Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-20
THE STATE TEACHERS.
THE SESSION OF THE INSTITUTE
AT SAN DIEGO.
Various Papers Read-Election of Officers
For the Yesr-The Next Meeting at
Riverside Notes.
Correspondence Of the HERALD.

Correspondence OF the HERALD.
SAN DIEGO, March Is.
This day at the state, teachers insti-
tute has been full OF interest to the
teachers themselves as we'll as to nu-
merous visitors. After last nights lis
sipation at the Coronado hotel the
teachers we're slow in assembling for
the morning session, but st 1Oo'clock
Superintendent Keyes, OF Riverside,
began the days work with lengthy
paper on Teachers Institutes, Their
Purposes and Methods. 1t was wri tten
in his usual vigorous style, and while
lengthy was not tedious.
Chas. Mills Gayley, OF the state uni
versity, followed with short addre IS
on the teaching OF English literature in
the preparatory schools.
The most interesting paper of the
morning session was the one which fol-
lowed, entitled Adaptation Of the
Teacher to His Work, by County Super
intendent Mrs. McG. Martin, of Sonoma
county.
The concluding paper of the morning
session was one on Historic Reasons for
Teaching Civil Government, by Prof.
l.. DUPONT Syle, OF Santa Barbara.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first part of the afternoon session
was taken up with paper by Superin-
tendent Molyneaux, OF Pomona, on su-
perintendents Of Graded Schools and
Their Work.
Following this paper, Hon. J. w. An
derson, state superintendent of public
instruction, was introduced, and an
nounced the passage of the bill recon-
mended by the state institute of 1890,
which he said only awaited the signature
OF the governor to become o law.
The convention then proceeded to
elect officers for the ensuing year, as
follows:
w. w. seamans, of Los Angeles,
president: H. J. Baldwin, of National
City, Emily Rice, of Chino, G. M. Gay
ley, of the state university, and G. w.
A. Luckey, of Ontario, vice-pfesidents;
Superintendent j. p. Greeley, of Santa
Ana, secretary; James T. Hamilton, of
San Francisco, treasurer.
Fresno, by telegraph, invited the
institute to meet in that city in 1872, but
the committee had already selected
Riverside, and the selection was ratified
by unanimous vote.
The evening session was devoted to
lecture upon Evolution, by Prof. John
Dickinson, OF Los Angeles.
NOTES.
There are nine county ysuperintendents
present at the institute, two OF whom
are ladies.
Tho roportc chou- That o1ox,o,, ao,rk..
superintendents in this state are ladies,
OF whom two, Mrs. f. MEG. Martin, of
Santa Rosa. and Miss Ella Dickson,
superintendent of Napa county, are in
attendance at the San Diego conven ton
OF the institute. The latter lady arrived
on Monday evening.
Miss Henrietta Bancrnft, daan of the
Woman's college of Monrovia, is one of
the interested attendants upon the SEES
sions of the institute.
Miss May Higginb otham, deputy SUI
perintendent OF city schools of Philadel-
phia, is another of the numerous visit
ors at the institute.
Tomorrow the teachers go on an ex-
cursion to the Mexican border and
Sweetwater dam. A special train will
be necessary to accommodate the crowd
who are going.
A touch OF romance is considered nec-
essary to make some things attractive,
and the desired touch is given to the
meeting of the institute in the discovery
that Rev. j. II. Collins, a popular
young Congregational pastor Of Los An
geles, who is attending the institute, is
engaged to marry Miss Alena Weston, a
popular young lady teacher of San Di
ego county. The. mutual attachment
which existed between the young peo-
pie has been hitherto unsuspected, but
the reverend gentleman confesses that
the engagement is fact and that the
young lady will enter upon her duties
as assistant pastor of the Third Congre-
gational church of Los Angeles as soon
as her vacation commences, in June.
HUTcH.