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.
ton 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 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 aro
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
tina, most of the weak and nervous child
rem are the natural result of the almost
entire neglect of physical training in the
public schools.
''In 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
beneficial exercise of Others. There
.,ho ,r1l ho dad cbcar of I,x,o
teacher of every defective child under
this care. The ordinary gynnastic exer-
cIses should be given to the health ?
children only. Gymnastics and physical
education are not synonymous. Physical
education is the art of training the body
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 70 live"
Questions were called for and the in
curry vas made how best to determine
nervous weakness in children.
DR.. Toies gave several methods of ex-
animation. including that Of holding the
arms horizontally, palms downward, and
noticing whether the thumbs droop or
not. One schoolms'a am gave an interest
luk dCCOuut VI d dHu
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 provide suitable games and exercises
| for 600 pupils in our 50-foot school lots
The doctor stated that the small school
grounds we're the greatest evil connected
! with the school system.
Professor Rohie. physical director in
| the city schools, thanked the teachers
| for their cooperation in bis WORK.
Pros. P. M. Fl lher 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 Williams
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
freed men that they considered him as a
supernatural being.
DR.. F. W. Steddom of Los Angeles lead
4 paper on Provisions fo- the Health o.
School Children. His paper was plea
for cleanliness and open air and the
careful study Of the laws of health.