The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1899. 8 NMONBL DUCNTODS DISCUSS TUE. [NICLLICIUN. HESTINY (OF ARIRICA< 7 - BRILLIANT ADDRESSES BY MEN AND WOMEN OF LEARNING. in Accordance With the Requirements of Both?"” was read by G. B. Morrison, prin- cipal of the Manual Training High School ] ))),) LOS ANGELES THRONGED BY A HOST OF HONORED VISITORS. , ) KNBEEGPAQTE N OS ANGELES, July 12.—The last of the specials from the East bringing delegates to the ional Educa- tional Association vention ar- the full Co been active trez i1l neither de- fon nor to remain in cf- tee, before which andidates, met s afternoon. The follow- i Maon- Miss ate h Western d J Fstella Re : Mexico, O Nevada, s Dorris R. S. Bingham; alifornia, J. W. se dispatches, a dignified aged for the office the names of F witii- compliment to the the cor ion thi d in the Golden State. n Professor Harvey of chool reports of raple is a good The committee ex-$ ciation e n forced the Alling ends of Professor diligent! mmittee will rec- > next convention be decided. a4 do to Cincinnati will as that n Cor- boom- y. Charleston unless unfore- ar will carry off E. O. Lyte called to ssion of the National onvention this morning e him such an audience as before in this city. The llon was not ag packed the Audi- n The fact ¢ was of a more ch to do with mera- hereabouts had The audience of women, their hats and pretty g completely into = sterner sex. nce. It was edle: to t faces and of miiliners and 1 to the thetic corations that had Auditorfum into a addresses were lis- ned to wi ion, the auditors seemingly being ermined to absorb all th~ instructive thoughts that were uttered by the authors of undamentals in T ect of a paper by L. perintendent of Public Wisconsin. Mr. Harvey The following is euggested as furnishing a for the development of the method of de- ing what is to be dono for and in any teacher must have in mind a definite or purposes to be realized in the next art bower of bea was the D. Harvey, Su- Instruction for said: her must have in mind the things . be known or done in order that the purposes may be realized. 3—The _tea: must determine what of the things falling under No. 2 the pupil now knows or can now do. He must determine what of the things erated in No. 2 the pupil still has to learn and the order in which they should er or to do, be known or done. When these four things have been deter- the teacher is ready to consider the how these things shall be taught and until these four things are any consideration of the how is e cart before the horse. Other the best teaching is al- s order of procedure is fol- , either consclously or un- best when unconsclously aps Grenfell, State Superinten- truction of Colorado, °ss entitled “‘Quo Vadi- in part: s have believed that the educat- to educate their children was sole decision, but the con- seems to me that the child v the parents’ good, Compulsory education infringement of parents’ hough certainly a necessity at pres- rage Scholarship of the Aver- W the topic of a paper r Frank Rigler, Super- 100ls at Portland, Ore. w attention to the neces- sity for arran z the course of study 10 suit the peculiar needs of each chiid. He said that under the present system each child was expected to do as much s his fellow student and that his spe- cial ability along any one line did not re- ceive sufficient recognition. A system whe y t child could have one class teacher, but at the same time be allowed to take studies in other grades, for which his ablility fitted him, was advocated. A brief talk by Professor J. H. Hine- mon of Pine Bluff, Ark., who represented he Southern Sducational Assoclation, yas listencd to With interest. He said n part: More than thirty years ago a little less. than 00 of slaves in the South were suddenly ipated, and shortly thereafter they were all the rights of American citi- This imposed on the whites of the em: e endowed with zensnip. South the gravest problem that has ever con- fronted the Anglo-Saxon race. Right heroi- cally did the Southern whites set themselves to e task belcee them, aud during the years bih? &7bum:3 but v have been slowly stand with equ: of the lan. fe of ield the Mass., Normal School lowed with an Among Children. “nder t modern c is continu Wir addre at reasonable that to some T power of endurance Educators are be onsibil ch condi past twenty yea more carefully f roble the vent ex ; t is the latt to efficient ment: The paper that aroused the widest com- ment the evening sessfon of the co: vention one read by Professor Eilmer E. Brown, University of Califor- upon the subject of *“Art in Edu Brown said a ‘‘cult person was one who is not onl ned, but whe learning was touche