenix they have been the guests of MT. and Mrs Charles M Goodman of 1410 North Second street They will leave for California and the northwest next Monday, re- turning to their summer home on S4ulrrel Island, Maine, in the spring.
 George Gam, travelling freight and passenger agent of the Arizona rail- Toad, told the members Of the Rotary club of the heavy tourist traffic through Phoenix this winter. and urged improvement of the facilities for showing them the valley. Prominent customers are thronging to the Salt River valley at a remarkable rate. ac- cordlng to Mir. Gam, that there 53O employees or the Arizona Eastern drawing monthly salaries aggregating $70,OOO
 The Apache trail is the principal route of ingress. according to MT Cam. and during January 139 tourists com Ing to Phoenix by this route spent a night and part of a, day On Thurs day of this week there were 43 tour lst visitors, who because of the lack of facilities were forced to limit their inspection of the valley to brief auto mobile trip lasting less than an hour. Between 250 and 900 visitors are ex- pected in Phoenix during February. the month of heaviest travel, and ar engagements have already been made for party of 50 which will arrive on February Il, Mir. Gam stated Other similar parties will follow, all under the direction of Raymond and Whit comb Of New York which is adyertfs ing Phoenix and the Roosevelt dam extensively.
 Grover F'ooshee, former weII-known business man of Phoenix, and now liv- Ing at San Bernadino, was present at tne luncheon the guest of Garrett Schuller. He expressed himself as amazed at the advancement Phoenix mad made as a city. John Clark, pro- pfietor of one of the largest retail hat concerns in Kansas City, was also a guest of the club yesterday
 Charles A. Stauffer was chairman of the day.