Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 18, 1920, Page 2

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION LOOKING INTO TEACHERS PAY Shortage in Minnesota Presents Problem That Cannot Be Avoided i i 157 CONFERENCE OF SCHOOL BOARDS IS SUGGESTED Investigating Committee will Report at Annual Meeting of Superintendents Commissioner of Education J. M. McConnell, of the department of education of the state of Minnesota, has sent to each of the county super- intendents of schools a number of circular letters to be mailed to the members of the various school boards - throughout each county. These !et- ters tell of the plans which are being made to hold a convention soon to formulate further plans to meet the present_situation and determine the best solution for it. Lack of well trained teachers is very evident and something must be dome at once to regulate the living conditions of the teaching force, as well as to plan on an increase of salary. Details of Plans. An inquiry made some two months ago by the department of education showed more than 300 school rooms or departments closed because no teachers could be obtained. It also showed more than 1,800 teachers em- ployed in positions for which they do not possess full qualification, accord- ing to standards set up before the war. It showed further that while in the year 1916-17, the state normal schools graduated more than 750 stu- dents and the high .school training departments almost 1,450, the same institutions will this year graduate less than 600 and 1,000 respectfully. Nor is the showing for high school teachers much better. While colleges and universities are overflowing with students, the schools which train ot mazs war enrollment. This means that young men and women are not now preparing to teach. Furthermore, be- sides those who left the work during the war, relatively few of whom have returned, we are steadily losing to other more attractive fields our best superintendents and teachers. The conviction is widespread and well founded, not only that teaching does not pay, but that it does not furnish a living. The problem presented is one that cannot be avoided by those who are burdened with the responsibility for administering our schools. The edu- cation of the children of the state is! at stake at a time when the need of education was never more apparent. It is our business to see that the best minds and the best personalities teach the children of Minnesota. Question of Salary. The question seems to be mainly one of salary, and that we may know exactly what the situation i and so far as it is possible determine| the best solution of the problem, the | state board of education suggests a; conference of all the school boards in Minnesota to consider definitely the question of teachers’ salaries. Since a committee appointed by the Minnesota Educational associa- tion is now investigating the question; throughout the state, and will report; at the annual meeting of superin-, tendents, held in Minneapolis, March' 31 to April 2, that the conference be deferred until, this report is in. It may be possiblei to hold the conference during the! closing days of the superintendents’ meeting. It is hoped that the boards through- out the state in all grades of schools. will realize the seriousness of the sit-i uation and will see that they are rep-! resented at this conference. ! ‘The following resolution was adopt- ed by the state board of education at; a meeting held January 26, 1920: | That school boards and superin- tendents throughout the state be not: fied that it will be the policy of l',heI department of education for the school year 1920-21 to adhere to the! requirements for teacher certification! and standards set forth in the printed rules of the state board of education; that renewals of permits now in force to persons not fully qualified will be granted only on evidence of satisfac- tory teaching and continued profes- sional progress by attendance at summer sessions of the state normal schools or college of education; that such permits will not be granted to mnew applicants except on request of school boards who are able to show to the satisfaction of the department teachers have not regained their pre-| * it would seem best g |simple execution pt of education that they have made every effort to secure fully qualified teachers and have offered reasonable salaries for the same, and when the - department finds that qualified teach- ers are not available for such posi- tions. . Cautious Clara. *Be my wife and you will make s ‘aew man of me.” "1 “Yes, and as soon as you'd become a pew man you would probably think ‘woman,"—Boston Transecript. you were good enough for some other |5 pid for votes. Bonillas’ fate at the 'l'l-lE BEMIDJ, DAILY PIONEER CREDITS WOULD | AID FOREIGN TRADE| (International News Service): Beston, Feb. 18.