The Marion Daily Mirror

MORE SALARY IS DEMANDED Teachers Pleased with New Resolution.

BOARD STUNG AGAIN Automatic Heat Regulators will not Regulate.

System Installed at a Cost of Nearly $3,000 Proves to be a Big White Elephant.

The question of increasing the salaries of several of the graded school teachers was the foremost one discussed at the regular meeting of the city school board last night. For some time the board could not agree on the interpretation of the resolution passed at the beginning of the year, governing the salaries of the teachers.

Under the old resolution, a teacher was entitled to the maximum salary of her grade providing she had had two years' experience or more in the Marion graded schools. The new resolution does not specify that the teacher shall have gained her experience in Marion schools but simply demands two years' experience in any graded school. Several of the teachers found that under the new resolution, they had had the necessary experience to demand the maximum salary.

Miss Pearl Campbell, teacher of the 6th grade at the Forest Lawn building, was among the first to discover that she was entitled to more salary. Miss Campbell gained her experience largely in the West but when elected the board gave her the advantage of her experience and allowed her the maximum salary of the third grade, to which department she was assigned. This year she was placed at the head of the sixth grade where the maximum salary is $5 more or $50 a month, but did not receive any increase. After carefully considering the matter, the board determined that she was entitled to the difference of the grade salary, and voted her the increase.

Miss Etta Walters of Silver street, sixth grade, receiving $45 a month, reported that she had had two years experience and asked that the board increase her salary to $50 a month. Miss Walters, like Miss Campbell did not gain all of her experience in the local schools and under the old resolution, her petition would be absolutely worthless. A part of the board held that owing to the fact that she was hired under the old resolution that it would govern her salary. Mr. Hill, however, interpreted that when the new resolution was passed the old one was void. The board found that the only thing to do was to vote Miss Walters the increase.

Miss Mayme Weber, teacher at the 1st grade, Silver street was voted an increase from $40 to $45 per month in salary on the strength of the same existing conditions.

Miss Berdine Millisor employed as assistant to Miss Zelda Ramer, at Olney Avenue, petitioned the board for a raise, claiming that she has been placed in sole charge of a grade and while doing the work of a regular teacher is only receiving the salary of an assistant. The board decided that Miss Millisor was not expected to do the work of a regular teacher and can only be paid the regular assistant's salary of $25 a month.

The board instructed Mr. Frank to purchase the magazines of current literature for the high school library at a cost of $12.70. Mr. Frank informed the board that C. B. Kelsey, teacher of science in the high school had asked for new apparatus for the physics laboratory. Mr. Frank held a bill noting the needed improvements and the cost totaled $45.30. Mr. Waddell put a motion to the effect that the matter be placed in the hands of the supply committee. Despite the fact that the chairman repeatedly called for a second, there was none put and the motion was necessarily dropped.

Mr. Frank asked the board's opinion on a number of cases where he deemed that it would be necessary to charge students tuition. "Do you ever collect any tuition, Mr. Hill?" queried Mr. Waddell. "There's always some nice big juicy excuse they offer, and I believe I have the first dollar yet to collect on a tuition bill," replied Hill. "The child is living with its grandparents, is making its permanent home in the city (during school days only, however) its father owns a piece of land across from the court house, and with a string of excuses of this nature, the students' parents or guardian declares that it is an abominable outrage to even mention the tuition question." cynically remarked Hill. And the tuition question was immediately dropped.

Mr. Frank announced that on November 8 and 9, the Central Ohio Teachers association of which the local teachers force is a part, will meet in Columbus. The teachers eighth, in order to allow them to visit the Columbus schools. The request was granted.

"These automatic heat regulators are no good," emphatically remarked Mr. Isaiah Jones, janitor of the high school building. "They aren't bad when they work, but they are never in working order," he continued. It cost the board just $900 to put the system in the high school and at the best they could only do the janitor's work of regulating the furnaces.

Janitor Ebert, of the Central building also sent in a complaint, declaring that the "automatic things," never work well and the rooms are either too hot or cold.

"Thunder." remarked a member of the board, "There is nearly 3,000 gone to the board, after the janitors got through criticizing the Johnson Service company for their miserable patent. The board turned the matter over to Mr. Wilson, superintendent of buildings.

"I doubt very much if the population of Marion has increased one bit in the last year." said Mr. Frank after disclosing to the board that there is scarcely a half score more pupils enrolled over last year. According to the school enumeration it is certainly evident that it hasn't increased very much," remarked a member.

"We have more room, more teachers, better facilities in every way, but no more pupils than last year, consequently we certainly ought to do a great deal better work this year than last," said Mr. Hill.

Authorized by the board to draw up a report of the enrollment, Superintendent Frank submitted his statistics last evening. The report follows:-

There were 129 pupils promoted from the grades last year. Out of this 129 there are 102 entries in the high school. There were 10 pupils who failed to pass the final grade examination. With the Patterson students there are just 125 enrolled in the Freshman class of the high school.

Enrollment at the end of the first month, last year, not including the high school, 2,374; this year, not including the high school, 2,373. Enrollment including the high school last year, 2,683; this year 2,694, showing an increase of but 11 students.

The question of allowing Miss De Emma Hawley, principal at the Davids street building, an assistant was brought up but it was determined to carry the matter over until the next meeting.

Bills aggregating $1699.96, including $1107.06, the teachers institute pay roll were allowed and the clerk authorized to issue orders on the treasury for payment of same. Members Lickerson and Christian were absent at the meeting. B. P. Sweney was elected chairman pro-tem in the absence of president Christian.