The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1903, Page 14

THE SAN .FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1903. STRATTONWAN]S STATE TEACHERS GATHER IN ANNUAL SESSION X SAYS SPROATS LIFE POSITION . Be May Be Appointed Distriet Judge New Federal Created Court to 1 Collector and ————e SENATORIAI ASPIRANTS —ai e of Thomas R. Bard. Attitude 'AND HEAR ADDRESSES BEARING ON THEIR WORK ' ({NNIT G0 0N { Chairman of Their Creditors | Tells Course of Action That ] Has Been Deeided TUpon SR CLE | | BILL OF SALE REQUIRED RS A Alternative Is Proceedings in I - : S eyt 3¢ Begun [. 8. Grant Expeets the Nomi- | Insolveney to B 4 = e 4 Courts nation for Viee President at Once in the o et s 8 D. ( At a m : & day at th Es cisco Board - that the conce e . | | to continue in any percenta | | them no matte be made, | | nounc \ by Willlam Cl ¢ | ibled creditors will a definit « arse the prelim y steps to have on- S Sona ‘ sta and S | said William S at Bro < o f X t $6N | y at ¥ Fy ¥ Samue Georg evening this a 1 th: as OTHER APPOINTMENTS, s { SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS LANGDON DELIVERING ADDRESS BEFORE THE TEACHERS AT THEIR ANNUAL INSTITUTE. g B - e — — ~ — — wooint- | Visiting E ors Are Cordially G M he L School D Everything Is| e oini-| Visiting Educator e Cordially Greeted by the Members of the Local School Department and Everything Is| . o | i s . - - . for 1904. Being Done to Make Their Stay in This City a Pleasant One. : i Tt e e hildren may ! ¢ we believe that we have many rea- : it was with th | scribed - . & well the ve wi nEaged In the work of | direction, and with Professor . J vertichiy @ @ s " chosen us to and priy of this State and | has not been only re ing the n aques o them into t (Applause.) others who are a interested in he | ~And now we hope Pr i Tenhina s = The: ations L e 1se of education, prepared a programme to Ak > & 25 g CHILDREN SING WELL. Its o are 16 improve the educational in- | prove second to none in ient points. - Anheuser-Hhs R At conclusion of the opening ad- State by assisting thoss who are | association with Professor oy M ar uperintendent ~Langdon an- he work to become more proficlent, | \When President Erlewine had that members s = e s g = Ser 1wced a chorus from the eighth petie 7 ! cluded fifty bors from the Clement _‘"i“yg* w g h grades of the San Francisco School +" county Inetitutes, district and State | Grammar School. ranging In age from | (0 Select ce en Wil- | Department, under the direction o . in my very valuable in [ 7 to 10 years and taught by Miss Nelly | Specified b S & popular Super- | Miss Estelle ;v’r |n:=‘x“ su'}»cx.-\f,‘ " ; et \”““.';‘h""gf:\g\:'”\’: et {F. Sullivan and Miss % ‘m" ”;‘A)‘ s : = e of the | music. Miss Fannie E. Bliven was the | fon to the main body of teachers that | SAN& wonderfully well together. pisbe A S g B Lol t 0, called | acc panist The curtain arose, dis- be obtained in any other way. | voices blended beautifully and their that owine t ‘; k & DIRving the” bilghi-bban or atare s ve is much to be learned at these | singing was appreciated. Miss Carpen- | that owing to lack « 2 00 childre o Slennl the o ctures and the presenta- 3 oo - poig | found impossible te 4 and girls march s D! ront, to | ation gained from the conversaticns flr\'l‘s g S e Sta gle » > and sked f further t . . the footlights. and the teachers ap- ussions that are continually going on among | AS the youthful voic rendered the , A4 & r;-.] will METCALF IN THE FIELD. i plauded heartily. Mi rpenter was | the members ) | national “anthem every person in the | 15 of five Wi : he spoke | £iven a pleasant greecing as she took [, §ome of the most valuable knowledge we £ain | hall rose and remained standing until S g : her place on the rostrum. The SINGING | i oeriane avho seldom it ever ap ore | the patriotic melody was ‘concluded ot ¢ . ELCOMES TEACHERS. the youngsters was the feature of | distributing am e ‘members valuable in- | The Youths also rendered “Believe Me | Preparation of teathers to ; WEL g [ the day. Their fresh young voiges were | formation. gathered from the flelds of their la- | if All Those Endearing Young Charms,” | Mél s¢ e 2 r th tate of Cal T n perfect tune and they filled the the. }:j‘l“m Which {s often far reaching in its effect ! by Moore, and English's “Drink to Me ~”\ whi m.