with a certain fineness of quality whic rendered it peculiarly significant and hu man. In th the bea 154 vhatever gave it stry went with it alize culture which wherever he might go: invigorated and thought. He continu e has been a marked tendency in recent earer to the heart of moral less by out- At the same time ve been showing ommon things of our painters us the beauty hidden in th nature and human life. We have learned to away k Vem and pretty leasure In studies of nd dunes and fishermen and laborers in the field. So our ideas of beauty and of righteou: ness, by getting deeper, are getting rearer t gether. These are changes of vast significarce in the history of human culture. We are slowly working toward a true appreciation of “‘beauty of holiness,” and this. I take it, the is the ultimate object of all esthetic culture. GIVING SHAPE TO THE YOUNG IDEA Suggestions Offered by Per- sons Experienced in Kin- dergarten Work. LOS ANGELES, Ju Mrs. Marle Kraus-Boelte of New York City presided in the kindergarten department to-day, and Dr. N. Murray Butler presented a paper which attracted especial attention. He applied himself to an examination of some of the failings of kindergarten methods, pointing out some of the weak- nesses of them and offering suggestions for remedy’ng the defects. Dr. Butler's er was entitled “Some Criticisms of the Kindergarten. “It is possible to have too muche for Jittle hands,” said he. “Young minds must be nurtured and developed. Noth- ing is harmful when tempered with jus- tice, but overcrowding, overdoing and overworking may form conditions that can later form well-springs of evil.” Character Study in the Kindergarten, was the toplc discussed by Thomas P. Balley of the University of California. Sald he: We are able to understand the kindergarten child only on the supposition that he is not a nge species, but a human animal like unto t of us, neither an angel nor a beast. not care to discuss either the angelic kindergarten or the neuromuscular kinder- rten. The little child is neither a bundle of its nor a_mystic dreamer about eternity and infinity. If we want to compare him with the savage, let the comparison be. with the child savage, not the adult; with the healthy and developing rather than with the degener- ate. What are the generlc traits of character we need to devel purture and train in this young human animal? The habits ought to be trained: the instincts ought to be nurtured; the talents ought to be developed. The most generic hab- its the psychical, the sympathetic and the self-assertive. Individual differences will in large measure de ine the amount of stress to be laid on one rather than another habitude. But the tendency in the average kindergarten is to emphasize some one of the habitudes, and to neglect the others. Even when all are trained they are often not organically related. 1f the kindergarten is to become indispensable to the community, it must base its practice upon & comprehensive science of character. “In What Relation Stands Imitation to Originality and Con: uent Freedom,” was answered by Miss Mary F. Ledyard, Supervisor of Kindergartens of Los An- geles. She said: Our civilization of to-day Is but a product of all that has gone before. The few great men Who have through imitation first caught the spirit of the achievements of the past and assimilated them to such a degree that they fould build thereon fine new adjustments and bring forth products that open new windows, Jetting in floods of light upon the world. Such are freed men. sulptors h: v 12 THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS MISSION Puts the Pupil Into Full Posses- sion of His Executive Powers. 108 ANGELES, July 12.—A suggestive paper on “the subject, Do Our High Schools Prepare for College and for Life of Kans secondary education. an axiomatic truth that the objects of life were happiness, contentment and mseful- ness to others, sisted of thought and its expression. ventured to say that tatled that els as anything but a sort of universal lan guage and mathematics as other than & as City, in the department of He enunciated it as and that education con- He the high schools to prepare for life to the extent they treat language as anything e than a vehicle for thought, drawing device for measuring quantity. In the opinion of the speaker the thought side in the schools should be strengthened by using fewer books and more laboratories; the expression side by the constant prac- tice of portraying daily experiences b{ words, drawings and figures. In brief, schools would be improved if they taught more labor and less discussion of the question of labor. As it was the tendency of much of the