Education: For Professors

Everyone is sorry for professors; the idea is not a new one. It makes no student happy to see his learned and witty instructor pushing a baby-carriage because he cannot afford a nurse, wearing butter and eggs on his old vest because he cannot afford a new vest, slushing along without rubbers because he cannot afford a wife. Too bad; they ought to get more money. Editors have said it, bankers, statesmen, industrialists have said it; the country ought to raise their salaries. How much of a raise has generally been left vague, but...

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