The herald., 1898-11-19

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Cleyenger on woman in Municipal At
fairs" Next Tuesday's program will con-
sist of Thanksgiving day orations by Nor
man Hall and Walter Horgan, a speech by
A. Leavitt on "What Political Party Should
the Workingman Support"
There was . game of basket ball yester.
day afternoon between the seniors and the
middle BIS Of the normal school, The
seniors who played were the Misses Bland,
Wallop, Alice Jones, Julia Dwier, Shorten,
Adams and Clark. The middlers were the
Misses Moody, Brauer, McAdam, Randall,
Redmond, Little and Martin. The score
was ! TO 0 in favor of the latter team.
The Commercial Course Debating club
will meet November 81 at the Sand street
school. The subject for discussion is, RE
solved, that the United States Should An
mex the Island of Cuba" The affirmative
will be discussed by John 7. Hanley and the
negative by George L. Reynolds.
| The subject ut the High School Debating
club yesterday afternoon at the social room
the United States is the Best Place for
Poor Young Man of Ordinary Abilities to
| Begin Business Life" with the affirmative
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the negative by Mcssrs. Bryant and Hutton
The judges gave the argument and compost
ton to the affirmative and delivery to the
negative side. Dana Putnam was elected to
represent the club on the debate at the next
convention of the league.
| The Schoolmasters' club met at Fraternal
Brotherhood hall, No. 1851 South Spring
street, last evening, with N. Z. Conrey,
assemblyman-elect, as the guest of honor.
President B. w. Reed of the San Pedro
street school, presided. An informal pro-
gram was rendered. Mr.. Conrey responded
to a call for speech with few well chosen
words upon the Importance of the school
masters calling. Resolutions Of thanks
were passed by the club expressing appreci-
alton for Mr.. Conrey's work during the last
two years in his official relation to its mem
bers, and an enjoyable program of musical
and literary features was rendered, after
which light refreshments were served.
| Gardener Farnham, who looks after the
cultivation of the normal school grounds, is
busily engaged in embryotic plans for the
| laying Out of a botanical garden at the base
of the hill in the western part of the
grounds. Here all sorts of sub-tropc
plants will be experimental with. An I'M
mense basin with fountain has already
been constructed, the former varying in
depth from five to eighteen inches. In this
basin, with its shallow and deep water, will
be planted various varieties of water lilies,
and here the seed of the date palm will be
| terminated by floating sandstone on the
surface of the water which forms a crust
and on which the pollen of the palm, which
| is as fine as -four is gently thrown. The
terminating process consumes nearly a
year, by which time the tiny seeds have de-
veloped to the size of pinhead, when they
are removed and planted in very fine soil.
The little kindergartners have possessed a
garden for about two years which they indi
vidually have planted and cultivated, learn
ing many interesting things from Mother
Nature. The training department will now
also be supplied with school garden, laid
out on much the same plans as those of Eu-
ropean schools, which they will plant and
care for
Considerable speculation has been in
dulged in of late as to what has been done
with the large sums of money contributed
by the school children of Los Angeles and
other cities and towns of the United States
for the construction of battleship to take
place of the ill-fated Maine. In ali s426l .25
was raised by the school children of this
city and county, the same being forwarded
by the city and county superintendent of
schools to W. Rankin Goode of Cincinnati,
Ohio, both of whom hold personal receipts
for the amounts sent by them from young
Goode. At the time when the patriotic
fever was at its height and the suggestion
came to the pupils that they contribute to-
ward this object, it met with generous re-
sponse from the school children of this city
and county, the latter alone contributing
$1,000 more than the sum raised in Chicago,
and although the majority of those in the
foremost ranks of education disapproved of
the idea, believing Uncle Sam financially
able to furnish all the war equipments nee
essary to protection, they lent their aid to
the cause when they saw that the plan was
popular with parents as we'll as pupils. But
now that the fever has abated and so far as
is known not one-twentieth of the sum nee
essary for the construction of the battleship
has been raised, the thought has presented
itself that if the money is not put to thu use
for which it was raised by young Goode, it
should be returned to the schools of this
city and county, where excellent use can be
made of it in purchasing many things of
value toward the patriotic education of
"Young America" And should no infor-
nation be Forthcoming in the near future as
to the disposition of the money requisition
will be made for its return. However, Mr..
Goode will be given every opportunity to
build the battleship if there seems, to be
any chance of his ultimate success.