The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1897. MPROVED methods of education” | was the o se that pervaded the ve phere of Metropoli- tan Ha Trainers of the youthful far and near as- gembled in the spacious building at an early or to catch every word uttered in the educational world, that tc 1 and instruct them in as teachers. the n would tend session of the vention of the ciation, ain floor of the hall : the y contained oper a r of instructors, from the k r to the college pro- fessol ich a large and distt hering of school n San Francisco, especially teachers and the addres that of Dr. A. the Universi lated to methods ty young la- school, under . Carpenter, ap- and sang the vy one of their For an en- So an voluntary by Mrs. J. C. Howe, Mayor James D. Phelan was introduced by President Chipman and dellvered an address of welcome to the visitors on alf of the citizens of San Francisco. He said in part: * with | and | e you to San Francisco, tzens I assure you en presented R. endent of the San who delivered an of welcome on behalf of the local department. Mr. Webster spoke as follows quartet, composed Mark, Blanc] ained the au al selections, and ident Chipman, sponse to and his annual ac :bstantially as fol- dresses dress. lows: On behalf cf the Calr, soclatis s Teachers' As- ronted us at reful atten- of especial olitical proble: stence of this rep the near future. & pend very lareely to be soived in esults will de- the character of the work acc in the public schools. Children should be roughly imbued with the idea that respectable. and that gecuring a liberal educ purpose of enabling its to secure a liveithood wi of soiling bis hands. ‘The great majority of pup lic sohools are compelled by to become wage earners at an early aze, and in consequence are able o take, at the most, only the work of the ad- | | School” was the subject of an address by President A. H. Randall of the Nor- | mal Schook. He spoke substantially as | fallows: | That this eubject may be clearly stated discussed, o a: | 2again favored them with some cholce mar grades. School curriculums 1d Le formuiated with special reference eeds of this class of ruction given should be fit them as fully as possible for active duties of life. he average school curriculum for the ¥ and grammar grades provides for least 20 per cent more work than the 4 of average abllity can accomplish in | ¢ time allotted without belag overworked | | child is forced to jate, and is kept at high . throughout his school of being educated he is and injured the fact that the il at the completion ade course is but po school work, or for an: a livelihood b: as the brain, and it sl ould be them ¢ Education who the field of and for the very best c schoals, that resea: should be made along the various lines of education, and that w] » experiments and researches are ive of results which m thought, of the pub experiments s Les P 3 accordance wi & be presente Stat. Instruct; du associal Pr r 3 s sssoctation has of ¢ importancy t does at the d worry, and n_ between the | an exception an imbued with ths | her opportunity or | schoolroom are “The Special Work of the Normal | devy with spec raference to general scope of its work, its imperative needs and de: s, should be presented that the special work of the normal schoc be satisl: det. ed a review woul show that in the development of ¢! school system a necessity for es apparent, and to the establishme: of the common school = view tory t this of the 3 the normal school, I am not there are any other Institu- the State in which recular in- in the methods of teact r schools is department mat students ars required to in demonstrate, by sctu . that they possess not only & clear and accurate com- prehension of the s but that | ey possess the teacher's ability to make | is same subject clear to others. | So 7 of the s continue to exist that render It impossible for ot ations of learning to furnish any e number of trained tea: work, 80 long must this t: devolve upon the normal sch ‘With the demand for trained teachers | camie also the necessity for a course of ¥ for the normal school that would provide for imstruction in the science and | & of teachins, and would the same time give to the student a comprehensive knowledge of those branches required Im | the common schools. The normal school student. in the very beginning of his work. bould have & conception of the end which ce, an though dim ideal thus early 2d obscure at firs ld grow with growth until the true spirit of the tea becomes the controlling influence. At the conclusion of President Ran- dall’'s address a short recess was taken to permit the delegates to renew old acquaintances and form new ones, and upon reconvening the Philomel Quartet selectio! Frank J. Browne, State Superinten- dent of Schoois, of Washington, ad- dressed the assemblage on “The| Stratford Schoolmaste: in which he reviewed the works of the immortal Shakespeare and termed him the great- est teacher the world has ever known. The concluding number on the pro- | gramme was the address by Presldent | | Andrew S. Draper of the University of | ! | | Illinois on “The Functions of the State Touching Education.” It was a mas- | terly effort and commanded the closest attention of every person within sound | y. of his voice. The address is given in | another column. & ‘““ROUND TABLE” MEETINGS; | Various Branches of Educational | Work Discussed by Delegates ! to the General Session. The favorite “round table” of the afternoon.sesgion of the Teachers' | Convention was undoubtedly the de- partment of English. Long before 2 o'clock Cabrillo Hall was filled, and by the time the programme com- menced many had been turned nway.! and after some little delay it was da. cided to adjourn to the main hail, which was soon comfortably filled. The greater part of the afternoon was given up to a debate on the value of true stories in preference to fairy tl.l-.myfl'lmflmlkhndunngma} upon | whole mass and counts against the intellec- FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE TOUCHING EDUCATION. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: The very word “State”” has an educational flavor about ft. A tribe is only the family enlarged. A municipality, before the marvelous advance of democracy, was a business assoclation of {reeholders for the sake of such material in- terests as they had In common, and, although the expansion of the suffrage has modified the character of the association to some extent, it is doubtless true that the earlier thought and the older objects of municipality will al- wa; pass it. A nation is an assoc! tion of all the people a considerable ter- ritory, er commanding leaders, with much development of common pride, and w cided aml fon of recognized f oples of the earth. If the on, the State of a na held together by dividual atoms in a State must degree of intellsctual and moral pation comprises rulers and people together, but the State is a bond between self-gssoci- ted and self-organized people their own rules of conduct, execute the common purpose, b The government of the family of the tribe it is pa municipality it d the sovereign pow which look towards bu ated to multiply local tmprove- ments and accommodate local economic con- ditions. The government of the nation is au- ratio monarchical; but of the State it controllin inciple of e; of the tribe it is consan- the municipality it ;_of the nation it is ng power, while of the of "the rights ! and of the inteliectual and of the whole mass. And in and moral progress, evenly devel- e n. all organizations of the people, no hat thi advancement or form of g ere i lodged where a dec ltimate authort the fam parents; in the nation it is tre arc State 1t {s the people. t to see be called the powe exactness although the designation self-governing in a lex system of government set the soversign au- places. It al- BY ANDREW S. DRAPER. The educational organization, it is true, Is a Etate organization. The city board and su- perintendent are only a part of the State orgunization, executing the State policy. With the authority of the State they must carry out the policy of the State, but it is a policy with no limitations upon means for advancing the better and higher life of the people; and they may carry It out with all the intelligence they have and all the liber- ality the pecple will support. The city, as such, is never reliable for the acts of scheol officers. School officers are not officers of the city. The courts have recog- nized and emphasized this principle even where legislative bungling has contravened it. n one case an action was brought and a re- covery had against the city of New York for the act of an agent of the Board of Educa- tion of that city, under the rule of respondat superfor, and even though the charter of tne city e: pub- the city government, rt overturned the verd t the municipal corporation ty over and was chargeable with no responsibility for the acts of the members, officers and agents of the Board of Education. And what are the functions of an American State touching_educati No one can enu- merate them. They run into every instrumen- tality which makes for physical, intellectual and moral advancement, in harmonious company. They have rapidly multiplied in recent years and they will continue to multiply. However, We may discuss them in a general way. It is fundamental that the State is see that a suitadle tained within reach itable a house must be provided which fent and which is hyslenically abe matn- su proach. The school t be in the b one who can teach, and its work must be in hermony with such general plans as lead toward ideal results. This means much in the way of general authority, and it points to an infinite variety of details. n of the State to define the vhich the public schools stand on which they and promulj operate. It reality tng and om is to banish partisanship fro iambers and bestow & metaphori- upon the spolls-hunter. It is to It is to let experienced teach- ss of beginners. It is pirit and adaptation as ess to enswer troublesome to put tea: let the incompetent resig: cessful from frequent ex: competition with the w security tellectual actt P money and effort are expended is ltkely to be thwarted in large measure unless the children of the unfortunate, the Indifferent or _the mercenary are required to attend. We have done nothing in’this direction to compare with what all the constitutional governments of Europe are doing. Money must be expended and time given to ascertain what children