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In school or for dress wear, Han
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mean a standard of excellence,
whether they are selected for the
finer usage of social demand or
of the stout outdoor kind.
Our store is convenient for you:
A staff of competent fitters, and
a service that you will like.
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Tea Dansante from 3 :30 to 5 :00 P. M.
Table de Hote Dinner from 5 :00 to 8 :00 P. M.
Open until 11:30 P. M. Music. Dancing Permitted
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DISADVANTAGES OF
TEACHING PROFESSION
FORCE LOW STANDARD
The following nrtlclo taken from
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"Tho Lincoln ruuuc givv u
opinion of organizer1 labor on the
present conditions In the teacning
ranks.
"Our schools are facing a crlnla. In
adequate salaries and unjust treat
ment not only are forcing thousands
of our best teachers out of the pro
feastons, but are largely preventing
slf respectlng young men and women
of ability from preparing for teaching
tha alarming decrease in normal
school attendance shows. If Amerl
can education Is to meet the demands
of the critical period we are entering,
forward looking men and women with
In the teaching force and without,
must not merely devote their best
thought, but must coordinate their
afforta. The American Federation of
Teachers, through Its affiliation with
the American Federation of Labor
with Ita membershtn of nearly four
million, has the support of the most
powerful and progressive democratic
force In our national life, and the force
most Yltally and Intelligently inter
ested In public education.
"Organised labor Is fundamentally
Interested in securing the best educa
tional opportunities for the children
of all the people. Some conflicting
forces are fundamentally Interested
in keeping taxes down. Labor Is de
termined to raise the efficiency of the
schools to the highest level, and to
make education mean what It should
mean in a democracy. All aiming at
that goal, and surely the teachers
most of all, should welcome the effec
tive support for progressive educa
tional measures, the new possibilities
for cooperation, which affiliation with
us ,and through us with the American
Federation of Labor, would secure.
"We sometimes find the misappre
hension that we are interested only
ia salaries. Improved economic con
ditions for teachers is a fundamental
educational problem today, and we
may make no apology for stressing It,
Upward revision of salary schedules is
indispensable to prevent an educa
tional breakdown. Labor In both na
tional and state conventions has gone
on record for increased school reve
nues and adequate salaries.
We are now co-operating with
the A. F. of L. and the N. E. A.
in securing federal assistance. But
we are just as keenly Interested, and
receive just as cordial support from
organized labor, in securing the demo
cratic voice of the active teachers in
the conduct of our educational insti
tutions, as opposed to autocratic dom
ination extending downward from the
upper reaches of the hierarchy. Only
in that way can teaching become a
genuine profession.
"One error which we must frequent
ly clear up is the matter of the strike.
The American Federation of Labor
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grants complete autonomy to the
American Federation of Teachers. We,
in common with many unions of pub
lic employes, do not use the weapon
of the strike, but rely on other means,
chiefly an educated and aroused pub
lic opinion, where our close connec
tion with labor is particularly valu
able. "Although labor's support is a very
real incentive, we affiliated primarily
because we felt that the workers of
the country, workers with both hand
and brain, should stand shoulder to
shoulder for the development of a
richer common life and a more com
plete democracy. We endeavor to im
press on teachers, both from their
own standpoint and from that of their
pupils, the handicap of their tradition
al aloofness from lite, and the wisdom
and duty of grasping the opportunity
to connect themselves intimately and
effectively with the civic, economic,
and social life of the community.
"Our movement is growing rapidly.
We have granted over one hundred
charters to teachers' organizations in
all sections of the country including
New York City, Philadelphia, Boston,
Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans,
Memphis, Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapo
lis, Sacramenta, San Francisco, Hous
ton, Galveston, San Antonio, the Canal
Zone. We recently entered the unl
versity and normal school fields, and
now have five locals in each. Leading
educators, among whom John Dewey
Is prominent, have endorsed the
movement wholeheartedly. Space does
not permit the detailed recital here of
our substantial achievements, but with
the assistance of organized labor in
various sections of the( country we
have been abl'j to secure material in
creases In teachers' salaries, import
ant reforms in school administration,
the election of progressive boards of
education, and the enactment of such
legislation as provisions for continua
tion schools, for free textbooks, for in
creases in school revenues and for
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So. 11th N. S.
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A Gateway
ONLY a forty-foot gateway bounded by
two brick pilasters and ornamental
lamps, but unlike any other gateway in the
entire world.
For back of it is the General Electric Com
pany's main office building, accommodating
2300 employees. And just next door is its
laboratory with the best equipment for test
ing, standardizing and research at the com
mand of capable engineers. Then down the
street a mile long are other buildings
where everything electrical, from the small
est lamp socket to the huge turbines for
electrically propelled battleships, is made
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Illustrated bulletin, Y-8 63, deacribing the company's
several plants, will be mailed vpon request. Address
General Electric Company, Desk43,Schenectady,NewYork
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tenure of position. In urging you to
actions It is important that we have
representation of the points of view
of all groups of teacher, and of all
section of the country.
"Democracy ia an overwork! word,
but you will agree that it la under-
form a local we are confident that we
can be of assistance to you and we
know that you would bring a valuable
contribution to our national organisa
tion. In our deliberations and ccr
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Electrical
by the 20,000 electrical workers who daily
stream through.
What a story this gate would tell, if it could,
of the leaders of the electrical industry and
business, of ambassadors from other insti
tutions and from foreign land3.
The story would bo the history cf electric
lighting, electric transportation, electric in
dustrials and electricity in the home.
This gateway, as well as the research, en
gineering, manufacturing and commercial
resources back of it, 13 open to all who ars
working for the betterment of the electrical
industry.
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that the genuine democrat!"0
education is the greatest eervic
teachers cn contribute to our
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