The record-union., 1893-12-30
THE TEACHERS.
Proceedings of the State Teachers
Association.

Proceedings of the State Teachers
Association.
STOCKTON, Dec. 2S. - In the pretty
opera-house here, which is like a palace
of enchantment, the welcoming of the
State Teachers Association by the citi-
Zens of Stockton took place Tuesday
night On their behalf the Mayor, Hon.
w. r. Clark; Hon. George Goodell,
County Superintendent of Schools, and
Frank d. Nicol extended the welcome.
State Superintendent Anderson and Su
perintendent L. J. Kirk responded hap
PLY. The orchestra played delightful
airs, the sweet singers of Stockton sang
dlYlnely, and everyone was made glad.
The annual address by the President,
Hon. L. j. Kirk, was a sensible speech.
II was relief to hear a manly man speak
of the advantages of the teachers posi-
tion financially. No whining about over
work and small pay, but call upon them
TO remember that while other laborers are
losing their situations and other business
is depressed, the teacher continues fully
employed and prosperous. The points
touched in theaddress were: The impetus
given to education by the founding Of
Stanford University; the honor with
which out State had been crowned in the
educational world by the work and fame
Of LIE Conte; good fortune OF the State in
securing for one Of its earliest Superin-
tendents the nervous and vivid John
SWEET; the harmonious adjustment of
conflicting provisions in our school law,
and the more uniform administration of
County Boards of Education secured by
superintendent Anderson, and the gen.
eral awakening of the educational sense
Of teachers at large, and the hope for the
future that lay therein.
On the assembling of the association at
1:30 P. NJ, Wednesday, Miss Anna c.
Murphy was elected Assistant Secretary
for the session. after which the regular
officers for the ensuing year were elected.
George K. Kleeberger was elected Presi-
dent; Professor Slate of the State UniYer-
sity, and uperintendent Hart Wagner
of san Diego were elected Nice-Presi-
dents; the present incumbent, Superin-
tendent j. P. Greeley of Orange County
was elected Secretary, and George a.
Merrill, Treasurer. S. 7. Black, Super
intendent of Schools of Ventura County,
was elected Railroad Secretary.
Santa Cruz was selected as the place of
meeting for next year.
Addresses followed by Professor Geo.
II. Howison of Berkeley, and Professor
Edward A. Ross of Stanford; the first on
the PHILOSOPHY of Education," and the
second on Popular Education in Social
Science"
In the evening the city of Stockton
poured out its hospitality in generous
banquet TO all visiting teachers. An ex-
cellent orchestra discoursed music, quar-
tets sang, elocutionists recited, and schol
ars made speeches till morning The
days are cold out the welcome is warm;
the skies are cloudy but Stock ton faces
are smiling, so the average is good.
The special features OF to-day's pro-
gramme in the general meeting of the
association, were papers by Mrs. Kate b.
Fisher of Oakland on The Application
of Scientific Principles to Literary
Study" and Professor Irving Stringham
of Berkeley on ''Mathematics-Wh What and
When ?" Hon. Henry +. Highton Of
San Francisco delivered the evening lee
ture: American Education in Relation
to the Twentieth Century"