n graduation and the commencement of a salary.
Alternatives to a training-college course have been recently suggested
by the Board of Education, and may shortly be available. During the
training period the intending teacher must, if this is not already
determined, decide on the special branch for which she wishes to
prepare, according to her qualifications and the needs of schools.
If actual teaching experience can first be obtained for two or three
years, it enables earning to begin at once and greatly increases the
value of the training taken subsequently.

The secondary teacher thus spends from three to five years in academic
and professional training; and in accordance with current economic
ideas should receive a salary proportionate to the outlay involved.
The scheme of salaries approved by the Assistant Mistresses'
Association in January 1912 suggests L120 as the initial minimum
salary (non-residential) for a mistress with degree and training,
rising in ten years to L220 in ordinary cases, to L250 where
"positions of special responsibility" are occupied. L100 to L180 is
suggested for non-graduates. "These salaries are higher than those
provided by the Girls' Public Day School Trust, and other governing
bodies outside the London County Council. In most cases L120 to L130
a year may be taken as a fair average for an assistant mistress."[5]
Headmistresses' salaries vary from L200 to, at least in one
exceptional case, L1,500. They often depend in part on capitation
fees. The Headmistresses' Association considers that the minimum
should be L300.

In secondary schools as in other grades of educational work the
salaries of women are lower than those of men, as may be illustrated
by the London County Council scale of salaries.

Men: Assistants . . L150-L300 (or L350)
Heads . . L400-L600 (or L800)

Women: Assistants . . L120-L220 (or L250)
Heads . . L300-L450 (or L600)

The difference between the salaries of heads and assistants is in many
cases greater than is desirable. Things being as they are, it is
well that there should be some prizes to attract ability into the
profession. On the other hand, a woman, whose best work is that of
an assistant, should not be tempted to give it up for the salary of
a headmistress. The assistant has the opportunity for closer and more
personal touch with her girls, being intimately responsible for a
smaller number; she has also better opportunities f