tralning is toward non- productiveness, caste, militarism, social- ism, politics and laziness. Professor E. P. Cubberly, Stanford Uni- versity, led the discussion that followed the reading of the paper, and then J. W. Crabtree, inspector of accredited schools for the University of Nebraska, dealt with the subject, “Should Arithmetic, English Grammar, History and Geog- raphy be Reviewed in the High School?” He said a_half year of good, thorough work on these branches in the twelfth year was worth two vears on the same at the beginning of the high school. ‘Whether the question was viewed from the university or high school standpoint, the answer must be the same. Whether the student was to continue in school or stop out, no school work was more valu- able to him than a knowledge of these common-school branches. It did not mat- ter whether the review is bunched at the last end of the course or extended through the year, occupying one hour a day. It was important to give the review. No work in the high school was of more prac- tical value or of more culture value. ONE GREAT SCHOOL FOR ALL AMERICA Educators Discuss the Practi- cability of a National University. LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The depart- ment of higher education was called to order by President Robert B. Fulton. Professor Charles W. Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee, opened with an address on “The Practicability of* a National University. The discussion was participated in by some of the lead- ing educators now in Los Angeles. Pres- ident David Starr Jordan of Stanford Uni- ’ \ AR ] ) ¥4 versity opened the debate. Dr. Jordan is a firm believer in and advocate of a na- tional _institution of learning, &nd he pointed out the advantages of such an ed- ucational establishment. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University and other noted educators made arguments on this topic. ART EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG Method of Training the Eye and the Mind to Appre- ciate Beauty. LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The depart- ment of art education was called to order by President Willlam A. Mason of Phila- delphia, Pa. Henry Talbot, assistant su- pervisor of drawing and manual training, of New York City discussed the training of the eye and mind to appreciate beauty; the development of the critical faculty to judge and the inventive faculty to create, all merit a place in any complete system of education. Katharine M. Ball of San Francisco read a paper on “Problems in Artistic Render- ing.” She said in part: fation of good style in art is as dzfi‘nx&ficp:n educational standards as appreciation of good style in literatu when pupils are taught to discriminate the desirable and objectionable in kinds of drawing their understanding will manifest it- gelf in their general expressions. It we would train our children to do accept- able work we must teach drawing as we teach Other subjects, We must build conscientiously, , and between laying stone upon stone with the greatest of care. It must be precept and example, until habit s established and action becomes auto- matic, beginning early and continuing through the entire school life; for, as David Harum said, “Ev'ry hoss c¢'n do a thing better 'n spryer if he's been broke to it as a colt.” In discussion that followed Miss Eda Parrish, supervisor of drawing of San Bernardino, took the most prominent part. Said she: I belleve there is danger in giving too many incidental statements about plctures, of thrust- ing the picture between the child and nature. The child should look at pictures and study nature. The child should be led to look at pic- tures studiously, earnestly, honestly, but the fact should be constantly emphasized that pic- tures, books, theories, will not give him a prac- tical knowledge of art, but If he would thor- cughly know art he must study it in the orig- inal tongue, and not through interpreters. INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT GROWTH The Results of Anthropometric Studies Reported by W. W. Hastings. LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The depart- ment of physical education was presided over by George W. Fitz of Camb.ide Mass. Dr. Frederic L. Burk, Superin- tendent of the Santa Barbara schools, expatiated on the important subject, “Ju- fluences Which Affect Growth.” “Anthropometric Studies in Nebraska' was the subject of a _paper by W. W. Hastings of Lincoln, Nebr. Twenty-five hundred children have been examined at Lincoln and 10,000 at Omaha. Fifteen dif- ferent physical qualities were taken by observers; the same number of accessory items as to nationality, occupation, dis- eases, etc., were elicited by question blanks sent to parents. The calculated re- sults Com%are favorably with those ob- tained at Boston by Dr. Bowditch, at St. Louis by Dr. Porter, with those of Rob- erts and of Quetelet. They were given by Professor Hastings as follows: 1. Nebraska children take a medium place as regards weight; they are superior to any others in_height. 