The other day in an English educational magazine I saw an advertisement asking men to apply for posts as policemen in a certain city. The chief constable of that town was evidently cognizant of the financial straits of a large number of members of the teaching profession, for the wages offered and the future prospects of those who donned the uniform were far be-Yond those held out to the instructors of youth in the elementary schools -of England. Whilst I should be the last to advocate any diminution of stipends or pensions as paid to members of the police force, I think that the nation's primary school teachers at any rate deserve equal consideration.
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