New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-04-07
SALARY INCREASE
FOR OUR TEACHERS.
NEW ULM SCHOOL BOARD HAS.
GRANTED ADVANCE OF
50 PER CENT.
RETURN TO PRE-WAR STATUS
OF GERMAN LANGUAGE IN
9th, 7af. sth GRADE.

IN increase Of 80 per cent in teachers
salaries was voted at the regular
monthly meeting of the New Ulln school
board, Monday evening. The action
of the school board came after meeting
Of the states school superintendent on
Friday and a meeting Of the School
Boards on Saturday in ST. Paul. At
both these meetings the salary situation
in the state was discussed but no definite
decision was taken leaving it to the
different communities to fix the teach
ers' salaries according to their ability
and willingness TO pay for this service.
Length of Service Recognized.
In addition to the fat increase of
thirty per cent which is applicable to
all teachers in the employ Of the local
school board it was decided
to grant an extra allowance Of
varying amounts in recognition of
the length OF service Of each teacher.
In some cases, this means an increase
Of nearly $500 per year.
The full list Of the teachers appointed
fer the coming school year l920-1921,
together with the old and new salaries
may be seen at the end of this article.
s,eturn Of German.
At the meeting Monday evening the
School Board also took action in regard
to the teaching OF the German language
in the public schools Of the city. It was
decided to return to the pre-War status
and give the children Of the 9Th, 7th and
Sth grade an opportunity to study this
language. In the new school year srart-
ing next fall German will be a regular
subject of the public school curriculum.
Reports ora Meetings.
County Attorney w. T. Eckstein,
who also is a member of the New Ulm
School Board, was present at the Super
intend ents' and School Boards meetings
and furnished this paper with the fol.
lowing report:
''L was able to attend the Superin-
tendents meeting on Friday, and
the meeting Of School Boards and the
members Of the State Department of
Education on Saturday. The Friday
meeting was held at the Engineering
Building Of the State University; the
Saturday meeting at the Farm School.
''There was a large attendance at both
OF these occasions; more especially SO
at the Saturday meeting.
'<The chief topics Of discussion and
presentation on Friday were the test
ing Of mental capacities OF the child
the incorporation Of a Junior High School,
aiming to condense some OF the work Of
the regular high school into a course fo1
the use and benefit Of those who can not
continue school work to the length Of
time required by the regular course;
the admission that overdue emphasis
was and had been placed upon the
matter of adenoids, tonsilitis, eye strair
and toothache being causes OF interfer-
ence with the mental capacities OF the
child and grown-ups; or having such
deleterious consequences on the chlid's
school work as heretofore asserted
the contention that manual training wa:
due to being ousted, in the form it wa
now occupying on the school program
and change being made to generalsin
dustrial training, covering the entlr
field Of the work-a-day worlds opera
tions [?), etc, etc. (All they need now j
to add a BABY UNIVERSITY at th,
end of our country High School, ant
then the world will be saved Writer.)
'The serious situation Of securing
workers in the field Of education wa
presented and statistics cited galore, II,
dicating that teachers had gone on
STRIKE if that term is appropriate
and employing certain bureaus to for
mulate rules and orders whereby tn
lot OF the instructor OF our youth may b
bettered. AND IT SHOULD BE BET
TERED; however, will we listen to rea
son any better than the other classe
of tGilers?
" At the Saturday meeting the Stat
Board Of Education, thru it's officer:
presented the gist OF the teacher short
age and salary situation; conparativ
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