\(‘ e with melody. Three songs were | “r? teachers fresh from the normal school or | OTIY hialp i e R R L ol > Sup. | renderec e first was Gounod's | the university can often profit by this sort ot | Arnold Tompkins, president of the ~Clymonds ¢ ne ) g | “Praise Ye the Father,” after which | information as well as the teacher of less op- | Chicago Normal School, was introduced | McClymonds of L sreniegin s v (bt | they sang “Calmly Sleep,” by Schu- | Portunities from the rural districts | and delivered a splendid. address on | 2D interesti ddress o = | mann, and Brinkworth's “Birds’ Valse.” | camo 12 ont droficlency in the art of teaching |« gl yjsm as a Law of Education.” It |11 USe in ( ¥ . < P. mann, inkw irc alse.” ! cannot be obtained in h few years of prepara- | 2 sm as a La Sduca ing Pupils = i A e The children sang so beautifully that | tion or a few vears of experience in teaching; | Was a_diversiffed talk and aroused a | "% Pupls | Law- /¢ ' Sy the teachers clamored for more, but |It i necessary as well that one should keep in | great deal of énthusiasm. Mr. Tomp- | TRE Toom - irs. S s ‘ the length of the programme would not | (gics (6, 1° M0y Sovrces of, ataable o | kins discussed marriage, language, bot- | {0 oo g Gum, ‘in M - i 2 | permit ah encore. | s of progress. ‘There fs no time | A0V, arithmetic, reading and. writing R ot b G A = APPLAUSE FOR MAYOR. n afford to sit down and fold our | The sneaker’s facetious remarks, deliv- | [PIES oF IS S : Liros A o ‘? Ay l“,““ | irms with the thought that we have acquired | ered dryly, created a great deal of | . ol . . | Superintendent Langdon paid a high | ;” ';w knowledge and skill that is necessary | Jaughter ™ g a | tribute to Mavcr Eugene E. Schmitz, | (O the &reat work that Is before us. '~ - | “iPrye ‘altruism,” he said, “is found RECEPTION TO ney. M e - who, ,h»' said, had ever been interested | common schools, do we mot find that as the | in the term motherhood. A moth M. M E in public school education and a £0od | teacher is 50 fa the schoc does ‘forget herself in the child. | visiting Pec <= of Honor | . » \ - friend to the teachers of San Franciscc It ‘matters not %o much what the'course of | This is not fiction or poetry, it is a el Pals Hotel = - He then introduced the city's chief ex- | 24y B8y be, what n‘.’.‘ iexibooks ‘may” be, b iove 1 bt ar Rttt Brcat Function in Palac otel. G - m—" " . gl e principal or superintendent may be: Y- s by sers of {1 School De i = A e+ ecutive, and when the applause. had | if the teather Is good the. schoot 1s o, ”![nr a_mother to endure for her child. | Members of tI I = A | subsided the Mayor spoke as follows: | | the teacher is bad the schaol is bad Motherhood is a great word, because it | ment tendered a re to the 1 N \ ¢ - Ladies and Members of the | m;".h.r.an'“n.}’)»n'f?.,rp-fx"'.f.'.','.'.':‘.r\{?"‘,’.'l".‘l' gervice | is an idealization of altruism. ing teachers last ever the ma a " . * N. ¥ - eions LTS | borrds. of caucation and boards ot trasteas 7y | “The ‘true- test of friendship is that |and m of the Palace Hot ) A ; nd S Many D s electing ood. compotent teachers and b | we feel that the friend is truly another | T} intly ligh - - -~ 5 - F Bt Frans | sufficicht' salaries: to, retain them In self; that we prefer the other, the |anaq sion. fargaret N A Michels g e et o 1 oxtond Ty To knowingly elect an incompetent or indif- | fries c sel o te or | guest nb: o I M M - e L L e A | ferent teacher o whom n class of helplese, in- | Lena 0 the self. There is no test for | gue ; ¢ o | nators: . Onh Ahle, -amiabie s nd e - l,nocent children are year after. vear assigned | [0V eXcent of the complete preference sai nt ot Schooh " his address left | ANd whosb welfare suffers thereby can hardly | Of the other to self. ‘So the feeling of ke uway 100,00 | be considered less than a crime kin is everywhere, The world’s history ADVERTISEMENTS. S I want to say | e character and abllity of the men and | js written in the growth of the feeling | ____ : - —_— lies in the hearts of | "' 'mw:’r’”"‘ ”r"("”’ b “‘“‘"1[ upon to manage ! ¢ kinship the citizens of San Kranctsco is | the ‘affalrs of ‘this eountry fh the near futere ship, : ; —ECTES CTEISAUN SRR O SeniENEwS TS s Ix Tmbers, Sut 1s extanded to | depend Iargely upon, the schoolteachers ot i | The speaker then illustrated at length lleat extent. (Applause.) r 1 have. during my short term of office, . . tried 10 do everything to build up the’public & school system of Francisco and 1 ever e will be ardent advocate of our public p | schoo] ‘aystem. (Applause.) The Old Humphacks & I firmly believe th e should find the best - . o to our new pat JARCH FOR LEADE aterial when do find it, in the g k books, which | . Sahan et those he should . do _everything lin our t sty A I tting hae o Stute to ver )hold them in their good work and P We o B Sharty 16k oAt oy | alzo to make provision for them in the future, e . We have “beni| after thelr—time is past—when they. are in- . Ak, attne far. fhat{ CHDADIS anaging and educating our chil- eg ea B et spow Iat, fust ere in San Francisco our teach- ery much inter:sted at 1 a proposition to pr asked that a the present ide for the futuré ithly allowance Jbe might mc at great sch g as render Fotagpad Mimid, bongl v pem X! Francisco has been and is in sympathy S € ¢ the suit of e S o v o s B S , the movement. end I tatend to fdo-all Sn bt superintendents Sty can with the Board of Supervisors to have N against Attor- ey g da.