a e : eac ers a aries an 88 :

188 : st. d ass n . c ass r . c ass Males: $414.14 $280.75 $224.66 Females: $302.72 $219.54 $161.56 (58)

1889:

Males: $457.93 $273.58» $209.03 Females: $455.00 $205.91 $149.77 (39)

Teachers at Somerset were paid according to scale. John E. McDonald's salary for the year 1886—87 was $250.00; his assistant, Mary A. McDonald was paid $57.50 for three months. For the year 1884—85, when Mr. McDonald was apparently without an assistant,his salary was $305. (40) The statistics in Table 16 Show an interesting attempt to equalize salaries for men and women in the first class; the upwards of seventy dollars difference in the other classes, reflects the male bias of the time. By the close of the decade an over-supply of teachers, low salaries and fewer incentives to enter the profession eliminated teaching as

a ready market for many of the young Islanders, who increas-

ingly looked off the Island for their future. (41)