Battle of sexes is Draw in Teacher Quandry
"Fifty thousand freshmen can't be wrong," neither can seven Heights' teachers. Therefore Dr. Rogers must be wrong when he maintains that "men teachers are better than women teachers!"
When Miss Catherine Weller, the gym teacher, was asked the question, "Are men teachers superior in teaching?" she laughed, hoisted herself upon a desk and began to talk. "It is the general opinion that women are easy with students and let them do as much as they please, but this is not so. Men are more susceptible to flattery than women. Since college degrees are given to both men and women, I don't believe men are better teachers. I also maintain that the faculty should be made up of both sexes."
Mr Clinton Drury is of the same opinion. All of the teachers smiled and hesitated to give their answers, and Missl Mabel Mason was no exception. She believes that some women teachers are very good and some are just the opposite, but the same can be said for men. Therefore, it is impossible to take the women and men teachers as a whole and decide which group is better.
Mr. F. M. R. Thackaberry said, "More power to the women," since he does not agree with Dr. Rogers.
Miss Anna Eichorn thinks it is not an important question and is more a matter of individuality and personality than sex.
Mrs. G. D. Williams and Mr. G. W. Barbour were of the opinion that a question of that nature cannot be definately decided but is certain a school should have both men and women instructors.
No question that comes up concerning teachers could possibly be decided without students' opinions. Here are some of their answers.
Helen Bugg, a Senior, believes that the gentlemen are by far the better. Quoting her, "The men possess a sense of humor and do not have such high standards of work as the women."
Stuart Cramer, a Senior, prefers the men as teachers since they understand the fellows and consequently both get along better.
Wilma Croaning and Robert Kerr believe that the men are easier. Their sense of humor is not perverted and they aren't so fussy.