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TEACHER’S DEGREE
1 HELD NUPTIAL BAR
New York Instructor Finds
Bachelors and Spinsters
Are in Majority.
gpecUJ DUpatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. January s.—ls a college
education making the teaching profes
»ion one of spinsters and bachelors?
This question, if results in a survey
made by Willard S. Elsbree. instructor
at Teachers College. Columbia Univer
sity. are to be believed, is apropos.
A college education. Mr. Elsbree has
found, reduces th? chances of marriage
of teachers, and this tendency is on
the increase. Especially true of gradu
ates of women's colleges, he finds that
the woman teachers are for the most
part indifferent to marriage and moth
erhood.
Many Prefer Independence.
The greater desire for complete in
dependence, coupled with higher stand
ards for the opposite sex. has tended to
lower the proportion of marriages. Mar
riages of kindergarten teachers are
frequent, but the decrease is observed
in the higher grades until the smallest
numbers of marriages are found among
the high school group.
Mr. Elsbree took a year to determine
the number of teachers who leave
school, and to study the reasons why.
His conclusions are enlightening.
Mr. Elsbree studied the school sys
tems of 125 cities and towns in New
York State, excluding Buffalo and New
York City. He selected New York as
the ideal State in which to conduct a
survey of this character.
Low Wages a Cause.
In finding the causes of the un
usually high rate of turnover in the
teaching profession, sometimes ironi
cally referred to as the “teaching pro
cession," the Columbia instructor re
vealed that the highest number of
teachers left to take better positions,
and that the school systems were losing
their best teachers because of an aver
age difference of S2OO a year in salary.
In other words. New York State bids
farewell to its best teachers because
they are able to obtain an average of
S2OO more a year doing something else. <
Dismissal, the fate of those teachers 1
who lean toward radical ideas and un
conventionalities, ranks third in the
list of reasons why teachers leave
school. One out of everv ten teachers
who leaves is “fired," Mr.'Elsbree's data
show.
Dismissals in Small Towns.
More surprising is the fact that it is
the small town and village that does
most of the dismissing of teachers.
Whether this is because poor teachers
drift to the smaller places, or whether
the village boards are stricter in requir
ing conservative instructors is a matter
of speculation.
Prom Prof. David P. Harry's study
last year on the cost of living of teach
ers in New York State Prof. Elsbree
quotes the theory that expresses the
lure of the large city to the small-town
teacher.
Attractions of City.
“The beginning teacher hopes to se
cure a position in the school svstem of
the larger city; she feels that her
chance for advancement is greater: she
believes that working conditions within
the large system are almost ideal; she
relishes the idea of the freedom she
will have after school hours; she looks
forward to the chance of seeing and
hearing better theatrical performances,
operas and concerts; institutions of
higher learning, libraries, museums,
parks all beckon and urge her to the
city.
“Some girls from the smaller towns
*eem very willing to throw aside the
type of life they are used to in order
to try’ a new life in the large city. The
smaller community has been victimized
as 'Main Street'; its social life has not
been dramatized: it has no daily paper
or Chamber of Commerce to bally-hoo
end broadcast its beauties and its
wonders. Undoubtedly the larger city
is an alluring bait for the beginning
teachers.”
For these reasons the large city draws
the higher type of teacher, experts be
lieve. The large city is able to pay
more and, as the study has shown, the
teacher leaves for a matter of S2OO
increase. The increasing responsibility
of the State in paying salaries of teach
ers. however, will help stem the tide.
Professor Elsbree asserts. He urges a
thorough study of local salary condi
tions by the boards of education.
Causes of Turnover.
A tabulation of causes of teacher
turnover in New York State shows that
22 per cent of the teachers who leave
do so to accept a better position.
Other percentages are: Resigned to be
married, 21 per cent: dismissed. 10 per
cent: home conditions, 7 per cent; ill
health, 7 per cent; to teach nearer
home, 6 per cent; for professional
study, 4 per cent; dissatisfied with posi
tion, 4 per cent; retired. 3 per cent; to
enter another line of work, 3 per cent;
death. 2 per cent; maternity. iy 2 per
cent; miscellaneous, 6 per cent.
AIR MAIL CONTRACT
REVISION EXPECTED
Conference of Operators Will Be
Held Here to Effect Readjust
ment of Rates.