are not in the schools when they should be there, and to bring them in. Every child is entitled to the general guardianship of the State. If the natural feelings of parents lead them to treat him as the State knows he should be ed, as is ordinarily the case, well and If not, the parents should be punished and the child cared for. As yet, we have scarcely commenced to do what we are bound o do with thoroughness in this direction. It 1s an important function of the State to egualize schocl privileges throughout its juris- diction. The State is also bound to seek to equalize taxation for runaing ex- penses of the schools. Those financially strong must be required to help the weak. The good results outside the State must be made known in 1t. Good teachers in ouher States are to be couraged to come into it, the selfishness of the “home rulers” to the contrary notwith- The latest information s to be d the best facilities extended in all and all the property of the State's n is to bear the expense as equitably ¥ be If there is to be common educa- tional fellowship and general intellectual ad- vancement. It is particularly the business of the State to insure this. But the State bas functions which go beyond the organization and administration of the public schools, unless we include in the public hool eystem, as I think we should, the in- stitutions of learning erected upon private foundations and perated with common appro- batlon. It goes without saying that the man or woman whose wealth and sense have combined o establish a college or university, without placing u nerican conditions upon the gift, is a benefactor of the State. Of course such §ifts are to be encouraged. and resulting in- stitutions are to be brought into sympathetic &nd perative relations with the general he commonwealth. In r phrase, perhaps, they are to become part and parcel of tha e may be enter- ch are very desirable in the educational work in a great State, but which the taxing power cannct do. They are to be thanked and ndertak e . t educatic be prohibited punished, quackery fs g riot credulity under ch are imposing States may well follow the in fining and imprisoning Some of the Participants in the State Teachers’ Assembly Proceedings. asathority of the States, and 1 ution of the United States com- ference to the duty of providing the f education. That athers of the constitution were ormed about it. te in the Union 2 Delaware contains abundant ref- t e United States gives h a genercus and dis- g hend: the Un with a wis- s to the every lover of is country under obligat to him; but the Tatted States is powerless to control and does Dot assume to manage the educational interests of the people; the States have full authority to do o But it will be sald—at least some of the New Englanders will say—that the peopls prefer to manage their own local affairs. This talk is not well considered and does not stand analy. sis. It leaves out of mind the fundamental principles of democratic government, and it ignores the growth of educational thought and the changes in educational theories which have been going on among our people for a hundred Intel nt and unselfish citizens want inspire and teach e _than desire to manage the schools. “Home is more frequently than otherwise the cry of the people who want their own rule to promote their seifish interests. Others join in the ory. it is true, but the yells of the an- grinders sound aboye the treble tomes of all the rest. One of the greatest dangers which menace the security of our citizenship and the high of sn, American State i, in my Faafment, the mingling of municipel and eder cational functions. These interests are dis. tinct. They rest on different footings and they look towards entirely different ends. It the people of & city are willing to see thetr alleged representatives bungle their business or sell out their rights, the people of the State may think It best not to take the mu- nicipal functions into their own hands and let it pass on the ground that the loss is large- Iy a pecuniary one and that the local com. munity must suffer the consequences and foot the bills; but not o in the administraiton of the schools, for then the loss falls the ride of every tual virility and the moral power of the whole people. There is rothing in the purpose or the plans of the law-making power sense #0 that the whole body may continually advancs to a higher and yet higher plaln of professional standing and usefulness. is to keep the work upon scientific lines, anchored to earth, yet abreast of the world's matured thought. Commencing with the kin- dergarten, it should strive to carry the prin- clples, and particularly the spirit of the kin- dergarten through all the upper grades. It should do things as well as discu: them. It should make brain-culture and spirit-culture easier and more far-reaching to the exercise of the eye and the use of the hand, and It 1d dignfy the manual industries by put- ting a knowledge of good English and an ap- petite for learning behind them. It should make the work of the schools ethical as well as intellectual. Advanced learning has always been the fore- Tunner of the best elementary schools. It ts mot the lower schools which sustaln the higher schools, but it is the high