The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-27
TEACHERS
CAPTURE
THE CITY
Prominent Educators
Here to Attend the
State Session
Indications Point to the
Most Successful Meet
ing Ever Held.
Arrival Of DR.. A. S. Draper,
President Of the University
Of Illinois.
TO MAKE AN ADDRESS.
Programme Of the General and Spe-
cial Sessions to Be Held
During the Week.

From all parts of the State and from
Oregon and Washington as well, lead
ing educators are pouring into San
Francisco to attend the thirty-first an
nual session of the California Teach
ers Association this week. Several
hundred teachers have already arrived,
and many more are expected to-day
and tomorrow.
The most notable visitor is DR.. An
drew S. Draper, president of the Uni
versity of Illinois, who arrived last
evening, in response to an invitation
extended by the association several
months ago to address the session. DR..
d Draper will deliver two addresses be-
fore the convention, and on Thursday
evening, at their invitation, he will de-
liver a public address in Native Sons
Hall on The Organization of City
School Systems" DR.. Draper is one of
the best-knOwn educators of the East,
a polished orator, and his address will
doubtless be the feature Of the conVen-
ton. A committee, headed by R. D.
Faulkner, principal of the Franklin
Grammar School, met Mr.. Draper at
Port Costa yesterday and escorted him
to his rooms at the Baldwin Hotel,
where he will remain until the close of
the session and then return home by
the southern route.
Other notables to arrive during the
day were State superintendent Black
of Sacramento and Frank J. Brown,
State Superintendent of Schools of
Washington. and his wife.
The general sessions of the convention
will be held in Metropolitan Hall, be-
ginning at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The opening exercises will consist of mu
sic by the students of the San Francisco
Normal School, under the direction of
Miss Z. Carpenter; address of welcome
on behalf of the citizens of San Fran
cisco by Mayor James D. Phelan; music
by the Philomel quartet: address of well
come on behalf of the San Francisco
School Department by Superintendent r.
H. Webster; response and presidents an
nual address, l.. j. Chapman, Superlnten-
dent of the Santa Clara County Public
Schools; address, The Special Work of
the Normal Schools President A H
Randall of the State Normal School.
After recess there viii be more music
by the PhilOmel quartet; an address on
J. Browne. State superintendent of
Schools of Washington; address on THE
Functions of the State Touching Educa-
ton by DR.. A. S. Draper, University Of
Illinois
The programme for Wednesday is as
follows, beginning at o'clock: Music by
the Knickerbocker male quartet; address,
The Wealth Of Words President Mar
tin Kellogg, University of California;
music, Philomel and knickerbocker
School, Mrs. E. G. Greene, Santa Cruz,
President of the Home and Child Study
Ass soc address; The he Certifcation
perintendent of Schools. After a recess
of ten minutes G. NJ. Elliot will give a
vocal solo, which will be followed by a
Thursday morning-Music by the Phil
omel quartet; address, The Spirit of the
Teacher Andrew S Draper. Recess.
Vocal ha r6-
council Of education; reports of commit
tees.
Friday morning at 9 o'clock the pro-
gramme will be as follows: Music by
the students of the San Francisco Nor
NAL School, under the direction of Miss
L. Carpenter; remarks on the proposed
celebration of Lincoln's natal day by the
public schools of California, by K. H.
Webster; address, Humane Education"
Miss E. NJ. Cay, State Superintendent
California Humane Work, San Benito
Springs; address, THE Text Book as an
Educator" Fred NJ. Campbell; report of
committees; vocal duet, Mrs. Eva Tenny,
Mrs. Emile Parent; poem, Educational
Progress, Professor Charles H. Allen,
San Jose; address, EDUCATION for the
Stanford University.
The department of manual training of
which James E Addicott, San Jose Nor
NAL School, is chairman, and Richard D.
Faulkner, San Francisco, is secretary.
will meet in Portala Hall, Native sons
building, Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock
when there will be a discussion on Man
uel Training in the Grades between DIR.
Elmer E. Brown of the University of Cal
ifornia, Mrs. c. L. Place of the San Jose
Normal School, w. J. Kenyon of Stan
ford University, r. d. Faulkner of San
Rebecca F. English of the San Jose Nor
NAL School and Howard L. Lunt of Long
Beach.
At 8 o'clock there will be a discussion
on Correlation of Manual TrainingWith
Academic Branches" between P NJ
Fisher of Oakland, w. A, Tenny of Fres-
Arthur Chamberlain of Pasadena and
President A. S. Draper of the University
of Illinois.
Other department meetings will be
conducted as follows:
Department of school administrations
Sierra Hall, Native Sons building. Tues
day afternoon. Superintendent Robert
Furlong, San Rafael, chairman; Superin-
ttendent Kate Am1es; Napa, secretary.
Draper, University of Illinois; 'Correla-
ton OF Educational Factors Dr. Thomas
T: Bailey Jr.,. University of California;
c. L. Ennis. Los Angeles. Discussion Of
city supervision. The report of commit
tee of twelve on some of the applications
to the schools of California-Superinten
ent T. j. Kirk, Fresno; discussion-Super-
intendent ]; P. Garick,. Alameda County;
Superintendent Alfred Harrell. Kern
County; Superintendent Job Wood Jr.,
Monterey County; Superintendent j. s.
McPhaill. Tulare County.
Department of kindergarten education
Shasta Hall, Native Sons building
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Pauline w
Martha L. Bullock, Alameda, secretary
Presidents address, Mrs. Pauline w
Dohrmann, Stockton; address, Professor
F; B. Dresslar, University of California;
address, DR.. Andrew S. Draper: 'dThe
Legal Requirements for the Certiication
Of KinderRartens in the Public School
System" Genevra Sisson, Stanford Uni
versity; Our Los Angeles Kindergar-
tens-Past, Present and Future" Mrs.
Marietta f. Staples, Los Angeles Nor
NAL School; Ten Minutes Worth" DR..
Thomas P. Bailey. University of Cali
fornia.
Department of classics, Yosemite Hall.
Native Sons building. Tuesday after
noon-Professor Edward B. Clapp, Uni
versity Of California, chairman; Princi-