Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-11-12
Teachers institute.

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Campbell addressed the Institute
on 1.-THE State and Higher Educa-
tion." He said it is the duty Of
the State to secure virtue and INTEL
ligence among its citizens. He de-
fined higher education as that ed
ucation tending to the complete
development of the pupil, quoting
Milton, John Stewart Mill and
Matthew Arnold in support of his
views. He stated that 1t is the
birthright of every child to receive
q complete education, and that the
sight Of a child, forced to barter it's
birthright for living, Is one to
make angels weep. If the true
mission Of the State is to secure
virtue and morality, then the true
relation between the State and high
er education will readily appear.
The education Of the hand Is good
thing for the Individual, hut the
education of the mind is an abso-
Lutte necessity to the preservation
and well-being of the State. TIE
mo0uS vi A1nAuS HNiuk uoy
safely be left to individual effort,
while the discipline Of the mind
cannot. He took the ground that
the highe reducation of its citizens
is incumbent upon the State as
means of self-preservation. 1t is
time to stop the confusion that
seems to exist between the educa-
ton of the body and that of the
mind. He enforced the absolute
necessity for the higher education
Of the rising generation. The OPP
ponents of higher education get
many of their arguments from
abroad, from arlstocratic govern.
ments, such as Great Britain, for
the stability OF their institutions to
disseminate higher education
among the masses. 1t is too late
In this century to limit public edu-
cation to the bare prevention of
british ignorance among the mas.
ses of the people.
Following Mr.. Campbell, the
"Study of Physiology" was treat
ed by Mr.. Newell Mathews in q
we'll written paper.
| Mrs. Carr then spoke OH "School
HYGIENE" dev0ting special atten-
ton to the subject of reform in the
dress of females. FEM ale dress, she
said, Ia generally arranged without
regard to the laws OF health. She
spoke of the Injurious effects of
high heels and other evil features
of modern fashions.
After recess Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
mour sang "Bring me the Bowl"
Miss Mary Squires read an essay
on Teachers Materials" The
essay was we'll written and COM
manded the close attention of the
Institute.
Mr.. Henderson then delivered an
address on American and English
Literature. He considers the
study one of very much import
ance, and that it should occupy a
far more important place in our
course of study than it has ever
held before. In the course Of his
remarks he read one or two pieces,
and the noon hour having arrieved
before he finished, the subject was
deferred to the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Hon. F. M. Campbell, State Su-
perintendent, being unable to re-
main longer, took leave of the In-
stitute with d few words of fare.
we'll. Mr.. Henderson then con-
tinued his discourse on English
literature. He said We can get =
knowledge of algebra by studying
one book. but not so with litera-
ture. Fiction is an important part
of literature. A discussion follow.
ed, in which Thomas A. Saxon
took part, giving readings.
After recess Mr.. s. Fl. Butter
field exercised a class from his
school in reading, closing with a
few remarks on elocution. Mr..
Butterfield proved himself an ex-
cellent reader and a careful teach.
er. A brief discussion followed, in
which Prof. Carr took a leading
part, speaking particularly of the
proper management of the voice,
the current mode of breathing, etc.
| Ing > ESSlON.
The Institute was called to order
by Supt. Hinton at 1880 P. NJ. Mr..
w. D. Gibbs sang "Passins under
the Rod" Mrs. Carr was then In.
troduced and proceeded to deliver
a very highly interesting and in
structive lecture. Her subject,
"rhe Great Educators" afforded a
fine field for the display of the rec
ognized talents of the speaker, and
she fully sustained her reputation
az q lecturer. The speaker said
that the word "Educstion" often
stands for something which does
not educate-tUO narrow In scope,
too partial in its aim, too unsatis
factory in its results,to be dignified
with the name "system." Civil
ization is another word which mis-
leads the unthinking, who take it
1t is only an expression Of the rel.
alive evolution of favored races out
of original barbarism.
The great impeachment to thu sue
cessful inculcation of knowledge in
former times was the lacx OF sys-
tenn. To overcome this difficulty,
to organize into harmonious sys-
tenn the means of extending knowl-
, edge was the life work OF the great
educators. SarmientO. labOred to
break the chain of ignorance which
bound his cOuntrymen to their ira
dictionary superstitions and was re.
Warde1 by seeing his country,
Chile, the most enlightened of the
South American States. His voice
will continue to echo along the
roadway of the future. "Ideas can.
; not die; thrones fall, empires fail,
but the race Is swept onward and
upward by the forces set In m Otiou