The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-30
That Is What Was Talked
About Last Night
THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN
Was the Subject of the Speakers Re.
marks
tages Of Free Kindergartens to the Pub
lie as Well as to the Children

The Free kindergarten association
held an enthusiastic public meeting at
the Friday Morning club rooms last
night. sThe lecture room was well
filled and the interesting speeches list
ened to with marked attention. The
presidents table was banked with flow
ers contributed by the ladies. Music was
furnished BIZ Madam Martinez, vocalist;
Arnold Krauss, violinist. and Mr.. Udale,
pianist. The musical features were
roundly encored.
Mrs. Kate Hagan called the meeting to
order and by request W. G. Patterson,
president nf the chamber of commercs.
introduced the speakers, who were linn
tied to ten minutes each. Professor
Foshsy was the first speaker. He ex-
pres .ed his belief in this good to be &C.
complished only by the kindergarten
system. Professor Keys followed and
outlined what might be done by incrsas-
ing the mum Der OF and the capacity OF
our kindergarten schools. Mrs. Kate i.
Galpin was the next speaker.
She cited the recent crimes of the Cum
mings boys and drew therefrom touch
ing lesson: She pictured their surround :
ings in childhood and demonstrated that
il m ight have been 0iffe ent with them to-
day had they the advantages Of schools. or
as one woman expressed 1t to her, they
didn't have a chance" In part she said !:
Los Angeles has a large number Of just
such boys who haven't a chance-are We
going to give them a chance? Such is the
design of the free kindergarten. There
is only one scientific way, and that is to
begin with the child. Tho child becom rs
the man, and to educate the man, we
must start with him as boy. Some peo-
pie say that we take the child from the
mothers knee and sand him to the KIN
dergarten. then TO the high school. There
is another side to this. Consider what We
do for the mother in this. She is relieved
of care and greater opportunities given
her for household duties, and the educa-
ton of the child cannot but be reflected
IN the home"
Mrs. &. d. Steph MS read "a paper in
which she reviewed the work that had
been done in San Francisco, where
thirty. eight Kindergarten schools are sup
ported entirely by charity and which
have trained Is, l26 children during the
past fifteen years. All of these 49, 600 chill
dren were under years OF age and all
came from tenements in the localities
criminals. Each has been taugh. to be
self respecting and self reliant. The prin-
cipal of the Webster street school, san
Francisco. states that before the days oil
the free kindergarten her pupils along
the Barbary coast swore fought, stole ana
acted like young savages. Now everyone
sees an improvem in the character OF
the new pupils coming from the samt
| districts. Over 1000 business firms o.
! San Francisco contribute annually to thu
kindergartens. Mrs. stephens demon
strated that it was much more abl'
to leave money 20 establish ana main
tain such schools than to build mOnu
ments in forgotten corners of cemeteries
and hoped that such would become the
| fashion in Les Angeles.
\ Bishop Montgomery held the undivided
/ attention OF the audience while he oe'
| fined his attitude towards education. He
SAID in substance: I'VE recognize thai
every child is possessed of three attrib
utes-moral, physical and spiritual ele
mentss That which develops all three
of these powers to its fullest capacity IS
tie best one and every system which iail:
to develop any one of the three is weab
| in proportion MS it fails to educate chile
morally, ply sally or spiritually. We al
believe in education to its fullest extern
but do differ as to methods. He ex
| planned this by citing as an example the
various political parties which each hao
their own ideas of how it should lie &C
com lished but hal the one ob;ect-ths
advancement Of the nation BishoI
Montgomery was roundly applauded al
several points of his address.
Professor Search opened his address by
paying a touching tribute to the gooc
work of Mrs. Severance and cited thu
earnest work she had performed and -it
good results. Professor Search expressed
! his opinion that IN the kindergarten sys
| TEN We could find the solution OF all 20
cial evils. The free kndergartens have
blessed many homes already in this city
and the WORK has Just begun. We are al
| interested in the advancement of Los An
geles and the people stand the highes
who are the bost educated. Therefore ed
ucats our children by the hest methoG
! Mrs. Wotkyns read a paper contrihu
| by Mrs. Severance, who was unable Il
attend. The substance of Mrs. Sever
ance's address was to the effect that thu
hope OF the world is in the children and
upon us rests the responsibility of train
| ing those who are to make cur nation
true TO IT'S early traditions, our cities saf
for children and its women. She spok
of the generous patrons of the kind-rgar
ten and specially mentioned the contrib
utions of Mrs. J. Ii. Van Nuys, Mrs. j
o. Hooker, Mrs. Charl,s Capen, Mrs. DIR
Edgar and Mrs. c. W. II. Ford.
An al journed meeting of tho assooia
ton will be hsld at the house OF Mrs
| Wotkyns, s32 Flower street. Thursday q
3 p. M, which all mem bers are requested
| tA Of