The Anaconda standard., 1899-07-11
FILLED WITH TEACHERS
Eight Thousand Educators
Throng Los Angeles.
RECEIVING THE GUESTS
The City Brilliantly Illuminated by
Thousands Of Electric L!ghts-Cty
Teachers Keep Open House.
The National Council.

Los Angeles, Cal, July lott is con-
servatively estimated that tonight
there are 5000 teachers in the city. and
when the presidents gave falls at the
opening session of the National Educa-
tional association convention, this num-
Der will be reinforced by large delega-
tions from the far East. and one or two
from the middle states. Indeed, not
until Wednesday morning will the spe-
cial from Chicago arrive with the I'LL
nois contingent. The New York guests
have telegraphed ahead that so rooms
be reserved for them. 1t is confidently
asserted that when registration is COM
pleted, there will be the names of over
10000 teachers on the rolls as being in
attendance on the convention. And the
preparations for their reception are all
completed
At o'clock this evening, at one in
stantaneous fash over 10 900 incan-
descent and 500 arc lights twinked well
come to the multitudes that lined the
principal street. And these were in ad-
diton to the ordinary city lights and
the efforts of the merchants who have
in many instances lit up their prem
ises with lights i'm variegated colors
The park upon which the pavilion faces
and wherein the general sessions of the
convention will be held is made as
bright as day, and a band is entertain
ing the throng that fills every avenue
When the work of the convention be-
gins tomorrow it will be varied and in
specialized form, each department hav-
ing its own meeting place and an op-
portunity being thus afforded for the
teachers to attend the department
work in which they have special in
terest, and also participate in various
forms of recreation provided. The city
teachers have kept open house at head
quarters to-day and have dispensed
fruits with fruit punch and lemonade
to the visiting teachers. Tomorrow
VIII be also set apart as Los Angeles
day and the local teachers will again
receive their incoming guests.
This afternoon between 200 and 800 of
the visitors went on a special excursion
to Mt. Lowe and after dark viewed the
expanse beneath dotted with towns
and in the distance2the Pacific ocean in
the light of the immense searchlight at
the observatory. The descent was
made and the party returned by 10
o'clock
But while sightseeing has monop-
olized the attention of some the at
tendance at the opening session of the
Indian school service institute was
quite large, there being nearly 1000
teachers present. Major r. Pratt Of
the Carlisle school was among those
present and made a strong plea for the
education of Indian children. Several
of the boys from the Indian school at
Perris have recently been selected to
form part of the band the government
proposes sending to the Paris exposl-
ton.
When the school session of the Ma
tional Council of Education was called
to order in the morning by President
Taylor principal of the Normal school
at Emporia, Kas. there was large at
tendance of delegates. An interesting
report on school hygiene was read by
Hon. w. T. Harris. United States COM
missioner of education at Washington,
d. c..
A lengthy and comprehensive paper
was read by Prof. Charles Keyes. prin-
cipal of the high school at Holycke.
Mass, on the differentia ton of the
American school
The report Of the committee on state
normal schools, presented by Prof. u.
X. Snyder, president of the State Nor
NAL school at Greeley. Colo, dealt with
the function of the normal school in re-
lation to the faculty; those preparing
to teach the child; the social mind Cf
society, and the subjects to be stud
led.
President L. D, Harvey state super
intendent of public instruction Of
Madison, Wis. read a paper on the
subject. DO We Need a University
Trust?"
At the evening session DIR. f. G.
Hewitt of Bloomington H., read an
interesting paper on 'PsychClCgy for
the Teachers" basing his remarks on
recent articles in the Atlantic monthly
and the Educational Review by Prof.
Hugo Munsterberg of Cambridge.
The piece de resistance of the ses-
sion was the paper read by DIR. Nicho-
las Murray Butler of Columbia uni
versity, New York, on "The Educa
tional Progress of the Year"
There will be one more session of the
National Council on Tuesday morning,
and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
National Educational association con-
yentinn nrnner will open.