Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-21
COAST NEWS.
Last Day of the Teachers
Convention.
LATEST IN PEDAGOGICAL LORE.
Another Cut in Seamen's Wages.
Heavy Stage Robbery Near
San Luis ObispO.


day of the National Teachers Conven
ton commenced with the election of off
GERS for the ensuing year. A. P. M rble
of Worcester, Mass, was elected Presi
dent; James H. Garfield, Of Kansas
Secretary; E. L. Hewitt, of Illinois
Treasurer; Aaron Cove, of Colorado
First Vice. President; Ira G. Hoitt, o.
California, Second Vice President.
The Secretary read letters from the
Governor and State Assembly of Tennes.
see inviting the Association to meet next
year at Nashville.
The subject for consideration to-day
was "The Relation of the State to School
Books and Appliances"
Papers were read by John SWEET, OF
San Francisco, Albert P. Marble, of Mass
achusetts, and R. w. Stevenson, Of Ohio.
A PIONEER EDUCATOR.
During the session to-day the Chair
man introduced to the audience Col. j.
D. Stevenson, of California, who will
soon be 80 years OF age. He hired the
first school teacher and did the first work
in education in California. The vener-
able old gentleman was applauded for
fully five minutes. He spoke clearly,
amid frequent applause. One of his
earliest acts, he said, was TO open a
school. He paid Tor the school room
rent out of his own funds. When he first
came to this city there were only thirty
shelters, not houses, in it. His earliest
recollections were of the foolish preju-
dices against free schools.
EVENING SESSION.
Following is the programme carried
out at the seventh and last session of the
Convention this evening:
Opening exercises.
Physical training from the Delsarte
Stand point. Explanation by Mrs.
Edna Smell Poulson. illustrated by
class.
"The Workings Of Teachers Aid So
ciety." A special report. Nellie E..
Ovens, San Francisco, Cal.
"What is the True American Idea of
Labor" w. N. Ackley, Warren, r. l..
DISCUSSION.
George H. Howison, and Joseph
LeConte, Berkeley, Cal. L. h. Thomp-
son, Lafayette, Indiana; E. H. Cook,
Potsdam, N. Y; and others.
Installment of the President-elect.
DoxolOgy ana BenedlctlOn.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS.
Prof. Allen, of the San Jose Normal
School, read paper before the Normal
School Department this afternoon, on
"The Training School as an Adjunct of
the Normal School," He considered the
relative worth of Eastern and California
Normal Schools to be equal, and declared
the Training School was necessity.
"The Relation of the Normal to the
Academic School," by Thos. Kirk, of
River Falls, Wis, called forth much dis.
cussion, he being somewhat pessimistic
in his opinion OF the value Of Norm al
schools.
Irwin Shepard, of Union, Mimi, was
elected President OF tnis department for
the ensuing year; Miss Lucy NJ. WASH
bury, of San Jose, Vice President; Miss
Ellen Williams, of Pennington, Mass,
Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC.
T. H. Brand, of Madison, Wis, Chair
man of the Committee on Nomination
and Election of Officers, reported the
following names to the Department of
Musical Education: N. @. Stewart,
Cleveland, President; Edgar Silver, Bos-
ton, Secretary. They were the old
officers, and were retained on the recon-
mendation of the committee, who said
the results of the past year had been the
most beneficial in the history of the de.
partment.
A number of papers were read, among
them one by J. N. Elwood, of San Jose,
on the subject of ''How shall we best
promote the teaching of music in public
schools"
Miss Cora R. Finch, of San Jose, sang
the Stacato Polka, in a most effective
manner, and in response to persistent
demands gave an exquisite rendition of
Annie Laurie with other selections.
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.
The feature of to-day's programme OF
the Department of Industrial Education
was paper by Prof. Woodard, OF st.
Louis, who eloquently elucidated the ad-
vantages to be derived from educating
the youth of the land in the varied prin-
ciples of mechanical art and industry.
ART DEPARTMENT..
In the Art Department, l.. S. Thomp-
son was elected President; Miss M.
Louise Field, Secretary. A paper was
read by Geo. H. Bartlett, principal of
the Massachusetts Normal Art School, on
"Free Industrial Evening Schools"
which he thought were of great benefit
and necessity in manufacturing dis
tricts.r
A. H. Munsell, Of L'Ecole Des Beaux
Arts, Paris, read paper on "The I'M
portance of High Aim in the Teaching of
Drawing"
The Committee on Exhibits at Mech.
anics' Pavilion reported Massachusetts,
five exhibits; California, Illinois and
New York, two each; Pennsyl-
vania, Michigan, Kansas, Oregon,
Minnesota and Tennessee one each
The exhibit of Oakland, Cali
fornia, is mentioned as among the most
logical and complete. Prominent
among the exhibits stands that OF
the Massachusetts Normal Art
School. Livermore College, California,
has very good map drawing exhibit,
and the San Francisco schools ALSO make
fexcellent exhibits.
NEW TRUSTEES.
| Among the members of the Board oi
Trustees chosen for the ensuing yeal
were Prof. J. w. Anderson, OF San Fran.
cisco; w. @. Davey, of Carson City, New.
Prof. f. B. McElroy, of Salem, Ogn. H,
r. Dawson, Washington, d. c.; w. G,
M. Strauss, Tucson, Ark. T. B. Gault
Tacoma, w. T.
PRIZES AWARDED.
The Committee on Awards passed upol
| the exhibits at the Pavilion this after