The herald., 1898-01-16

through the afternoon. The meeting
was timed to occur during the visit
south of Prof. E. b. Clapp Of the Uni
versity of California
The morning session opened at 10
o'clock, the first paper on the program,
entitled THE Order of Words in the
Ancient Languages" being read by Miss
Henrietta f. Brewer of the Redlands
high school. Horace A. Brown of the
Los Angeles Military academy followed
with paper on Reading and Transla-
tion."
| vocabulary and Idioms" was the title
of a paper by Miss Alma S. Brigham
of the high school. An election of officers
| for the coming year was then held, with
the following result: President, Prof
Norton of Pomona college; vice presi-
dent, Miss Helen G. Wooster, Los An
geles high school; secretary-treasurer,
Eugene Pitcher, Throop Polytechnic in
stitute.
| At the afternoon session Prof. Clapp
addressed the assembly on THE Teach
er as a Student" "Our teachers" said
Prof. Clapp, ARE, for the most part, am
bilious enough and need no spur; they
overwork, if anything. The teacher
must make his work profession" a
profession was defined as life work,
i'll which one must make a success in
order to keep his own self-respect. Pro-
fessional success as q teacher lies in
pedagogic ability and scholarship. The
pedagogic side being treated at all
teachers institutes and by all school
superintendents, the speaker confined
his remarks to the dicussion of the fol-
lowing points on scholarship:
The teacher should be a student for
the necessary mastery of his subject; he
must either go forward or backward; for
the impression his qualifications make
on the mind of the pupil; for the pleas
ure and solace to be derived from it. A
number of illustrations was given from
the speakers observation of teachers
in secondary schools, who have success
fully carried forward advanced work
under heavy pressure of duties in the
school room.
The teacher should study by becom-
ing master of some narrow field, and
by reading approximately the whole
range of classical authors.
Prof. Clapp answered concisely and
satisfactorily a number of questions,
and the discussions following each pa
per were very full. There were about
fifty teachers present, representing some
fifteen or more schools. Among the
teachers in attendance were the follow !
ing:
C. D. Moore. Santa Monica high school, !
Miss Rohers. Mr.. Loveland, Occidental
college; Alexander Hardie, Horace A
Brown, Cochran, DR., ], A. Widney Univer-
sity of Southern California; Prof. John |
Dickinson, President W. \. Edwards, |
Throop Polytechnic institute; Prof. Hatch,
(modern languages) University of South |
ern California; Miss lamar Gray, (Greek), |
University of Southern California: Prof. j.
H Cole, Uatin). University of Southern !
California; Miss Minerva Cook, University |
of Southern California; Prof. D. H. Col |
cord, Natin), Pomona college; Prof. f. c.
Norton. Greek, Pomona College; Miss
Henrietta Brewer, (Greek). Redlands |
high school: Miss Katherine c. Fall, |
Gatin), Redlands high school; Miss Alma |
S. Brigham, Gatin). Los Angeles high |
school: Mr.. A. Z. Baker, Iatin), Los An |
geles high school; Carlos Bransby. |
(Spanish). Los Angeles high school; Prin- |
cipal J. D. Housh. Los Angeles high school; |
Miss Katherine Carr, (Latin), Los Angeles |
high school: Mrs. S. NJ. Dorsey. Uatin). |
Los Angeles high school, Miss Helen G. !
Wooster, (Greek), Los Angeles high school,
Miss Katherine Nash. Uatin), Pasadena
high school: Miss NJ. D. Boynton, tGreek) |
Pasadena high school: Mr.. Eugene Pitcher
Throop Polytechnic institute: Miss Bah
bitt Monrovla high school; Miss De La
guna. Santa Ana high school; Miss Young !
love- Ventura high school: Miss Grace d. |
Wilson, Santa Paula high school; Mr.. H.
Newell. Santa Paula high school; Mr.. Roy
W. Day Occidental college.