The herald., 1898-12-05
SCHOOL NOTES
Of Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

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The teachers regular monthly meeting
was held Saturday morning at the high
school and was we'll attended These teach
ers' meetings are occasions taken by the
supervisors of the different lines of work to
give pointers to those instructors beneath
them in rank.
Accordingly, at 9:05 and continuing till
9:35, Prof. Hoose gathered small flock ol
teachers, each provided with a notebook
and addressed them in room on further
advantages and ideas in their particular line
OF teaching. In room IL Mrs. Parsons, the
principal in music, and Prof Kunou, in the
sloyd department in the basement, were
simultaneously with Prof Hoose addressing
similar gatherings.
AT 9:35 the sections shifted about and
different grade teachers were addressed in
reference to their particular grades, and
notebooks were being filed in as many as
seven different rooms at the same time
Prof. Rohde, principal OF gymnastic work,
conducted a class in room 10; and in room
80 Mrs. Frick was busy with a paper on
English, the use of punctuation, forming
sentences and the writing of outline Of the
works studied. She remarked upon the ut
ter lack of observation INDUCED in by the
majority of pupils in this every day life,
telling how impossible it was for the pupils
to describe with any accuracy house or
tuilding which, though passed innumerable
times, was not noted even in the greater de-
tails.
From 1905 to 1926, besides the regular
section meetings, Mrs. Bradfeld, principal
OF drawing, addressed gathering in room
49,; Prof. Rohde section in room Is, and
Mrs Parsons music section in room 80.
At IL o'clock the auditorium was darkened
and DR.. g. NJ. Cole delivered to all sections
lecture on The Cliff Dwellers," illustrat-
ed with many views from a stereopticon
DR.. Cole has passed much time in exploring
the ruins of the dwellings of this strange
people and has scaled the cliffs of the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado and has delved into
the mysteries of Montezuma's castle.
Prof. E. p. Rowell, the new president OF
the Los Angeles County Teachers associa-
tion, is earnestly working for an increase in
the membership of the association, and to
that end has sent out all over the county
circular letters, urging every teacher to join
the organization. An extract from the cir
cular reads
"No teacher can afford to belong to a
weak association, while every teacher will
cneerfully support strong one. This organ
ization can be made helpful to all of it's
members, provided a large membership can
be secured. One or more Of the professors
of Stanford or Berkeley universities can be
secured for each program OF the year if there
is full attendance of the teachers 1t
costs only 80 cents to become a member
The association will be worth many times
this amount to all Of its members. The Sc
lection of Los Angeles as the place of meet
ing of the n. T. A. for 1899 is a sufficient
argument for large association. if there
were no other. Programs of each meeting
will be announced at least ten days in ad
vance Of the same. The dates of meeting
will be at 10 a. m. as follows December TO-
1898; January %, 1899; March IL, 1897 Nav
p, 1899. All meetings will be held in Los
Angeles high school. The program for De
cember 10 includes chorus singing by the
lady teachers OF the city schools; address
The County Teachers Association, 1t,
Needs and Its Benefits and an address b,
Prof. Thomas P. Bailey of the State uni
versity, on Our Religious Instincts From
the Standpoint of Ethology'"