2. Children of American parentage are pre- vallingly superior to foreigners. 3. Girls are heavier and taller than boys dur- ing the thirteenth and fourteenth years. Dur- ing the twelfth and fifteenth years also they exceed boys in height but not in weight. 4. The physical basis of mental efficiency is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the height, weight and other physical qualities of children of the same age correspond to school grades. CHILD STUDY IN TRAINING SCHOOLS Prominent . Educators Submit the Result of Their Observations. LOS ANGELES, July 12.—In the depart- ment of child study President W. R. Moore delivered a scholarly address on the status of child study in Europe, which contained many letters from promiaent educators embodying results of their ob- servations, *Child Study in Normal and Training Schools” was ably discussad by Miss Gertrude M. Edmund of Lowell, Mass. Superintendent Fred L. Burk of the Santa Barbara schools addressed the teachers on a curriculum of applied child study for the kindergarten and the pri- mary school. It was a paper that was listened to with marked attention, as it showed great thought and thorough com- mand of the ‘subject. “Child Study ths Missing Link Between the Home and the School” was discussed by Miss Anna H. Thomas of the State Normal California, Pennsylvania HOW TO CONDUCT BUSINESS SCHOOLS Professor Howard Illustrates the Methods in His College. LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The depart- ment of business education was called to order in Young Men’'s Christian Associa- tion Hall. It was devoted to a consid- eration of the interests of practical busi- ness training for business life. President Allan Davis, who is at the head of the Commercial High School in Washington, D. C., delivered an able address, dealing with matters of special interest. G. W. Brown, president of Brown’'s Business College at Jacksonville, Ill., went at some length into a consideration of ‘‘Schooling versus Education.” The speaker was able to distinguish a decided difference between schooling and education. His contention, in brief, was that the mere imparting of book knowledge to the school child or student was of little or no benefit from a practical standpoint. There must be imparted as well a system P e R R e NEW OFFICERS FOR THE ASSOCIATION LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The nominating committee met to-day and agreed upon the following can- didates, who will be balloted upon to-morrow: President—O. P. Corson, ex-State Superintendent of Schools of Ohio. Vice President—E. Oram Lyte of Pennsylvania. Secretary—Irwin Shepard of Wi- nona, Minn. (incumbent). Treasurer—C. G. Pearse, Superin- tendent of Schools of Omaha. As there is no known opposition to the candidates mentioned, they will no doubt be elected unani- mously. O R R R RS P S e R R R D R e e Busm\z 3 of reasoning to give the mind a mastery of the subject and an ability to utilize the facts accumulated in a fitiing manner. J. W. Warr, editor of Practical Age, in his theme on'the “Ethical Value of Bus- iness Education” adverted to certain phases of practical education not touched on by previous papers. J. M. Meban occupied a few minutes in directing the thoughts of the assembled teachers to_the matter of “An Adequate Course of Study for Business Colleges.” This paper was deliberated upon by sev- eral of the educators, A. V. Feight of the Oakland Polytechnic Business College leading the discussion. “How I Conduct a Business School” was the subject of a paper by C. E. Howard, resident of the San Francisco Business ollege. Said he: Our students begin with business cofamunity, or actual business at once, as I believe the way to teach a boy to do & thing s to teach him to do it, not to study about it. Each student receives a capital of $5000 and deposits it in the college bank, and at once enters upon a course of transactions with other students. Every transaction {s real and has two actual parties. In this way the indi- viduality of every student s brought out, and each account In the books becomes an actual, living reality to him. Each student {s furnished with a carefully graded outline of transactions, containing all the principles of accounts. He actually per- forms each transaction, and then records the