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DENBIGHSHIRE TEACHERS' SALARIES.

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DENBIGHSHIRE TEACHERS' SALARIES. COUNTY ASSOCIATION'S. DISSATISFACTION. AN EQUITABLE SCALE DEMANDED. The attitude of the Denbighshire Education Authority on question of teachers' toiarres met wwai conakiertttxe critkxsm at the cooier- enoe of the Denbigh Cownsy Association of Teachers, which waa held at Rhoa, near Rua- bon., on Saturday. The President (Mr R. B. fieaieli)," in moving a of thaii&a to hsPa Mr h. LawJS, r .u. who had secured an appointment in Etig.ki.riid, said thai it was a great pity thai Wales not keep ito own men simply beca-uee paltry £50 or so more would take tiicm from their own country, when an equal increase would 00 ve kept them, there to work far Waits. Mr R. H. Jones teeonded toe Mote of thanks, which, ear- ned. The fa'^or.vmg officers were elected:—Vict- 5resident, Ivlr E. J. Roberts; secretary, Mr D. ,eete, re^u-e, BroughUui; weacujer, Mr Eiias JocLes, lilies. The report of Mr E. J. Roberts, which was adøp too council members ha.d been doing yeoman serYi rlI1 the year by arranging friendly chats with tho m*jmbers of the iiducation Committee, so that they might obtain (a) the formation of a. ceiteu-Utive com- BfcJstee with lepreaentativee of the teachers thereon, with t.iie object of meeting periodically to djacuss queitions appertaining to the welfare of their eciicois; and (b) arrangements for a oepuuaX.on on the salaries quet?t:on. Tae were hopeful that the Council of the Associa- tion wood suouttd in obtaining these bci-iiiu, and be (the secretary) was glad that that pro- mised land was within on his ieiirK]uis»ti- ing the »ecrotarial dutieti. The balance sheet, winch was al*o adopted, she-wed the membership to be 192, an increase of eight o niast year, and » credit balance of about J612. NEXT ANNUAL MEETING TO BE AT COLWYN BAY. It was decided to hold the next annual meet- ing at Colwyn Bay. SCALE OF SALARIES DEMANDED. Mr J. E. Rogers, Pentre B rough ion, moved: "T}"a,t this meotiiig of Denbi gh&ftire teachers expresses its grave dsisaasfaction of the pre- sent system of granting irxrein-ciits of salaries adopted by tho Denbighshire Education, Com- mruce as bcingWliftdi¡..glbl<.1 azid unfair teachers, and educationally unbound; it further afiirm^ tliax for the well-being of education in the oounty it is essential that the goring anortauies in the teachers salaries and tho great injustice felt in the annual partial revision af salaries be removed by the adoption oi equit- able scaie of eaiju-iea, and that this resolution ce forwarded to rruerubenj of the Denbighshire Education Committee." Mr Refers said it was a matter of shame that it siiouid be necessary in the socalied pre- mier Welsh oounty to have to argue the reason- ableness of a scale of salaries. One w have thought that Denbighshire, with ite boasted progressive leaders, would be the first to admit the principle of a Living wage. For five years they had asked for a scale of sala- ries and Io. <m interview with the authority. Both had been denied them. Like Onver Twist, they dared not ask for more. Did it not seem hypocritical that the party which was loudest in killing Lord Peurhyn with their mouths for refusing to recognise the Quarry- men's Union WQre the same party who refused the teachers an interview ? Instances of glar- ing anomalies wore to ba found in nearly every Sahcci in the county, and the attempt at revi- tton only aggravated the question. They com- plained also of the method and baoia of annual revision of aaiaries. There wesne too many t&mgs done in tho dark, and with a scale of salaried it wouid not be necessary to have powerful friends in court to bear witoeaa to tbeir abilities, neither wouid they find it an advantage to belong to a certain denomination. Two great evils would vascab—favouriciam and cox- ruption. Mr D. S. Davi-ee, obairmain of titte Stafi and Supply Comsnit^e, had aa £ d by Dot adopting a they were a to rewaxd g-ood teacJaexs, and at use eame time witnhcld amcreafiea from teachers for merely long aoer- JiCCS. .tie (Mr Rogeps) contended undies a. •csue the rewards would be certain for good teaciiere, and not subject to tie capnoo ol m- ctviduai niejnbera of the cuuumtt.e. Good toaoGera would be encouraged by a scale, and tney were not confent to ieave it to too tender morcies of Mr DavJes. anxious d'&Mre to renard good toacners found "6wn in a. meecuig of the coimiisitteo to tibe extent of i;570 amongwt 700 teachers. Last j-ear per head of average attendance there were only two coun- ties an Wales whose teaciien> cost iesa than tiMae of Dcaibighslure—namely, Eimtahire and Radnorshire. Compared with England, Den- hi-ghshire stood tenth from too bottom of the tat. The average salaiy m Er^guuid for certi- ficated a& £ 0tanite> was Jbod 4s 3d ior women and £124 6s bd for men. It waa a question whether there was half a dozen oertruoated male élEsLs- tante W-lhJÐe salaries were i;1<X>, and the sarine waa true of the women. Too Board of Educa- tion had increased the suporamruation premium 10 per cent, on account of a general increase im ealaries. DembLghahire teeonerB had to pGyJ this, although tney cLd not got an increaee m sa-ary. AA an association they ahould not take things lying down, and appeal to the people. Their only hope of salvation WI4î.S by pointioal &cti.cm. Mr E. J. Roberts (Denbigh), in supporting the motion, said it seemed to him. very singu- lar that the Coimty Education Authority could not adopt a scale of salaries. They found meney for other purposes, such as £400 for a hockey fidd for girls a.t Ruth-in, £500 for tOO Brymbo legislation, and a. large sum of money on the Liysfaen inquiry. Hia school for 12 bad only received JS85 a year. He con- tended that headmasters had been largely in- etzrmriiental in securing a larger attendance grant by reason of thedr personal