The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1903, Page 7

N FRANCISCO CALL, ‘\\'iiD\'F_SD-\Y. DEC IBER 30, 1903 INSTRUCTIVE PAPERS READ BEFORE THE GATHERING OF STATE TEACHERS v Leading Educators Appear at Invitation of v Pedagogues and Enlighten Them on Work of Training Young Minds. If we want anything written up turn it over to the Latin man; we he bug man, because he is bugs and has no He is not over- f the Cali jon, which is San Fran- & 5 achers’ Insti- ould be the Latin professor or g s " er, who usually wears a i bra The- has fite of eloquence, 2y aft by singing by stage and then on an pupils the Agassiz 2 School. Miss 8. J. Jones, prin- | % ed the tots, The | puck- chorus. created s r- nt of th bright ] = O R Y Sy 1 | | FACTOR FOR SUCCESS TAL CONV 10 LEADING SPEAKERS AND RDAY AFTERNuOON. S ATT BRA THEATER. “TED THE POPUIL | Teachers’ ] ssociation departed and the - o election of officers for the following - o | year resulted follows: Presiden . Charles L. Bredenbach; vice presidents, & | Miss Kate Ames, Na B. W. Grif- | fiths, Los Angeles; secretary, Mrs. M - M. Fitzgerald, San Francisco; a it e secretary, A. G. Kelly, San Francisco K secretary, A. Schumate; | railroad . herns . treasurer, Philip Prior, San Francisco. - | was selected as the next - g of the ussociation. ~ he is ————— - A NTARY EDUCATION. cust n the |"“"“'"*' s of teaching ' Clergy and Laymen Give Views as to o te vead, 1o Beid the beak in Best Methods of Training. e 1 and level with the chin, | , . St B s at r T picture X : - R R give teachers and they morni = chief feature was the S Blione’ ing of department of the ele- t s went to school,” | mentary school associétion, s upon it that i SWEETLY. t Tompkins had wblage applaunded He was followed by the Denman Choral. The SING con- Wt cluded Bryam of the Peckham George work - of Mrs. M. M. Fitzgerald's class, | }: Yestua, SEAKS x pwhll SPber the GREES oD O o L. Mann. | mhe session was opened with solos v vou | principal of the Jenman Grammar |y, arige Helen Crane, accompanied by School, rendered “Night in May,” by Sy - 2 Pe 2 . Miss Ethelwyn Merrack znd Mrs. Mary GROWS FACETIOUS. Abt zabeth’s Prayer” (Wagner) G : . Pra o | McGlade. The first topic to be dis- Tompk president Pilgrim’s Chorus” (Wagner),and “The 3 ¥ resider cussed was reading in the elementary go N o Bloom Is On the Rye” (Bishop). The s 2 3 bty ot g g highly | € hools. This subject was ably handled e Pri . nnl:lr: e u R &hlY | by 8. H. Clark of the University of 2 age Arts As | appreciate ! Chicago. H e v e! v the Eastern ed Professor H. Clark, {University of < S ARt ed how e maeo : 1 % of the best classical writers could be ‘ brilliant lecture. An. | Chicago, delivered an address on a : SEL - » 2 e 1n Our Schools.” In part he | 105t and the beauty of sentiment de- enlivened views . - Ty PSP ~ | stroyed by poor enunciation. Professor I in constant Clark made his points clearer by quot- = sy , t be crammed. and when it | ing familiar passages of prose and ,lm: of the cal minded teachers who | Doetry and by imitation showing th ~ ¥ ”ru’a e his v *«4.::‘jrz;r'zt:’:‘:"]‘~ :'\?;" in | fallacy of common bombastic cGeclama- | > . ' ssor’s ad- the epirit of one who en- | tion and the beauty of a ciear, whole- | thought and composed in | some utterance of the word to increase your x .e3 dren know s the art Xt In order were soios by Mrs. T, mes into being be- | Charles C. Hughes of Alareda and OF THE EDUCATORS OF CALIFORNIA IN THE ALHAM- n Fran- | AR WOMAN WHO WAS RE- is responsible for this? The rarents? Sometimes, but not altogether. The fault lies with the school, where the child spends five days in the week and | should be taught erence. ! “In some European countries sec- ! tarian schools are maintained with great success, each child attending the school of his own denomtnation. The result is that his moral nature is | thoroughly trained while hiz brain is still plastic and the impressions re- ceived will last a lifetime.” 2 Rev. Dr. Rader followed. He said: | “The proper training of the child | makes the Government sefe, as educa- | tion is the basis of government. Tak- ing chances of being called a heretic, | howeve that much time is | at present heing wasted in arithmetic which I consider should be set apart for those who wish r careers the same as or Latin. To be sure, it is well ch the rudiments at such a time the child able to understand | them, but there is no occasion to force a student to take a course in higher mathematics which will be of no earth- Iy use to him. “As for the moral side, being a cler gyman, I suppose I should say some thing, but there is no use reopening old discussions. , It is my opinion, how- ever, that the more Christian principles a teacher instills into her puplils the better. I do not mean the reading of the word of God nor the rules of any | particular sect. What a teacher should do, though, is to live up to the rule “Do unto others as you | should do unto you.” Teach this, and the whole doctrine of Christianity to pupils, without sectarianism, and we will have better men and better wo- men.” Rabbi Jacob Nieto followed, . saying | GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. | | Robert