Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1929, Page 17

TEACHER'S DEGREE " HELD NUPTIAL BAR New York Instructor Finds Bachelors and Spinsters Are in Majority. Eoecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 5.—Is a college education making the teaching profes- sion one of spinsters and bachelors? This question, if results in a survey made by Willard S. Elsbree, instructor at Teachers College, Columbia Univer- sity, are to be believed, is apropos. A college education, Mr. Elsbree has found, reduces th> chances of marriage of teachers, and this tendency is on the increase. Especially true of gradu- ates of women's colleges, he finds that the woman teachers are for the most part indifferent to marriage and moth- erhood. Many Prefer Independence. The greater desire for complete in- dependence, coupled with higher stand- ards for the opposite sex, has tended to lower the proportion of marriages. Mar- riages of kindergarten teachers are frequent. but the decrease is observed in the higher grades until the smallest numbers of marriages are found among the high school group. Mr. Elsbree took a year to determine the number of teachers who leave school. and to study the reasons why. His conclusions are enlightening. Mr. Eisbree studied the school sy tems of 125 cities and towns in New York State, excluding Buffalo and New | York City. He selected New York as the ideal State in which to conduct a | survey of this character. ! Low Wages a Cause. In finding the causes of the un-| usually high rate of turnover in the teaching profession, sometimes ironi- | cally referred to as the ching pro- cession,” the Columbia instructor re- vealed that the highest number of teachers left to take better positions, and that the school systems were losing their best teachers because of an aver- age difference of $200 a vear in salary. In other words, New York State bids farewell to its best teachers because they are able to obtain an average of $200 more a year doing something else. Dismissal, the fate of those teachers | who lean toward radical ideas and un- conventionalities, ranks third in the list of reasons why teachers leave school. One out of every ten teachers “}'lhn leaves is “fired,” Mr. Elsbree’s data show. Dismissals in Small Towns. | More surprising is the fact that it is the small town and village that does | most of the dismissing of achers. Whether this is because poor teachers | drift to the smaller places, or whether | the village boards are stricter in requir- ing conservative instructors is a matter of speculation. From Prof. David P. Harry's study last year on the cost of living of teach- ers in New York State Prof. Elsbree auotes the theory that expresses the lure of the large city to the small-town teacher. Attractions of City. “The beginning teacher hopes to se- cure a position in the school system of the larger city; she feels that her chance for advancement is greater: she believes that working conditions within the large system are almost ideal; she relishes the idea of the freedom she will have after school hours: she looks forward to the chance of seeing and hearing better theatrical performances, operas and concerts; institutions of higher learning, libraries, museums, parks all beckon and urge her to the city. “Some girls from the smaller towns seem very willing to throw aside the type of life they are used to in order to try a new life in the large city. The smaller community has been victimized as ‘Main Street’; its social life has not been dramatized; it has no dally paper or Chamber of Commerce to bally-hoo and broadcast its beauties and its ‘wonders. Undoubtedly the larger city is an alluring bait for the heginmng] teachers.” For these reasons the large city draws the higher type of teacher, experts be- Neve. The large city is able to pay more and, as the study has shown, the teacher leaves for a matter of $200 increase. The increasing responsibility of the State in paying salaries of teach- ers, however, will help stem the tide, Professor Elsbree asserts. He urges a thorough study of local salary condi- | tions by the boards of education. Causes of Turnover. A tabulation of causes of teacher turnover in New York State shows that 22 per cent of the teachers who leave do so to accept a better position. Other percentages are: Resigned to be married, 21 per cent: dismissed, 10 per cent: home conditions, 7 per cent; ill health, 7 per cent; to teach nearer home, 6 per cent; for professional study, 4 per cent; dissatisfied with posi- tion, 4 per cent: retired, 3 per cent; to enter another line of work, 3 per cent; death, 2 per cent; maternity, 1}, per cent; miscellaneous, 6 per cent. AIR MAIL CONTRACT REVISION EXPECTED Conference of Operators Will Be Held Here to Effect Readjust- ment of Rates. By the Associated Press. Assistant Postmaster General Glover, in charge of air mail, announced yes- terday that the department was pre- paring for a general readjustment of rates paid to holders of air mail con- tracts. Al contractors