The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1898, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL TNDAY, APRIL 17, 1898 28 D R R b s d #*4+¢¢¢¢4¢¢¢¢¢¢+4¢¢¢+¢0¢¢+¢¢¢+¢*¢¢¢¢¢’ : b + + L) + + ¢0¢¢44¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢40+¢§¢¢¢f009¢0¢¢¢+¢¢¢¢¢¢§¢¢¢¢¢‘¢¢$b++*‘ < e b, ¢ in his ch life-work. Of course in a | is well managed, discipli 1 - SR e 0% | Way eachiofsthess Icludes the other. | antufacior. dlaabobac Nehooi oIt et hat| 2. Correct school discipline leads to! ment, in which discipline 18 a detail is the | correct habits and all-around self-control. | the problem with which every principal even now the topic cre on iar to ascertain the general trend ght on this subject and also in re- | San Fran- in i estions were-~sent presentative Its: | of educa- h the & the ultimate 4 t are the objects of school dis-| principal of the| School, replies as > to the law. , president San Francisco | ucation in its broadest ay that its ultimate end is individual a sufficient mo and the fullest in: himself in and through | of his fellows as it ad- | School | education works toward this end by bringing the pupil to assimilate certain | selected maierials of human expeiience. | 2. In answering the second question I take “discipline’’ to mean the whoie op- tion of school government anl routine. he end of school discipline is, then, to bring the pupil to an intelligent apprecia- ng ould se I sh the community vances toward an infinite ideal. tion of the relation of the individual to tne ccmmunity, and to secure in him a willing and habitual co-operatior. toward | the general good. % | rincipal Denman School: ay that the ultimate aim A. L. Mann, p | ad soul of the pupil so that he | may be prepared to discharge perfectly | - duty, private or public, that shall | imbent hool alone c: pon him. | not accomplish alt | home and soclety have each in share in the work; but the keep this ultimate aim o direct its efforts that the y be attained as nearly s nt should school " The objects of school discipline are | ermined by the work of the school. That work cannot be efficiently carried on unless many excellent qualities of | moral character are well developed. | must dient, respectful, nt, faithful, con- of others, self- g and able and willing to work | armony with others for a common A little reflection will convince | the ordinary exercises of the not be conducted with the nless the moral traits above | deeply engraved upon the | jils’ minds. Thus the discipline of the 00l even more than the intellectual | training given therein contributes to the | tainment of the ultimate aim of educa- | i the | should be to nd, high-minded, patri- . From the standpoint of the | individual the ultimate aim of education is to make him of most worth to h[msclfl e | ercise is discipline. | o e e In a broad sense every proper school ex- | the Poly Waiter N. Bush, principal of technic High School: 1. There are so many types of edu growing out of the néeds of indix in our complex socie each type| its distingulshing characteristic that it is far easier to say what the ult mate aim of education i{s not than to sa what it is. There is a tvpe for the hewer of wood and another for the man who: wood is hewn for him. The special train- ing necessary for the first would be worth- less to the second. When the writer wa a v a good hand and a general know edge of flgures were sufiicient require- ments for office work in any of the large factories in the East. To-day boys in the same relative position, drawing the same pay, are required to have a broader knowledge of affairs and special training in stenography, English and typewriting. The manufacture and introduction of m. chinery of intricate arnd delicate constru tion has made education in the elemen- | rinciples of mechanics; heat, light | ectricity, indispensable even to the Journeyman. ‘While these types are changing to meet the changing conditions of our civiliza- tion the common aim of them all is to give man power to battle successfully with the conditions about him. This power may carry with it culture and socfal im- portance or it may not, its %uu.llty de- pending upon the breadth of the type he has followed, the selection of which is determined by the power of the will, o pacity for self-denlal, by ambition, by the degree of freedom from pressing want, and, most important of all per- haps, by his inherited tendencles, which break down all obstacles and drive him | into broad flelds of study and research. An education of this type should aim to secure not only mental power and | growth, but the ability to discern clearly | the source and significance of moral law and its application to man in regulating his conduct toward his fellows. In other words, the ultimate aim of the highest tio; | education is not only to make a man fit to encounter severe conditions of com- petitive 1tving, but to assist him in his | approach to the fundamental truths of the natural and spiritual world. 2. School discipline changes the char- acter as the school changes its grade from the primary to the grammar, from the grammar to the high. At the tender age of the child, when the mental faculty is limited to the work of the memory and its perceptions, un- questioning regard for authority is help- ful and necessary to it. As the child grows older, and its power of comparison gradually enables it to understand and appreciate character, the arbitrary dis- cipline of the lower grade becomes less essential to its development. Tts respect | for the teacher grows oyt of the latter's healthy mental and 'moral attitude | toward the child. | A teacher of negative character, of | weak or odd personality, no matter what | support lles behind and outside him, no matter how profound his knowledge of his subject, may mar but cannot fashion the life of his pupil. School discipline for students attending our High Schools should be incidental to the work of the school. It should serve to | assist the pupil to a better mental devel- | opment, but not be emphasized as essen- tial to successful school work. The word “discipline” is too strong. If a school | | has to contend. ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLY. Ellwood P. Cubberly. at present City | Superintendent of Schools in San Diego, but who will assume an important pro- fessorship in the department of education anford next year, was born in Indl- ana in 1868. Mr. Cubberly received his carly education in Andrews, his native town, and in 185 he entered the Univer- sity of Indiana as freshman. Two years ¢ left the university, taught a >, returned and then graduated in Soon after graduation Mr. was elected to the chair of physical sclence in Vincennes University, Indian: which boasts of having William Henr Cubberly Harrison as first president of its Board | of Trustees. In 1893 Mr. Cubberly was chosen president of the same university. New life and spirit began to be mani- fested in the institution. The whole in- stitution was modernized. In 183 Mr. Cubberly resigned the presi- dency of Vincennes to become superin- tendent of the San Diego schools. He has glven San Diego a most excellent course of study which is regarded as a distinct advance in education. PROGRESS IN ALAMEDA. The parents’ and teachers’ meetings, conducted by Principal Hughes olnlsna Encinal School, have been productive of much %ood to the district. A lively in- terest In educational matters is notice- able. A desire to have the broadest and most advanced instruction in the mar schools has led many of tae parents to study the foremost Iastern systems in order to discover wherein their own Is deficient, and more than all, the close co-operation of teachers and parents is advantageous to both in the highest de- gree. Several weeks ago, as ported, the introduction of sewing into the Encinal School was discussed at a meeting, and a committee was appoint- ed to investigate -ne system, especially in the San Francisco schools.” So enthu- siastic was the report that at the next meeting the parents present authorizeq the same committee to go before the Board of Education and request leave for the experiment to be tried in the school, all necessary expense being borne reviously re- by the parents directly interested. Per- | mi ssion has since been granted, and the ladies of the committee, together with Principal Hughes and City Superintend- ent Sullivan, will meec immediately in order to arrange the Present course ot study, so that it will include sewing in all the grades. his is a good start for Alameda in the right direction. The Alameda Teachers’ Club. which was recently organized, now numbers 110 names on its roll, which list includes both active and associate mem- bers. Its present course of lectures is as follow: “A Walk in Florence,” by Pro- fessor E. H. Griggs: “Our Nation's Cap- itol” (illustrated), by Mr. Irwin; a lec- ture on Spain, by Professor Bernard Moses. Last week C. C. Hughes read a very in- teresting as well as instructive paper on “Manual Training in the FElementary | Schools.” His points were well taken and were received with great attention because he has been the first to introduce the subject serfously in Alameda. Later other representatives of manual training, Mr. Kenvon, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Neflson and others, spoke in favor of the movement. | | | | Mr. Kenyon said that while manual train- ing is in such vogu= in the East, being, in fact, statutory in Massachusetts, it has only been established in efght of our own cities. EDUCATIONAL GLEANINGS. The common sense of the great public should come to the rescue of the schools and demand that school officers give to their selected executive the absolute power to select and manage his assist- ants.—The Northwestern Monthly. AL Te e It 1s a sad comment on educational af- fairs in this country that almost any one is considered qualified to give directions to teachers, providing he has been able himself by means of political ma- nto some position of power.—The Teachers' Institute. It has been growing unpopular of late to hold that children must be compelied to behave properly, both at home and at school, when they do not willingly be- | have as they ought. Probably this is due harsher ways of School Journal. . our finds an expression in society and in the State, and he is just as responsible to the State for his civic conduct as he is to his Creator for his religious duties.—School Education. .« . , | No one who examines the reading in our school can fall to be struck, not so much with the absence of expressive power as with the absence of mental grasp. There is no beiter wav to develop a thinking person than by careful training in read- ing. Most readers, like good-natured cows, Keep browsing and forever browse. If a fair ficwer come their way They take it, too, nor ask, * What, pray?”’ Like other fodder, it is food. And for the stomach quite as good. —Educational Review. D A writer in Vanity Fair of London has E. P. CUBBERLY, N OW OF STANFORD. Mr. Cubberly has been the City Superintendent of Schools at San Diego. He was recently appointed assistant professor in University. FRATERNAL NEWS ORDER EASTERN STAR. Next W 1y evening Silver Star Chapter of Vallejo will give an entertain- ment in Masonic Hall in aid of the Ma- sonic Home. A feature of the evening I be the presentation of the degree of | Knights of Olympia. { Monday night the district meeting | apter was held, on which | wil the there was a visit from Mrs. Dell ( S. the district deputy. The | hall was very tastefully decorated with | ywers, and there were present a great | number of visitors, including the grand D. ts Rowe, Grand Secretary | and Grand Esther Mrs, well as many members of The business meeting was ron, H. pat M Wil irs followed by a collation, and the evening was pleasantly spent. " | The members of Carita Chapter had double event last week on the same mely, the sixth anniversary of he institution of the chapter and the district meeting, including the visit of District Deputy Mrs. Dell C. Savage. here were present the most worthy | nd matron, Mrs. M. E. Partridge, nd Patron H. D. Rowe, Mrs. Blanch- District No. 11, ) Susie M. matron of Golden Gate Chapter; | llie A. Brown, matron of Beuiah | | Apte the matron of Oak Leaf, Tnity, Oakland and San Leandro chap: rge number of visitors. Th hall in which the meeting | took place was very tastefully decorated | ble time was had. In | s a grand banquet. ORDER THE AMARANTH. At the meeting of Crescent Court in the Red Men's building last Wednesday | night the royal matron presented to the | court a specimen of her pandiwork in the shape of a white silk banner with bullion fringe. On the