efforta. Too resolution was carriod writh enthusdssm. Mr Ernest Gray, M.A., a member of the) IxHidon County Council, aiterwarcfe delivered an interesting on Teachers' Hobbies." PLEA FOR THE COUNTRY CHILD. Mr R. B. Seareli, who is the first rural teacher to be president od the County ia- tion, after drawing a comparison of the meagre curccuhtm of, say 25 years ago and the ample and generous one of the present day, went on to observe that there was no nobler work in the whole teaching jirofession than that of these who laboured under difficulties jn the rural eohoous. tOO great r-eispon&ibiii't(y' toat rested upon them they were worthy otfi better remuneraticai than paid a.t present. Some xaifitreaaes of rural schools weiv. not as well paid as domestic servants, the wages of some being £30 a year arsd even less. Why, he asked, should the rural child be handicapped for life by a bad start owing to tho parsimony of an education authority? It was a matter of re- gret that the Education Committee had not eeen their way clear to aJJow the last increases of salaries to be made pubiio. Many returns came recently to his hand, and ho was greatly struck by the fact that the teachers who were considered exceptionally meritorious were in a great majority of unqualified. Tbe poor rural teacher was left marking time. The speaker went on. to dwell on the improvement of school equipment and staff, and showed how the education authority was paying an increased grant per head than was done during the first six months tie Act came into force. He main- tained that they should have qualified teachers in the country schools, and argnjed that tho country child should not be sacrificed to the parsimony of an education authority. He then Wen* on to show how the rural ratepayer was paying more in rates than came back to the district. In the Yale of CJwyd. district the amount was £1000. He also advocated that the transference from the elementary school to the county school should be by the nomination of the teacher. No country should fail to give the best opportunities to the child to develop its capabilities, and no country could afford to Delect its intellectual welfare. In conclusion, be advocated tbe establishment of a farm Bchool in different parts of the country, which would be of great service to the community and beep forward the small holdings movement (ap- plause). These aohools would become the oentre of aJ a&rioukural interests in the district, and lead to a system of co-operation whioh was essen- tiaJ to progress. A resolution was moved by Mr D. E. Rees (Pantre Broughton), seconded by Mr Williams (Rhos Junior School), urging upon the educa. SKA autborrty the need of forming a. oonsru]ta.tive TOnamttee, composed of representatives of the Edacataon Committee and the teachere of the county, to meet periodically for the purpose of tion between the Education Commit toe and the teaohftra, and for disoiMsrng any ques- teem affecting the welfare of the schools of the Couofcy. Mr Ernest Gray said that after a roost ease- ful watch upon the proceedings of tOO eduoa- tion authorities he felt sure that nothing had ooetnbuted so much to progress erf eduoa- twn as the presence upon education committees oJ 000 or more teachers engaged in the schools of the dttinot. He very much regretted that m Decbighahire County CoujoeU had not oo. j r. 4 opted a twaober upon the KducaOon Oommittee, and he urged tbcm rnoet strongly to reconsider their posiItlColl, taspecialiy in vww of isdt that Paj-^oment, when the Education Act was d ccusfTed, aipparently bad no doubt that teaei>erj. would be co-opted jitet as women, wore W be. One important ret&oil wily they sbcuid be co-opted was shait the teachers' repneoetita- Sum would »ee that decisiciiB iiiould not bo overlooked by officials if fcbey happened to be unpalatable. Mr Gray gave an intcreetki^f address oa "New Types of Schools." PROGRESS OF EDUCATION. POSITION IN THE PRINCIPALITY. A pubiio ineetkig was held at Rhos on Fri- day ki oonnectiorfi with the conference of too County Associatkxa of Teaabera. Pr J. C. Davies (cbaarmao) tiioughit that the educaitwSn of tOO present day was too academic atod not sufficiently practioal. He should also hke to tee an extension of the system of drill introduced to the øubooe of the oountry, Mr Ernest Gray, M.A., L.C.C., delivered an interesting addre^-s showing the enormoius pro- groeæ nwde in education and oducational facaa- t:œ since 1870, the year in which, the natifmalisa- Uon of public education took its rise. In Wales alone, in 1906, there were 1030 council schools and 744 voiumtary oohoo; and council schools in Wales had increased to 1133, while the voluntary schools had only slightly decreased, from 744 to 690. But perhaps the figures show. inig the accommodation provided in the schools exhibited in a more striking light the increase wliich had taken plaoe. For instance, while in 1906 the council schools provided acoonMnodaftion for 352,412 children, that same type of school gave in 1909 accommodation for 390,954 chil- dren—nearly 400,000; while the voluntary school accommodation had only fallen from 141,976 to 131,140 in the same period. He thought there were two lessons to be drawn from these figures. First, that school buiktr^ had now practically caught up with the popiriation, and that there waa now a scihool piaoe for every child. He did not mean t.o say that th-a,t pxioe was always in the right situation; but, roughly speaking, acrhcol building had practioally caught up witn the school population. The other lecson to be iearrat was that if the voluntary system W1< destined to extinction, as some professed, the progress in that direction was exoeedintgl y stow. Indeed, a merely superficial examination of the figures showed clearly that the voluntary echoed system had still the sympathy of a very iarg-e section of the p-ubHc.

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