io6 Agricultural Instruction in the Public High Schools 



extra because of his agricultural ability. Other teachers receiv- 

 ing over $700, and who are paid more on this account, are the 

 high-school assistants at North Adams, Mich., Dillon, Mont., 

 Tyner, Tenn., and the principals of the public high schools at 

 Calvert, Md., Petersham, Mass., and McNabb, 111.' All of the 

 special schools noted later pay more than they otherwise would. 

 Reference has been made to the sex of the teachers here con- 

 sidered. It may be that the relatively large number of women 

 in Nebraska accounts for the low salaries paid there as com- 

 pared with Ohio, although the figures for Missouri do not seem 

 to lend strong support to this idea. 



Table 39 



Official Po.sition and Sex of the Teachers of Agriculture ix 

 Missouri, Nebraska, and Ohio 



Sex and position 



Male superintendent or principal, certain 



Female principal, certain 



Assistant under male principal, doubtful. 

 Assistant under female principal, doubtful 

 Unknown, doubtful 



Total 



79 



10 



10 



9 



2 



110 



a Two were among those receiving $io a month extra because of ability to teach agri- 

 culture. See Table 40. 

 b Women assistants. 



The following table is important because it is the best indi- 

 cation at present of the value placed by boards of education 

 on ability to teach agriculture in the high school. It classifies 

 the 15 out of 184 who are reported as getting more than they 

 otherwise would. 



' This does not take account of other high schools in the same state 

 into which the subject has been introduced with a special instructor 

 since these statistics were compiled. 