results of that transaction in his books. Thus he never loses sight of the connection between the transaction and the entry, and is able to see the reason for every entry. The outline is so graded that the student passes step by step from the simple to the complex—trom the known to the unknown. This grading is a most important element In the success of any plaln teaching. CHICAGO TEACHERS WITH A MISSION Will Attempt to Organize a National Federation of Instructors, LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The Chicago Teachers' Federation and the Chicago Teachers’ Club, numbering 200, announced their arrival in Los Angeles in that char- acteristic and energetic style that has. made the Windy City famous. These women come with an object. They are imbued with an ambition and their slo- gan is: Rah, rah, rah, Zip, bah, boom, Chicago Federation, Give us room. Are we in it? I should smile. We've been in it A good long while. Go, go, BO. But don’t go slow, We are the people From Chi-caw-go. That tells the whole story. These women are the advance guard of a new organi- zation that will 0-mMOITOW SPring into being. _ The travel-stained pedagogues were taken in hand shortly after 6:30 his morning by the fruit, flower and reception committee and weré given a royal wel- come by the branch of their federation in Los Angeles. The party was much dis- concerted when told ttat its living apart- ments had been given to the New Yorkers, but Miss Catherine Goggin, the president, ave thanks that the splendidly appointed feadquarters had not been confiscated, and Miss Helen B. Eastman, the corre- onding secretary, procured the register and ink pot and amid the copfusion and babble of scores of female voices comp cently proceeded to business. This was confined to sending out hundreds of invi- tations to prominent educators that are in attendance upon the convention. These invitations recite that the felera- tion has had practical illustration .n Chi- cago of the benefits derived from organi- zation among teachers and they hope that the recipient will respond, that a national organization of teachers may be one of the results of this year’s National Educa- tional Association meeting. This meeting will be held to-morrow afternoon in the federation’s headquarters. The federation, unfortunately, was delayed twenty-four hours and that destre d the value of its programme. The leaders come imbued with the intention of presenting a peti- tion_to the national board of directors of the National Educational Association ask- ing that their cause be supported and that they become one of the departments. The leaders to-night say that they will organ- ize and keep up the agitation during the year, and in 1900 meet at the same time and place of the National Educational As- sociation Convention. To-morrow the girls, old and young, will take a tally-ho ride through Los An- geles and suburbs, and on Friday Million- aire McNally, late of Chicago, will enter- tain the federation at his palatial home in Pasadena. MANUAL TRAINING FOR THE YOUTHS Vinton A. Paesseler on the Ed- ucational Value of Metal Working. LOS ANGELES, July 12.—The depart- ment of manual and industrial education met in Elks Hall. Professor Charles H. Keyes called the meeting to order. Presi- dent W. A. Edwards of the Throop Poly- technic Institute at Pasadena described the duties, work and results of “The Teacher in Manual Training Schools.” Professor Keyes, who was formerly at the head of Throop, but is now principal of the high- school at Holyoke, Mass., com- mented at length on the salient features touched upon by the previous speaker. A brief general discussion followed. “The Educational Value of Metal Work- ing’’ was the subject of a paper presented by Principal Vinton A. Paesseler of the Barlow School of Industry. He spoke as follows: Skill and art in metal working has always been so necessary to human existence that it is impossible to discover when the metallic thread bekan to be woven into the web of progress. History credits metal working with having the first recorded teacher, and the invention of the process of smelting iron ore as being the beginning of civilization. Our condition with- out the use of metal would be most pitiable. The industry of the world would perish for lack of tools with which to do the work. The wheels of progress would cease to turn. The school house would fail. The telegraph and cable and steamboat would be unknown. The microscope and telescopic hidden from u: worlds would be Given away with each cash want adver- tisement ordered in next Sunday's Call, a magnificent portrait of Admiral Dewey, prinh,d in ten colors, size 14x21 inches, ready for framing.