face of the .ban: ner she had placed in ofl colors the sev- eral emblems of the order, which are symbolical, and when grouped together in the artistic manner they are on this silk, produce a fine effect. The gift was received on behalf of the court by the OF royal patron, George W. Drew, who made a very ‘mpressive response and then placed the banner in the keeping of Henry M. Owens, the honored herald. The banner was very much admired by all, and was specially commented upon favorably by visitors from Mistletoe Court of Minneapolis. These visitors also expressed themselves as very favorably impressed with the manner in which the officers of the court performed their work. This court® has been placed in charge of the Sloan booth that will be one of the features of the Masonic Falr. ODD FELLOWSHIP. The Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs are busy at this time preparing for the ob- servance of the seventy-ninth anniver- sary of the foundation of the order. The Veterans' Association paid a fra- ternal visit to Presidio Lodge last Thurs- | day evening and met with a cordial re- | ception, such as is always extended to the patriarchs of the order. Last Tuesday night Unity Encampment w visited by the members of Golden Rule Encampment, and it is almost need- s to say that all had a most enjoyable : rticularly at the banquet that the busine: meeting. There were a number of toasts and responses. The entertainment that was given last Friday night by California Rebekah in Memorial Hall, Odd Fellows’ 2. was attended by a large number ure loving people. The pro- ramme included vocal solo by Mrs. o and Mrs. Baker, recitations by Miss Madeline Kuck and’ Dorothy Blum, fancy e by tLeonie Bresier and negro specialties by Ed Jewell. Under the di- rection of Miss S. Harris as floor mana- ger there a programme of ten danc Templar_lotige wiil initiate two candi- dates on Wednesday night, and it is ex- ecied that there will be a large attend- ance to witness the worl collation will be served after the work. ANCIENT ORDER WORKMEN. . L. M. Manzer, having declined the of- fice of Deputy Grand Master Workman tendered him by Grand Master Bahrs, Edwin Danforth of Spartan Lodge, who during the pust vear was grand orator, has been tendered and has accepted the office. The new grand master has declared that the work of propagation will be vigorous- 1y pmsecute& during his administration, and that he will do all In his power to incre: the membership of the several lodges and of the order In the jurisdiction of California. He has reappointed the majority of the special deputies who served under Grand Master Vinter, and they have been assigned to various sec- tions of the State to continue in the work in which they were engaged. The appointment of ~district deputies will not be announced until those who have been recornmended have had time to Tespond to letters of inquiry sent them | them. as to their inclination and willingness to devote time to the duties required of As soon as delivered at the office of the | grand recorder the proceedings of the last | held grand lodge session will be sent each | lodge and representative. | Last Saturday night Golden West | Lodge gave its fourth annual entertain- ment and ball, and the attendance was | large. The programme was an entertain- ing one and the dancing was enjoyable. | The entertainment that was o have been given by Franklin Lodge on the Sth inst. will be given in Laurel Hall, Shiels building. ‘on the 6th of May. | Past “ Grand Master Wlilliam Henry | Barnes will address a public: réunion ot | | lodges of Hanford and Visalia on the 5th of May. Crocker Lodge will give its April en- | tertainment and social in Masonic Soctal | Hall on Monday, the %th inst. i DEGREE OF HONOR. | At the meeting prior to the session of | the grand lodge Miss A. Littlefield on be- | half of Ivy Lodge presented to Past Chief of Honor, Mrs. Emma Sturrock, a beau- | tiful pin, emblematic and of her rank in | the ordre, In recognition of her services and Interest in adding to the membership. Last Wednesday evening the members of this lodge gave vent to their exuberance over the fact that the grand chief of honor had been selected from the mem- bership of the lodge as also had the grand recorder, by glving three cheers for Mrs. E. F. Mayo, the new head of the order, and for Mrs. Kate M. Poland, the grand ! recorder. And then they gave three times three for the drill team of Ivy, that in its new costumes, exemplified the work be- fore the grand body. On the first Wednes- day in May the lodge will tender a recep- tion to the grand chief of honor, thegrand recorder and to the grand . wcorder and the grand medical examiner of the A. O. The reception that was tendered by the members of Silver Spray Lodge to the delegates to the Grand Lodge was a de- lightful affair at which the true prin- ciples of fraternity were exemplified. THE NATIONAL UNION. 8. B. Doane, secretary of the Pacific Council, died March 11, and on the 7th inst. the widow was paid the amount of the benefit certificate, $3000. This pay- ment, twenty-seven days after deagh, was the promptest ever made on a California claim, and the first of the nine benefits the widow Is entitled to that was paid. Last Tuesday night Golden Gate Coun- cll had a good attendance to witness the initiation of two candidates in the ampli- fied form. The work was performed in an impressive manner by the officers. During the evening Financlal Secretary Theodore Frolich read some interesting figures as to the amount of money that has passed through his hands since 1892, when he took the office. Recefved for the general fund, $6498 50; for the bene- ficiary fund, $23,737 40, making a total of $30,235 90. Of this amount paid on ac- count of beneficiary, there has been re- paid to beneficiaries of members $21,000. which is within $23723 40 of the sum paid into the beneficiary fund. This council has been moving along at a healthy pace in the past two years, and its growth under the present president, N. R. Arter, \'m"s1 bBPn Eemgrk&ble. > orado Council, at its meeting last Friday night, had a number of randi‘dates initiated for it by the officers of the Cabi- net under the direction of President Has- tings, the work being done in a very effective manner. After the work there was a banquet to the members of the Cabinet, visitors and