Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-06
COUNTY rEAoHGRs' INSTITUTE
sixteenth Annual session.

the schools of our county takes place
during the present week. For the hall
hour preceding IL o'clock yesterday the
streets leading to the Baptist Church,
corner of Sixth and Fort streets. were
pretty well besprinked with ''brave wo.
men aud fair men, from whose conver-
sation loiterer might have guessed the
subject nearest their hearts.
AT five minutes after Ii o'clock the
County Superintendent, Mr.. j. w. Hin
ton, called the Institute to order. In a
short address Of welcome he said;
There is scarcely q teacher here as
sembled who does not regret some de-
feet in his early education. To avoid
these we must act Earnest, vigorous
action is what is necessary. The State
and county have committed to us the
Iguidance of whole generation. The
impulse that we give them will lead
either away or towards the sources Of
good. Though there may be some old
fogies and camp followers remaining, l
feel sure that we are progressing. Though
still far short Of what we hope to make
them, our schools are yet the pride, the
hope, the ornament OF our county.
am glad that there has always been more
to praise than to condemn. The profess
sion pays the penalty Of the want Of per-
mauence which leads teachers to more
remunerative fields of labor. Rotation
OF teachers undermines the efficiency of
our school system. Irregular attendance
is another defect in our schools. A lower
salary results in less experienced and
often incompetent teachers. The
changes made in the school law have re-
suited in some degree in increasing the
attendance, but much remains to be
/ done. Much is caused by parental in
difference. The compulsory education
law, now dead letter, ought to be en-
forced. Let us be the more vigilant and
worthy Of our high vocation.
By suggestion of the County Superin-
tendent it was moved and carried that
a committee on organization be appoint
ed to arrange the committees and NOM
mate the officers Of the Institute. The
Superintendent appointed the following;
Z. I. Pierce, c. W. Moores. Mrs. Du
Bois, Miss X. G. Sessions and j. N.
Keran. After short recess the com.
mite reported the following:
President, J. W. Hinton.
Vice. Presidents, Pref. w. M. Friesner,
Prof. NJ. Kellogg, OF the N. c., j. r.
Briefly, L. A. Saxon, II. d. Barrows,
4. II. Howard, w. NJ. McFadden, G.
III. Peck, J. NJ. Quinn and Mrs. C. B.
Jones.
Secretary, w. +. Bray; Assistants, F..
w. Guthrie, Jessie Frater.
Recommended that the following COM
mittees be appointed by the chair, which
was done:
On Music-Prof. r. L. Kent, Los An
geles; J. HI. Melletts, Santa Ana; Mrs.
A. L. Armor, Orange; Miss Ida Stan
ford, Fruitland; 8. FL. Butterfeld, ver-
non; Mrs. w. w. Seaman, Santa Mon
lea; Miss F. Quesnell. Los Angeles; ; .
Nj. Burgess, Cienega; Edwin Clarke,
Anaheim.
On Resolutions-Fred III. Clark, Los
Angeles; Theodore Shaw, Pasadena;
Miss F. A. Dunham, Los Angeles; A. s.
MCPHERSON, Los Angeles; Miss NJ. X.
Scott. Normal School; Mrs. J. D. Met
SaAi, OiahhethoiPc, n. W. Iiuhihicis
Anaheim.
On Introduction H. ButterfieId,
Vernon; f. w. Guthrie, Maizeland;
Miss Mary E. Foy Downey; f. E. Lit
tie. Pomona; Miss Matte F. Cover,
Florence; w. w. Seaman, Santa Mon
lea; Miss Attic Starbird, San Juan; G.
D. Rowland, Wilmington; Miss Sara
Reese, Los Angeles; Miss Regina Wein-
shank, Los Angeles; Mrs. E. 5. Onstott,
Los Angeles.
Committee on Music. N. Keran,
Miss Cora Slack, s. t. De Pencicr.
Recommend that the faculty of the
Branch Normal School. all teachers of
private schools and all school officers
and visiting teachers be made honorary
members.
The report of the committee was
adopted as read.
The roll being called showed 230
teachers on the roll, of whom nearly all
were present
The Principal then announced that
Prof. NJ. Kellogg, of the State Uni
versity was present, and that he would
address the Institute during the after
noon.
Adjourned till l;l5P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| The exercises were opened with nolo
by Mr. Shook, which was very well rem
dered.
The President then introduced Mr.. F.
II. Howard, President of the County
Board. Referring to the great teachers
who have preceded us, he compliment
the teachers on their intelligence and
general standing, but could NOT refrain,
he declared, from adverting to the sub
| ject of teachers private libraries-not
the school library, but the teach
er's own professional library - from
which he was to build up and
replenish the stores OF information and
Inspiration. Teachers, he believed,
rarely have such library. Few have
considerable libraries. How it won Id
tell on such an assemblage as this as to
the problems that concern the fundamen-
tai pedagogic laws instead of the mere
practice of the profession. The Institute
would be the great event of the year and
teachers would become men and women
Of sciences and devoted to the grandest
science of all. All great thinkers have
been working to elucidate the questions
which concern teachers the most deeply.
Referring to the interest taken by pa
rents in the child's education, he said
The average of parents washing the
children's hands and face at the same
time wash their own hands of further
responsibility concerning the matter of
their educationr The parents co-opera-
ton is indeed necessary to the child's
advancement. The lack of consideration
OF the matter is probably the chief cause
Of this want of interest. With such CO.
operation on the part OF parents we will
raise such a generation of boys and girls
as would be the making of any country.
Mr.. HI. V. Seaver, Principal of the
Spring street school, then addressed the
Institute on the subject of "F reign and
American Education" He chose Ger
many, England and France to compare
with our own. In Germany, particularly
the kingdom of Prussia, the system pro-
vided for vast number of elementary
schools for the common people. In most
of the Folkschal small fees Of about 81. so
to $500 are charged, though they are
often remitted. The government, how.
ever, bears the principal part of the bur-
den of the support of these schools.
The children are usually from the
middle and lower classes, few Of the
higher classes patronizing them at all.
Contrasted with our own school, he
drew an eloquent parallel showing the
freedom and spirit Of equality engen-
dered by the schools in our own coun-
/ try.
| The schools are classified into relig,
ious classes, the schools being divided
into Catholic. Protestant, Jew and
mixed classes.
The teachers in Germany are edu-
Gated especially for the profession in
large number of training schools devoted
TO that purpose.
They receive, after making reasonable
allowances rather less than what teach
ers receive here.
Teachers savings banks, insurance