AN OPEN QUESTION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1174, 8 July 1911, Page 10

AN OPEN QUESTION.

Thore.has long been uneasiness in tho United Slntos about the predominance' of tho "school-ma'am" even in boj-s' schools, and tho disappearance of tho man teacher. It is supposed by some that' exclusively feminine ' education may ' cause the national character to degenerate- Dr. Charles N. Eliot, tlio late president of Harvard and a well-known educationist, is one of them. The question has oomo. up through tho proposal of .the New. York Board of Education to.equalise tho salaries of'men and women-teachers by reducing tho salaries of tlio men who will heroafter enter its service. There are two "sound reasons." says Dr. Eliot, for paying women teachers in (ho.public schools at ipwer rates than men. "Firstly, with rare exceptions, they do not, and cannot, do llio'same work; and, secondly, teaching as a temporary occupation for young women is moro desirable among the occupations open to women than it is for young nieu among the occupations open to men." Dr. Eliot condemns the proposed policv as "disastrous," as it will either diminish the number of men loaeh : crs, already too small, or will reduce their quality, or both, lie ridicules the suggestion that "the.sex of the teacher is of no importance in education," contending that "it is a perfectly, clear result of much experience Hint moil moko better teachers for boys over twelve than women do.

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