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i VERAGE AiTlTUAL SAXi iRIEE Oj? HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ■ COI.G’ARED WITH OUR IIEIGHBOR COUITTISS. School Session 1936-37 County Men Women AITELIA ;1 838 ¥801 Ho ttoway ¥1,147 ¥815 Prince Edward ¥1 » 57 6 ¥812 Chesterfi el d |l,619 ¥960 Henrico | 1,084 ¥933 Prince George ¥1,892 ¥875 AVERAGE ANi ' IUAL SALARIES OE ALL TEACHERS III TRIE COURT Y, HIGH SCHOOL AIJL ELEIIEIITARY SCHOOL COEBIHEI). School Session 1956-37 Coun ty Men Women AMELIA ¥838 ¥660 iio t to way 4.1,147 ¥754 Prince Edward ¥1,376 ¥738 Che s terf ield ¥l,290 4776 Henri co ¥1,084 ¥878 Prince George ¥1,462 ¥753
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aRAJvn.IAR GRADE EIIROLLIiffillT Year Humber PuPils Humbe : 1924-25 138 5 1925-26 175 5 1926-27 207 6 1927 -28 221 8 1928-29 212 8 1929-30 309 8 1930-31 304 8 1931-32 318 8 1932-33 333 8 1933-34 303 8 1934-35 517 8 1935-36 296 8 1936-37 341 8 1937-38 321 8 High School , the average enrollment pe 42 in 1934- 35, 33 in 1935-36 and 40 in In 1936-57 the per capita cost of instruction in the Amelia High School w s $26 1 41,. Compare this with the following: Cumberland County $65»86; Fauquier $67 15; Isle of ¥ight $70,.40; and Surry $64 05. Virginia spends only 2 V1% of her income on public schools, while Florida spends 5t89 , Horth Carolina 3.66 J and Mississippi 3 08 More of the burden of school support must be left to the State and Federal Government The man fed by emergency funds will be as hungry tomorrow But the human being educated along the lines of ’’higher satisfactions” has gained something that need not be renewed It is a p ermanent possessi on ”I am alv ays amused when people say that we cannot afford a salary for a teacher when we can afford a $10,000 or a $100,000 salary for a sale smanager; cannot afford an elegant school when we can afford a magnificent country club Of course, we pay for the school directly out of taxes, but we pay for the country club, etc , none the less surely when v e buy our food or tractors or gaso line and vyhen we sell our wheat or our services A society, an economic system, which can afford to support steam yachts and super-dreadnaught s and millionaires and generals and admirals can afford school houses and school teachers It is simply a matter of getting the money in the right way, of putting the pressure for funds on the right sources and of paying for what we v;ant ” Horace B. English ’’Education is a companion v hich no misfortune can depress - no crime destroy - no enemy alienate - no despotism enslave At home, a friend; abroad, an introduction; in solitude, a solace; and in society, an ornament. Without it, what is man?- a splendid slave, a reasoning savage .” Varle.
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