carrying air mail for a period of more than two years will be summonea to Washing- ton for conference. At the same time the department Wwill issue a six-year extension of con- tracts to all operators with whom the Gepartment reaches an agreement. Under the act of Congress reducing 2ir mail postage to 5 cents, the Post- master General was instructed to call for agreements with contractors for air mail which would bring the cost of the service nearer its income. CRACK TRAINS RUN SOUTH Three Put on Florida Route for Winter Service. With the opening of the 1928-29 sea- son in Florida, three crack trains have been put into Winter service by the most prominent two railway companies operating through service to the Pen- insula State's cities and resorts, The Florida Special, an all-Pullman train of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road Co., began its forty-third Winter season yesterday, when it left New York on its first run of the season. The same company started another all-Pullman ‘Winter special, the Miamian, December 17. The Florida Special is run in two sections, one carrying traffic down the east coast of Florida and the other traversing the west coast. The Seaboard Airline Railway Co. started its crack train, the Orange Blossom Special, last Wednesday, when it began operating on a schedule which cut its former running time between the Capital and Florida by 1 hour and 15 minutes. Assigned to Fort Washington. Maj. Va! E. Miltenberger, Army Med- fcal Corps. has been assigned to duty at Fort Washington, Md., effective early dn March. At present he is stationed at Fort MacArthur, Calif, {end of 1930. sider smuggling between the two coun- Indians, Eskimos And Polynesians I Kin, Says Savant| {All Sprang From Stock | in Southeastern Asia, Geologist Holds. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, January 5—That the| North American Indians. the Eskimos | and the Polynesians were related and | all sprang from a_Southeastern Asia | race, was announced today by Dr. Her- | bert’ Earnest Gregory, director of the Bishop Polynesian Museum here, as established after eight vears of investi- gation by the museum staff Dr. Gregory, a geologist, who also has | been a member of the faculty of Yale | University since 1904, gave the following | as other conclusions of the scientists of the Bishop Muscum. after compiling | | evidence throughout Polynesia: | The Polynesian race originated in Southeastern Asia, including India and | Indo-China. | Several racial elements constitute th Polynesian _type, the predominati ores being Caucasian and Mongoloid. There is no connection between the Iynesians and the African negroids. | Chinese Related. The Chinese and Japanese unques- | tionably sprang from the same racial roots as the Polynesians, to whom they | probably were related in the distant past. | The Polynesians did not originate in Central or South America. H The Hawaiian branch of the Poly- | atic Coast by way of Raiatea in th~ | Society Islands, first settling in Hawati betwzen 1100 and 1300 A. D. | Findings of the scientists character- | ized thé migrations of the Polynesian | race as “vely late” from the scienti standpoint, and concluded that there | are none today who are pure-blooded | descendants of the first Polynesians. Investigation Incomplete. Gregory said that while evidence ob- tained was sufficient to permit the | formation of cefinite conclusions and | theories, the investigations still we: incomplete. Two more expeditions to the Cook Islands and the Tuamota Archipelago in the South Pacific, will | be undertaken immediately with the view of completing researches by ihe With regard to theorles of the past | existence of a gigantic continent whore the Pacific Ocean rolls at present, Greg- ory said nothing had been obtained to indicate any foundation. i Racial origins of the Polynesians and the North American Indians have for many vears ranked among the world’s._outstanding ethnological prob- lems. While the investigations of the Bishop Museum staff have centered on Polynesian origins, the scientists have uncovered considerable data concerning the historles of other races of the Pa- cific area. OTTAWA DELEGATES WILL LEAVE TODAY _— | Nail Reports Canada Will Be Ask- ed to Revise Extradition Treaty With U. §. By the Associated Press. Before departing today for Ottawa, American members of the conference with Canada on border smuggling de- clared that recent reports.that Canada would be asked to revise the extradition treaty with the United States so as to permit return for trial of Canadians in- dicted for violating the American prohi- bition laws, were unfounded. The American delegation is headed by Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, com- mandant of the Coast Guard: James M. Doran, commissioner of prohibition, and E. W. Camp, commissioner of customs. The conference which opens | fomorrow wil be informal and no cab- | inet ranking officials of the Canadian Gov- ernment will participate. ‘The conference primarily will