‘ oo them provide in the next budget in order to . - e sult was to | establish this fumd. (Appiause.) « o R b xhall not be permitted: to BELIEVES 1N 'EDUCATION. es Martha T ach. Suvetem ang super-| Same one has said that the hand that rocks Aoty in necessary power, but | the cradie rules the world. *I believe that if ilen : 2 to lave strong | we have contral of the education of the youth she ¢ ApDe | Of our country we need not fear Who govern er default was I wish to extend a special { its destinics. As I said before, we must have ndered in fa- ou’that are ambitious | the hest material and then I believe that laws 1asse « in a great city school | sheuld be framed so a< to make It .compul- to our teaching | ory for parents to send ‘their children to ‘mined by competi- un to the time ‘they are 16 years of examinations some (hirty or forty teach- | * We make laws for the profection of the We want the n ccessful teachers of | Wea inst the aggressions of the strong, aws for the apprehension and criminals, but’ there is' an-old and_we make In return we of- | punishment ce protected from_in- TS0l or party politics. You ) saying that n ounce of prevention is worth ranks many whom you have'| a pound of cure, and the greatest prevention Double Fracture of Leg. distant school, for ady we | to crime is education. I believe that on our Johnson of Berry much outside strength into our | school system—on the standard that we it—will dcpend the future welfare untry and the citizens of,San Fran- gnize how near you come to them nize that you have control of their chil- more hours in the day than they them- the work you ~are behalf they D OF SYMPATHY. e to Rnow in your the large. educational work | petform. We need your | help and’ gupport in making te recoznize ives, - great doing, and therefore and on thei pathy . 5 his great Western metropolls at the gateway | extend through me to you a heartfelt welcome. e of the Pacifi a great educational center | hoping that your deliberations will be pleasant d < rthy to be center of growing and vig- | to yourselves and hoping that they will als) wown ¥Fron orous cult call Western. ~And 50| be of sreat benefit to the youth of California. . e welcom ar part is {wil of #ig- | Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you. (Ap- h ~ in time to make | plausc.) » ied your eyes to e o h ring both RS Jour axen 66 | PRESIDE ADDRESS. ! m. badr AT 3 “'P"'h‘;m';!-‘*(u! O. W. Erlewine,’ Superintendent of g : as your greatest eity you wii | City Schools, Sacramento, and presi- 2 Bajeam the mate, | me and find the | dent of the Califérnia Teachers’' Asso- ugElsts. “.;‘ vuf!)\xll set | ciation, was handed the gavel by Mr. of sqn | Langdon, and immediately he availed cicomal. | half of the teaches wundred thousand Yoot Crushed by Car. himself of the isco 1 say & opportunity to express v | E James McAuliff's left f00i was badly | For this year at least the scesion of the Cali- | the thanks of the association for the ished yester by the wheels of a | fornia Teachers' lAvflm-\hthu: and the Institute | courtesies extended its, officers and s of San Francisco's teachers is one. In welcom. Tows: | ing you to this joint session may we mot ex. | Members. He spoke as follows: operation may con- Fellow Teachers, Ladies and Gentlemen: To. swell wedding invitations come 24 Second street. Main 508. ¢ Some very trom Kuowles, to exiet through years and that a great day marks the opening of the thirty-seventh an. and a great State may be both co-opera- nual meeting of the California Teachers' Asso- i Tehs J e in order to provide a fund to be ufed 3 tem that ‘may 3 purpose. 1 sy to you to:day, ladies | S Suit. tleme t the oard of Education | day. " } to recure erefore it hecomes our duty to strive by, all possible means to raise the standard of our proficiency to the very highest degree possible. PEOPLE ARE GENEROUS. The people of California have always. been falrly generous in’the support of our common schools, and have a right to expect much of them, but not the very best without a more liberal support . There seems to be some good reason to be- lieve that many teachers lack in their:abill 10 do the very best work for the schools be- cause they are too local in their personal obsery- ations and personal knowledge of what the world affords and of what e going on out- side of a very small circle extending but little beyond the schoolroom and the home. in most ‘cases, however, this is not the fault of such teachers, but is the result of affairs bevend their control. The ealaries they Te- ceive are but little smore than sufficlent ' to support them with the absolute necessities ot lite: and it matters not how strong their de- sires