The herald., 1898-12-12

The second meeting of the Los Angeles
County Teachers association, called for
yesterday morning by the new president,
4. p. Rowell, was not held until 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon owing to washout on the
San Diego surf line, which prevented the
arrival of Prof. Thomas p Bailey, who was
to deliver the address of the meeting.
Dr. Bailey is a professor of ethnology of
the State university at Berkeley, and as
student of the modern psychological
methods is closely connected with that kind
Of work, being especially interested in the
experimental school in Oakland. DR..
Baieys address was listened to with close
attention by sympathetic audience. His
subject was "Our Religious Instincts From
the Standpoint of Ethnology,' He said, in
part: much importance should be at
tached to the definition, Of religion. Many
great men have said that one OF the glories
of America is the absence of sectarianlsm
in the schools Every man possesses re-
lieious instincts. What | mean by re-
ligious instincts is reverence and depend
ennce | mean by reverence a bowng
down before some ideal, humility, the
valuing of something eternal and constant
looking up to something higher. By de-
pendence ! mean that we cannot get along
without each other. We all belong to one
and the same organization. The three
great features of religion are gregariousness,
the Aocking together of the people, which
leads to religion and means more than any
thing else, for it means social solidarity;
play, or the spontaneous outburst of the
inner nature, in which we find the spon-
taneity of the masses and the individual
and sympathy, the deepest root OF
religion, which proves us something
more than thing. Mere gre
qariousness is the law of the jungle, and
means slavery; play without gregariousness
would mean a lack of social solidarity, but
combined we have two OF the greatest ele-
ments of religion. Sympathy demands
that the thing that is back Of the universe
4 should be sympathetic, have mind and
heart. How are we going to cultivate all
three of these things! BY quietly and
unostentatiously taking God for granted
in the name of the constitution of the
United States of America and the state
OF California, for without Him our patriot
ism would grow cold, and our institutions,
which are built upon religion and reverential
independence, go to- pieces. We must put
the universe on a footing of common religion,
for the love of God is the foundation OF the
state, home and the family life, and we must
practice what we preach in season, and out
of season."
The Misses Norton, Rosenthal Widney,
Travis, Arons, Rolfe and, Mullen gave
''spread" Wednesday noon at the normal
school building in honor of Miss Bonnie
Travis birthday. The luncheon was laid
in the tower room, which was prettily deco
rated with roses and smilax. The atfal
was arranged in the nature of surprise
and the girls feel very proud that its grea
success proves that the feminine sex car
keep a secret.
The Utopia club met IN Friday evenin'
and discussed the carter Miss Mabe
Noyes was elected treasurer to fill va
cancy, Miss Gle >,enger was elected to re-
resent the el''. q on the debate at ~
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as r. M. c. A. and high school cl,
q elected delegates.
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