con- tries, seeking means to diminish or stop . From the American viewpoint of- ficials wish a greater measure of co- operation in preventing smuggling of liquor and narcotics into the United States, while the Canadians will asx ment to prevent the smuggling of | aleohol, silk and tobacco into Canada. | ‘The Americans wish Canada to re- | fuse clearance papers to ships export- ing out that lest year approximately | $24,000.000 worth of liquor was cleared from Canadian ports for the United States. In these efforts, Commissioner Doran said, the Americans would be ready to meet Canada half way in of- fering the fullest measure of co-opera- tion in preventing smuggling into that country. ‘POCKET VETO’ ISSUE REVIVED BY NORRIS| Nebraska Senator Reminds Senate Muscle Shoals Bill Was Passed Last Spring. By the Associated Press. | A move in the Senate yesterday look- | ing toward temporary Government cperation of the Muscle Shoals proper- | ties caused Senator Norris of Nebraska lo observe that a Muscle Shoals meas: ure bearing his name passed by Con- gress lasi Spring had not been vetoed | by President Coolidge. | The measure to which he referred | was the Norris resolution for Govern- | ment operation of the properties. It was sent to the White House toward the end of the session and there is dis- | pute as to whether it became law or not because Mr. Coolidge failed to sign | or veto it within 10 days after the first session of Congress adjourned. This method of disposing of legisla- tion, known as the pocket veto, may be cmployed by the executive at the end of a whole Congress, but some have| argued that the pocket veto is not ef- | fective when used at the end of a| single session of a whole Congress. Senator Norris declared that a bill dealt with similarly — one providing | funds for certain Indian tribes—was now pending before the Supreme Court, | and, he said, if the court rules that it was law despite the President's failure to act, the Norris Muscle Shoals bill also would be law. U. S. FIRST IN AVIATION, ROME AIR CHIEF SAYS Gen. Balbo Sails From New York After Touring Country Fol- lowing Conference. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 5.—Gen. Italo Balbo, undersecretary for aviation in the cabinet of Premier Mussolini, who came here a month ago to attend the International Civil Aeronautical Con- ference, left for home today expressing th: opinion that America led the world in aviation. Gen. Balbo toured the country after the aeronautical conference. He said he hoped to be the first passenger in a flight from Rome to America and that such a flight might be attempted in ihe Spring, ian race came from the Southeastern | | officers of this Government or | more effective eforts by this Govern- | | ing liquor to the United States, point-| ' $i .50 Supt;rir Rayon Bloomers \ nationally known make, heavily textured lity, in pink, peach, nile. orchid, sand and ,in sizes 25 to 31, regular, extra and dou- ble ‘extra. Perfect, of course. $1 Rayon Vests, 69c Bodice-top Rayon Vests, with reinforctd ars All smart shades to match bioomers. Sizes 36 to 40. Street Floor—King's Palace Featuring Satisfaction Since 1859 SPAL 810-818 Seventh Street T $1 Full-Fashioned Bemberg Hosiery 19c Slightly irregular. A very large new assortment of ex ceptional quality stockings made of this superior rayon, with short lisle welt. All de- sirable shades and sizes. $28 to $39 Special! 100 New Pony Coats At Y4 to V3 Less Than W holesale Cost '69:°89 Worth $139 to $95 at Usual Retail Prices Beautifully moired skins in red, black, brown, tan and blonde with choice of shawl, crush, Johnny or notch col- lars of fitch, red, gray, tan, blonde or brown fox. Stun- ning models lined through- out with fine silks. Sizes 14 to 42 \ New Felt Hats Early Spring Fashions 1 .89 Chic new styles, trimmed with smart touches of pedaline straw. Light colors, new tans, bright tones and dark tones. Just when you want a pretty new hat to brighten up your Winter costume—these delightiul hats come along—so be sure to come in tomorrow—we know you will be delighted with their trim styles, pretty colors and splendid high lustre felt. Street Floor January Clearance of Shoes Special $4 to $6 Values $2.85 The shoes are really marvelous— we simply want to clear our shelves —we have about 2,000 pairs, more than we want—so here’s the sale you have been waiting for. Sizes 3 to 8. Patent, tan leathers, black and brown suede; high and low heels. Straps, operas and ties as well as novelty fashions. Included—A Special Group of Arch-Support Shoes at $2.85 Second Floor—King's Palace $5 to $7 Rayon 52.93 Smart new bed sets consisting of spread with bolster all in one. Made of lustrous brocaded rayons in stripes and two-tone patterns, 80x108-inch size. $1.25 Bleached 35¢ Pillow Ehects 69c ea. | Suo. . 22 ea. Seconds of full size, bleached itohe . cotton sheets. Seamless, too— R iihed) s o and_at this low price quantity | bleached cotton’ in 45x36 and buying would be*an economy. 