schoulw ch 1Lift up the primary and = grammar hools. There are few communities in Amer ica so benighted as to make no pretense of s aining some sort of elementary school, 1t (2% & very poor afair-affioted with ik ce and poverty in the country, and en- compassed with indiffernce, and paiitice. sed in the city, but everywhere there will be found some show of an elementary sehoal. The problem is to get that school upon a ra- tional basts, put bad and unselentific teachi, out of it and make it a center of life any power. It is a_great problem, because the people who are willing to accept anvthing in the name of teaching, and who cannot die. criminate between the good and the bad, are innumerable. ere is no moare gratifying sigm upon t fleld of American ednclllonh‘thm the exten to which the children of the people are think- ing of getting through the high school and then going to college and the uptversity. It was a munificent act of the national Congress, ¥hich, in the midst of the war to save the Union, gave the States the lands which have become the foundations of so many State uni- versities and gave unprecedented breadth and power to such as bad already been estab- ll:hedm; It will scarcely be denied in any quar- ter that these universities have exerted a more telling influence than any other agencies to carry the higher learning to the very doors of the multitude, while they bave made a new and a vastiy more practical , application of that learning fo the life. the vocations and the common interests of the masses. The high schools are more than likely to owe their existence or thelr vitality to the inspir- ing oversight and the support of the State and, regardless of the mational gifts. the State universities have resulted from the initiative and are dependent upon the sup- port of the States. Ana iortunate, indeed, is the State which has capable of seeing that the way to build its future great- ness is upon foundations of liberal learning. Having buflt up such a system of schools, it to compel attendance, if falls upon tbe State Bbeed be. The main purpose for which all this people who use the title *ou! versity honared Nege™ or “uni- OF who Dresume to confer the time- aducational degrees. pprobation of thorities. The State has educational fu the maintenance of the schools serublages are to be encouraged Discussion and publiclty are the safety valves of demo- cratic soctety. Home stady tx to be aided and Fulded. Local libracies may well be subsi- dized 1f need Do at least up to the point whers they can walk alone. The State which can put & mark upon Its map wherever there is a own or village Mbrary find its map well ored will take care of fteelf. Art collections upen the eame footing as lbraries. That te la A great State whose leading public T KR genuine support-not & sapport born te orance and the lack of courage to re- Nt A svmpathetic support— to sclentific , 10 Bope of still further breaking the of wotentiftc truth and hastening the time he truth ahall make the whole world Tha ate will outrun fts nelghbors which will give a strong and ing hand to the good cause of industrial and decorative art. Tl pecullariy within the feactions o the State to ald and protect architecture. Public bulldings are worth more than they cost, job- bery and all, if they are architecturally ef- fective. What could not a State do for the common ewiture by making sure that every schoolhouse is erected upon artistic Itnes: All this, and more. {s clearly within the prov. inge of the self-governing State. Thoughtful Americans, and above all Am- erican educators, must hold a clear tion of the unparalieled structure and the unprecedented breadth and grandeur of pure pose of these American States. That purpose certainly looks to the common security, but it looks infinitely farther. In frame ‘work and In object they are striving to afford the fullest opportunity for individual improvement and insure the uniform intellectual and moral advancement of the whole mass. Your educational leaders come into the na- tional educational meetings with a clearness of thought which Is encouraging!: I knew John Swett almost 2s well as you do for he he has contributed to the educational ad. vancement of mankind. You are working upon all the educational advancement of mar kind ~ You are working upon all the edaca. tional problems of the day with a kmowledge of the work of others, but With a self inde. pendence is most promising. population is concentrated. t may be quickly influenced. At times it may be mis takenly impulsive, but surely 1t may be speedily and foreibly effective. ~Soundly guid. ed. this sentiment may execute the soversign authority of the State to the complete eyors tion of a complete and thought and ~still further the commonwealth of Californta in ‘mighty cmmm-u—m:—mm 3 | following. James E. Addicott of the | being those books that could be first four grades. The tendency of the | speeches made were in favor of the true story, even Miss O'Meara, who took the affirmative side of the de- bate, in her closing speech confessed that she did not believe that fairy stories were conducive to language development. H. C. Petray ef Livermore presided at the session and Miss Burroughs as secretary in Miss Murphy’s absence. Following is the programme: Alm and Method in Teaching Language end Literature.