H. Davis, was in the chair. would they | HOTELS WORRY THE DRUMERS Action Taken to Better Condi- tions at Meeting of Commer- cial Travelers’ Association Bt b A TABLISHES FREE BED !Orgunization Makes Prepara- tion to Care for Sufferers. Salary to Be Given President BRI A meeting of the Pacific Coast Com- mercial Travelers' Association was held resterday in Elks Hall to hear the an- | nual reports and elect officers for the | ensuing year. The retiring president, | | Not least in interest before the meet- ! ing was the subject of hotel accommo- i dation and the treatment accorded the | members by hotel proprietors. There was a discussion on this matter that | Jasted for some time and in which! ‘;numerbus members of the organiza- | | tion took a lively part. | There had been some complaints, said | | President Davis, which had been aired | in the association’s journal, the Official | | Bulletin, but when the matter came| { up for settiement or investigation zhei | complainant invariably withdrew and lin case of threatened action for libel ! even evaded his responsibility. i { 8. Baruch was.foremost in the argu- | | ment and informed( the members that | whenever a complaint was made by thz | association as to treatment of members | in hotels those that were responsibe i for any shortcoming quic came to | time and remedied defects and the in= attention complained of. | Alfred A. Kelly brought the matter | to a vote and it was determined that fter refusal or neglect of an cffending { hotel proprietor to remedy cvils the board of directors shall advise the L members through the columns of the Official Bulletin, publishing all reports | | and correspondence pertaining thereto. | | The proposal to give a salary to fu-; | ture presidents was taken up and i!‘ was shown that that officer was de- | | serving of some consideration since | | the office was one that demarded an | outlay. The matter will come before he new board of directors for final | decision. | FREE BED IN HOSPITAI A vote was then taken and resulted in favor of establishing a frec bed for members in some reputable hospital. The question of increased p:yment to the secretary was also considered and | | will be left to the directors to de- termine whether the monthly salary | shall be increased from $50 to $75 or more. | Reports were heard which were in | every sense gratifying to the members | and were accepted with acclamation. President Davis in his annual report had the following, among other things to relate for the informativn of his associates: “Non-members of the Pacific Coast | Commercial Travelers' Association have been very prolific during the year lin their desire that the organiza { should take up their fight in localities | | where they have been imposed upon.! | They have had no attention paid them, | las we are not a charity organization | nor a collection agency. If a travel-| ing man will not spare the small suin | of 50 cents a month, the association’s dues, with few exceptions, he is either natural a nickel-in-the-slot artist, a born miser or a high-born a whose cowardly nature, in plac he cannot be detected, scor joining | an association where religious lines are | not drawn. Such commercial travelers | hold their positions because they travel | for laborers’ wages and small expenses. HONESTY BEST POLICY. “Honesty is the best policy and when traveling men will deal as honestly | with transportation companies as they | exact from all who trade with them, | then possibly the railroad companies | will be glad to simply issue a plain | card entitling commercial travelers to |all the rights and privileges of thelr | trains. |::#The constitution and by-laws, ar- | ticle 5, section 6, state positively that | the association shall not authorize the !use of its co-operative name, initials | or seal to any person as an indorse- [ ment for the sale of any merchandise. “If any member offer for sale mer- chandise bearing the corporate name, initial or seal, he shall be liable to ex- | | | | Mr. PRAGERS Given Red Letter Day. 10 Green Trading Stamps Free To-Da To Every Person Visiting This Store To-Day. Away y _— Pragers 1238~ 1250 MARKET ST <veas | entit to a gold badge; the second prize."” During the last twelve months death has reduced the membership by five, namely, L. L. Dobbs, B. J. Phillips, Herman Pilling, W. W. Wol'f and Jo- seph J. Foley. B. J. Phillips and Her- man Pilling were insured members, | consequently their beneficiaries were each paid $500. GIFT FOLLOWS REPORTS. The treasurer's report showed the total funds of the association to be | $15,450 with a net gain of $1448 41 for 1903. The benefit committee report- ed the growth of the association and | its number only 192 were partici- ants of the death beneficiary fund, be- ing a great minority of the member- | | of transportation and advisory | committee reported that but few com- reeded adjustment. The relief committee’s report showed that it had not been asked to give relief to | more than three members, the total expenditure for that purpose being | £80 90. The report of the headquart- committee nroved tha the year 1 been very prosperous. “The Of- ficial Bulletin” was shown to