Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-21

ProViouS w tuo next STATE Association
write the best history of Los Angeles
county; papers to be read at the San
Diego convention next December, and
the committee on awarding the prizes TO
consist of Messrs. Hoitt and Seaman.
OF the Historical Society, General
Fremont and Governor Mansfield. The
reading OF the letter was received with
applause.
D. G. Clark made motion that $50 be
appropriated, in addition to the $50 voted
the day previous, to still further re.
imburse the secretary. Miss Morrison, for
her expenditures in attending the meet.
lngs. Miss Morrison protested, but the
motion passed unanimously.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented the following series of resolutions,
the reading of many of them being re.
ceived with applause. The resolutions
were in effect as follows:
| First. That there should be estab.
lished National Department OF Publ ic
Instruction, presided over by Secre tary
who should be a member of the Pres l.
dents Cabinet.
| Second. That the association is in
favor of Spooner's amendment to the
Blair Educational bill, providing for the
distribution of the surplus among the
States in proportion to the illiteracy of
the children in the State of school age.
Third. That copy of the foregoing
resolutions be sent to the Representa-
tives in Congress.
of the State Reading Circle and recon.
mend it to the consideration of our
teachers.
Fifth. That the State should assume
the publication of our proceedings in the
State printing office at Sacramento.
Sixth. That no papers hereafter be
presented or read by others than the
authors.
Seventh. That it is the duty of all
teachers to devote proper attention to
physical, mental and moral culture, and
to give especial consideration to the
lessons on the evil effects of alcoholics.
Eighth. That we hail with pleasure the
introduction of such schools as the Cogs.
we'll school at San Francisco and the
Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto,
and favor the introduction of manual
training into our regular public school
course of study.
Ninth. That thanks are due Prof. Ken
nedy for bringing the interesting exhibit
from the Cogswell school, and his paper
on the same; to Miss Schallenberg for
her able paper and exposition of clay
modelling.
Tenth. Thanks to the San Diego and
Pasadena delegation for their beautiful
displays of kindergarten work.
Eleventh. That we return thanks to
the Mayor and all others at Stockton for
their kind invitation to hold our next
convention there, with the hope that the
invitation may be renewed ct some future
time.
Twelfth. That we return our thanks to
Hon. Ira g. Hoitt for his sympathetic in.
terest in the schools of the southern
counties.
Thirteenth. That a vote of thanks be
given to County Superintendent Sea.
man, City Superintendent Friesner,
Mayor II. I. Hazard and Hon. Stephen
| M. White for their kind efforts in con.
nection with the reception on Tuesday
night.
Fourteenth. Thanks to the local com.
mittee of arrangements for their efforts
in behalf of the convention.
,, Fifteenth. Thanks to President More
> and Secretary Morrison, who arrsnged
the excellent programme for the present
session.
Sixteenth. That we return our thanks
to the daily press of this city, and es
pecially emphasize the statement of oul
appreciation of the careful, full and &C.
curate reports they have published o.
our meetings.
| Seventeenth. Thanks to railroads anc
steamship lines for favors shown dele
gates.
Eighteenth. Thanks to the teachers O
M
merging their county institutes in The
meeting of the State Association.
Nineteenth. That we gratefully mention
the name of j. r. Briefly, always the
friend of public schools and education.
Twentieth. That we sympathise with
Mrs. Kate Kennedy, for twenty FIVE years
a successful teacher and always one o.
us.
These resolutions were adopted by a
large majority, objection being made
only to the second and the sixth in the
list.
President More then called Prof,
Kennedy, president. elect, to the plat
form, and surrendered the chair to him
with few appropriate remarks, saying,
as he held out the gavel "This gavel
emblem of your authority, is made OF
orange wood, grown on the grounds of
the State Normal School, The original
intention was to make the handle of olive
wood and the head of orange, symbolic
ing the duty of the president to hold the
olive brancn of peace between the two
orange BELTS"
| Prof. Kennedy replied, thanking the
association for the honor conferred upon
him, and stating that it was his in
tentl0n to enoeavor to make the San
Diego meeting of the association still
more success than the present.
The other officers-elect were then con-
Quoted to the platform by Prof. Hoitt
and Prof. Clark and introduced to the
association and the president.
On motion, the convention rose and
sang "Auld Lang Syne," led by Prof.
Foshay, and President Kennedy declared
the meeting adjourned.
| New Gases.
E. W. Spencer sues the Star Brick and
Supply Company for 81 1.550.8S on a con-
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