—1l. Elementary schools. (a) Resolved, That true stories are more conducive to language development in the first four grades than myths, fairy stories and folk-lore. Affirm. (10 min- utes)—Miss Alice B. Smallfleld, Stockton. Neg. (10 minutes)—Miss Francis O'Meara, Santa Rosa. < Five minute _discussions—Mrs. - Mae Sims, Stockton; Mr. T. L. Heaton, Ber- keley; Harr Wagner, San Francisco; Mrs. R. V. Winterburn, Stockton. b. (10 min utes) “The Aim Literature in the Grammar Grades”— Miss Burroughs, Oakland. Five minute discussions—F. E. Perham, Berkeley: Helen S. Wright, San Jose Normal; Harry Lynch, Centerville; Presi- | dent C. M Ritter, Chico Normal School. | 2. Secondary 'Schools—(10 minutes) “Adaptation of Character Study to Lan- age Development”—Miss Agnes Mad- en, Oakland. (10 minutes) “Aims and Methods in Secondary Schools”—Miss L. | May McLain, San Rafael. Five minute discussions—Prof. Brad- lev, University of Cali‘ornia; Arfana Moore, Livermore; Irene liardv, Stan- ford University; J D. Burxs, \Woodland | High School; Clement Youngz, San Fran- | cisco Boys' High School and Methods in Genaral In Teaching Englsh in Primary and Secondary School fessor Julius Goebel, Stanford University. | e ot KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT. The kindergarten department enter- tained a large number of people inter- ested in kindergarten work. A very interesting paper was read by Miss Genevra Sisson of Stanford's on “The Legal Requirements for the Certifica- tion of Kindergarteners in the Public School System.” The session was pre- sided over by Mrs. Pauline Dohrmann of Stockton. Miss Martha Bullock of Alameda acted as secretary. President’'s addra Mrs. Paul W Dohrmann, Stockton; address, Professor F. B. Dresslar, University of California; address, Dr. Andrew S. Draper: “The | Legal Requirements for the Certification i of Kindergartners in the Public School | | was” placed at the disposal | ter. cast looks of fire on the city so far below. The reception was to the teachers and to such members of the body pol- itic as learned of the fact that a function was in progress. In the cen- ter of the tower floor was a band- stand, and during the evening music echoed among the pillars and arches and the people thronged the galleries and hallways to see and hear and be entertained. For the occasion the Mayor's office of the guests, and the Mayor himself, actirg | as host, did the honors from behind his own private desks. Nor was his welcome of a purely mental charac- His sideboard was open, his mantel filled with glasses, and his at- tendants saw that no one was Reg- lected. The Superintendent’s room, the board room and the offices of the sec- retary of the board were also open to the visitors and their entertainers, and the crowds wandered from tower to hall and from hall to office, with all the freedom that insures a pleasant evening’s entertainment. As the reception had not been ad- vertised the crowd did not include the. idly curious, and those who attended found a company just large enough and not too larg: e Address to Teachers. Dr. C. C. Van Liew of the Los Angeles Normal School will address an open meeting of the California Child BStudy Association on Friday, December 31, at 2:30 p. m. at the First Unitarian Church. The public is_welcome. Dr. C. C. Van Liew was an active worker of the Illinois Child Study Asso- ciation, of which he was secretary, and is noted in the East as a teacher and writer, he having resigned his duties there to take up work on the coast. BELLES BEIIND TIE SCENES Grand Rehearsal of the Colum- bia Pageant at the Cal- System,” Genevra Sisson, Stanford Uni- ifornia. yersity: a report on_the “Syllabus,” by AMrs. Franels B. Gould, of the Tompkins | gchocl, Oaku;;d grrloeAngeles Kin- | Every One Ready for the Great ergartens, St, esent_and Future,’ c Mrs. Marietta E. Staples, Superintendent ey wec g of Public Kindergarten Works in Los Next. Angeles; “Ten Minutes' Worth.” Dr. Thomas' P. Bailey, University of Cali- foiT Soclety tripped through the stage MANUAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS. The department of manual tralning met in Portala Hall yesterday after- noon and attracted quite a large San Jose rmal School presided, and was assisted by Richard D. Faulkner as secretary. The following pro- gramme was carried out: Manual Training in the Grades—Discus- sion, Dr. Elmer E. Brown, University of Celifornia; Mrs. C. L. Place, San Jose Normal School; Walter J. Kenyon, Stan- ford University; Richard D. Faulkner, San Francisco; Ronald P. Gleason, Oak- land; Rebecca F. English, San Jose Nor- mal; Howard L. Lunt, Long Beach. Correlation of Manual ’Ig&lnlng ‘with Academic Branches—Discussion. P. M. Fisher, Oakland; Ednah E. Rich, Santa Barbara; Arthur Chamberlain, Pasa- dena; President Andrew S. Draper, Uni- versity of Illinol: 11 teachers interest- ed are cordially invited to take part In the discussions.) BUSINESS WORK. The department of business mst in Balboa Hall. The session was pre- | sided over by Madison Babcock, Miss Mary E. Donnelly acting as secretary. Dr. C. S. Haley delivered an address | on “The Necessity of Special Training | for Business,” which was followed by | a general'discussion by those