The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-06
LOW PAY OF TEACHERS HERE

ton here is that OF paying teacher
known for a long time that Moscow
has not been paying her teachers a.
we'll as other towns the same size o.
even much smaller, but the reason
for this is not made apparent. MOS
COW is noted for her splendid schoo
system and is the recognized educa
tional center of the state, yet she pays
her teachers less han teachers are
paid in towns with but a small irac-
ton of Moscow's wealth and popnla-
ton.
A Ease in point came to light las
week. A young lady signed a contract
to teach in Moscow high school Tor
nine months, for $210 less thar she
was offered at College Place, a small
town near Walla Walla, with probably
500 inhabitants. She accepted the
Moscow school because the family de-
sires to live in Moscow and she makes
a sacrifice of $210 in order to enable
them to do this. We should not penal
ize our teachers in this name If
techers have to make a sacrifice to
teach in Moscow schools we are not
apt to get the best teachers.
Two years ago Professor Rich Of
fered a place in the Moscow schools to
a young woman of Pullman, who was
highly recommended. She did not ac-
cept the offer because she could get
$500 per year more at Plummer a lit
tie village in Benewah county, adJoln-
ing Latah county on the north.
Last year Professor Shank offered
a Pullman teacher a contract in the
Moscow schools at the prevailing sal
airy here, 5000 for the term Of nine
months. The young lady went to
Prescott, Washington, a town OF less
than 500 inhabitants. but noted for its
excellent schools, where she got a sal
airy of 81 1900 for nine months, an IN
crease of 66.6 per cent over the salary
offered in Moscow.
If we continue to let good teachers
go to small towns because they can
secure so much better salaries we are
going to find difficulty in keeping our
schools at the present high standard.
Moscow has a splendid school system
and an enviable reputation as an edu-
cational center, but we cannot hold
these regulations and pay salaries to
teachers as much below those paid in
other towns as has been the custom
in recent years. Let us economic on
something other than the salaries of
our teachers. Heaven knows they
carr all they get, and then some.
The Pueblo disaster, in which ten
millions of dollars worth of property
was destroyed and hundreds of lives
Iost-the exact number probably never
being learned-is one of those hor-
rors which occur all too frequently
are wholly unpreventable. No one
knows why such disasters occur, and
wipe out whole families Dr. communi-
ties, but they do occur with alarming |
frequency. Pueblo is a beautiful
town, situated al the confluence of the
Arkansas and Fountain rivers, both of
which originate in the Rocky noun
The flood was caused by I'M
,recedented rainfall in these noun
aims which sent the waters rushing
upon the lower levels. Human |
Efforts cannot prevent such disasters, |
tut the great heart of humanity beats
With sympathy for those who suffer
from all parts of h United
offers of assistance to the af-
licted city are pouring in. Such, di-
asters bring humanity closer together
nd awaken the true Christian spirit,
he desire to help the weak, the suf-
ering and afflicted, in the average
breast.
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MOTOR CARS IN IDAHO
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