—“France is re- covering from the ravages of war with amazing rapidity and is more eager than ever to resume normal business relations with America,” declared C. D. Snow, who has just returned from Paris; where he has been commercial attache for the United States Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, since July, 1919. «Snow gives some practical infor- mation to exporters on the French outlook, and he suggests a way of “getting around the exchange prob- lem.” ‘“Undoubtedly the fallen franc has slowed down business with France,” said Snow, ‘‘since the more francs are required to buy an American dol- lar, the more prohibitive it is for the French to place orders. . “To be sure, France is still buying absolute necessities from America, but she is foregoing articles less needed. Naturally France is turn- ing to other markets, where she ean -|get the goods cheaper. That effect should only be temporary, pending the rates of exchange and business conditions throughout the world gen- erally. “Our manufacturers can obviate this obstacle by giving long-term credits; that would be to defer pay- ment with interest, for a few years hence. This would not be a great gamble on their par®, since the man- ufacturer would require payment in dollars.’ ’ MEN LIKE THESE WOULD RULE YOU |LONG Bemidji Lodge No. 119, I 0. O. F., Beltrami Ave. and 4th St., meets every Friday evening at 8 o’clock., THIS WEEK SECOND DEGREE C. J. Winter, N. G., Tel. 862) R. A. Hannah, Rec. Sec., Tel 719W A. Brose TOBACCONIST 400 Minnesota Avenue Keeps the best stock ot Tobacco in the Northwest, also Pipes. We do Pipe Re- pairing. TYPES OF COMMUNIST AGITATORS DEPORTED BY U. 8. DEPART- MENT OF JUSTICE. ADOLPH SCHNABEL, JOHN punbn. . . Leader of Union of Ruesian Workers,| Active erganizer of Communist group a powerful, anarchistif organization in Eilzabeth, N. J. In America. < NICHOLOS MICHAILOV, ALEXANDER SCHATZ, Leader of Communist group in this| Violent agitator among anarchists In . America. Country. FAIR ELECTION CERTAIN. ASSERTS PROMINENT MEXICAN OFFICIAL Since the Rule of Diaz That Country Has Been Scene of Revolutions polls may be an answer to the oft—l advanced theory that ‘‘Mexico is tired of military men.” Then there is the query, often pro- pounded in American quarters: ‘““What will the choice of a new Mex- ican president mean to the relations between the United States and Mexico?” Mexico's presidential election, as a matter of fact, should hold almost as much interest for Americans as it does for Mexicans. By Ralph H. Turner (United Press Correspondent) City of Mexico, Feb. 2. (By Mail.) —If Mexico, in the ten years of po- litical evolution that has followed the overthrow of the Doar regime, has reached the stage where she will abide by the will of the majority, then she has achieved one of her greatest objects in the struggle for democratic government. Next July Mexico will have an op- portunity to prove to the world that she has reached that stage. In the coming presidential election there is material for political dissension and resultant disorder. But the election also offers Mexico the chance to merge peacefully from the tirst real battle of ballots that the Republic has experienced since the days of Diab, when it wasn’t even necessary to count the votes. MexXicans today declare that if their country can weather the troublous waters of an election sea, it will mean the nation is on the sure road to peace and pros- perity. The crisis will have passed. New Election Laws. ” The difficulty, if there is any, will arise from contests over the results of the voting. With two strong mili- tary men in the race a dispute might lead to grave internal complications. Such danger has been removed, how- ever, according to Aguirre Berlanga, 2 Secretary of Gobernocion, by the re- - cently enacted laws of election re- B. A. IKOLBE GROCERIES The Best That Money Can Buy Plant Secrets. 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The government in power does not have to think twice about the mat- ter, its role veing reduced to the the people’'s will.” By winning a majority on the permanent commission which func- ion while congress is adjourned, the Carranza government will be in con- trol during the election. Fifteen of the twenty members composing the commission were chosen in the cham- ber of deputies last December, the government candidates winning de- cisively over those who represented General Obregon. Thus the govern- ment not only will be in technical control of the election, but Carranza, through his generals, is pushing plans to completely pacify the coun- try before July. Should Interest U. S. There are sidelights in the Mexi- can presidential campaign which form the subject of much specula- tion. Discussion of this character chiefly centers around the question of whether the government will throw its support to a particular candidate. 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