Br the Associated Press.
Assistant Postmaster General Glover,
in charge of air mail, announced yes
terday that the department was pre
paring for a general readjustment of
rates paid to holders of air mail con
tracts. All contractors carrying air
mail for a period of more than two
years will be summoned to Washing
ton for conference.
At the same time the department
will issue a six-year extension of con
tracts to all operators with whom the
department reaches an agreement.
Under the act of Congress reducing
air mail postage to 5 cents, the Post
master General was instructed to call
for agreements with contractors for air
mail which would bring the cost of the
service nearer its income.
CRACK TRAINS RUN SOUTH
Three Put on Florida Route for
Winter Service.
With the opening of the 1928-29 sea
son in Florida, three crack trains have
been put into Winter service by the
most prominent two railway companies
operating through service to the Pen
insula State’s cities and resorts
The Florida Special, an all-Pullman
train of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Co., began its forty-third Winter
season yesterday, when it left New York
on its first run of the season. The same
company started another all-Pullman
• Winter special, the Miamian. December
i7. The Florida Special is run in two
sections, one carrying traffic down the
east coast of Florida and the other
traversing the west coast.
The Seaboard Airline Railway Co.
itarted its crack train, the Orange
Blossom Special, last Wednesday, when
It began operating on a schedule which
cut its former running time between
the Capital and Florida by 1 hour and
15 minutes.
Assigned to Fort Washington.
Maj. Val E. Miltenberger, Army Med
ical Corps, has been assigned to duty at
Fort Washington. Md , effective early
i In March At present he is stationed at
t'ort MacArthur, Calif.
Indians, Eskimos
And Polynesians
Kin, Says Savant
All Sprang From Slock
I t
in Southeastern Asia,
Geologist Holds.
By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, January s.—That the
North American Indians, the Eskimos
and the Polynesians were related and
‘ all sprang from a Southeastern Asia
race, was announced today by Dr. Her
' bert Earnest Gregory, director of the
Bishop Polynesian Museum here, .is
' established after eight years of investi
gation by the museum staff.
1 Dr. Grpgory. a geologist, who also has
• been a member of the faculty of Yale
1 University since 1904, gave the following
• as other conclusions of the scientists of
the Bishop Museum, after eompiling
• evidence throughout Polynesia:
The Polynesian race originated in
Southeastern Asia, including India and
Indo-China.
Several racial elements constitute the
Polynesian type, the predominating
ones being Caucasian and Mongoloid.
1 There is no connection between the
Polynesians and the African negroids.
Chinese Related.
The Chinese and Japanese unques
tionably sprang from the same racial
roots as the Polynesians, to whom they
probably were related in the distant
past.
The Polynesians did not originate in
Central or South America.
The Hawaiian branch of the Poly
nesian race came from the Southeastern
Asiatic Coast byway of Raiatea in th- 1
Society Islands, first settling in Hawaii
between 1100 and 1300 A. D.
Findings of the scientists character
ized th* migrations of the Polynesian
race as “veiy late" from the scientific
standpoint, and concluded that there
are none today who are pure-blooded
descendants of the first Polynesians.
Investigation Incomplete.
Gregory said that while evidence ob
tained was sufficient to permit the
formation of definite conclusions and
theories, the investigations still were
incomplete. Two more expeditions to
the Cook Islands and the Tuamota
Archipelago in the South Pacific, will
be undertaken immediately with the
view of completing researches by the
, end of 1930.
With regard to theories of the past,
existence of a gigantic continent where
the Pacific Ocean rolls at present. Greg
ory said nothing had been obtained to
indicate any foundation.
Racial origins of the Polynesians and
, the North American Indians have
j for many years ranked among the
world's outstanding ethnological prob
lems. While the investigations of the
Bishop Museum staff have centered on
Polynesian origins, the scientists have
uncovered considerable data concerning
the histories of other races of the Pa- I
cific area.
OTTAWA DELEGATES !
WILL LEAVE TODAY
Nail Reports Canada Will Be Ask
ed to Revise Extradition
Treaty With TJ. S.
By the Associated Press.
Before departing today for Ottawa.
American members of the conference
with Canada on border smuggling de
l dared that recent reports, that Canada
would be asked to revise the extradition
treaty with the United States so as to
permit return for trial of Canadians in
dicted for violating the American prohi
bition laws, were unfounded.
