The herald., 1895-11-27
Second Days Session Held by
the PedagOgues
INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS
Upon Methods OF Teaching and General
Educational Matters
Address Of Professor II. II. Powers on Edu.
cation and Social Evolution -Recep.
tion Given to the Visitors

The second days session Of the city and
county teachers institute opened at a.
m. yesterday. After roll call the high
school orchestra gave The Jolly Picka-
ninnies so we'll that a most enthusiastic
encore was the result.
Prof. F. S. Hafford of the high school
delivered an address on development of
responsibility among pupils. He said
in part: There are many schools in
which there is good order by compulsory
process. but there are very few schools
in which there is good order for any
other reason. Perhaps the m jority of
the pupils in any school ara what we
call good pupils. There are always
enough good children to counterfeit the
evil tendencies of the others if they arc
properly encouraged by wise teachers"
The speaker told many humorous
stories concerning his experience in
various county schools in Ohio and Ore
gon, and did not neg ect to put in few
stories concerning some of the schools of
Los Angles. He believed that the grand
aim of school government was to aid the
| pupils to govern themelvess.
DR.. Justin K. Toles read an excellent
| paper on physical training. He claimed
| that most of the weak and nervous child
rem are the natural result OF the a most
entire neglect of physical training in the
! public schools.
I'm such physical training as we have
we are too pit to force the weak and
nervous children-those who have the
greatest need of physical culture-into
the position OF mere spectators OF the
benefciel exercise of Others. There
should be recorded observation by eaoh
teacher of every defective child under
| this care. The ordinary gynnastic exer.
cIses should be given to the bealth ?
children only. Gymnastics and physical
education are not synonomous. Physical
education is the art of training the body
and mind to do the things that are
| pleansat and agreeable, healthfui and
| ethical.
"Those who think that real physical
education can be obtained bv drilling
children on the same gymnastic exercises
in great classes are sadly mistaken. Be-
fore living one must learn how TO live"
| Questions were called for and the in
! curry was made how best to determine
| nervous weakness in children.
| DR.. Toies gave several methuds of eX-
animation. including that OF holding the
arms horizontally, palms downward, and
noticing whether the thumbs droop or
not. One schoolms'aE gave an interest
ing account of running expedition, and
wanted to know whether running would
answer as a physical exercise. The doc
tor answered that running woulc serve
as an excellent exercise, but that walking
! was not so beneficial.
| Prof. Hutchinson wanted to konw how
to provids suitable games and exercises
for 600 pupils in our 50-foot school lots
The doctor stated that the small school
grounds were the greatest evil connected
! with the school system.
Professor Rohie. physical director II
the city schools, thanked the teachers
for their cooperation in bis work.
Pros. p. NJ. Fl her of Oakland delivered
an address concerning the life work O.
Gen. S. c. Armstrong. native OF the
Sandwich islands and a son of the first
American missionary to those islands.
| He traced his career as boy in the
Sandwich islands, student at William,
college, soldier in the civil war, and as
the founder of the great industrial school
! for negroes at Hampton, Va. Tho re-
markable personality of General Arm
strong was so fully impressed upon the
freedmen that they considered him as a
supernatural being.
DR.. F. W. Steddom of Los Angeles Jeao
a paper on Provisions fo- the Health O.
| School Children. His paper was ples
for cleanliness and open air and thu
careful study Of the laws of health.