The herald., 1897-08-01
WE MAY GET 1T
A Good Chance for the N.
E. A. Convention
MUST HAVE A BUILDING
WILL LOS ANGELES RISE TO
THE OCCASIONp
Superintendent Foshay Reviews the
Work of the California Dele
cation at Milwaukee

wanlSee.
Prof. Foshay was seen by a Herald
reporter yesterday afternoon, and talked
of the possible chance for Los Angeles
to become the choice of the committee
as the next meeting place OF the asso-
citation.
"I would rather have our chances TO
secure the meeting than those of any
other city now in the race" said Prof.
Foshay.
'The executive committee. which will
decide the matter, is composed of the
president J. M. Greenwood, of Kansas
City, First Vice-President c. r. Skinner
Of Albany, n. T.; Allen C. Lane superin-
tendent of schools at Chicago; Irwin
Shepard, Winona, Mimi; and j. c.
McNeill of Kansas City, Mo.
| 81 made it point to urge upon the
executive committee the pleasure the
association would derive by visiting
California and making a personal OBJ
servation of this wonderful city and
state, and that the cities now endeavor-
| ing to secure the meeting, viz, Omaha
and Salt Lake City, could be visited also
extra expense, thereby enabling all who
desired to do so to see the Mormon tenn
pie. the pride OF all Salt Lake people,
which was used as their clincher in
arguing for the place.
Il feel sanguine of success for the
| further reason that two years ago four
of the present committee were heartily
| in favor of coming here The only
drawback is the fact that we have no
building which will seat from eight to
ten thousand people. We must erect
such a building If we desire to succeed,
and 1 assured our eastern friends that
such accommodations would be provid-
ed in the event of our being chosen.
II also informed the people, other
than the committee, that no one would
suffer from the heat here in July; that
no rain would fall to inconvenience
them in making the side trips so thor
oughly enjoyable in this favored local
ity, and that no windstorms would blow
down their shelters or their places of
meeting. These assurances were re-
ceived with great favor apparently,
and when the name of Los Angeles as a
probable next meeting place was mem
toned it provoked a storm of applause
that was gratifying in the extreme.
Remember, please, that we worked
at a great disadvantage. There were
but twenty-seven delegates from Cali
fornia, but their zeal and energy was a
match for that shown by the hundreds
who worked for Omaha, Salt Lake City
and Washington, D. c. The latter place,
by the way, may be chosen; it certainly
fo1 to 1ay I1n ncSt how.
the extreme east or west will be chosen.
But we must have large convention
hall soon, if we expect to secure the at
tendance of such bodies. We need it
for ourselves as well, and believe that
the Merchants and Manufacturers as
Sociation and the chamber of commerce
will yet build one that will be a credit
to our city.
The convention at Milwaukee was
quite large numerically, and we were
treated royalty. The papers of Milwau-
keen and Chicago were particularly
kind, and we are, indeed, indebted to
them for many fattering notices of the
work of the association. The meetings
were characterized by the high-minded
tone of the addresses and the efforts put
forth by the delegates to insure higher
standards in all branches Of education,
standards in all branches of educational
work evidenced the profound thought
that had been given to such labors by
all the participants"
Prof. FoShay, by the way, made an
able address himself, choosing for his
theme Some Tendencies of Modern Ed
ucation." The Western Journal of Ed
ucation of San Francisco, produces the
following excerpts:
This enthusiastic age of progress and
wealth necessarily makes changes in our
educational policy. AS we look back
over the nineteenth century we note
many changes concerning modern edu-
cation and predict glorious hopes of the
future.
"Oue marked tendency of the times is
toward a universal diffusion Of educa
ton, and a complete system from the
kindergarten to the university Is free
10 all.
THE introduction in our country of
foreign customs, prejudices. etc, has
demanded of the schools work along
new lines to meet these conditions Our
first work is to make American citizens,
hence the duties of citizenship must be
taught.
Manual training makes bond of
sympathy between employer and en-
ploye, and will assist in closing the gap
between labor and capital.
Society, in the past, has looked down
on the large boots of the rancher and
the soiled clothes of the mechanic. Our
schools are intoxicating the principle
that true manhood should be recog-
nized as readily on the ranch or in the
workshop as in the pulpit or office.
"The schools must furnish the educa-
tion demanded by the people. Ethical
training is given not from text books,
but from the gracious personality of the
teacher
Modern education aims to discover
and satisfy all the needs of the pupil,
both those growing out of individual
nature and those resulting from his
present and prospective environments. y