The herald., 1893-10-15
A STORMY SESSION.
THE COUNTY TEACHERS TRY To
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS.
The Association Meeting Yesterday
Morning Teachers Who Road
Pspers-A Quarrel About the
Selection of Officers.

Yesterday morning the Los Angeles
County Teachers association met in the
assembly room OF the High school to
hold its first monthly session for the
season OF 1884. Superintendent Leroy
B. Brown presided and Mics Florence A.
Durham was at the eecretary's desk as
usual.
After the reading of the minutes and
the report OF the treasurer, Mr.. @. NJ.
Drake OF Long Beach read a paper on
The Best Teacher in the County and
What He Thinks of Us. According to
Mr.. Drake the said teacher, being SO
much better than the rest OF us,
naturally looks down on us and says
of us, il young, we lack experience, if
old, we are in the ruts and can not get
out Of them. There is only one way OF
teaching and he has filed caysat
thereon.
He often praises other teachers, but
does it with a"bnt," and as he is some-
what hard-headed the butt" is very
painful to some. The beat teacher often
Imagines he can pass any examination,
and is often sadly deceived in the at
tempt.
His trustees and other Pensioners
bow to him with the greatest of defer
ence for a few seasons, bnt few years
ueually serve to wear off the varnish
from even his accomplishments and
another teacher ia in demand where he
once reigned.
Mr.. Hutchinson of University was
called upon to open the discussion OF
Mr.. Drake's paper, and he took the
ground that the best teacher should be
the one who knows most in books and
hearts, and who combines all kinds oi
| knowledge to lead the pupils to the real
rather than the imaginary.
| Mr.. Hutchinson believed that kinder
garten teachers should be great scholars
not ,skimmers of fanciful things thai
no one can teach ali that he knows, and
| that scholarship and the ability 10 lead
are the chief requisites in teachers.
Mr.. @. j. Rohde of Los Angeles read q
paper on Physical Training and advo.
Gated ehe German system Of gymnastics
as better suited to children tnan any
other, the Swedish in particular.
DR.. Hoose inquired into the working
detaie of the German system and Mr..
Rohde formed class Of pedagogues al
once and showed some Of the chief feat.
urea inquired for.
The next thing on the programme
being the election of officers, MIR. Hut
Gibson moved that the matter be re
ferred to committee to save time, al
the hour for adjournment was near.
Prof. Dozier objected to the motion OF
the ground that all should have an op
portunity to choose or, at least, make a [
attempt in that direction.
The votinp proceeded bv ballot. Eight
or ten candidates were named for the
presidency and, after much balloting
Prof. Hutton was chosen. After simi
lar experience Prot Graham was choser
for vicepresident.
For secretary Miss Dunham and Prof
Peniberton were nominated. Miss Dun
ham declined and Prof. Pemberton wa;
elected. The question: of regularity was
raised, and for hall hour there was
pandemonium where there should have
been peace. The rulings of the chair
were sustained, though Prof. Dozier ap-
pealad, and war Of words was not en-
tireiy prevented.
After the election Prof. Pember re-
signed, and the merry and prolonged
election went on and on. A score OF
persons were named for secretary and
all declined, nor could treasurer be
secured.
Official timber being, scarce, the as
eociation adjourned at 1920, after the
etormiest session that useful body has
ever experienced.
The next meeting will occur on the
second Saturday in November. at which
time a secretary and treasurer will be
secured at all hazards.