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Paying of Teachers on Merit as Well as Seniority Said Working Out School Boards Said Inquiring About Program New York (UPII - The town of Canton, Conn., appears to be proving that teachers can be paid on merit, like busi ness executives, as well as on seniority. As a result, Canton's school superintendent. Dr. H. B. Jes- tin, is getting eager inquiries from school boards all across the land about the four-year success of his plan. For years, the National Education Association and other teachers' groups have fought tooth and nail against every proposal to introduce merit pay raise and thus mod ify the strictly egalitarian sen- tority system. Two years ago, teachers in Indianapolis threatened to strike at the mere suggestion of a merit pay system. They said it would produce all kinds of jealousies and back-biting in the schools. Proportion Higher ; "It hasn't done that in Can ton at all," Dr. Jestin told United Press International "It simply has produced more education for money. And the proportion of our high school graduates who have gone on to college has risen from 43 to 54 per cent. About 20 of the 50 teachers in Canton's three schools have qualified each year for the "superior" rating in merit evaluations by their princi pals. That means they get double the regular seniority salary step-ups in some years. On the other hand, teachers rated merely satisfactory have to realize their future earn ings are in jeopardy. Dr. Jestin said no teacher has been fit to appeal an evaluation rating although the right of appeal is clearly provided. Used in Any System Principal Paul Krikscium of the Canton Elementary ichool admits he approached the merit pay evaluation task four years ago with some trembling. But he agrees with Dr. Jestin that it has worked well. Dr. Jestin told United Press International he believes now the merit pay plan can be used by any school system, no matter how large, if suf ficient time and effort are taken to adapt it carefully to local conditions. . Dr. Jestin conceived the Idea because of his early ex perience with the merit raise system when he worked for Veeder Root Co. and Bristol Brass Co. He became con vinced later, when he had be come a school executive, that it would work better for leachers than the rigid sen iority step-up system. Inspired by Studies Some of the evaluation methods Dr. Jestin adopted were inspired by employee evaluation studies made by Minnesota Mining and Manu facturing Co. "School boards interested in merit pay should realize first that it's not a way of pinching pennies-it's pretty sure to run the payroll up in stead of down, because every teacher has to be allowed to try for the merit raises. But it will be economical in the long run because it enables the pupils to learn much faster." Top pay for the "superior" teacher in Canton is $8,200, MEDFpRD Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1960 PAGES 1 to 8 Quotes From the News BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL London Lord Hurcomb, telling why Britain chose the robin as its national bird: "The British rac of the robin is distinguished from con tinental races by its open and exceptionally friendly behavior to human beings." El Centro, Calif. The father of sailor Gordon Lawrence, in a warning to police which came too late just after his second escape from jail: "You'd better watch him, he's slippery at an eel and he's liable to escape." West New York, N.J. The Rev. John P. Weigand, pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, asking his parishion ers for a 10 per cent tithe to support the church and charity: "At least try it for one year. You will never go back to any other plan." Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Wat kin Bed, Shop Damaged In Christmas Fires A hpH and hm unria rfaivi- aged in fires Sundav. Med- ford firemen reported. They said that an elprhip blanket shorted, got too hot and caught fire about 7:10 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Martha Suber. 414 Clark st. Bed clothing, mattress, springs and a six-inch spot on the noor were damaged. - Extensive riarmNTP thrnnah. out a shop at the Leonard Stenerson property occurred aoout u:su a.m. Firemen said that the fire originated in a wall and resultnri frn, a cin. being too close. Bushmen,, the primitive in habitants nf Ari-iro'e V-.1..1 1 Desert, probably never suffer luuuiHcnes. Even With Water Lettuce There Must Be a Plan In the great and compara tively unexplored world "of the so-called bog - plants are many so common that they are familiar to most every one.' Considered to be noxious weeds and a persistent nui sance, their life history has never been worked out. You probably have, some time or other, seen colonies of these plants, called water lettuce, or shell flower. The distribution is rather wide spread and their growth, once established, is rapid; in fact almost explosive, if the water temperature is reason ably warm. In Aquariums Millions of these plants are used in home aquariums where they seem to thrive and grow as well as in a warm lake or pond. Although books on botany describe this aquat ic plant as a "small, tender, floating perennial of the Ar um family," it will complicate the text ' by" admitting the plant will grow to a "mon ster" two feet across and grow under conditions seemingly unsuited for any plant. Ordinarily the water-lettuce does best in water that main tains a temperature '. which seldom falls below 65 to 70 degrees or goes over 80. The plant is also tolerant of shady locations, doing particularly well in sheltered coves or pools shaded by overhanging trees. It is a true aquatic plant, often found in com- regardless of college degrees held. The merely satisfactory teacher can't hope to go above $6,650. That pay Is well above the national average of $5,500 for high school teachers and $5, 215 for grade school teachers. Among the towns that have asked Dr. Jestin's advice about starting merit pay sys tems in their own schools are Bloomington, Ind., Clay ton, Mo. (a suburb of St. Lou is), Edenton, N.C., Flat Rock, Mich., and Blue Mountain, Miss., and the number of in quiries is increasing. pany with the water hyacinth. Beneath the fluted leaves of the water-lettuce is a mass of hair-like roots that strain nutriments from the water and furnish safe shelter for small fish. Also embedded in the root-tangle are numbers of insects, all hanging on and riding along as the wind car ries the entire, floating as semblage across or around the pond, depending on the wind direction. Neat Arrangement But if the underside breath ing roots are a jumble, of con fusion, the leaves .above are always neatly arranged and shipshape. The leaves are ar ranged rosette-like around the base and are delicately fluted along their edges. They are a gray-greenish color and look fresh and crisp. Viewed from above, the plant looks something like a small , cabbage or a .head- of lettuce. Runners are constant ly being pushed out from the side of the parent plant on the end of which a baby plant takes, shape. When growth is sufficient the connecting root rots away and the -new little plant is water borne and on its own, ready to drift with the wind. Even the baby plants, in water of the proper tempera ture, grow rapidly and extend side-roots to become child mothers before they are a quarter grown themselves. In the over-all scheme of Nature there must be a pertinent rea son for such persistent de velopment. There must be a design, a purpose or a plan. Even in the realm of common and simple plants like the water lettuce, we can see, if we want to look, that there is an omnis cient power that planned it all. 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