The Unlikely Union of School Principals

A new union in Snohomish county has formed, though it does not style itself a 'union.' A 'Principal's Club' doesn't smell of sulphur or sound like dynamite. It has more of a professional sound, like 'Bar Association.' Briefly, it is composed of school principals, with proper officers, annual dues, constitution and by-laws. The purpose of the club is announced to be: to better school conditions; unite the teachers professionally; raise the standard of teaching efficiency; equalize wages and establish a just compensation for services rendered; devise ways and means for legislation on school questions; encourage rural teachers to establish parent's clubs; and encourage grade teachers to enter the playground campaign. The importance of such an organization cannot be emphasized too highly and its announced aims are praiseworthy. We want to point out to those misguided individuals who decry trade unionism on every occasion that the teachers, driven by necessity, are organizing along exactly the same lines we are and for the same identical ends; the only point of difference being that one organization is laid along professional lines and the other along industrial.