The herald., 1894-03-11
WHITTIER FULL OF TEACHERS,
County Educational Association
Meeting Yesterday.
A Host Of Pedagogues Have a Most
Enjoyable Time.
A Train Load Of vIsttors-The Formal
Proceedings - Some OF tho Ad-
drssses-A Partial List OF
the Visitors.


tional association and the Whittier
state school to spend day at the latter
institution. Six coaches full OF merry
makers whirled rapidly over the plain
to Whittier, where the visitors were met
by delegation from the state school
and escorted 70 the school buildings.
The morning was spent in looking over
the buildings and watching the young
carpenters, shoemakers, printers, etc.,
at their work, and in admiring the
library and dormitories. Many OF the
teachers had come provided with lunch,
and the coffee, sandwiches and oranges
provided by the boys helped to make a
very enjoyable picnic dinner for the
large crowd.
The association had expected a party
of less than hundred, and was agres-
ably surprised to fnd over four hun
dred and fifty in attendance.
BY a judicious use of printere' ink the
meeting had been thoroughly adver-
tised by this secretary OF the association,
Mr.. Edward Hutchinson. The large
crowd and enthusiasm were the legitl-
mate and necessary result.
Daring and after lunch the society
WAS favored with come excellent music
by the school band.
Many carriages, with courteous
drivers, were provided for the benefit Of
those who wished to look at the city.
After lunch the society assembled in
the chapel of the state achool, at D. m
Mr.. B. M. Davis OF Whittier delivered
an address OF welcome.
lie compared the schools OF California
with those OF many eastern states, and
said that his experience in the examina-
ton room for seven days had esrly con-
vnced him of ths superiority OF the
schools of this great state
A state that has such broad founda-
tion, and one 80 solidly built, has the
right to claim superiority to all others
in Americe-perhaps anywhere else.
Whittier and it's teachers and pupils
extend the most cordial welcome TO the
teachers of the county, and we will
mark this as the red Letter day OF the
year.
President @. f. Hutton responded for
| the association, and thanked the author
tiles at Whittier for the cordial welcome
and wonderful object lessons offered at
the unique school for juvenile Offenders.
He referred to the great man after
whom the town and school were named
and on whose philanthropic plan the
school ia conducted.
President Hutton then introduced DR..
Waltes Liadley.-asiha asa Eserisatenaarta OF
the Whittier state school. Dr.. Lindley
delivered brief but eloquent address,
outlining the work and history of the
state school. He spoke of the difficulty
| OF finding model school OF this kind
and of the real barbarism that charac-
terizes nearly all reform schools. The
IN ater OF disci pline is so little under
stood that the new experiment Of q
prison without bars had at first many
enemies. The world now knows that
moet bad boys need but a real home
and good. real instruction to maze them
manly. DR.. Lindley then called for
questions 10 answer.
Colonel Hill of Norwalk spoke in favor
of the plan OF studying the heredity OF
the children committed to this school.
Superintendent Seaman asked that
DR.. Lindley state the conditions under
which bows are committed to the school.
DR.. Lindley explained that boys and
girls between years of age and Is who
were guilty Of certain crimes are COM
mtted to the school by the superior
courts upon conviction. Boys and girls
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committed to the school upon the COM
plant of the parents and an order Of the
court The plan of finding homes for
the boys and girls who are worthy of
good homes has proven fully equal to
the emergency Of supplying places for
those who should have what they have
not before had "a good private home.
Professor Molyneaux OF Pomona sug-
gested that We should engIsft upon our
public school system the system of
shop work used in this school.
DR.. Hoose of Pasadena said: "The
boys are here treated according to the
degree of moral delinquency. The idea
is good, as it emphasizes the necessity
OF self respect. The schools should re-
alize that five feet of moral force is
worth more in the school room than six
feet OF physical force.v
Professor Ennis of Los Angeles said:
TT would be well for each large city of
this country to have such a school as
this with such superintendent as Or.
Lindley."
Prot Pierce OF the Los Angeles State
Normal school said: Among the latest
valuable discoveries ia that lately no.
ticed in educational articles concerning
muscular develop and showing that
children have real physical work to do
while the mental work is progressing.
When that idea is fully developed
there will be great advance in civiIiza-
tion."
Miss Lathrop OF Pasadena spoke on
the effect of mental and moral develop
ment as aided by real manual training.
The society then adopted the following
resolution on motion of Mr.. hutchinson
Whereas. The Los Angeles County
Educational association and many in
vited friends have been royalty enter
tanned, excellently instructed and profit
ably encouraged by the very best object
lsssons possible to bring before teachers
and parents,
Resolved, That we, the teachers and
others, 20 well advsntaged by the work
Of this day, do hereby extend our sin
cerest thanks to DR.. Walter Lindlev.
Mr.. B. NJ. Davis, Mr.. q. w. Trowbridge,
Mr.. George Bailee end to all the citizens
OF Whittier who have so well enter
tanned IA
Resolved, That we tender our thanks
to the boys of the State School band
who have rendered for us such excellent
music.
Resolved, further That we hereby
express our appreciation and approval
OF the Whittier state school, and com
mend i TO the good people Of the state
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