The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-05-18
TEACHER SUPPLY
INADEQUATE To.
STATES NEEDS

In asking tho state Of Oregon N vote
favorably for tho two.mill elementary
school measure. popularity known as
tho Chiidrens Rights Bill. the teach
ers Of the state OF Oregon are not ask
Ing for an Increase In salary. They
are merely working for . fair and
equal distribution Of taxes Tor the sup
port Of those basic schools. that the
entire state WI bs taxed and not only
tho organized school districts. as at
present In the case.
The shortage Of Of teachers In Ore.
son Ii growing 40 rapidly that tho
situation Ia alarming In the extreme
Last year 100 schools we're closed, and
In these 100 schools. 230 rooms were
closed and close TO 1000 pupils were
hnable 10 have tho instruction that
rightly should hAvs bsen theirs. What
Shs tho cause'
II was due entirely to . shortage
N teachers. Why Because the teach.
ers are being underpaid and are icav.
Ing the profession for bettsr-psld work
They have TO do this. Some day Ore.
gon must come to the rescue Of the
teacher. Nov. II 10 being asked 70
save ths child. the Scter Of tomorrow.
DO We want him educatsdi Sure
Only recently In New Yort did the
question Of raising the teachers sal
aries come up before the legislature
and II WAS dus to 1 lack OF sufficient
Information ss To the extent TO which
they should be increased. and the
ability Of communities TO pay increases
have led the legislative leaders 10 de
eide 10 postpone final revision Of the
teachers salary Law until another ses |
sion
The temporary resdjustmcnt CO sal T,
aries will fix the minimum rate for
tho rural school teacher at $3.50. Will.
In the larger country districts the
lowest paid elementary teachers will
set 5000 The minimum In elementary |
schools In thirdciass cities will b,
si,i0o instead OF $500 as at present,
and that In high schools 81. $50 instead |
of s9&0. Second class cities must raise
their minimum salary OF elementary
teachers from $500 to $1,000. and that
~ high school teacher. frc;a Sy.0v0
70 ei.<0o.
In order 10 prevent New York City
draining the adjoining cities OF teach
crs. Yonkers. Mount Vernon. white
Plains. and New Rochelle are 70 be
required to pay within $3.50 OF the
rates In effect In New York City. Flat
increases OF $3.50 over the March I
rates are mandated upon Syracuse and
of $500 on Buffalo and Rochester.
These higher salaries will do much to
make the teaching service more st
tractiye.
The New York City rates are to be
fixed by Q committee now at work
upon the problem OF determining how
the city's quota Of the direct state tax
OF u. miils-si2. eco .0oo-shali be dis.
tTibuted among more than $4,000 mem.
bcrs OF the supervising staff TIL.
average increase OF $500 would seem
small In comparison with the ether In.
creases were Il not for the fact that
the governor last month signed . bill
giving the New York City teachers an
increase on June I, Six thousand six
hundred and three teachers will re
ceive from 30 to ~ per cent more pay
than they received on Dec. 81. 1919
while $3.50 others OF . total OF s<.le3
will have their salaries increased from
so TO so per cent But the minimum
salary en- June I will be only $i.0O5.
In redraftlng the provisions Of the
statewide salary bill affecting New
York City the joint legislative commit
toe TO which the task was assigned has
raised this minimum to $500 aud has
60 revised other salaries that those
grades OF the service where the chief
shortage Of teachers exists shall offer
salaries that will attract and hold the
best teachers. In no other ~ay can
the standards Of teaching b msintsin,
-. not 70 cay improved.
When the legislative COMMITTEES -
ports next year whatever other grades
of the service have not received due
aud proper consideration can b pro
vidsd tor In the general salary increase
m0aAufo.