The herald., 1896-10-25
TALKS TO THE TEACHERS
The Monthly Meeting Of the City Ed
ucators
Progress of Sloyd in the Schools-Dem-
onstrating Anatomy-The Coming
Convention to Be Great One

Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock all the
teachers of the public schools met at the
| Spring street building to hold the first
monthly meeting of the year.
| Last year the lectures by the special
| teachers were given to the teachers of
the various grades in several sections,
! meetings being held after school hours
three or four times month. Superin-
tendent Foshay has wisely changed the
order of exercises, and the afternoon
meetings will hereafter give place to
| monthly meetings, held in the forenoon
of one Saturday in each month
At yesterdays meeting the exercises
were held in six sections, arranged ac-
cording to the grades taught by the va
rious teachers.
Technical lectures We're delivered by
Mrs. c. p. Bradfield, principal of draw
ing in the city schools. Prof. C. j.
Rohde, instructor of calisthenics; De-
putty Superintendent c. l. Ennis; Miss
M. Louise Hutchison, assistant principal
of drawing; Mr.. E. K. Isaacs, principal
of writing, and Mr.. c. A. Kunou, prin-
cipal Of sloyd. Others who spoke were
Mrs. G. Parsons, Mrs. A. l.. Leland, DR..
A. w. Plummer, Mrs. M. e. Gordon and
Mr.. J. B. Monlux.
AS sloyd has just been introduced into
the public schools of this city, Mr.. Ku-
nou devoted his time to a sketch OF the
system of work in use here. He showed
the fallacy of many Of the so-called sys-
TENS of manual training that have
claimed the attention of the public for
a short time, and which have almost
disappeared. His sketch of sloyd was
one of the most interesting features of
the session.
In some sections considerable general
discussion was indulged in, but the
length of the lectures in most sections
gave little time for general discussion
In section 5 DR.. Plummer gave a
graphic lecture on bones and muscles,
and Illustrated his remarks by the use
of the skeleton of a human being and
the skeleton of cat. Mr. Kunou re-
peated his sloyd lecture. Mr.. Isaacs
talked on writing and other subjects
were handled by Mrs. M. E. Gordon,
music; c. J. Rohde, physical culture, and
Miss Hutchison, drawing.
In section 6, devoted to the seventh
and eighth grades, the lectures on phys
iology, sloyd, music, physical culture
and drawing were repeated and J. b,
Monlux talked on patriotism
During the meeting Prof. Foshay an
nounced that the city and county teach
ers' institute would be held here Nov
3Oth, and Dec. 1st and I'd, and the South
ern California teachers association
Wouiu pc heiu mere Dec 3u, 4In ana btn.
1t Is expected that the meeting of the
Southern California teachers associa-
tion will be the greatest ever held here.
over 1400 teachers having already sig
nified their intention of being in attend
ance. Prof. Foshay announced as one
special attraction at this meeting the
presence of Charles r. Skinner, presi-
dent of the National Educational as
sociation, who Is superintendent of in
struction in the state of New York. So
large an attendance is expected at this
meeting that ordinary accommodations
will be inadequate and the sessions will
be held in Hazards pavilion.
On the occasion of Prof. Skinner's 8
visit here, Prof. Foshay will try to lay
the foundation for securing the annual
convention of the educational associa-
tion for Los Angeles in 1898, which came
so near being accomplished for the
present year.