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...poor and unequal pay, a bad promotion system. After the strenuous four years of instruction at Annapolis, an ensign receives $1,500 a year, $699 allowances, or about the pay of a District of Columbia policeman. After seven years in the service, he may be promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) with a total salary of $2,899. These rates are based on the military pay law of 1908, as revised by War bonuses and the hastily passed law of 1922. In 1929 a pay board representing the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard determined that while living costs since...
...following 22 States and the District of Columbia no public school moppet need spend a penny for books in the grade schools: Arizona, California, Delaware, Maine, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming...
Foreign delegates to the convention envied U. S. facilities for teaching the deaf. The U. S. is the only country providing a high grade college for the deaf (Gallaudet College at Washington). Graduates have successfully followed advanced courses at Johns Hopkins, George Washington, McGill, Pennsylvania and California universities, have become teachers, home managers, printers, publishers, farmers, businessmen, chemists, ministers, athletic directors...
Said she: "I realize I will be confined here the rest of my life. But I want to finish my book. I got a high grade in my English course...
...preliminary "horse sense" examination given by Professor Howe counted 15% on the final grade. After his inquisition, Professor Howe enthusiastically applauded this year's examinees: "They are extremely bright boys and it is a pleasure to see them and how excellently they show up. They are far above the average in intelligence...