members of the council. THE AMERICAN GUILD. Last Wednesday evening San Francisco Chapter of the American Guild had a very interesting meeting in Balboa Hall, N. S. G. W. building. The chapter initi- ated two candidates and received five ap- plications, after which the routine busi- ness was disposed of and the doors were opened to a number of invited guests, who were entertained for an hour by se- lections on_the graphophone presented by Charles F. Wagner. After that there was a dance for an hour, At the next meeting, on the 27th, the chapter will have another pleasant entertainment for the benefit of members and their friends. . W. McGarvie, deputy supreme gov- ernor, visited the chapter in atsonville last week and secured four members for }t. fiifi"tvs‘l‘g“ l'l:?d;d?l!.ed ‘the chapter n B s quiet toAils me::be&shllg.bd dhey e new chapter Ing organized in th, interfor, and will be readyrgor lnsmqu: shortly. THE NATIVE SONS. The social that was given last Tuesday night in Mission Parlor Hail by Precita Parlor was a great success, there being present a large number of the members | first ball on Friday,-the 22d, and their friends, who enjoyed the ex- celient programme of dances arranged L by the committee of arrangeménts, con- sisting of C. H. Buck, D. J. Wren, F. E. Schober, C. J. Ward and H. S. Spauld- ing. W. Christ, who was the floor man- ager, led the grand march, n company with Miss Rose McGovern. Athens Parlor of Oakland will give its in Reed's Hall. Benjamin F. Woolner, W. E. Dean, C. H. Green, P. H. Grindley and W. E. Farno, the committee of arrangements, will use their best endeavors to make this a success. Jules 8. Godeau celebrated his reinitia- tion into the order of Native Sons by tendering a banquet to the members of Alcalde Parlor last Wednesday night at the St. Germain. A fine dinner was dis- posed of and then followed a number of toasts that were responded to by the host, Joe Hawkins, G. C. Alferitz, E. S. | Thomas, S. Mullen, V. Kehrlein, J. Des- mond, A. Rahwyler, H. F. Morton, R. H. Hession, O. H. Furgesqn. W. D. Wilcox, B. H. Andrews, L. E erre. L. J. Hur- ley, L. R. Varni and G. B. Barber. Al- calde’'s “bald-headed eagle,” J. J. Grief, acted as toast master, and when he was stuck for an expr by D. G. Antonovich. evening was spent. Next Wednesday Camj emplification of the Argonaut degree be- fore the members of California Parlor. There are about twenty candidates who are anxious to have the authority to wear the badge of the Argonauts. OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS. Golden State Parlor at its last held meeting was visited by District Deputy Mrs. Genevieve Baker. This usually active parlor has been for some time past, as the genial recording secretary says, “taking a rest.” Alta Parlor last Monday night gave a historical entertainment and dance in Native Sons’ Hall. There was a good at- tendance, that was entertained by the presentation of a number of tableaux, a fancy dance and vocal selections. The farmers’ social by Buena Vista Parlor will be given in Nauve Sons' Hall to-morrow night. Mrs. Conrad, grand president, was in this city last week. She is arranging to visit the pariors in Mendocino County and the one at Crescent City prior to the meeting of the Grand Parlor. Mrs. Gunzendorfer of Sans Souci Par- lor is preparing a new ritual to submit to the Grand Parlor. Miss Mo.lie Johnson of California Parlor of Sacramento, one of the past grand presidents of the order, is preparing a memorial service for presentation to the Grand Parlor at it® next session. Nominations for delegates to the Grand Parlor are to be made at the last stated meeting of each parler this month, and the elections will be on the first meeting night in May. Piedmont = Parlor's “poverty party,” given in aid of a fund to purchase a flag for the parlor, was a successful affair, and the members who are alive to the fact that they should have a flag as well as other parlors, and by displaying it at meetings prove their patriotism and love of ““Old Glory,” havedecided to give other parties in order to raise a fund that will enable them to purchase a fine flag. This parlor has had an increase in member- ship and it has a promise of a number of new members in the near future. LOYAL CIRCLE,“C OF F. The open meeting that was given last Monday night by Loyal Circle, Com- panions of the Forest, was well attended by members and by friends who were in- vited. Under the direction of Mrs. Flor- ence N. Morrow, the very energetic su- preme grand secretary of the order, there was presented a very enjoyable pro- gramme, in which there was included an overture by Mr. Warren and Mrs. Hock- ing; recitation by Miss Hattie Moulton; vocal duet by Messrs. Ely and Reed: recitation by Miss Dottie Baxter; fancy dance by Miss Georgle Smith; mandolin solo by G. S. Gray; regitation by a little tot of 5, Lillian Dolliver, whose power of memorizing was astonishing and whose delivery and gestureswereexcellent. Miss Ada J. Wheaton favored with selections on the corpet, which won for her loud and well-deserved applause. A friend of the circle told several anecdotes, and then Miss Tryphina Pritchard, the ' child mar. vel, gave a recitation, ana was recalled twice. This little one is one of the most extraordinary and charming elocutionists of her age that ever appeared in this city. Then followed a fancy dance by Miss Hattie Wright and a vocal solo by Miss Droyett. Dancing closed the even- ing’s entertainment. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. Last Monday evening the members of the Mazzini Circle had a reunion and banquet, at which were present, besides the entire membership, Supreme Grand Chief Companion Mrs. Sarah Beverson and Supreme Grand Sub-Chief Mrs, Phelps. The Past Chiefs' Assoclation gave a social last Thursday in the Foresters’ buflding at which there was a good at- tendance and a good Dprogramme' of dances was enjoyed. Upon this assocla- tion will devolve the pleasant duty of A very pleasant evening California of the Argonauts will give an ex- | sion he was assisted | | and after the department of education at Stanford t lum from the | discovered “another honest American. e Ser of psnd"fa?uem.—?ubuc | His name is Jordan, and he is, I under- The moral character of the individual | on the de¢rease of seals in the Bering | { | any conferfence with h | have allowed our pirates to destroy the ! nal of Education. B limitation of so doing, but when they are board uniess you are prepared to resign.