Teacher duties and curriculum developed by North Dakota, in deciding what role teachers would play in the community and what standards of conformity and propriety would be applied to teachers, mirrored certain aspects of the local culture and reflected a wider national culture. The inclusion of health studies reflected the local majority concern about the use and abuse of alcohol and other narcotics. The teacher was obligated to keep a Teacher's Register which contained the teacher's lesson plans, student records, and a visitor's log, among other things. A number of restrictions were placed on teachers' private lives by the communities which hired them. In general, women teachers received lower salaries than men. The extent of the difference was often determined by the attitude of the ethnic community in which the teachers worked. Teachers also subsidized education, especially during the Depression, by accepting warrants (promises by a school board to pay a stated amount when money became available); they often had to wait for some of their salary even if money was available. Teachers were required to "up-grade" their academic training by attending Teacher's Institutes. Sometimes, salaries were affected by how many additional tasks the teacher was willing to perform, especially janitorial work. (Author/CM)