The American delegation is headed
by Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, com
mandant of the Coast Guard: James
M. Doran, commissioner of prohibition,
and E. W. Camp, commissioner of
customs. The conference which opens
tomorrow will be informal and no cab
i inet officers of this Government or
ranking officials of the Canadian Gov
ernment will participate.
The conference primarily will con
sider smuggling between the two coun
tries. seeking means to diminish or stop
it. From the American viewpoint of
ficials wish a greater measure of co
operation in preventing smuggling of
liquor and narcotics into the United
States, while the Canadians will asa
more effective efforts by this Govern
ment. to prevent the smuggling of
alcohol, silk and tobacco into Canada.
The Americans wish Canada to re
fuse clearance papers to ships export
ing liquor to the United States, point
ing out that last year approximately
$24,000,000 worth of liquor was cleared
from Canadian ports for the United
States. In these efforts. Commissioner
Doran said, the Americans would be
ready to meet Canada half way in of
fering the fullest measure of co-opera
tion in preventing smuggling into that
country.
‘POCKET VETO’ISSUE j
REVIVED BY NORRIS |
Nebraska Senator Reminds Senate
Muscle Shoals Bill Was Passed
Last Spring.
By the Associated Press.
A move in the Senate yesterday look- |
ing toward temporary Government j
operation of the Muscle Shoals proper- j
ties caused Senator Norris of Nebraska
lo observe that a Muscle Shoals meas
ure bearing his name passed by Con
gress last Spring had not been vetoed j
by President Coolidge.
The measure to which he referred |
was the Norris resolution for Govern
ment operation of the properties. It
was sent to the White House toward
the end of the session and there is dis
pute as to whether it became law or
not because Mr. Coolidge failed to sign
or veto it within 10 days after the first
session of Congress adjourned.
This method of disposing of legisla
tion, known as the pocket veto, may be
employed by the executive at the end
of a whole Congress, but some have
argued that the pocket veto is not ef
fective when used at the end of a
single session of a whole Congress.
Senator Norris declared that a bill
dealt with similarly one providing
funds for certain Indian tribes—was
now pending before the Supreme Court,
and, he said, if the court rules that It
was law despite the President’s failure
to act, the Norris Muscle Shoals bill
also would be law.
U. S. FIRST IN AVIATION,
ROME AIR CHIEF SAYS
Gen. Balbo Sails From New York
After Touring Country Fol
lowing Conference.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 5 —Gen. Italo
Balbo, undersecretary for aviation in
the cabinet of Premier Mussolini, who
came here a month ago to attend the
International Civil Aeronautical Con
ference, left for home today expressing
ths opinion that America led the
world in aviation.
Gen. Balbo toured the country after
the aeronautical conference. He said
he hoped to be the first passenger in a
flight from Rome to America and that
such a flight might be attempted in
the Spring.
THE STTXDAY STATt. WASHINGTON. T). C„ TAXCABY <?. 1929-PAItT t* .
SI 50 Suoerior «1 Hsl Full-Fashioned * Ko, “™ n
Rayon Bloomers $ 1 Sat g faction Since 1859 Bemberg Hosiery amT Shirts 97c
A nationally known'make, heavily textured Hiju 1 HI/iP® W Wf) M I 11 1 IS) /SfC
quality in pink, peach, nile. orchid, sand and B {mAI (flj a Ywtv /ffafr B ;mm\ fff HP 5 ' woven madras and other fine mate
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hie extra. Perfect, of course. ■ I\M\ BI \B /JEW I /ft I lar S? new assortment ot ex- cluded are the Sundered coiiar-to
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$1 Rayon Vests, 69c IIP QQ f L c f f made of this superior rayon, Men’s $1.50 $1.09
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All smart shades to match bloomers. Sizes 36 to 46. ‘ siraHe shades and. sizes. Winter weight, cotton ribbed.
