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with it, in many cases at least, certain perquisites in the way of rooms, 

 board, etc., in the university buildings; and if in an indirect way op- 

 portunities are not offered for large fees for expert consultation work, 

 etc., thus very materially raising the real income. 



In regard to the first of these items relating to house and board, it 

 may be said to be entirely negligible. In some of these eight institu- 

 tions the president receives his house in addition to his salary, but no 

 professor is thus favored. A discussion of the second item, sources of 

 income attracted by the position, is impossible because of lack of data. 

 Some few professors do receive at times large fees for expert work. 

 Others, to eke out a meager salary, do a certain amount of routine 

 work. Still others receive something in the way of royalties on their 

 books. An estimate of the general average addition to the income 

 through these sources would, however, be nothing but a guess and will 

 therefore not be attempted. It should be said, though, in regard to 

 all such work, that it is done in addition to the regular duties and is 

 to be looked upon as that much extra labor accomplished ofttimes by 

 taking time from much needed vacation periods. 



Looking back over the above figures, it is seen that the average 

 pecuniary attraction in the field of state university work is $2,315 per 

 year plus an indefinite amount that may be made by extra work. It is 

 further seen that this sum is increasing, but at such a slow rate as to 

 leave it an open question as to whether the increase is keeping pace with 

 the increased cost of living. In comparison with the salaries or in- 

 comes of men of like training, age and experience in other professional 

 lines such as law, medicine, engineering, etc., it is small, being perhaps 

 not more than one third or one fourth as much. Some of this great 

 difference might be accounted for by the fact that the university man 

 enjoys longer vacations; but, assuming that no work at all is done 

 during the time the university is not in session, and that the vacation 

 time includes one fourth of the year, the salary of the professor would 

 still be small in comparison with that of other professional men. In 

 making these comparisons, it will possibly be objected by some that 

 the average of the whole number of professors is compared with the 

 incomes of the more successful men in other lines. To this it may be 

 said that the salaries of all professors are not so compared. These 

 eight universities are all large and rich institutions. Were one to 

 collect statistics of the 150 to 200 small colleges in this region where 

 the salaries are far lower than in the state universities, the general 

 average professorial salary would undoubtedly drop to less than $1,800. 

 It must be borne in mind then that it is entirely fair to compare the 

 salary of the state university man with that of the more successful men 

 in other lines. 



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