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The subjects named in this table are defined so as to include the
various divisions which may come under each. For example, English will
include journalism and speech; industrial arts, all shop work; music,
all instruction in band, orchestra, vocal courses, etc. Teachers of
two or more subjects are classified in this table under the one first
named. Those whose teaching subjeccts were not indicated are grouped
here under "not classified" . This table does not include teachers
reported as junior college instructors, but it includes junior high
school teachers in a few schools in which they were not distinguishable
from senior high school instructors.

A median salary of $164.00 is reported for the (929) high school
teachers in part (B) of Table III. This is fifteen dollars per
month less than is reported for the (1083) teachers in part (A)

of this table, A rather marked difference between the two groups
applies to all the subjects listed excepting only commerce. Art
teachers and physical education teachers either are not found in
schools included in part (B) of the table or else are reported
secondary to another subject as, English and physical education or

Imusic and art.

It may be helpful to analyze the typical salary cf a high school
teacher. Ewen if a teacher is to be paid $180.00 per month ($1620
per year), he probably actually receives -- after the usual deductions
explained previously -~ approximately $1400.00 per year, And this

is probably equivalent in purchasing value to about $1120.00 as

of 1938, Should this teacher be paid the indicated monthly salary
for each of twelve months, he would nominally receive $2160.00; he
would actually receive about $1825.00; with a purchasing value
equivalent to perhaps $1450.00 in 1938.

One of the better administered school systems in the State, which has
a salary level well above the average, provides an amendment to

its salary schedule -~ which reads, "A $50.00 bonus for all regular
teachers who complete year 1943-44". If there is merit in this idea,
it may be proposed and defended that in schools in general the
monthly pay on a nine month basis be continued for twelve months, if
teachers obligate themselves to remain in the school the succeeding
year. The effect of this proposal would be to add one-third to

the yearly salary, and it is not at all equivalent to paying a nine~
months salary in twelve installments.

‘With teaching salaries as they have been, there is little to encour~

age elementary teachers in graded schools, and still less those in
one~teacher schools, to expect more of financial reward for more
years of teaching experience. The situation is shown rather clearly

in Table IV, which includes data from all counties (9) which
provided the information involved.