be in a successful conditi Numerous additions to the :'(\nslltu-‘ tion and by-laws were adopted The election of officers for the ensu- ing resulted as follows: Presi- dent, Charles L. Wallace first vice president, W. W. Knickerbocker: sec- ond vice president, Lee Jacobs; secre- tary, Charles B. Tomson; treasurer, B. er ear B. Galland; directors, H. L. Judell, A. C. Boldemann, Alfred Enquist, W. F. Peterson, R. H. Davi and J. C. Eu- banks. Before the meeting terminated the outgoing president called upon Alfred Kelly to perform the office of present- ing to the retiring secreta A. C. Bol- demann, a handsome ca of silver- ware, the gift of the association for the untiring zeal and faithful service given the organization by Mr. Boldemann for eleven y There are eighty-nine massive pieces of silver in the case. | Boldemann thanked his associates for the elaborate present and with three | hearty cheers for the outgoing officers | and three for the incoming officials the meeting adjourned 3 | it | TRAVELING MEN BANQUET. | Bountiful Repast Is Enjoyed and Toasts Are Delivered. The members of the Pacific Coast | Commercial Travelers' Association | | held their annual banquet last even- | | ing at a downtown restaurant on Pine | | street. | Charles Wallace, the newly elected | | president, was toastmaster and the guests enjoyed a bountiful repast be- fore the speeches were delivered. R. H. Davis, the retiring president, | | presented will be | people havesvolunteered | for guests to be loyal to the association in every way possible. Alf Kelly won applause by a pleas- ‘ing response to the toast, “The La- dies,” and H. J. Juddell spoke on “The Fourth Profession,” counseling ail young traveling men to- apply their minds to study as in any other pro- fession. W. F. Peterson spoke on the toast, “I Don't Care,” and asked the members to use their combined ef- forts to secure better railroad accom- modations for the drummers. A pleasing vocal and musical programme was given during the evening. —— Commercial Travelers’ Show, The committee in charge of the en- tertainment to be given to-night in the Alhambra Theater by Golden Gate Council No. 80 of the :United Com- mercial Travelers of America an- nounces that”the programme to be the greatest ever of- fered in minstrelsy.” Besides the talent selected from the Commercial elers, the following well-known Billy Hynes, who will make his last appearance in black face, and Billy Brackett, “the man with the red hair”" Others who are to take part in the programme are: Bi Hobson, Sam Hall, Ben Deely, Jack Einstein, Elton" Lambert, Frank Sheean, W. H. Brown, Carl H. Koening, Harry Smith, F. J. Glan- nir am O. Hall, J. H vies, J. Scanlon, James E. Donohue, Robert Davis, Fred man. erett and Harold For- —_——— Elopements should be d they often lead to Sues Del Monte Company. Alfred Ruiz, through his guar Dr. A. S. Tuchler, yesterday filed s to recover $28,000 damages from Del Monte Milling Company for juries received July 1, 1902, by the falling of an elevator in the defendant company's building. Ruiz claims that the cable supporting the elevator was weak and insecure He wants $2500 medical treatment, $500 for the wages lost up to date through inability to work and $25,000 for damages done to his body. Ruiz's physician says that the lad, who is but 20 years of age, will be a cripple for life, his spine having been injured in such a manner as to result in his having locometor ataxia. —_——————— A beautiful framed picture makes good New Year's present. The Jarge assortment of good things Sanborn & Vail's. —_— e ——— Cannot Stop Sale of Lizards. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is continually re- en words now Tompkins for con- has_seen “The development of the children is, Pulsion. of the utmost importance, as they, in| ' Recently some h o Miss Anna Hadfell, | Miss Bliven. The accompanied b; music made a ver spoke on the toast, “The Association,” | ceiving complaints against the sale of e lizards by street peddlers. Secre- ha h have en-| members | and told of measures used to defeat a | . READING pleasant break and the soloists w the future, are to develop the state. I!deavored to place a bottled article on A % ._ o Pzl an e g T st i i) vists were | would suggest to you what my ances- | the market and have been guilty of | bill to l'x. ense :ommertldl travelers. | tary Holbrook wishes the public to be s the ko o e | = The: Function ot fhe- Hlkmortars | 1M AaRghE: 1900: vasin ake. -thatirins P IBhRE thi uaiie of ‘the asieiatiot] V- W KhickesiCEREr Semanted to | informed that he has had .the lizard - hich cannot come | ¢ o ; st ) o ey e o the deal both by inference and|the toast, “What Maked a Good As-|sellers arrested twice, but that the teve in the literature | SCR00I” was next discussed by a num- | hands should be develoned at the same | '™ s = | e iattan Merkhe and urged the | cases have been dismissed £ refinement of manners. | ber of eminent sueakers from the view | time as the brain. When a little one | Plain statement soas to procure greater, O 4 : o pag garte attitudes’ poing of their several profsssions and | becomes what “we commonly miscall | Pressure on the buyer. This is