— Chicago Journal of Education. two new school districts, which have been named Stgsbee and Malre. the class of 1900 of the Grass Valley High Barbara started last Monday on an offi- | cial visit to the schools of the northern part of his cour.nyA " debt, the $10,000 bonds issued a few years ago to build the new schoolhouse having b versity of California lectured on and Art in Japan” to a large audience in the assembly at Visalia. subject for the parents’ meeting on April 11 was “Our Boys; Thelr Needs, Interests, Amusements, Etc.” ange County, have recently adopted for a handsome ilew.hlgl;l school building. School will present ‘“Josiah’s Courtships” some time this l;nonIlL grammar schools of Santa Clara County will take place on three Saturdays, May 28, June 4 and June 11, at San Jose, Los Gatos, Mountain View and Gilroy. | Carpenteria School and MissGrace Frank- | | lin of the Sevena School, Santa Barbara | County, gave a picnic, in which all other school districts were join. High School will hold no commencement | exercises this year. o stand, what {s known as an official ex- pert. 'He hjas just been giving his opinion | ea. ‘It is land and the United States. mark this, land digest it, please, American editors, 1f jvou can—'has never come h‘x‘r_u o due,” he says, ‘solely to Eng- The latter'— | clean hands. seal herds of ourselves and of our neigh- bors.”” And then the Vanity Fair repre-| sentative adds, “I should Iike to shake | hands with Mr. Jordan''—Western Jour- | et The presence of trainad &pecia high schools would help 10 da awa. incomplete, brief. sketchy cou: teachers have three or four subjects to cover, they can do little ‘more than ex- | pound the textbook, and do not feel the | 3 full of their one.subject they are con-| stantly demanding and filling a Ilrge‘ place for it i{n the school curriculum. The specialist who is teaching one sub- | ject in the high school is apt to know the cts of that subject more thoroughly than the man who is teaching three. He will also have at the same time more lefsure for recreation, reading and the | general interests of the school.—School | Review. el | Never give a child occasfon that you see no good in him. Never aave a quarrel with your school to think | ABOUT THE SCHOOLS. It is reported that Monterey County has Last week Miss Gertrude Van Slyke gave a very enjoyable entertainment to School. e e e Superintendent G. E. Thurmon of Santa . Truckee School District {s now out of een redeemed. e fee On April 14 Professor Moses of the“!l_::\‘l- fo all of the Grammar School o . At the B-street school in San Diego the The School Trustees at Fullerton, Or- lans The Dramatic Club of the Visalla High | . Examinations for graduation from the Last week Miss Julia Lnurmond of the | the invited to .« . The graduating class of the Stockton . At the last meetling of the State Board | f Trustees of the S8an Diego Normal the matter of electing a president for the | important | able him to wear better clothes and | dwell in a finer house and to work I | cation school was laid over for the present, though the board decided that another meeting must be called within months, as the scaool will be op. January. The presidents of the schools, Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Blac appointed a committee to make | ments for securing to school teacher benefit of normal training during thei} vacation. el Dr. E. H. Willlams. president of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila recently presented to the Santa Barbara several bloc ich were mortices of various size with a bit which bores square holes boys were so interested to t ment that Dr. Williams sent for T e instru- fror | Philadelphia. QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS President J. H. Todd of the Oakland Board of Education, in summarizing Work of the city school department the past vear, reported that the m ture before the board the advance in standard of educati ualifications required for teach ontinuing, he said: “But, in my m that is not so important in_ sele teacher for a school as that e which develops the character. It is difficult to find just the individual to part or develop in the mind and heart what we call character, That is much more important than simple instruction in the several branches of study, and is the most difficult to secure. In these sentiments President Todd has indicated the tendency of movement which is rapidly gaining momentum in educational circles, and which promises broader and deeper and higher and in- finitely better things for the children of our public schools. That education means merely an Improvement of the earning capacity has been too much the dominant idea of those who control 8chool affairs, and the unsatisfactory re- sults of this have set men to thinking. After all, are not culture and character the essential factors in PnlaJ‘%‘ing the ca- pacity for human effort in the direction of all truly useful as well as worthy and lofty aims? This movement indicates a reaction from the painfully pracucal to the higher ideal in education. It means that the child who has been rightly taught will understand that the true value of an education is not to en- 1o, and at easier tasks than his fellows. ’1:’ teach a child those things which will en- able him to become financially heipful and self-sustaining is worthy of the best efforts of the teacher, but the narrowing down of an_education to these merely practical ends, without proper ideals of conduct and without motives which maka ossible a higher materfal and spiritual ife, i8 fraught with gravest dangers 1o the individual, to the State and to hu- manity. Well-equipped buildings, carefully ai- ranged courses of study and systems of grading are desirable indeed, but they are only secondary, while in the fitne: the fidelity, the efficiency, and, above , the wholesome personal = inflience of the teacher, is the vital element in the train. in?