The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1904, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDA ORAL SCHODL TRUSTEES MEET Annual Session of Joint Board Attended by Many | of the Leading Educators REFORMS ARE DISCUSSED President Edward Pierce Speaks of Need of State Aid far the Kindergarten The annual meeting of the joint f State Normal School Trus- ¢ held in the St. Francis Hotel sterday, Governor Pardee presiding s chairman, and State Superintendent Public Instruction Kirk acting as secretary. The entire day was devoted to the reading of papers, the first of the session being one contributed by r. Lewis Thorpe of Los Angeles. Normal Schools as I View Them and How Their Fullest Purposes May be Accomplished” was his subject. He ex- pressed the opinion that if teaching could only be regarded as a profession the standard of the normal schools would be greatly advanced. He sug- gested the advisability of requiring pu- pils to take & university course before owing them to enter the normal hools. A discussion of the subject ferred until to-day. President Samuel T. Black addressed e meeting on the “Uniformity of Re- quirements for Graduation from No mal Schools Rather Than Uniformity Qualifications Admission to Them He submitted a report which ncorporated the following recommen- vas for dations SUGGESTS LEGISLATION. n teache r ended & conference be held between the - tatives th and the istees of normal schools w university w of @etermining just how cle: these organizations ¢ be affiliated KINDERGARTEN WORK. interesting paper was read by ustee Edward T. Pi of Los An- seles on kindergarten instruction and he need of kindergarten departments the normal schoole. The speaker dwelt at length on the philosop of he kindergarten, its hisic nited States, its effect on 5 and the great nec rained teachers to pe this noble k. He freely quoted from Come- us, Pestalozzi and Froebel, aposties f educational reform, and from the mode ators who have had xperience ir work of teaching chil- ten work dealing 2 among as the nd n SHOULD TRAIN TEACHERS. He reviewed the Government s relative kindergartep schools in this country to show the wonderful growth of the institution #nd prove his assertions that educational work, which | a solid philosophical founda- had and wh has met with a steady of thé consideration ists and states- all educators n. The best resuits, remarked the speaker, cannot be accomplished in the dergarten any more than in any her phases education without To have that trouble go on; # means Ruin. Stop Coffee 10 days. Use Postum and see the change. LAB | | Late advices from Sydney, Australia, by the Oceanio liner Ventura do not |show the fullest realization of the promises of prosperity of some months ! &go. While the soil, alded by the rains, | has done its part toward making this i @ record crop year, the labor conditions |have been such as to leave & large !hlltm between the crops grown and the harvest gathered. Some sections, it is true, did well and gathered maximum returns for la- | bor and money expended. But others ! not so fortunately situated were com- pelled to see the ripe grain and fruits fall to the ground and spoil for lack of hands to save. Yet, at the same time, on March 8 a deputation repre- senting 7000 unemployed workingmen of Sydney and vicinity, mostly labor- ers, called on the acting Premier of the Commonwealth, Mr. Wise, to ask that the Federal Government take some steps to provide work for them. The press generally is inclined to lay the blame for the unsettled and un- promising condition of affairs on the timid policy and action of the Federal Ministry and on the supineness of well- to-do and employing class of voters who neglected their duties as citizens and electors in permitting undesirable men to be nominated and in staying away from the poils on election day. And they are not very sanguine as to relief at the hands of nt now in session. COLORS NAILED TO MAST. In an editorial March 1 the Sydney Morning Herald said: The second Federal Parliament meets in Mel- bourne for steps preliminary to the dispatch of business to-morrow, but what course the Government intends to pursue, or Whether it e permitted to manage the business of ament or not, are questions that must re- or awhile unanswered. Ministers are nable to tell ts anything definite. All that s able to Jearn is embodied in the Melbourne to our erence to the labor the introduction of early them is the arbitration bill, on ¥ m st th MINI n spe PLEDGED. the Herald said: STER King bill d faith would appear of moses. ( informed us_yest ¥ has been making railway serv , win, but in that event that event probably be granted, al a few weeks e people of the common o extremes and ALL IN THE ATTACK. The tenor of cry and con- n of the Federal Government its policy characterizes Is of most of the other papers. The Sydney Herald does not agree with Mr. ain's projects for enabling Great Britain to and to teachers who are thoroughly grecunded in the principles underlying their work, who have been thoroughly trained un- der expert supervisors and who have | an added love for end interest in child- | hood. He concluded his remarks with | this recommendation: | As with all other schools, both the kinder- | gartens themseives and the training schools | for their teachers were at first supported by | private enterprise. The Government, ~either jocal or State, now supports the school system from the primary to the university in most of | Gur States. 