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suits finished with sleeve and ankle
E| to 36. Included are small checked
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at l sual Retail Prices r * m season for vou — but it is for us — hence ///I Y Manchurian ll olf 10c Dcctors’’ o &Nurs n « , Sn»n
Beautifully moired skins TV \ , . /// | Vicuna Fox I»c Vector* & Nurses soap
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crush, Johnny or notch col I - trimmed coat, Black and colors. II I f Squirrclcttc | Children’s Union 59c.
blonde or brown fox. Stun- \ Sizes 14 to 40 36 to 42 ' # I *c\L/ Waist attachment suits, fleeced.
ninff models lined through- J J\ % 1 . m li t>ao\ csCQI Dutch neck, elbow sleeves and knee
nnt « finr» sill-s I t \\ \ 44 to 52 9 H r length or high neck, long sleeves
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Sizes 14 to 42 'I Second Floor—Kings Taiace / <2rSf Children’s Sport 23C
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JR new ren nat s <««*•„ Just New! 1.000 3 18c
r} tarty Spring fashions top and metal corners. • • * X*f Hose M\j\e
Jslw V $1 89 Pan 2 et LaCe 79c HOOVCI AdFOIIS
k V I •Wl/ Ecru and white. Nottingham and UVV!W “1 Cliildren’s ttl~
/ÜBBSMBk p filet lace Panels, in pretty patterns. F V \ 01
ffffii A one used to a window. Warm Gloves uvv
HHf; I i$§SSP*9Bl Chic new styles, trimmed $1 Window 1“ i II II Fleece-lined jersey, woolen knit
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Just when you want a pretty new hat to brighten up your 29c Curtain “| A WLa $1.25 Gloves ■
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felt. ■ b!e draperies. Crisp new Hoovers —just in K. A with Coupon Only
strfl>t Floor 75c Sanitas OQ time for a great January sale. \ 25c Mennen’s
January Clearance OI jhOCS •**-’»“«*»»»««« aprons of chambrav and heavy s, ’-‘ Fte » r
J Third Floor muslin in tan, green, orchid, with coupon omy
Special $4 to $6 Values 51 Bernco blue, pink, rose and white. 10c Toilet Tissue, 3 for 19c
k Alarm Clocks 15/C Choice of long or short white \\ King’s isfiacJ n spefiai!' s to * r ° U
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mm . Cft ' TL'IJ > mm* Second Floor—King’s Palace V W are white and colored gardenias.
The shoes are really marvelous — oSIC Children S AH** f no ai 1A
A V we simply want to clear our shelves Handbags .v 5>1.“0 AiencOn I
A* -we have about 2,000 pairs more Pouch and flat styles with top A ThrUUIXS Purchase X !■* 9Q LaCeS 1 ,
\ than we want—so here s the sale you Straps, in many pretty colors. *** u tjl M All-over design, in red. orchid.
y have been waiting for. Sizes 3to 8. $1 Boston *7A ' All 117 1 111 1 > P° wder and black: 36 lnc *®
Patent, tan lea,Her., black Bags 79c $7 All-Wool BlanketS D $f.75 Dress $1.39
■BBBEm and brown suede; high and zipper fastener. street Floor Splendid quality, double-bed size blankets m large block lullc
L rm low heel.. Strap., opera. 50c Burson 1 A plnids-rose, tan, greeni, blue and gray. Ideal for this cold " mm S' ck tor ahT« inl, .n"d SSI
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Rk Arcnoupport onoes at 16.0 j Women’s rayon striped knit cot- 66x80 Double Blankets, in pretty, large block patterns— i/7CSS I M 1/n/*
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Jps .03)7 Kay 011 $0.98 S s%My o ”*mi.r. fi.i rib, iVeic Art Needlework for Spring Cotton* lie
Bed Sets « Women’s Knit ”' ""aQ- $1.69 Stamped Linen CQ ■“ d “
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!Snct'«“ -J « Pond’s Cream, 21c A =, Center, J9c Women’, $1 0g
it l ,i! i heanfiess, too . , Your choice of vanishing cream Made up and trimmed with col- Scarf and pillow in two attrac- UlUOn .lUItS Vt/V
1 t in. V-o dd T,' pncc quan " ty I w u T f or cold cream. ored binding. tive designs. Brown only. Fleeced white suite with low
l.ujmf would be an economy. 42x3b-ntch size. Irregular. Street Floor Street Floor-King’s Palace neck, no sleeves and knee length. i
Street Floor—King’s Palace ■ '^mmmmnmmm—mmmamm—mmmmmmmm^mmmmmm—mmmm^e^,mm _ mmmmmmmmmmm m I All SIZPS.
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