Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-10
TEACHERS CONVENTION.
THE GATHERING oTTHE INSTITUTE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
The Proceedings at the High school-Tn-
teresting and Timely Papers Read-The
Reception Last Evening.


The assembly room OF the High school
was well filled yesterday afternoon at
the opening session of the Los Angeles
County Teachers Institute. For conve-
nience in conducting the exercises the
teachers had been separated into five
sections, which, during the ensuing days
OF the institute, will hold meetings
simultaneously in five different rooms
of the new High school building. This
will be rather hard on the lecturers, but
convenient for the teachers, who could
scarcely profit as much from lecture in
the great assembly room as in the
smaller rooms, where it can be heard
distinctly, and questions may be asked
and answered.
The first thing on the afternoon pro-
gramme was the reading OF the names
of the teachers and the assigning of
them to the sections where they will
meet during the week. As there are
about 100 in each section, this took some
time.
The reading of the names being over,
Professor F. A. Molyneaux, president OF
the county board Of education, read a
short address of welcome. He spoke
particularly OF Professor +. Frye OF
Hyde Park, Mass, and Mrs. j. Powell
Rice of San Diego. He also spoke
warmly of Superintendent Will S. Mon
roe OF Pasadena, so warmly, in fact, that
the gentleman blushed like a school
girl, while Professor Molyneaux was
speaking.
The Importance of the teachers work,
and the necessity for hearing the ex-
perience OF others in order to profit
thereby, was spoken of feelingly and at
some length. In conclusion, he said:
''It takes heroic effort to become truly
educated, and no way has yet appeared
to make heroism easy. Do not under
stand me as inveighing against attract
iveness in school labor. 1t should be
attractive, but individual hard work by
pupils is the lucky stone of true prog
ress.
''In holy labor, lies
The scholarship severe
OF human life.'
"I.et us look at the broad scope OF our
work, and rise above details for direc-
ton. Let us ask: What is the effect
upon society at large, of the work and
spirit of our schools?' Have our
students become grand men and noble
women?" Here is scope for the study
Of all the problems of social science,
many of which are being worked out in
the public schools of today. y
In conclusion, let us cultivate an intense
passion to be useful in life, to be help
full to our fellow men, to be among those
who see and love the truth and put it
into practice, and bear one ano.her's 8
burdens while faithfully doing our ap-
pointed work; thus shall we shine not
alone by the moonlight of intellect, but
by the warm and cheering sunlight of
the heart"
Geography Science" was the title
of an address by Prof. Alex E. Frye
OF Hyde Park, Mass. The professor had
large number of colored maps which
served to make very plain the facts
which he stated in the course OF his ad-
dress. The address in question was de-
liyered with great enthusiasm and
: without the uec of notes, show
ing the professors interest in,
as well as acquaintance with
his subject. The attention throughout
was good, and several of the teachers
afterwards expressed themselves as hav-
ing been muck enlightened as to the
proper way in which geography should
be taught, and the possibilities of making
an easy and attractive study of what is
now considered one of the dryest and
hardest to learn.
The second paper OF the afternoon was
one on School Hygiene by DR.. II. s..
Orme Of this city. The following are a
few extracts:
"The history OF sanitary science is one
of progress, and in no department has it
made such rapid progress as in that of
school hygiene, and it is principally
through you, our teachers, that sanitar-
ians hope to accomplish the greatest
good for mankind, and the true aim OF
education-tom make good strong, healthy,
cheerful and useful men and women. 1t
is unreasonable to expect sound mind
in weak body. The first state board of
health in America was established in
1869. California came next, in 1870.
Much work is now being accomplished
by the thirty-four different state boards
ofhealth throughout the union ,and much
more can be done if we can be assured
of the constant, earnest, active, thought
full cooperation and support of the ed
ucated people Of the community and OF
you, the teachers in our public schools.
'The sanitarian must necessarily be a
little in advance of the ordinary public.
q IcOpic CdHuOb Uc uIlNcH luCO QOlLS WuaC
is right, but they can he educated until
they see the need and necessity OF OBJ
serving and obeying certain sanitary
rules and regulations in order to secure
healthy homes and healthy lives.
None of us seem to appreciate health
until we have lost it, and when pestil-
ence, sickness and death are in our
midst we are panic-stricken, as witness
our epidemic Of smallpox in Los An
geles in 1887 and 1888, when if proper
precautions had been taken in time,
many lives and thousands of dollars
could have been saved to the city and
county. Again, Notwithstanding Cali
fornia's previous experience with epi-
denies, our Lawmakers seem slow to
appreciate the lesson, and to learn the
Importance of preventive medicine
state medicine-to fully comprehend the
situation, and seem to hesitate to pass
the necessary laws required to enable
their health officers to do effective work
SO as to promptly stamp out contagious
and infectious diseases before they have
gained foothold in our midst. For
even now smallpox threatens on our
borders and by way of our seaports, and
we stand urgently in need of a competent
sanitary inspector for the whole state, to