Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-13
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
Final Rural Contest.
A. E. GUSTAFSON, County

The third annual Pine county rural
declamatory contest will be held at
the Hinckley gymnasium Thursday,
May 13, at p. m. The winners of
each of the eight sectional contests
will speak.
The best musical numbers from each
of the sections will also take part.
No admission will be charged
Trends In Salaries.
With living costs going up and
many teachers leaving the profession
for other fields of work, there is a
general upward trend in teachers sal
aries as we'll as an approaching short
age of teachers.
Estimations indicate that Minnesota
will have a shortage of about 500
teachers this year. Pine county will
need about eight or ten additional
teachers to complete our quota. Many
who have left the profession will no
doubt return. Pine county has not
had a shortage of teachers for many
years because of the annual output
of three rural teacher training de-
partments. This year we have only
one such department, Hinckley. Most
neighboring counties have none, and
felt shortage last year.
Six of our teachers this past year
have moved to neighboring counties
where salaries average higher. Four
others have taken schools there for
next year. Seven or eight others are
retiring from teaching to enter the
career of matrimony and home MAX
ing. Several are expecting to con-
tinue their education and few are
planning to enter other fields of work.
So the wheel spins and where it
stops no one knows"
One of our best and we'll expert
enced teachers has this spring refused
several teaching offers so as to accept
a waitress position in st. Paul. Her
present teaching job pays $500. Her
new work will average shorter hours
and pay her, including free beard,
about $1,000 per year. OF course,
financial pay is the least award or
reward for this noble service in the
training of young citizens, but, never
theless, it is an important consider
alton.
The Wisconsin legal minimum wage
for teachers that are one year gradu-
ates, inexperienced, is SIS per month.
The average rural school salary there
is nearly $50.
Minnesota has no salary law. The
average rural teachers salaries paid
in Minnesota schools this year is S64
Der month. The average next year
will no doubt be much higher.
The County School Boards Associ-
alton of Mcleod county, recently
adopted the following minimum sched-
ule for rural teachers:
One year graduate, no experience,
$50 per month; one year graduate,
one year experience, $40 per month;
one year graduate, two years expert
ence. SIS per month; one year gradu-
ate, three years experience, $50 per
month: two year graduate, no expert
ence, sos per month; two year gradu-
ate, one year experience, SIS per
month: two year graduate, two years
experience. $50 per month; two year
graduate, three years experience, S95
per month. Thus they aim TO hold
shortage.
Elections and Reflections,
The following selections of teachers
have been reported. Number after the
name indicates school district. Those
marked with the asterisk(*) will have
taught their fourth year or more in
this same school. Many teachers
were reelected but chose to accept
something else. No doubt some other
selections have not yet been reported.
All but a very few of the reflections
reported indicated increases of SIS, SO
or SIS per month.
Reflections accepted: Grace Their
rien, principal 4; Catherine Borchers,
primary, 4; *Rosie Hanson, primary,
70; Doris Thompson, II; *Mae Upgren,
principal, 10; Marion Anderson, pri-
mary, 10; *Luella Anderson, %; Ger
trude Fosvick, %; *Ruby Loken, prin-
cipal, 35; Harriet Bassett, 80; Olive
Anderson, principal, 40; Oscar Haa-
visto, Az; Alma Fosvick, 43; Lee Cup
till, principal, 46; Aletha Larson, 46;
Grace LaTourelle, 46; *Alice Sanburg.
40; Mary Pulkrabek. so; Esther VAIL
berg, Sc; *Clarence Postma, 81: Clara
bel Schulz, SO; Mathilda Hedtke, 70;
Loretta Dipprey, IS; *Aurelia Lahod-
ny, II; Sydna True, 81; Mary Gallik,
90; Beatrice Swan, 93-A; Ruth Fuller,
93-B; Lavina Swendson, Sc; Henrietta
Nieboer, 9S; *Evelyn Petsko, 1902;
Juanita Andersen, 107; Helen Lang
strom, 108; *Mary Louise Schulz, "a
Other positions filled: Verna San
dell, s: Dolores Kraft, 9; Robert An
derson, principal, -; Lucille MeiXner,
IA; Bernice Stapel, 80; Pearl Schwartz
"a; Agnes behring's, SO; Esther Cote
81; Ethel Anderson, primary, 40; Vida
Warner, Al; Janet Karges, A; Ernest
Won Rueden, As; Nina Larson, Ale;
Mary Connaker, 47-W; Anna Meyer,
So; Cora Cyr, SO; Carol Hansen, 81;