The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-20
Teachers Instructed While Other
People Are Amused
A PAPER ON CHILD STUDY
School Discipline and Our Future
Legislators Discussed
The Hembers of the Institute Pass Few
Resolutions Before Adjournng
Sine Die

teachers climbed the hill to the normal
school Yesterday at 8 a. m. to receive the
instruction SO beautifully prepared for
them at this felctous merry making
season. Their husbands, wives. brothers,
sisters, sweethearts and friends did not
climb the hill of knowledge or its alleged
substitute, but managed to put in the day
at the absorbing game OF La itsta.
Some there are who think that they
would rather put in. the week with their
husbands, sweethearts and others than
with the very best of lecturers on pedagog-
ical topics, especially while La Fiesta is
in progress and while the reviewing
stand is at Central park-but a block
from the pedagogical lecture rooms.
Americans with we'll regulated heads
are always averse to compulsion in GER
tam matters. They have so very few
festival sea sons that they really enjoy
what they have permission to enjoy.
The time may come when an institute
will be a working institute wherein to
learn. and it may be held in the working
season of the year.
At 8 a. NJ. yesterday the teachers all
met in the assembly room of the normal
school to listen to the last lectures of the
county institute. Professor Dresslar of
the normal school read paper on Child
Study, in when he said this study brought
the teacher into closer relations with all
children, and particularly with her own
children, giving the teacher power that
she could get in no other way. He read
an interesting story of the way in which
Agassiz taught student to study fish, to
illustrate his own ideas of how children
should be studied. The physical condition
of the child should be considered, as it
jften had Il great influence over his
actions. even in so important a matter as
the telling of truth.
Professor c. Ii. keyes of Tbroop Poly
technlc Institute spoke on School Disci
pine. He said that he was here for the
purpose of having the teachers look at
this subject from his point of view. The
old method of discipline was founded on
the idea of fear; the new. on the idea of
love. Not r, preston, but progression,
should be the motive of good discipline.
The primary purpose of discipline is not
reformation, but formation, and the pro-
lection OF society. Teachers should not be
educational policemen, but prom oters OF
liberty. We should have law through
liberty, not liberty through law. The
lest schools are those that do not lay
down a code of rules. The pupil should
know the teacher as his friend. Three
fourths of the bad discipline in schools is
due to the indiscretion and the want OF
act in the teachers.
As to corporal punishment; il teacher
can whip child and at the same time
make the child believe it is done through
love, he believed whipping could be used
to advantage, but the higher motives
should be first appealed to.
At the close or the lecture the teachers
we're entertained by Miss Davis of Rose
dale, who read beautiful selection from
Lalla Rookh.
After IA recess of five minutes, followed
by music, Martin kellogg, president Of the
state university, spoke ON Our Future
Legislators Some two boys of each
state are to become senators, some repre-
sentatives some governors and possibly
one is to become president of the nation
Their education should be broad so
that their legislation will be good In
tellgence and capability are the first
requisites of a good legislator. Honesty
is the next important qualification. 1t
SHOULD be uncompromislng and high
minded. Accuracy and facility of express
sion are necessary so that the laws may
be clear and accurately expressed, With
out any super abundance of speech. The
latter checks leg slation at the beginning
of the session and causes too great a rush
of business at its close. Partyism and
private bills are the great curses OF legs-
lation. Private bills should be remanded
10 the courts. The food gates of talk at
the beginning of legislative sessions
should be shut and five or ten minutes
rule should be enforced. Public nuisances
should be abated.
There should be no 'cean sweeps" in
elections. Some members should hold
over. They would not all be fresh"
Continuity and permanence should mark
all good legislation. There should be
more reflections, ana less rotation in
office. The public welfare should be the
only thing in view in election or re-elec-
ton. If laws were more carefully made
there would not be SO much necessity for
Interpretation.
At the close of the institute it was stated
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take a dollar or two off the regular rate
and allow the teachers to go to Plumas
in June to attend the meeting of the
National Educational institute for the
small sum OF S60.
The committee on resolutions reported
number which were adopted. Among
them were the following:
Resolved. That it is the opinion of the
teachers of the county that the board of
education should make the yearly exam
nations somewhat elective, by present
ing twenty instead of ten questions in
each branch, allowing the pupil to an
swer the ten of his choice;
That we have in the report OF the COM
mittec of fifteen the opinion of the best
educators of the county on the correlation
of studies in elementary schools; that we
therefore heartily recommend the careful
study of the same by every teacher in the
county;
Whereas, The first year of the high
school course and the ninth year of the
grammar school course do not coincide.
thereby working manifest injustice to the
graduates of the grammar schools OF our
county that may wish to enter the high
schoo be it also
Resolved, That we would respectfully ask
our county board to give greater tlexibl-
ity to this part of our course. i'll order
that pupils graduating from the gram
mar school may be admitted to the tenth
wear in the high school.
That the hearty thanKs of the members
of the institute are hereby rendered to
the kind friends that have so pleasantly
entertaini us with various literary and
musical selections;
That to the friends and relatives of our
departed co-workers, Miss Fannie Star
bird OF Wilmington; J. g. Mahan of San
Pedro; J. Il. Scully of Rowland, and +.
A. Seavey of Ballona. whom the hand of
the silent reaper has removed from our
midst even in the bloom and vigor of
useful life. we extend our sympathy and
coincidence; that while their familiar
faces are seen no more and their voices
are hushed in council. they yet live in ,
the sweet and gracious memory of good
deeds and noble aspirations OF soul, in
which the true teacher strives to endure.
New Suits
NJ. Brolersen yesterday commenced suit
in the superior court against Bertha