1If the kindergarten is of great | economic value, most educators belleve it to be, then it should be supported by the public at large. More than that, the State should be responsible for the training of its teachers. This training should be under the direction of the university and the schools. The session will be resumed at 10 'o’clock this morning and will probably | last through the day. Last evening | Governor and Mrs. Pardee, Superin- | tendent and Mrs. Kirk and Senator and Mrs. Coggins were the guests at a theater party at the Columbia given by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Denson and H. G. W. Dinkelspiel % normal the Parlia- | conciliation | the edi-| hold her | OR CONDITIONS ROB AUSTRALIA OF WEALTH While Army of “Unemployed” Clamors for Aid of Federal Government, Rich Crops,. Fall From Tree and Stalk and Rot for Refreshed by Copious Rains, Lack of Help present position in the trade of the world. Under the head of “Preferential Trade” it says:*® Mr. Chamberlain, by attempting to control this vast and growing trade by restricting its oOperations within the empire, favoring _the mother country to some extent, is really aim- ing a blow at the foundation principles of her prosperity. These have their development in the truth that there is that that scattereth and yet increaseth. This had in ten years as one of its results an increase in the home country of annual wealth assessed to the income tax of £134,800,000, representing a total wealth of probably £1,500,000,000, and & vast deal more in Greater Britatn. This is not likely to be bettered by the results of the new doctrine of restriction propounded by Mr. Chamberlain and echoed by his friends in Australia. Among other matters to come before the Parliament will be the Federal | Capital site, on which question there is | expected to be wide disagreement with much discussion and no definite action, as the Soclalists insist that the area of the Federal site to be chosen bein- creased from.100 to 1000 acres to the | end that certain experiments in com- | mon ownership of land tilled by com- munity labor can be carried out at the expense of the Federal Government. A compulsory fruit pests act will doubtless be passed in some shape, and measures providing for the re- afforestation of land will be proposed. The question of gttracting immigra- tion ‘and assisting immigrants will | probably find a solution for the time, | anyhow, In the land settlement act,| which has been under discussion by the Ministers and will be proposed in Parliament. i The Ministers have also discussed how to utilize the existing land laws in such a way as to cause many peo- ple who at present cumber the labor market in large centers of population, such as Sydney and Newecastle, to turn their attention to the land as a means of establishing comfortable homes for themselves and their farhi- les. C | There is renewed discussion on the old question as to whether New South Wales grown Manitoba wheat will re- tain its character and best qualities if | raised continually in Australia. Inter- | est is specially keen this summer, be- | cause the Manitoba or Duluth wheat proved rust proof in districts, where rust cut up the other varieties very se- verely. A few growers in the Inverell | @istrict had excellemt yields of Mani- | toba, the crops having stood and filled and ripened well where white wheats and purple straws were rust-smitten, | and very seriously damaged by storms. | Programme for | | Arrange Elaborate Entertainment to Be Held at | Native Sons' Hall. | The young women of St. Brendz\n'!! sh have completed arrangements 1 entertainment at Native Snna'] Hall, 414 Mason street, on Monday | 7t for the benefit of the church | | fund. The progr e is a varied one amateur performers | | and many \cleve their services for the | have volunteere occasion. One of the best numbers on the pro-| gramme will be an athletic exhibition “ | by members of the Olympic Club. Miss McCall will do some fancy dancing | ana the Misses Clara and Myrtle Fex | | will render somé humorous skits. The | | members of the Occidental quartet| | are to render several of their favorite | selections. Professor Caldwell will direct a 2| comical farce entitled “The Profes- | sor's Dilemma.’ in the The following will | appear cast: *Ethel Cotton, Clara Hamp- e Carvel and E. | mmittee will be tain Thomas F. nnolly, P. J.| ue, J. H. Dolan, M. Dalton, | H Gilloway, J. Coughlan, M Burke and J, Gavin. PROGRAMME IS ANNOUNCED | FOR McKINNON BENEF‘T‘ Will Consist of Several Military Drills | and Athletic Exhibition by Olympie Club Boys. :| The programme for the McKinnon | memorial benefit at Mechanics' Pavil- ion on Monday night has been defin- | itely arranged. At a meeting held | | last night the committee determined | | upon the following numbers: of the Prov , including ope r airs of the day, which | der with much spirit. | by members of the " the direction of ~Chief Scouts, headed hy Carrington, commander the fourth company of is probubly the best the United States ser- | ! by bugle, fort Scouts. These fo! are Papa_Issio, | insurgent r of Negros several engagements with in the manual | e famed for their | talnment n & Clay's m t Regiment Armory AR O M SN Would Probate Peculiar Will. | | A hearing was given yesterday to | Attorney Carl Mueller's netition for revocation of letters of administration |granted the Public Administrator | | upon the estate of John McQueen in: | the Probate Céurt. Mucller has filed | a will, which he avers is the last tes- | tament of McQueen. The legality of | | the document is questioned by the | Public Admir rator, who holds that | | the alleged will is simply a memoran- | dum and that it was made by more than one person. A gentleman is a man made right and im- proved with age. Apply that test to a whiskey and you have “0ld Gilt Edge Whiskey.” * e i SEEKS DAMAGES FOR SON'S DEATH.