The herald., 1895-11-11

logue expresses the idea of the officers
of the school: 1.-The organization and
regulation of tho academy rest on the
postulate that the boys and young men
in attendance mean to do their duty to
the school and to its officers and to them
serves. The rules are, therefore. not ar
bitrary. but are understood to be for the
good OF the student, and the students are
to keep them with the punctuality and
Tree will with which a man meets busi-
ness engagement. Students who do not
have this spirit are not desired and can
not be long retained
1t is not desired that the school be pop
ular with boys that lack the highest
character and a fixed purpose to do what
they are sent here Tor. The school is
In no sense reform school; it does not
undertake either TO reform or simply to
keep out of mischief refractory boys. No
sense of policy will cause a boy to be re-
tanned whose influence upon his fellows
can be bad. In the words of DIR. Dodge,
the last president of Colgate university :
we do not SO much want large school
as we want good school -
1t is, in reality. large family in which
the mem bers-teachers, officers and
students-are in constant and sympa-
thstic touch with one another. The
school is not SO large that individual in
terest cannot be taken and individual
instruction to suit particular needs cam
not be given. while it is still large
enough to afford necessary RUBBING and
to maintain rivalry in studies and sports.
Monday of each week is holiday. Be-
sides the periods of the day when stu-
dents are not in recitation, the time
from till in the morning and from
7 till 9:45 in the evening is strictly OBJ
served as study time.
Faithful work is, in all cases, the con-
dition of promotion in classes, as it is
of tina afndQnt'q fort N Tho cchno1
1t is intended that lazy boy shall fnd
himself extremely miserable. Reports
of the students WORK covering scholar
ship. regularity and department, are
sent each month to parents or guardians.
The Herald reporters request for
Of interiors" was cnserfully responded
to. A copy Of the academy's latest cat
alogue SHOWS tho following list OF officers
and teachers:
Charles Albert Wheat, B. L.. michigan
principal; mathematics. English.
Mrs. Susan Miller Dorsey, ABB. (Vas-
sar); Greek, Latin.
Miss Emma Roth; German, French.
Rae g. Van Glove, ABB, university
Of Southern California;; science, Eng
lish.
Miss Anna L. Colson; principal prl-
mary department.
Mrs. James L. Wheat, matron.
&AAipo OdTIIo WAcdt,
and clerk; stenography and typewrit,ng.
Miss Helen Jewell, (OberlIn); music.
Principal Wneat has spent the greater
part of the time since his graduation
from Michigan university in 1890 in high
school and academy teaching. He is a
thoroughly repl preventative Christian gen.
tleman and modern teacher.
Mrs. Dorsey, formerly a professor at
Vassar college. is an acquisition such as
only leading educational institutions are
able to secure. and is undoubtedly one
of the very best instructors in the country
in preparatory Greek and Latin.
Miss Roth, the teacher of German and
been educated IN Germany. She comes
this year TO the academy, having former
ly been a most acceptable teacher at the
well known Boston lanies' seminary,
Lassell.
The other teachers, fully equipped for
their work, have been chosen because OF
their special fitness for 1t.
The present manager, Mr.. Walter R..
Wheat, shrewd and thoroughly reliable
young business man, formerly chief clerk
of tie General Managers association :,
Chicago. is one under whom there will
be no danger of retrogression IN the
affairs of Los Angeles Academy.
AS the reporter looked out on the
campus and saw the dozens of jolly, happy
boys playing at baseball, tennis and
swinging as on a day IN june in Now
York state, he asked himself if it was
possible that on the LIST day of Novem Der,
while the snow was flying In bis natl We
state. he was here in beloved California
Southern California. Certainly Mr.. Rails
ton was right. He had found an idea
home and school in an ideal land-th,
| land of sunshine.
How many parents there are betw eer
the Atlantic and Rockies whose children
are.unable to complete their education or
account of their inability to stand tn,
severity OF eastern winters and who
could. If they only knew it, find de-
lightful home for their boys in our City
of the Angels at Los Angeles Academy