THE SCHOOL BULLETIN TEACHERS AGENCY..

POSITIONS FOR WOMEN TEACHERS.

BULLETIN

SCHOOL

PUBLI

TIONS

The advance in the salaries of superior women teachers, has been of late years remarkable. When the thought was once of the place, with a fixed salary because anybody could fill it, the thought is now of the kind of woman that can be got for the place, often with practically no limit to the salary. Prof Payne, of Vanderbilt 1874 University wrote to us in 1890 for a primary teacher at $1,200 with no duties outside of simply teaching a primary class three hours a day. The difficulty is not to find such places; it is to find the women who are sure to succeed in such places. Give us a proof of superior ability, and you may be tolerably sure we can find the place for you. Some of the places for women we have filled are as follows:

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At $1,500.-Principal High School, Des Moines, Iowa.

At $1,200.-Buffalo Normal, N. Y.; Moorehead Normal, Minn.; Colorado Springs, Colo.

At $1 000.-Little Falls, Oneonta Normal, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Birmingham, Ala.; Marshailtown, Ia; Ouray, Col.; Helena, Mont.; Cheney Normal, Wash.

At $900.-Auburn. N. Y.; Florence, Ala.; Grand Forks, Dak.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Napa, Cal.

At $800.-Auburn. Elmira, Kingston, Newburgh, Norwich, Potsdam Normal, N. Y.; Birmingham, Florence, Ala.; St. Peter, Minn.; Ouray, Colo.

At $700-Ainsterdam Academy, Batavia (2), Dunkirk, Jamestown, Lyons, Oneonta Normal (3), Plattsburg. Plattsburg Normal, N. Y.; South Norwalk, Ct. (2); Oil City, Youngstown, Pa.; Ishpeming, Mich.; Fort Collins, Ks.; Tacoma, Wash.

At $600.-Batavia, Brockport Normal, Buffalo, College for Training of Teachers, Genesee Normal, Glens Falls (2), Havana, Ilion, Newburg, Norwich, Ogdensburg, Palmyra, Phoenix. Port Henry. Salamanca, Watkins (2), N. Y; Bennington. Vt.; Providence Normal, R. I,; Hartford, Ct.; East Orange, N. J. (2); Florence, Ala.; Jacksonville, Ill.; Marshalltown, Ia.; St. Peter, Minn., etc.

It is often asked, what are the requirements for places like these? We reply that for high school positions there is a growing demand for college graduates, while for primary and intermediate positions the preference is for normal graduates. Some schools have a regulation that normal graduates alone shall be employed in any department, but the tendency is to prefer college graduates for advanced positions. As a rule, however, graduation is only one of several important qualifications. We want born teachers, who have done and can do good work, whether they are graduates or not. Some of the best of these places were filled by women who were not even academy graduates. "First, a true woman, then a lady, then as much more as we can get," is our own standard of judgment, and it generally prevails.

How about experience? Well, experience helps, and for many positions is required. But there are places that do not pay for it or expect it. We can give a start to untried teachers who seem promising, if they won't expect more than inexperienced service will command.

C. W. BARDEEN, Manager, SYRACUSE, N. Y.

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How to Secure a Good Position.

TO TEACHERS: Thanksgiving time, the holidays the spring vacation, and the close of school for the year are natural periods for changes, while at any time during the school year sudden vacancies are liable to occur. When these sudden changes occur. School Boards are anxious and available candidates are few. It you enroll now, you will secure your placement at one of these natural periods of change, and you will also be in condition for representation by us in those sudden and unlooked for openings which are constantly occurring. He who is ready when the opportunity offers is the one to be chosen. School Boards write or telegraph us for teachers, and we desire a large enrollment of teachers of every grade, that we may promptly and properly meet this demand.

How to Secure Good Teachers.

TO SCHOOL OFFICERS. We make no charge to employers. We shall be pleased to aid you in selecting a teacher to fill any vacancy that now exists or may occur in your school. The Bureau is an economical, convenient, and reliable means through which to select the right teacher for the right place. When writing for a teacher state: 1, Sort of teacher needed. 3, Amount of salary. 3, When work will begin, and any other points that will aid in making a right selection.

