The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-12-16
The Teacher Shortage

The great shortage Of teachers the public
United States is sufficient for anxiety the friends
Of free education republic thrivs in direct proportion
the enlehmnt and education Of the Of it's citizens and
the school for the great becomes depleted whence
shall the salvation Of the Republic arise The richest nation in
the world and composed Of the es people should have the
educational system the world No child in America
should have the door Of his hohoue closed to him the
around because Of the Of teacher There be
forthcoming remedy the nation will slip back decade ITS
What would you suggest remedy Are
seriously concerned the crisis that shift
ing the responsibility to ohers7
After study investigation @ offer
remedies which they
larger annual salary and place for teachers live The
pitable thing connected with the public schools the of
idle jbess wandering teachers from three six months Of the
drawing salary and they have barely received enough
while teaching forced live
relatives during vacation
able accumulate enough take short
school, provided II not expensive school, but Of them
not able to continue the work of selfdevclopment.
The first attempt at solution Of the problem to make larger
appropriations for teachers salaries Larger monthly salaries
important monthly salaries in the year The
should employed year. and
be paid each month without having to discount their
We have in mind schools where the teacher problem er
matter for Finally those schools awoke to their duty
and today do not have hunt teachers but choose teachers from
many applicants We mention two types examples
One is rural high and graded school. miles from
The teachers from first grade high school principal
comfortable salaries The principal is provided with home
for which he pays small He is permitted TO keep
and cultivate garden His greatly diminished
and his net earnings favorab with higher paid teachers
the city where expenses necessarily There
another eacherage belonging this school where the unmarried
instructors keep house in cooperative plan bringing the
expenses OK below They ndcpend
and the time responsible for IL they fail 10 make
good others waiting for the place.
The second example shows the need Of applying second
remedy We thinking Of another school in small city
salary Of the principal 81 800 than the
country principal receives He has resigned twice this be-
could find place live and each time another
shift made tide him Today his family is living in
small cooking in the basement of the school build
ing needs argument TO that he will not be that
school next year unless a change is made.
As rule is
seeking financial gain II they they would choose
other occupation Every real teacher missionary whose
prime object TO make and the nobest aim that
human being. The teachers who stemming
the tide Of the exhibiting truly heroic spirit
They holding the torch through this mad rush Of industrial
ism that will light the pathway wholesome but
while they enduring they be deprived the
life? Are they share poorer than the hodcarers and
the sretanes? II the shaping Of the ideals and desnes
Of the citizens Of the generation Of
should hold the hands of those whose charge this
shaping has been consigned?