The herald., 1898-11-14
SCHOOL NOTES
Of Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

Prof. Foshay reports that memberships
of the National Educational association are
coming in most encouragingly from all over
the city and state and he feels sure that the
necessary amount will be raised to bring the
association here next July.
Friday was the end of the school month,
and the teachers handed in their reports
to be acted on by the city superintendent.
Their hearts will be made glad next Thurs
day by receiving their pay for the full month,
as the treasury has been reimbursed. Those
who were not paid last month will receive
their money for that month in December.
The second number of the Normal Ex-
ponent is out and contains articles by Emma
Dunn, Kate Boyd, B. M. Davis, Romola
Adams and Nora M. French.
Mothers meetings are being held weekly
in the kindergarten departments throughout
the city, when the motherse of each district
meet with the kindergarten teachers for
the discussion of subjects along the line of
kindergarten and educational work. These
meetings are proving helpful to the teach
ers, in that they become acquainted with the
mothers Of their little charges, and to the
mothers, who become acquainted personally
with the kindergarten work and what it is
accomplishing.
The subject of the next "group" meeting,
to be held at the Sixth street school next
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock, is "Imagina-
tion in Children and Childrens Stories"
The schools in this group are the Seventh,
Ninth and Hewitt.
A football team has been organized
amongst the normal school students, with
the following members: Center, R. Bangle;
right guard, G. Dickson; left guard, q.
Boden; right tackle, E. Lawrence; left
tackle, G. Baker; right end, G. Meyer; left
end, G. Duckworth; quarterback, B. Fan
min; right half, l.. Lindsey; left half, w.
White; fullback, F. Whitaker. 1t is the
first team of the kind ever organized in the
school and is working hard to uphold the
athletic honor of "Old Normal" The team
expects soon to play against the Los Angeles
academy, High school, Occidental college,
Pasadena High school and University of
Southern California teams.
A joint debate between the Y. M. G. A.
and Los Angeles High school debating clubs
was held in the social rooms of the Y. M. g.
A. on Friday evening. The subject of the
debate was, Resolved, that the Philippines
should be annexed on the same terms that
we annexed California" Frazier M. Sallee
acted as chairman of the meeting, and Judge
Croft, H. Lee Cox and Miss Clevenger were
the judges. The Y. NJ c. A. had the affirm
ative, and was represented by Messrs. Swan
and L. V. Bryant Normal Hall and Dana
Putnam were the negatives. The young
men showed thorough knowledge of their
subject. The alternatives made strong
plea for annexation, on the ground of COM
mercial Importance. The negatives urged
that the islands were unnecessary to the ex-
tension of our commerce, and furthermore
showed the folly of our annexing them and
plunging the United States into ihterna-
tional complications, besides admitting such
large number of inferior people to citizen
ship. The judges decided that Messrs Hall
and Putnam had the better of the argument.
This gives their club place on the program
at the next convention of the Lyceum league,
to be held here in December.
Mr.. Knowles, musician of the Seventh
regiment, has been engaged to lead the or
chestra of the High school commercial
course. Mr.. Naraia still remains a member
of the orchestra, playing first violin.