SPECIAL.-We make a specialty of supplying teachers to schools an short notice to take the place of teachers who have unexpectedly quit their positions. Telegraph us at our expense. Address for Circulars and Manuals,

R. B. HAZARD, RIVER FALLS, WIS.

MANAGER OF

The Wisconsin League Teachers' Bureau.

THIS BUREAU IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF

The National League of State Teachers' Bureaus, With central office at Des Moines, Ia. FRANK E. PLUMMER, Gen. Mgr.

Removal of Wabash Ticket Office.

The Wabash people are fitting up elegant new offices at 201 South Clark street, between Monroe and Adams, where their friends will find them from and after May 1st. As at present, the Niagara Falls Short Line will occupy the same office with the Wabash.

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Also a full line of other New Text Books, abreast with the times, for school and college use. Send for Catalogue. SILVER, BURDETT & CO., Publishers,

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TEACHER wanted in every city and town of the United States to act as local librarian. Liberal compensation for a few hours service weekly; $20 per week may be earned during vacations. Address, with references, UNION LIBRARY ASSOCIATION P. O. box 3468, Boston, Mass.

The Illinois Central Railroad are now selling round trip tickets to Jackson, Tenn., Aberdeen, Durant, Jackson and McComb City, Miss.; Hammond and New Orleans, La.; the Gulf Resorts, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Mississippi City, Biloxi and Ocean Springs, Miss.; Mobile and Pensacola, Jacksonville and other Florida points; also to Jennings and Lake Charles, La.; Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Galveston and El Paso, Texas; City of Mexico, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Tickets good to return until June 1, 1891, excepting Mexico and California tickets, which are good to return within six months from date of sale. The Illinois Central R. R. run solid trains of elegant day coaches and Pullman buffet sleepers without change between Chicago and New Orleans, where direct connections are made with through car service to points in Florida, Texas, Mexico and California. For through rates, tickets, etc., apply to nearest ticket agent, and for further information and pamphlet, descriptive of the Gulf resorts, apply to F. B. BOWES, Gen'l Northern Pass. Agent, Illinois Central R. R., 194 Clark St., Chicago.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF INFORMATION.

A Bureau has been organized in Washington City for the purpose of investigating, and furnishing information upon any subject that may be sent it for that purpose. It does not furnish finished productions, but simply collects notes and data. Located at the Capital where are collected vast libraries, museums and the archives of the government, it is possessed of every facility for this class of work. Estimates for any particular piece of work will be furnished upon application Any information can be obtained by addressing

THE NATIONAL BUREAU ASSOCIATION,
Washington, D. C.

GULF COAST WINTER RESORT.

For the past two seasons the winters have been so very mild, even in the North and Northwest, that there has been little need of looking for a Southern winter home. But, from every indication, and judging from the many signs that have never failed in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, we are to have the coming season an old fashioned, cold, frosty, snowy, blizzardy winter. The inquiry will soon be, "Where can we find the best climate, most attractions, with good accommodations, conveniently near home, at reasonable rates?" The ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD can take you to just such a spot. New Orleans, the most attractive city in winter on the continent, has no superior as a winter home. In addition to the many attractions within itself, which compose all that a truly cosmopolitan city can give, it has within two or three hours' ride on the MEXICAN GULF COAST the most wonderful hunting and fishing grounds. Deer, wild ducks and turkeys abound, and the fishing for red snapper, Spanish mackerel and sheep-heads is the delight of the amateur, as well as the old settler. Then, the oysters, direct from the finest oyster beds, the riding, rowing and sailing, (and picnicing, if you please, in mid winter) with the invigorating odor of pine from the land and salt from the ocean, with a climate unequalled. and all within a short distance from New Orleans, makes of the MEXICAN GULF COAST an ideal spot for a Winter Home.

By applying to F. B. Bowes, Gen'l Northern Pass. Agt., 194 Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, you will be furnished with an illustrated pamphlet entitled, "Mexican Gulf Coast Winter Resorts." A. H. HANSON, Gen'l Pass. Agt.

Grand Tour Through Mexico.

(Covering twenty-five days) via the Illinois Central and New Orleans, thence over the Southern Pacific, Mexican International and Mexican Central Railways, leaving Chicago, Monday, January 19, 1891.

