Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-06
OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS


Private and Public schools OF all
Grades I'm Los Angeles.
The schools and colleges Of this Sec
ton are all opening their doors to pupils
for the fall session. The public schools
will be about the last of all to get to
work. They will not open until the last
day of this month, which falls upon a
Monday. This is great mistake, and
many parents complain bitterly that
their children are obliged to 60 I'M
schooled for three months, whereas two
months, or, indeed, eight weeks net va.
cation would be ample.
The Normal School is already in ees-
sion, and while the school is not crowded
yet, it will be overcrowded in few
weeks when all the pupils get in from
the country.
The private schools and colleges OF
this section are many; they cover all
grades and represent all shades of re-
ligious opinion. The University of South.
ern California is the oldest oil
them all, probably, and it is always well
attended. 1t is q richly endowed insti-
tuition from financial point Of view
and it has ramifications of all sorts in
many parts of Southern California. The
spacious halls of the central University
in this city, il not full to overlooking al
once, will be so in very short time
St. Vincent's College is one of the oldest
institutions Of learning in the city. II il
full of boys and young men, who always
make great progress under the patient
and able care of the fathers in charge.
The Baptist College is on the hills
west Of the city toward the Cshuenga,
and the Presbyterians have theirs on
the extreme eastern limit of Boyle
Heights. Both of these young institu-
tions are in very prosperous condition
The Harvard School for Boys is in
operation, and is we'll patronizsd.
The Occidental Academy, formerly the
Mcpherson, has recently reopened. II
is in charge Of Professor ]. w. Parkhill,
an experienced and practical educator.
The school is very favorably known, and
as consequence it is largely attended
by pupils from this city and from the
country.
The Los Angeles College for Young
Ladies', in charge of Rev. Doctor
Hanna, is one Of the institutions OIL
which Los Angeles is very proud.
Doctor Hanna has spent his life in the
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a corps of very able teachers in all de.
psrtments. One of the features of the
school is the attention paid to physical
development; but that has become to be
q necessary matter in all good schools
whether for girls or boys.
The Sisters Of the Catholic church Of
several orders have schools here. The
Sisters of Charity have been engaged in
q noble work for nearly half a century
here. They are now putting up fine
school for the accommodation of their
pupils. 1t will be on most slightly
place on Boyle Heights, and will cost a
quarter of million of dollars. On Plea
Heights, southwest of the city, another
order is now putting up fine school. II
is nearly ready for use. Still another
order Of Sisters has just completed fine
school at Pomona.
At Glendale, near the city, is st. Hill.
da's Hall, a fine edifce, used as girls
school by the Episcopal church. At it's
head is gentleman Of very great ex'
perience in his profession, and he is as
sisted by very competent corps oil
teachers.
There is Woodbury's Business College
| in the city, and several private schools fol
boys, or girls, or both. There are ari
schools, in music, painting. drawing. de.
signing, and there are schools exclusively
French, and others where careful atten'
ton is paid to German.
There is not q city in the Union OIL
twice, nor of four times the size of Los
Angeles better supplied with schools
educational privileges of the very highest
order, and in all imaginable branches
than abound here.