Box 2
Contains 137 Results:
A man in a graduation cap and a tie stands naked in a barrel reading, The Dignity of the Profession while floating in clouds labeled cost of living, rent rises, price rises and inflation
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
No Coercion?, 1951
June 16, 1951. The Board of Education bureaucrat, armed with the weapon of a charge of insubordination, offers the teacher the opportunity to "volunteer" for extracurricular activities.
A Happy Summer to All, 1954
June 26, 1954. A teacher shuts his "unfinished" file drawer on topics such as, "New School Building" "pensions", "pay raise" etc
The Unequal Match, 1951
September 08, 1951. A large boxer with the words "Tax increases" and "Continuing Price Rises" written on his chest dwarfs much smaller boxer on whom a tag from his shorts is labeled, "Piddling Raise for Teachers."
How to Solve Problems, 1950
February 25, 1950. A Board of Education official tries to close a trunk containing the evils of old buildings, overcrowded schools, teacher shortages, and "25-5 For All" while flaunting the solution of crying "Red! Red! Red!" He points at a fish skeleton around which the word "RED!" is written three times
Back-Breaking Load, 1951
May 26, 1951. A man representing Teacher morale, carries an extremely large man carrying a briefcase labeled, "Extra-Curricular Activities Decision." The uncompensated extracurricular activities that Education officials seek to foist on teachers are depicted here as combined with inadequate pay, overcrowded classes, dilapidated buildings, the Timone Resolution and its concomitant witch hunts and repression to produce sinking teacher morale.
Two hobos read are prompted to read a casting call for a new production called The Informer Looking for top stoolpigeon roles, sin-singers, canaries., 1954
September 25, 1954. While the Board of Education casts its net for informers who will at stool pigeons and lackeys, two unemployed passers-by turn thumbs down with the statement, "Not for us pal, we have our pride."
A woman in a crown with a necklace dangling money explains why teachers must be laid off and then new teachers rehired each year
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
Ideal Teacher
A man's mouth is tied up, his ears blocked and opaque sunglasses cover his eyes
A mouse with a gavel announces from his hole, The motion is passed No comment, please Meeting adjourned! A moment later, a foot reading, Public Protest shoos the mouse back in his hole
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.