may be to mcquaint themselves person- ally: with the educational and other features of our State, it ix beyond theip power to do so I have been informed that the schoolteachers of one of our States, feeling the necessity of this opportunity to 'improve themselves .und become better prepared for the work of teac ing, have obtained a very liberal reduction in railroad‘fares to travel at any time to any part of that State. Such a privilege. to the schoolteachers of 4py, State would ‘mean much to the benefit the schools of that State. It would give 10 .them a much broader fleld in which to become personally acquainted with the manage- ment, methods and results in the work of the schools. Not only would they profit by observ. ing the work.aef the schools, but algo by be- coniing_acquainted and. affairs. of thelr State, - of which, in- my opinion, every schoolteacher should have some personal knowledge. After.a tour of visitations and inspections of this kind such teachers would return to their schoolrooms inepired with new life, .new thought, new methods, and in many ways better prepared for their work As a step in this direction 1 would recom- mend that the executive committee of this as- sociation. be requested to do all in.its power rom the railroads a one cent per mile fare to the teachers of this State to at- tend the annual meetings of this association. Should such a fare be obtained, I am satfs- fied that there would be five times the num- bet attend these meetings that are attending them now. This would give our associa- tion the means to supply the ways to make these annual meetings great educational feasts that would be within the reach of every teach- er_in this State, Such a reduction would increase the travel to our meetines to such an extent that the rafiroads would receive more for fares than they do at present rates; therefore I do not consider that such a request would be unrea- sonable. - In concluding my remarks I will say that when 1 accepted the honorable position as president of this association, one year ago, ¥ith all the other features | Lotz Tl ramme, were called- upon | { human beings have a feeling of kin to | dumb animals, by sto and precept example how 4 to flowers and to each! Excellent, . . Piano Offers . . Several Standard Makes at remarkably reasonable prices. Many are perfectly new, while some, due to ex- changing during the holi- day trade, are just as i good. other. His address abounded in quaint anecdote, poetry and, wit, and was greatly enjoyed. It was the first ad- dress of its kind, and the teachers are counting on the other addresses to be up to its standard. $ Another session will be held this aft- ernoon. Mr. Tompkins is seheduled to | speak again and he is assured of a pleasant recention, because he has won the hearts of the school teachers of this State. The association will hold a busi- ness meeting and elect officers for the ensuing year. Al S " COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. Topics of Interest Discussed by Teach- ers at Mission High Schol. The annual session of the Council of Education, which is being held in con- | nection with the Teachers' Institute, | opened at the Mission High School yes. terday morning. ' Reports of . various committees, appointed at.the last ses- | sion, were heard, but action in most | cases was deferred until to-morrow morning. The reports were as a rule oral, and many well-known educafors, whose names did not appear upon the | One Steinway, ebonized case. One, Sterling, mahogany case. One Knabe, fancy walnut case. One Foster, fancy walnut case. Two Mason & Hamlin, walnut case. Two Haines (Patti’s favorite), walnut cases. One Steck Grand, small si One Steck Upright. Intending piano purchasers will do well to investigate th: for they are well worth the prices asked. BENJ. CUR.T AZ @ SON 16 O’Farrell St., S. F. Sole Agents for Chickering, Vose and Sterling Pianos. to give their opinions. As oral maj ity .and minority reports were present- | ed in many instances, the meeting wa practically an open forum, where mat- ters of interest to all were freely iis- cussed. . | The report of the committee upon preparation of teachers by universiti:s’| for the work of the public schools oc- casioned the chief discussion of the morning. Professor Jenkins made a strenuous minority report. He is of the opinioa that a man attending a university has enough to do to keep up with his stud- jes without taking a course in ped gogy on the side. As a remedy he su gested that would-be instructors, aft having completed their collegiate course, be apprenticed to some compe- tent instructor. He did not consider it any more proper that a man should be and mahogar c, mahogany case. San Jose. Stocktom. Alameda, Fresmo. : \ < | 1 i aecrédited to teach in the high school merely because he had taken the pre -