Cost of tour, including all traveling expenses, in elegant Pullman Hotel Cars, only $250.00. For pamphlet, containing full particulars, address F. B. BOWES,

Gen'l Northern Pass. Agent, Illinois Central R. R., 194 Clark St., Chicago.

LADY TEACHERS WANTED!

The School and College Bureau of Elmhurst (Chicago), Ill., secured positions for lady teachers in thirty-nine states the past season. The salaries of these range from $30 per month to $1,850 per annum. This Bureau secures positions for all kinds of teachers-in public schools, normal schools, seminaries, church schools, colleges, universities, etc. If you are seeking a position, or desire to advance in your profession, this Bureau will make a special effort to assist you. Send for circulars and blanks,

C. J. ALBERT, Manager, Elmhurst, Ill.

-The Savery House, Des Moines, Iowa, is by far, in all its furnishings and appointments, the best hotel in the state, and in fact is second to none in the west outside of Chicago. This is the verdict unanimously rendered by the State Teachers Association whose headquarters are now held at this hotel. The writer has attended a great many State Associations, but never before does he remember of not having heard a single word of complaint on dissatisfaction from the teachers as to treatment received at the hotels. This word is gladly written in evidence of the fact that teachers know when they are well treated, and are usually not slow in their testimony of appreciation. Nothing contributes more to the success of a meeting of this kind than comfortable quarters and prompt hotel service, hence the obligation of the teachers to this hotel. It is new and complete in every detail. Its charges are reasonable, its landlord is genial, its clerks are obliging, and the waiters are polite. We cordially commend it to the traveling public, and are sure that the teachers of Iowa, and others who are fortunate enough to be present, will gladly welcome another New Year at the Savery.

For larger salaries, or change of location, address Teacher's Co-operative Association, 70 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill., Orville Brewer, Manager.

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A Preparatory and Collegiate Course of Study. Preparation for the work of Teaching a specialty. A thorough course in Music and Art. Expenses very low. Write Miss ORPHA E. LEAVITT, Principal, Downer College, Fox Lake, Wis.

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The poficy of this institution is to make no promises for Hospital or College tuition, clinics, sub-clinics, or any means of study and observation. that is not literally and rigorously kept. The Thirty-second Annual Course of Lectures will begin Sept. 15, 1891, and continue for six mouths. For full particulars, catalogue, and Clinique, address E. Z. BAILEY, M. D. Registrar, 3034 Michigan Avenue, Chicago.

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'EASY LESSONS"

ON THE

Constitution of the United States.

INCLUDING

The Constitution Itself and History of its Adoption.

BY PROF. A. BAYLISS,
Superintendent Sterling School, Sterling, Illinois.

Orders must take their turns and be filled as they are received.

The publishers can afford to be very modest in their claims for this book. It will commend itself to any teacher who has any interest at all in the subject of which it treats. More than that. it will create an interest on the part of the pupil, the parent, and the indifferent teacher. By so doing it will not come into competition with other and more elaborate books, but will rather Indeed the author has adencourage and necessitate their use vised this and given a valuable list of such books in his preface. This book has the advantage of most other books in that it GREW. Prof. Bayliss first outlined it in his class work several years ago, and has since that time made several improvements upon it. During the last year he has used it in his class for the purpose of thoroughly revising it in matters of fact, and to more fully develope its plan. Prot. Bayliss is one of the most practical and successful teachers in this country, and these "Easy Lessons" will more than prove their right to exist, because of their helpful suggestions to other teachers who are anxious to aid in building up an enlightened and responsible citizenship. The Constitution is the foundation of all this, and in recognition of this fact, Prof. Bayliss has, by this series of "Easy Lessons," done a DIFFICULT THING in so presenting the Constitution itself that others shall seek its inspiration, cherish its history, and sacredly guard its provisions. But as we said before, "the book is able to speak for itself," and in this confidence, we will send a sample copy for examination, postpaid, on receipt of FIFTY CENTS. Should the book not prove satisfactory, it may be returned in good condition and we will refund the money. Address the pbblishers,

W. W. KNOWLES & CO.