42x36-inch size. Irregular, Street Floor~King's Palace sive stocks. price. trimmed coats. Sizes 14 to 40 36 to 42 with choice coats from our own exten- eve will concede these coats to be far out of the ordinary values at this low The group is unusually rich in variety of style and every coat is lavish- season for you—but it is for us—hence this drastic price cut on marvelous fur- 44 to 52 Second Floor—King's Palace $2 Folding Card Tables 3 1 - Strongly made, with composition top and metal corners. * $1.25 Lace 79 c Ecru and white. Nottingham and filet lace panels, in pretty patterns. $1 Window Shades Seconds of oil opaque shades, in green and white. Rods 1 9(: hanging tie-back curtains and dou- ble draperies. Covers 39(: Slight seconds. Third Floor $1 Bernco 79 N A guarantee with each clock; very $1 Fountain Pens Guaranteed; 14-carat iridium pen point, . 7 59¢ Children’s 45 c Pouch and flat styles, with top straps, in many pretty colors. Black leatherctte with buckle or zipper fastener, Street Floor Hosiery Slight irregulars. Black only with Regular and th"‘l sizes. Knit ‘Women’s rayon striped knit cot- ton bloomers, in white and flesh. E t] Misses’ $1 Silk Hosiery Flat rib, pure silk all over, All smart colors. Bloomers Rayon striped, wool tinted Fanels One used to a window, 29c Curtain Curved double extension rods, for 75¢ Sanitas New patterns and pretty colors. Alarm Clocks special. Handbags $1 Boston 79 Bags C 50c Burson 19 c or without split foot. Bloomers 39c Sizes 36 to 44. Slightly irregular. Women’s Knit 49 ¢ cotton, in sizes 36 to 44. With Coupon Only Pond’s Cream, 21¢c Your choice of vanishing cream or cold cream. Street Floor s The most keenly critical Black and colors. Six Styles Sketched A tremendous purchase, together Fabrics Velvet Broadcloth Venise elour Suede Dozbloom Iy furred with rich, good-looking pelts. The Furs Manchurian Wolf Vicuna Fox Beaverette Squirrclette Sealine Baby Scal Cocolette Just New! 1,000 Hoover Aprons It is not the énd of the cold weather Crisp new Hoovers—just in time for a great January sale. These popular double-service aprons of chambray and heavy muslin in tan, green. orchid, blue, pink, rose and white. Choice of long or short white collars. Splendid for the home, beauty shop, for sick room, waitresses and other purposes. Sizes 36 to 44 and 46 to 52 Second Floor—King's Palace A Thrilling Purchase $ s $7 All-Wool Blankets 5 5 Splendid quality, double-bed size blankets in large block plaids—rose, tan, green, blue and gray. Ideal for this cold weather—for this blanket is not too heavy, yet warm and fleecy. A deposit will reserve any blanket until you are ready for it. 35 Part-Wool Blankets $3.79 pr L] 66x80 Double Blankets, in pretty, large block patterns— Very Specially Priced rose, blue, tan, green and gray. Decp sateen bound edges. Warm and fleecy—but not too heavy. Third_Floor—King's Palace New Art Needlework for Spring Unbleached S d Li 319 gl 1= 50 Stamped in very attractive Bedspreads basket design. Stamped 3 Stamped Numerous _attractive designs. 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Finished with sleeve and ankle cuff, Well tailored to give long service. Men’s 89c Shirts 68 c and Drawers Cotton ribbed, long-sleeve shirts in sizes 36 to 46. Ankle-length drawers in sizes 32 to 42. Finished with sleeve and ankle cuff. Sateen 89¢ Men’s $1.25 Work Shirts chambray work shirts in collar-attached “style. Heavy quality blue Made with triple stitched seams and two roomy breast pockets. Sizes : 18¢ ’ Men’s Shirts Genuine broadcloth shirts, slightly solled from handling and previous sales. Collar attached and neck- band styles. Mostly plain white. Sizes 141; tns‘lT reet Floor Boys’ Sweaters All-wool and plain and fancy pat- terns. Also wool lumberjacks in va- rious plaids. Sizes 6 to 18. Boys”$2.50° "~ §1.79 Wool Sweaters All wool and woolen mixtures. Pull-over style, in navy, black, and red, Also fancy patterns. Sizes 28 to 36. Included are small checked lumberjacks in light colors. 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Children’s 50 c woolen knit Warm Gloves gloves, fur top mittens and cuffed Fleece-lined jersey, Children’s $1 ren’s and $1.25 Gloves 7?‘5 Cape gloves with warm also gauntlets with velour top, leather cuff and palm. Corduroy lined. Street Floor With Coupon Only 9 25¢ Mennen’s - Borated Talcum, 16¢ Street Floor With Coupon Only 10c Toilet Tissue, 3 for 19¢ One thousand sheets to a roll. King's Palace Special. Street Floor 59¢ and $1 32 c Dress Flowers Nice assortment of clusters, trail- ers and single flowers. Included are white and colored gardenias. $1.98 Alencon $l]0 Laces A i 11~ design, in red, orchid. cc:en,m;]::‘;vdtr :nd black; 36 inches $l.39 i3 for evening or dance dramming £ white ‘and pastel shades. Combination colors. Very desir- able for dress trimmings. Street Floor é?::l?:::, yd.l 2 l/ 2C Checks and plaids. Fast colors; ?2 inches wide. l l Remnants and full pieces; woven. Comfort 51.59 Covers Printed challis, in light and dark patterns. 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