‘ of the pupils of our public schools. t is a gratifying indication of the re ognition of the value of +h~ culture qual fication In teachers when boards of edu- %(Ve expression to the thoughts quoted from President Todd. With the closer discrimination in the selection of teachers which such opinions imply there will surely come more satisfactory and sympathetic relations between all the people and our publio educational sys- very im- tem. It is well to remember that the public school system is our protection against greater dangers than those our country may be exposed to from armored cruisers of hostile nations, and upon the quality of the teaching service of these schools no_patriotic citizen can afford to be ine different. MEGAHA! entertaining the delegates to the Supreme Grand Circle. Last Saturday night Washington Circle gave an interesting entertainment in For- esters’ building, including many musical and literary numbers. One of the most at- tractive was the cornet solo by Miss Ada | J. Wheaton, whose performance on that | instrument has recently attracted con- slderable attention and much favorable comment. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. | Court Washington, on the 5th day of | May, will have sixteen candidates to in- itiate. The ceremony will be followed by a banquet. ’ Junior Court Pride of California at its | meeting last Wednesday night had a very large attendance, showing that the vounger members of the order take a | greater interest in the affairs of their | court than do the members of a number of the senior courts. The court made ar- rangements for an entertainment and socfal to be glven in the near future, Frank Powers, chief ranger, John P. Lynch, junior past chief of, and a team from the membership of Court Bonita visited Court Farallones at Ocean View, and there initiated candidates for the sit- ting court. It was the first initiation there under the new ritual, and it at- tracted the entire membership of the court. A banquet followed the business of the evening. The bon bon party to be given by Court | Bonita in honor of its eighth anniversary | will be fn Mannerbund Hall, on the 30th inst. Court Sutro Heights had a good attend- ance at its meeting last Thursday night, the routine business had a pleasant evening, during which an inter- esting programme resented. COMPANIONS OF FOREST, F. O. A. Last Thursday night San Francisco Circle had a meeting in Mannerbund Hall,, on which occasion the officers gave an exemplification of the work of initia- tion. Among the visitors was one of the fommittee that has the supervision of the team that will exemplify the work before the delegates to the Grand Circle. The comments on the work by that mem- ber of the committee were flatiering to the officers, who showed a proficiency in the floor work and the memorized work | that is not met with in every circle. This circle has three candidates for initiation. | Inter Nos Circle on last Wednesday | was visited by the team that is to exem- plify the work before the Grand Circle, and it gave an, exemplification of the work in a manner that prognosticates success before the grand body. KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. Past Grand Protector Miss E. T. Par- ker of Sonora was in this city last week and will remain here until after the close | of the Grand Lodse. Yerba Buena Lodge will give a spring ball in Y. M. I. Hall next Wednesday night, and from the well known energy of the members of this lodge it is proba- ble that it will be one of the most en- Jjoyable affairs that it has ever given. All delegates to the Grand Lodge and visiting members of the order wii be en- tertained in the hall of Aurora Lodge, 421 Post street, to-morrow night. On the evening of the 7th inst. a num- ber of the friends of Mrs. Annie Thom- son paid her a surprise visit at her resi- dence, 263 Golden Gate avenue, and a very pleasant visit was spent. There Wwere present Mrs. H. Hearn, Mrs. E. Harris, Mrs. I. Smith, Mrs. F. Cressy (Baby Cressy), Mrs. Dun, Mrs. M. Pfuhl, F. Williams, Mrs. L. Wheelock, Mrs. M Lunton, Mrs. B. Lee, Mrs. E. Kinsman, Mrs. A. Lambert, Mrs. Quilfton and Mrs. L. B. Holcomb. THE DRUIDS. Last week the rellef board levied a Per caplta tax on the local groves to re- plenish the fund of the committee. Last week Aurora Grove conferred the third degree on four candidates, and made arrangements for a picnic to be given in June. The same evening Per- ;eel'(:rzmce Grove also worked in the third ee. he advisory board on last Wednesda: transacted considerable business of Im}i Portance to the members of the order. Verde Grove had a class of eleven can- didates at its meeting in. Healdsburg -last Wweek, Mendocino Grove at Fort rag; Leports 2 g(a}ln of séveral members ani nton Grove reports o P a gain of two Alplhm Grove galned sixty members last month. Galileo and Alpini groves ;:;m hold a Joint picnic at San Jose May INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. Since last December there have been organized and instituted new courts of the order in this jurisdietion by supre organizers at San Diego, H eg‘oe, Berkeley, San Juan, ~Sulsun, Stockton, evada R. _Fraser, Mrs. Mrs. L. Rapo, Mrs. Benicia, St. Helena, Livermore, N Clty and Alameda. ' The ones at Stock- ton and Alameda are the second courts in those cities. Each was organized with a good charter list. New courts are in rrocess of organization at Madera, Oak- land, Cloverdale and Grass Valley. A. H. Bolion, chief ranger of Court ngba B“::‘fil tendex'- htu mslgma n-as pre of of that court it has been acosp : e - accepted. A new chief ranger | will be elected at the next meeting of the court. SONS OF ST. GEORGE. There was an audience that packed St. George's Hall, on Mason street, on the occasion of the open meeting of Pickwick Lodge. As at the open meetings of this lodge there is always a good programme of entertainment, there is always a large attendance. Among those who contribut- ed to the entertalnment for the evening were J. H. Coates, W. T. Sobey, H. R. Carles, T. Longworth: Joseph Meyer- cough, A. R. Prior, W. C. Parsons, Hugh Williamson, T. Nowlan and Messrs. Cal- ender, Edminster, Reed and Jones, who favored with songs. T. Longworth, T. Musgrave and F. D. Brandon gave rec! tations, and there were duets by Messr: Longworth and Jones and by Messrs. Cal- ender and Jones. During the evening re- freshments were served to guests and members. ORDER OF PENDO. During the past three months this or- der has instituted ten councils which are located in this State, Washington, Mon- tana and Florida. C. D. Fowler, deputy for Washington, will soon organize a new council in Cen. tralis, Wash., where one was organized in March last. Pomona Council initiated fourteen can- didates at one meeting in April. Bannock Council of Idaho doubled its membership during the last. term. Golden Gate Council of this city, which has been holdin; interestin; meetings, will have a number of candidates to ini- tiate at its next meeting. Two new councils are being organized in Los Angeles. The Supreme Council has since last Jan- uary paid sick and pension claims aggre- gating to more than $2000. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Tancred Lodge was visited on the 9th inst. by Grand Dictator Archibald and other grand officers, who were welcomed by a large atiendance. - A candidate was initiated, and the visitors ‘and District Deputy McPherson addressed the meet- ing. Bt Monday night TarbatBists Fodse initiated two members. and admitted two by card from Tennessee. There will be five initiations at the ‘meeting to-mor- row. A large delegation from Liberty Lodge was present. Arthur Logan was installed as trustee, vice John R. Sund- berg, deceased. As a result of the recent smoker given by Anchor Lodge there will be four in- itlations to-morrow night. There was one last Monday. The smoker given last Wednesday night by Eureka Lodge was attended by a large crowd, and after a good pro- gramme had been preesnted there were a number of applications. Scott Elder of Tancred Lodge has been appointed grand trustee, vice T. H. Mac- donald, who has taken up his residence in_the Hawalian Islands. Last Thursday the grand dictator left for a two weeks’ tour of visitations in Fresno, La Grande, Modesto and other points in San Joaquin Valley. YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. At a meeting to be held on the 18th the council that on last Sunday was or- ganized in Redwood City will be insti- tuted. The lecture bureau will meet next Sun- day to arrange a number of lectures for the future. g The Rev. James McDonald will lecture before Phil Sheridan Council in Metro- politan_Hall on the evening of the 22d inst. The subject i{s “The Church and Literature.” % Council No. 470 will give a soclal in Na- tive Sons’ Hall on the 27th inst, and Council No. 508 will give a dance on May 4. ROYAL ARCANUM. As the anniversary of the order and the meeting of the Supreme Council ap- proach increased activity is noted in the councils of this State and a number of additions are reported from the southera part of the jurisdiction. There are also reports of additions to the membership of the councils of the bay counties. Golden West Council has appointed a committee to m‘nke :r::figfi::m:fl fg: asani 3 ay evening. There will be an interesting rogramme and a dance. After the 2d of May this council will change its meetin; nights to the first and third Mondavs an. | Wil give a soclal on every fifth Monday | of the month when such a Monday s on the list. 3 is being_made to_institute a ne’:1 cn?x‘x’\‘;:tn in thenglsslton o[?ltséxlct dur- early part of next month. infnfst;eWngegday night M. Stone, D.8.R., and T. G. Hodgkins. secretary of Goldeil West Council, paid a visit " to Peralta Council of Oakland and found it in a rosperous condition. This council has in ts membership many of the prominent rofessional and business men of Oak- [and, and the interest they take in the council_is marked by the large attend- ance. There are many Oaklanders who belong to counclls in this city, and an effort is being made to have them take cards a&d deposit them with the council across the bay. { RIDEOUT TROPHY CONTEST. DEAL 47. Trist North and South. San Francisco East and West. The winning trick is underscored. The 7 of | clubs trumps, West to lead. | E. ‘ SEils W (s I- | 04 9A 03 jos Tofi=k oliio o} 50 0J ©v2 a6 |09 -t g I 2 4" 8 % Ll | 4% 10 Tk 6% T& Ja o X 920‘-go;a|n ERY | g o oz |06 | %‘v 63 [E A1 RO 6 0O a4 &Z aJ a0 a7 S0 90 aAa Thirteen..... . a g A K JO®B North and South 6. East and West 7. ST OVERPLAY. San Francisco North and South. Trist East and West. TABLE NO. 2. | .jo4 oA |03 |08 oy TZT a6 09 9K 06 a9 00 [ 54’ o & ko 3 o o ° os *0Q ‘go‘ #“30\ ?0 &z | Q% 3 -l-[ Sk 10& AT Ak | 4 Q a7 | 40 Tl wo Twelve...... | K& 6% DO 8& Thirteen. ... A 64 30 J& Score: San Francisco North and South, 8. Trist East and West, 4. South at table No. 1 lost three tricks by into the mire by using it for such base pur- poses and allowing the game to be played in their rooms for a stake, the American Whist League should say to thém, as they did to one of the clubs of Boston at the Sixth Congress: You are without the pale of our_institution, and you must step down and out™ The club was expelled. When the time comes that we have to blush with shame for taking our sons or daughters into a whist club and be obliged to say to them, *This is where we come to spend our evenings; but it is no place for you,” we say the proper course to pursue is to cut the cancer out—if not, hang out the yellow flag. GOOD ADVICE TO WHIST STUDENTS. By Lander M. Bouve of Boston. To beginners, or players of limited expa- rience, the numerous new plays and systems which have been developed during the past year or two are undoubtedly confusing, and tend to discourage students of whist in their efforts to learn the game. It is not good policy for any but the most expert players to attempt to make use of the various new plays exploited, as even the originators of many of these inventions admit that to a large extent they are experimental. The advocates of ths long-suit game belleve that the present mora or less unsettled condition of affairs is but a forerunner of a return, by many of those now attempting to demonstrate the value of these so-called improvements, to the established game as set forth by our most prominent writers. If beginners will conscientiously master the American leads, and the plays which are the basis of the long-suit game, they will find that as their experienca grows, they are able to hold their own against ma of the later ideas. The main factor of success is to make one's play easy for partner understand, and it is an oft remarked fact that many of the most brilliant players work their partners so hard that it is a relief to the latter when the game is finished. is {s entirely unnecessary, particularly if players will give partner the assistance possible by means of the number-showing leads, uniform