against | Great 1it- | occupations. Elmer E. Brown of the | mischievous his little hands should be | the best interests of the association | ADVIRTISEMENTS. d it is | e e ot o= | University of California spoke from the % ”-m- literature presents | Standpoint of the educator. wh s crisis | - el Uk 4 % - but members of the California | EDUCATORS' VIEWS, He said that education should first of all lay a foundation that would prepare every man to earn an honest livelihood. Many things that were formerly learned in the home or wor shop are now taught in the school The girls are instructed in the art of { cookery and the boys are taught to | handle the tools of the artisan and thus lay foundations for usetul careers. | The speaker said he does not expect: | to see the time when the culinary de- ADVERTISEMENTS. UNN Get a SECTIONAL BOOK- CASES, DESKS. nor the manual training ds2partments | skilled mechanics, but from the stand- point of education both are moving in the proper direction. The clergy was represented by Rév. i Joseph Gleason of Tomzles, Rev. Wil- Yiam Rader and Rev. J. Nieto of this city, Father Gleason being the first speaker. He said in pait: “The chief function ‘of elementary education s to draw outthe best facul- ties of the child. The}education re- ceived during the first fgw years builds the foundation of the waole structure. It is said that some teavhers teach to teach and others to draw their salaries. I am thankful that those of this local- ity are of the former class. Yet there is & weak point. It is said that he that stands still retrogrades. The phy- sical and mental man are being care- fully attended to, but some care should also be taken of the mdral. BLAMES TEACHERS. “Americans are criticized for their lack of Teverence and r¢npect, and who il W if vou are hunting forquality Special _Sale at 2 10W “0f Desks Tor. sinty days, price. commencing January 2. All prices marked in pluin figures at great reduction. eo.HFullerDesk Co 646-50 Mission St.’ S AN FRANCISCO. partments will turn out perfect cooks | given some occupation. It is a sign of | & natural desire to be busy and should {not be frowned down. Another fault among teachers is to impress their dig nity too strongly upon their pupils. They should instead put themselves in the places of the puplils, try to feel as a little child would, and by sympathy, tenderness and kind treatment help it instead, of crush it. All children's treated alike, but the children of the present are the men and women of the | tuture and should be treated accord- ingly.” Judge Burnett of Santa Rosa, who | was to have represented the bar, was unable to be present and the conclud- ing address was made by Charles A. Murdock on behalf of the business man. His remarks were brief, but to the point. He said that the teacher and not the principals nor curriculum make the school and give the boy a chance to become a complete man and the girl a complete woman.~ He also called attention to the lighting and ventilation in the schools, which he characterized as nothing less than criminal. The County Boards of Education also met in the high school building and discussed recent legislation. As a result the committee will ask the opin- ion of the Attorney General and sug- gest remedial legislation. Interesting demonstrations in the in- dustrial department, comprising draw- ing, cookery and manual training, were also made. The amateur cooks in their white caps and aprons, busily engaged at the stoves, attracted particular at- tention, brains are not alike and all cannot be | ! and against the interests of members | who are handling a like product. If this association permits any company | to use its influence in placing wares | of any kind on the market, it will es- |'tablish- a precedent that will entirely disrupt the organization. “One of the | ments obtained by the association was | the defeat of a bill during the last Legislature which, had ii become a law, | would have deprived 25 per cent of | the traveling men of California of em- ployment and forced as great a per- | centage of merchants of California out of business. YOUNG MEN SUSPENDED. “There are 790 members standing. The list of suspended mem- bers during the year was much larger than usual owing to the fact that dur- ing the busy years of 1902 and 1903 travelers: who had been for years on the road were able to obtain inside sit- uations, and in consequence felt that the association would be of no further use to them. The retirement of so many old timers brought a number of young men on the road, who, after a year of probation was up, joined the association only to be suspended either because they had lost their positions or had been unable to stand the monthly tax of 50 cents. The new membership during the year was 200 and 43 associ- ate members, making a total of 243 for 1903. “W. W. Knickerbocker has brought in eighteen applications that were favorably acted upon, and a conse- quence is the winner of a handsome dress suit case, and Johm A. Moynihan ¢f Sacramento, for similar service, is L2 ] | greatest accomplish- in good | Holiday Fun and Folly Too much of a good thing! 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