The herald., 1898-10-16

paper on ''Education," calling special at
| tention to the early training Of the child b
It's mother and her duty to keep IN touch
with the best methods Of culture and train.
ing during the school life Of the child. A
discussion on methode In chlld-traihihg fol-
lowed. participated in by Mines. d. 4. Mac
neil. c. B. Jones, w. W. stiIson. H. +. Lee.
Charles s. Gilbert. George D. Rudx,x, Misses
NJ. c. Pearson. .Leodora whitcomb. Mary
N. Ryan and others. Prof. Hieronymus CT
Pasadena, who was the guest Of the club
and who also had the honor OF beng the
only gentlemen present, gave an informal
talk on education, closing his remarks with
brief outline OF the work OF the Educa-
t.onal Extension movement Of Southern
California, OF which he is secretary. Miss
Grace Atherton Dennen. editor Of The pbefl,
gave some glimpses Of the contents OF the
October number Of the magazine. which
will be finely illustrated and will contain
several stories, poems and articles Of gen.
eral interest by the members Of the Ebell
The program closed with vocal number
(a) 1.-THE Daily Question Meyer HE'LL
mani. (b) "Vainkas Song (von Estude-
zon), by Miss Preston. A social hour fol-
lowed and tea ard waters were served to
the guests. A fine new set of the English
edition Of the Encyclopedia Brta mica has
been recently added to the club library,
and copy Of Websters Unabridged Dtc-
tionary. One-half Of the funds secured
from the sale of the club magazine will 90
toward the library fund, and It is expected
that a valuable addition Of reference nd
other books will be made during the WIN
ter.
The Ruskin club met Wednesday morn
ing at the club rooms In the Phillips block
The study topic was Roman Imperial Ar
chitecture." and Mrs. NJ. ]. +. Stearns and
Mrs. w. W. Stilson were the leaders The
historical character Of the architecture
and the geological, climatic and religious
influences upon 1t were discussed and also
the construction of the stone. concrete and
brick masonry Of Roman architecture.
Pompeiian architecture was also dis
cussed. DR.. J. c. Fletcher gave another
Of his instructive talks on "Roman Archi-
lecture"
The lesson was conducted BY Mrs M. ].
Stearns and Mrs. W. w. Stlson.
Upon Monday afternoon the Shakespeare
club held It's second meeting since the sum-
mer vacation at the residence Of Mrs Gal
pin on Fremont avenue. The characters
Of the play Of Hamlet" were under consid-
Grafton and discussed with Discrimination.
A number Of new members were present.
The program Of the afternoon was opened
with a game Of quotations. the leaders be-
ing Mrs L. Willard. Miss Drain and Miss
Wineburg.
The University Ethical club held sue
cessful meeting last Monday evening at the
home Of Mrs. NJ. Burton Williamson. The
subject for discussion was 1.-The Ethics of
Higher Education by the State"
Rev. F. NJ Larkin presented the paper Of
the evening upon the subject, "The 1nte1t
and Scope Of State Education Eth,cally
Considered
Those who took part in the discussion
Of the subject were President George W.
White of the University Of Southern Cali
fornta; Prof. c. r. Hutton of the state
normal Prof E. r. Shrader of the Los Ar
geles Business college, Profs. Phillips
Bannister. Cochran, Rev. A. c. Williams
Mrs. Welch, Messrs Dougherty, Robinson
and Umsted.
The proposed amendment to the state
constitution upon higher education by the
state, viz: the sixth. was discussed from
the legal and ethical standpoint