plays un- der like conditions, and consistent following of the straight long-sult system. BREACH OF ETIQUETTE. We have been asked a good many times “If it was allowable in whist clubs for & per- son to hold his cards and play them from below the edge of the table.” In answer to this query we will say: There finessing his partner's 8 of dlamonds at_trick | nine. The ace of diamonds marked in Fast's | hand there was hardly and reason for such a play. This is a practical example of how easy | matches are won and lost. It will pay every student (f the game to spread out the cards | in this deal, play and overplay them. Then ex- | amine the play and overplay for comparison. | —_———— MR. WORK'S ADVICE TO WHIST PLAYERS, “Mr. Work, what would you advise our play- ers to do to improve their team work?" Answer—To my mind the best method of im- proving team work is for a team after it has been selected, to as frequently as possible | practice together. That is, the four men sit | down at a table and play a hand, retaining the cards in front of them as in duplicate play, and then as soon as the hand is played re-pl 1t with the cards all face up exactly as plaved | originally, but whenever a play occurs the | wisdom of which is doubted by any one of the | is no written law to prevent such act it is only a breach of whist etiquette. The un ten law Is that the offender Is usually inv to hold his cards ‘‘above board” so the bac and he fs in respectable society, R vited to_tender his resignation k Two such cases that we know of came up in one of the Eastern clubs some time ago. and one of the two was expellad, for he was caught in doing what the very act suggests. DOES MR. TRIST LIVE IN THE CITY? At the Trist Duplicate Whist Club rooms the other evening one of the most enthusiastio members of the club was entertaining as a vis- itor a gentleman and his wife from one of the across the bay whist clubs Among other Interesting things he was show- ing them, he called their attention to a very large circular picture, made in the shape and form of the emblem of the A. W. L., contain- four, or in regard to which any one of the four desires anything said, the replay is stop- ped and the situation and the correct play | at that time thoroughly discussed. Thls | tem of practice has many advantages. It en- ables each member of the team to realize how | the minds of the other three act under certain | situations, land what they are apt to do. It brings up points on which there may be any possiple difference of opinion, and if thoroughly carried out, results almost invariably in the four men in the end playing a very similar game. I do not believe that there is any other | method of practice that approaches It, or that & team preparing for an important contest can do too much of it for its own benefit. Of course before starting this sort of practice a system should be agreed upon which is sat- isfactory to all, but it is not of so great im- portance what the system may be as that the Mmembers composing the team thoroughly un- derstand_it, are satisfied with it. and unite | in the effort to produce the best results from | the use of it. 3 STOP IT! OR HANG OUT THE YELLOW FLAG. The Evening Post of New York should be congratulated by every one who has the best interest of whist at heart on the high and noble stand it has recently taken In suggest- ing a separation of the chaff from the wheat in whist circles. The article referred to ap- peared In the Post Wednesday, March 9. It has aiready commenced to bear good fruit in | an entirely different direction from the one intended. The subject was '‘Profession- als vs. Non-professionals.’’ We regret to say that one of the prominent whist clubs in one of the large cities of the has one or two members Who seem take special delight in telling their how much money they made whist last week, ~ or last . men are noW squirming R er the. lesh ndministered by the Evening Post. The article was evidently not written with the thought of hitting ~thig particular class, but when any individual member or any bparticularly any organization that is a clul member in good standing of the American Mwmum] ing some twenty portraits of the officers and executive committee of the league. He pointed out with considerable pride the central photo- graph, the father and founder, Mr. Eugene S. Elliott; also Prestdent H. A. Mandell, ex-Pres- jdent Theodore Schwarz, ex-President Walter H. Barney, the great C. D. P. Hamilton, Rob- ert H. Weems, Vice President E. Leroy Smith, B. F. Richards, and others. Then he pointed to the one whom every child in the whist world knows only to love, Mr. Nicholas Browse Trist, mentioning his pame with a sort of rev- erence, when our guest asks, ‘‘Does Mr. Trist live in the city?"’ WHISTLETS. The Whist Editor of The Call has just re- ceived a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott, Third Bengal Cavalry, Fyzabad, Oudh, Ben- gal, India, asking for a copy of The Call's “Whist Don'ts' and ““Whist Whys.” The Call will be delighted to send every Indian a copy. ‘We have sent several to Spain, but they don't seem to have had the desired effect. One of the oldest rules in whist—in vogue over a hundred years ago—required each player to place his cards in front of him, just as is done to-day in duplicate whist. J. A. Sublette of the Office Men's Whist Club of St.” Louls, Mo., Frank H. Goddard of t Worcester Whist Club of Worcester, Mass., and D. W. Stroud of the Toledo Whist Club of To- | ledo, O.. have been sojourning in San Fran- clsco and making themselves at home in the rooms of the Brist Duplicate Whist Club, where every whist visitor to this ety is welcome. The Friday afternoon play of the Ladies’ Whist Annex to the Trist Club, which has been so popular all winter, will_continue through the summer months. 'Mrs. F. Freder- icks, the secretary of this little organization, has changed her address to Belvedere. ’ We have received an inquiry from Miss Flor- ence Greene, secretary of the Woman's Whist League, asking Information in regard to the & “Ladies’ California Whist Club.”" It any one * knows of such an organization in this city or State a favar will be conferred on us by send- ing a list of its officers and members, The Canadian Whist League will hold its annual congress in July at Toronto, Canada. Further announcement will be made in The