Evening star., 1942-09-20
Schools

I'll the nlgn School studentS register
tomorrow at $50 am.
Part of the exodus to jobs is ex-
pected to be offset at Western High |
School, for example, by the admis
sion of pupils new to Washington
schools, sons and daughters of civ
ilian war workers and Army and
Navy personnel. Western has been
registering about 80 of these day
FOR the last 10 days. according to
N. A. Danowsky, principal.
Some of the 17-year-old girls who
have gone to work as Government
,typists at $l,440 are getting more
salary than new elementary school
teachers and school librarians. Both
of these classifiications start with a
salary of $1,400. High salaries be-
Ing offered by both Government and
Industry, according to DR.. Walter
e. Hager, president of Wilson Teach
ers College, are contributing to the
30 per cent drop in enrolment at
the teachers college since 1899.
Teaching Profession Suffers.
I ''It is hard to convince students
Ehat four years of teaching instruc-
ton will benefit them" he said,
when at it's conclusion they will
get jobs at lower salaries than they
can now get in the Government"
TT is unfortunate" he continued,
THAT these jobs are attracting stu
dents who would otherwise be pre-
pairing for the teaching profession.
We are not preparing enough per-
sons for the important job of train
ing the postwar generation"
While the principals are glad to
zee the youngsters earning money
and helping the war effort, they in
dictated yesterday, they are seriously
worried about the future of these
mon graduates when the war en-
ployment boom is over.
THE big problem of high school
feachers and principals today" said
Charles Hart, principal of Eastern,
s'is teaching boys and girls the i'm
portance of completing at least a
high school education.
Cites Post-W War Difficulty.
Emphasizing the same difficulty
st Western, Mr.. Danowsky declared:
s'When the war is over and we set
tie down to normalcy, the trained
.person will be continued on the
payroll and the graduates may
be looking for job
Teachers at Eastern have been
Encouraged, however, by the fact
that although 600 students left the
school last year for full-time jobs
nearly that same number took jobs
and continued school at the same
time. OF the 334 boys who went tc
work at nights and on Saturdays
for example, about 40 pc rcent man
aged to pass their courses and worK
from 80 to so hours week besides
The 1877 girls who went to work aftel
school hours, mainly in and II
cent stores, civilian defense center
and ofices. worked about 13 hours
week. compared with the boys av
erage of 26 hours a week. The stu
dents employed after school tota
27 per cent of Eastern's 1900 en-
rollment.
Although turnover of Eastern stu
dents who take jobs during tn
school wear has always been high
according to Mrs. Helen D. Staples
counsellor, never before have S
many entered Government service
She estimated that as high as 7
per cent of those permanently EN-
ployed from Eastern last year en-
tered the Government as messen
gers, clerks, typists, mechanics an
apprentices at the Navy Yard, busi
ness machine operators and in othe
office categories.
More Work After Hours.
The second distinction in the East
ern Job situation as compared to
survey she took six years ago. Mr.
Staples said, Is the sharp increas