— Melinda A. de Witt yesterday filed a suit for $25.000 damages against the Floriston Pulp and Paper Company for the death of her som, Boone de Witt. He was killed last December by, the explasion of a boiler at the works of the defendant. FREE! FREE! FREE! “LIGHTNING BREAD KNIFE” (Patented.) A useful household article. One - of these premiums free to each ‘Want Advertiser in NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. BABY IS STAR AT GATHERING Infant of Missionaries Is Consecrated at Woman's Occidental Board Meeting HEATHEN IS DISCUSSED All Phases of Foreign Field Ably Treated by Those That Spread the Gospel ———— A fine little baby boy, but one month old, was one of the most interesting attendants at the last day of the thir- ty-first annual meeting of the Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign Missions held yesterday at 820 Sacramento street. The infant child was taken to the gathering by his mother, Mrs. C. R. Callender, who, with her husband, has been doing missionary work among the heathens for many years. In spite of sorrows that have come to Mr. and Mrs. Callender through the loss of two of their children in their field of labor, they intend shortly to return to their post of duty. In view of this fact the little child was yesterday hailed with delight by the assembled workers in the mission- ary cause, and was reverently conse- crated to the missionary fleld. And' if the parents heed the advice of the Rev. Mr. Herrlott, who has a son in the foreign missionary field, the infant child will be given the name of Calvin. Mrs. F. H. Robinson, in speaking on the subject “Is Home Influence a Fas tor in Making Forelgn Missionaries asked those that had just prayed for the child who was to be taken by his parents to far-off lands where heathen- ism abides, how they ‘“dared give the baby to the mission field if they would not give their own children?” Mrs. Robinson, in announcing that one of her children I8 to go abroad as a missionary, spoke out bluntly to those that live under the impression that the mothers that allow their sons and daughters to labor in foreign lands in the cause of the gospel were cold of heart. She declared that perhaps those very mothers were warmer of heart than those that professed that they could not part with their children for missionary work. Miss Donaldina M. Cameron read a graphic and lucid report explaining the | work of those that “Seek the Lost.” Miss Cameron gave a vivid descrip- tion of the efforts in rescuing the slave girls from the dens of Chinese; how the doors were barred and all precau- tions taken in the subterranean pas- sages to hide the helpless victims from those that would rescue them. Latest news from the “field” was given by mcthers of young men and women that are laboring with the gos- pel in lands far away. The mothers of the missionaries are Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Ames, Mrs. Herriott, VETERANS NAME - NEW OFFICERS C. T. Rice of Riverside Is Elected Department Com- mander After a Contest HONOR SAN FRANCISCAN Convention Adopts a Resolu- tion Favoring the Reten- tion of Army Canteens LOS ANGELES, April 8.—After a spirited contest the biennial conven- tion of the G. A. R. of California and Nevada has chosen C. T. Rice of Riv- erside department commander. Rice received 216 votes to 179 for C. C. Allen of Los Angeles and 16 for J. V. Parker of San Francisco. D. P. Stoner of Lincoln Post, San Francisco, was elected senior vice commander. Minor officers and del- egates’to the national convention were also chosen. After a lively discussion the convention adopted a resolution favoring the retention of the army canteen at soldiers’ homes. Marys- ville was selected as the place for the next encampment. Frank B. Wilson of San Francisco was unanimously chosen division com- mander of the Sons of Veterans and Mrs. Martha Herrick department president of the Ladies of the G. A. R. Strong resolutions were adopted by the latter organization against the desecration of Memorial day. The delegates spent the day at the beached and various resorts around Los Angeles. e Cemetery Association Incorporates. SAN JOSE, April 8.—Articles incor- porating the Alta Mesa Cemetery As- sociation were filed here to-day. Its principal place of business is given as Palo Alto. A cemetery will be estab- lished on a tract of 320 acres lying near Palo Alto and Mayfield. There is no capital stock. The promoters of the project and the directors the first year are: Walter A. Clark, J. P. Ponce, J. in, C. 8. Downing, J. | F. Parkinso . Morris, ®. L. Sloan, F. L. Crandall, J. W. Roller, G.\R. Parkinson, Marshall Black and W. S. Vandervoort. e ST, LOUIS, April 8.—'Pass No. 1" to the World's Falr grounds during the regular ex- position perfod was made out to-day in the name of Theodore Roosevelt. g o slons as an Evange}izing Agency,” Mrs. J. B. Ward sang the solo “Sometime and Somehow” and Mrs. Moran of | Palo Alto discussed “The Study of Missionary Work as a Subject Adapt- able to College Students,” holding that the study was adaptable. Miss Eldredge of Red Bluff spoke on “Auxiliary Study of Mission Work,” Miss Cole gave a “Missionary Address” and the Chinese and Japanese childrea and students of the Occidental Board | sang and recited in perfect English. | The meeting was entertained also by | Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Callender, Mrs.|a clever story, “A Five Cent Invest- Trumbull, Mrs. Fish,~“Mrs. Vfooman, | ment,” toft by “Pansy” (Mrs. Alden). Mrs. Saxton, Mrs. Mackay and Mre. fhe successful gathering terminated Wilbur. with a service of prayer for “our mis- Mrs. H. B/ Pinney discussed “Meth- | sionaries in Korea,” led by Mrs. P. D. ods in Mission Study,” Mrs. C. B. Rog- | Browne, honorary president of the ers of Ventura spoke on ‘‘Medical Mis- | board. 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