present. | Another discussion followed the | reading of a paper on “Woman in | Business” by Miss Katherine C. Fay, | San Francisco. | SCHOOL ORGANIZATION. The department of school organiza- tion met in Sierra Hall, the proceed- ings being opened by the introduction of a papar by Dr. Thomas E. Bailey of the State University, which was read by Mr. Benson, bearing on cor- relation of education. This subject was handled by those present in an able manner, showing that they were well posted on the subject under dis- cussion. “City School Supervisors, and the Scope of Their Usefulness” was the next subject offered by C. L. Ennis, | Superintendent of Schools from Los | Angeles. This subject afforded the | teachers to lay it on hot and heavy on the hundreds of “cranks” who have both anclent and modern theories of how the young American should be raised. It was the decided opinion of the teachers that the education of the children during the first five years should be left to the Superintendent and the teacher. LATIN AUTHORS. “Virgil” was the theme under ats- cussion in Yosemite Hall by the de- partment of classics during the after- noon. Professor E. M. Pease of the Stanford University started the ban rolling by his stating that certain books of Virgil could be omitted in the course of study without in any | marked degree destroying the effect of the Greek author's works. He mentioned books 3, 4 and 5 gas skipped with advantage. This view was accepted by other scholars who had studied the question. Leon J. Richardson of the Univer- sity of California spoke on the teach. :Fg oetd Smségn. His address was stened to with marked atte the audience. = by Mrs. Catherine Wilson of the s Francisco Girls' High School gave haex: views on “The Teacher as a Stu- dent.” —_—— THE DOME wg@as LIGHTED. Board Offices, Mayor’'s Offices and Tower Thrown Open to the Teachers. It is not often the City Hall blinks the highest windows, but in honor of th teachers’ reception last night i: shone forth in fun glory. All the ts ‘Wwere burning, and the tower, :.'l':k- o tall tower of the light from its | retaries in this State, having first | He Is also the founder of Oa entrance of the California yesterday afternoon and on to the handsomely set stage to participate in the first stage rehearsal of the great Columbia Dpageant to be held on the evenings of January 3, 4 and 5 for the benefit of the most deserving of all charities, the Children’s Hospital. Although still nearly a full week re- mains to prepare for the great event, all the rehearsing participants were letter perfect. Many of the gentlemen of the cast were necessarily absent, but the young ladies were equal to the occasion and assumed not only their roles but those of their male opposites. This absence of the sterner sex lent an amusing feature tc the prepara- tions and caused many belles to show unusual proclivities for ‘character parts.” For instance, Miss Mary Hoffman showed what she might do with the character of Govermor Carter, and stroked an imaginary beard with the | delicate touch of the immortal bard. Rehearsals will cortinue daily at the homes of the various patrons, and on Thursday morning next the final will be held at the California Theater. The exchange seat sale opened at the theater yesterday, and from early morning to late in the afternoon there was an unbroken Hne at the box- office. .Although a large number of seats were disposed of, many choice séats may still be obtained. The sale of seats will continue until the close of the performances. ORIENTAL LODGE F. & A. M. Installation of Officers for tha Current Term Followed by a Banquet. Last evening Oriental Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, held its fourteen hundred and fifteenth communication, and it was its thirty-eighth installa- tion of officers. The new officers were installed for the current term by ward Bentley Church, the retiring wor- shipful master, who was assisted by | Frank Bacon Ladd as marshal, in the presence of about 100 of the members and more than fifty visitors. " The new officers are: William Rheinhard Jo worshipful master; Robert Head Mor row, senior warden; James M Troutt, junlor warden; W. G Howard Thompson, treasurer; Adolph Skinner Hubbard, secretary; Samuel James Lee, chaplain; Willlam Brooks, senfor deacon; John Charles Wilson, junior deacon; Edward Augustus _Selfridge Jr. and Thomas Paterson Ross, stewards; James H. graves = Wallace, marshal; George Washington Perkins, tyler. Secretary Hubbard, re-elected for th sixth term, is the dean of Masonic s elected a secretary in December, land C | mandery .of the Knights Templar. After the ceremony of inst there was a banguet in the upper h of the Masonic Temple, at which there Wwere present more than 0 pe n During the evening there were sponses to toasts by J. M. Troutt, D. C. Smith, Dr. Deichmiller, Rev. E. B. Church and others. —_———— Want Damages for Owen's Death. An action has been commenced in Superior Court against the Mark Railway Company by the relative Soren C. Owen, who killed Mission street car on September 11 near Bosworth street, to recover $35.000 damages. The plaintiffs Owen’s death was due to the neg! of the railway company and that Sequence they have been damage extent of the sum sued for. CASTORIA