New Britain herald., 1925-12-05
THE OBSER YER
Makes Random Observations
On the City and Its People

Does It pay TO go to college?
That depends on what you go for
II You attend as a pupil, you may
benefit in later life. But II you arc
n teacher at the college, will that's
something else again.
In connection with It's endowment
campaign, the Connecticut college
for women al New London furnishes
statistics showing the earnings OF
teachers at the college and men who
engage In other fields of endeavor.
The salary OF a second lieutenant In
the United States army, plus 81 daily
allowance for maintenance, amounts
10 $4,000. Anthracite miners, those
naughty boys, find on filling out
their income tax returns, that their
increment for the year is $2,440.7o.
Conductors on the Boston elevated
trains receive $4,000 annually for
making weird and unintelIigible
sounds through the door every time
they reach a station, Carpenters,
among the elite, get $4,000 a year
for working 800 days at SIPS an
hour. And the hod carriers the low
~ hod carriers, nick the boss bank
roll for s3,110 per annum. At Con-
necticut College the average salary
for teaching is $4,000.
The college publicity bureau states
that the teacher usually spends four
years studying and from $4,000 &c
$4,000 to equip herself for her liie'f
work. 1t further asserts that 'rlgh'
now, fewer and fewer college tram
| ed persons are entering the teach
| ing profession because salaries are
| inadequate" This is a situation de-
serving Of serious consideration. Inc
majority of parents would like &c
| have their children educated. Many
of them aspire to send their boys
and girls 10 college. The one essentia
thing in colleges Is teachers. II
their salaries are not commensur'
ate with the cost Of living there VII
be- no teachers.
Connecticut should take lively
rride in the College for Women. j.
! opened with l0S students in l9lo
There are Ala graduates of the IN
| stitution. Entrance requirements
have become more rigid and the re-
uuirements for graduation are llKe'
wise sitter. The aim Of the faculty
and directors is to make II q col
lcee ranking with the best. The peo
ple Of the state should get behlnt
and support 1t.
Employment by the city Of Ne"
Britain of members OF the common
council at a salary, a condition sane
toned in two instances this year or
the ground that there vas no pre-
cedent looking upon such disagree
mcnt with dsfavor, was decided
against so years ago this monti
when the common council WlthheIt
payment of legal fees for service
rendered the city by council mem
her. :.
Building Inspector Arthur n
Rutherford is a second ward coun
Gilman as is also Engineer Thoma
?, Orchard, an employe Of the en-
.gineering department.,
In December, 1875, II. HI bar
bour. Jr., city attorney, submitted
bill of Si9S for legal services. Nhe.
1T was offered for payment III
question arose as to whether a par
of the services had been rendere'
Inv someone other than the city az
tornev, and If so, whether he was
member of the common couhcl
After some debate the question wen
10 the claims committee for an IN
vestigation. That committee 1oun
10 appearances in court, for which
fec of SO was allowed and seVera
garnishee appearances, for when ,
fees we're allowed. had been made b
a common council member, actlh
for the city attorney. The commi'
tee so reported and further argu
ment ensued. Again the matter wa
referred to the committee on claim
and it was recommended to pay on
for such service as was given by A
torney Barbour,
During the discussion that pre-
cedcd the hiring OF Councilma
Rutherford and orchard 1t W.
brought out that another connie
council member had been employC
bv the board Of public works on rel
y ular employment about 10 years ag
Alderman j. Gustav johnson HI
acted as voting machine mechan
during his term of service as an
derman and while the pay is glvt
by the municipality, his ompIoye
are the selectmen, town officers