The record-union., 1899-07-11
TEACHERS TARoNG
Los ANGELES.
Eight Thousand Already at the
Southern Metropolis,
And There Are Many Eastern Points Yet to
Be Heard From.

Ahu tH6Iu hIV MoWy LooivIh Vinse tet "
Be Heard From.
Confidently Expected That When
the Registrations Are Finally
Completed There Will be Names
of Over Ten thousand Teachers
on the Rolls az Being in Attend
ance ON the Educational Con-
vention.
LOS ANGELES, July 1O.-It is con-
servatively estimated that tonight
there are 5000 teachers in the city;
and when the Presidents gavel falls
tomorrow at the opening session of
the National Educational Association
Convention this number will be rein
forced by large delegations from the
far East and one or two of the Middle
States. Indeed, not until Wednesday
morning will the special flyer from
Chicago arrive with the Illinois con-
tingent. AS the New York guests have
telegraphed ahead that eighty rooms
be reserved for them, it is confidently
asserted that when registration is COM
pleted there will be names of over TO-
600. teachers on the rolls as being in
attendance on the convention.
And the preparations for their re-
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this evening at one instantaneous flash
over 10000 incandescent and 500 arc
lights twinkled welcome to the multi
tude that lined the principal streets.
And these were in addition to the or
binary city lights and the efforts of
the merchants who have in very many
instances lit up their premises with
lights in variegated colors. The park,
upon which the pavilion faces and
wherein the general sessions of the
convention will be held, is made bright
as day. and a band is entertaining the
throng that fills every avenue.
When the work of the convention
begins tomorrow it will be carried
ment having it's own meeting place,
and an opportunity being thus afford
ed for the teachers to attend to the
department work in which they have
special interest, and also participate
in the various forms of recreation pro-
vided.
The city teachers have kept open
house at the headquarters to-day, and
have dispensed luscious fruit with
fruit punch and lemonade to the visit
ing teachers. The reception-rooms were
transformed into a bower of roses, and
presented a typical appearance. Te-
morrow will also be 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 special ex-
cursion to Mount Lowe, and after dark
viewed the expanse, beneath dotted
towns and in the distance the Pacific
Ocean, in the light of the immense
searchlight at the observatory.
But while sightseeing has monopo-
lized 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. Mayor Eaton ex-
tended the hospitality of the city to
the assembled visitors, and was sup
ported by the leading educators of the
State.
Major r. H. Pratt of the Carlisle
school was among those who respond
ed. He made a strong plea for the
education of Indian children, and stated
that he had come to the institute to
fight, and intended setting forth some
plain truths while in the city.
DR.. Merrill Gates, former President
of Amherst College and now Secretary
to the Board Of Indian Commissioners,
stated that the pupils at the Carlisle
school will earn this year $25, 900 by
their own work during the, summer
vacation.
The band from the Indian school at
Perris, and also the Girls Mandolin
Club from the same school. won credit
for the several selections rendered.
Several of these boys have recently
been selected to form part of the band
the Government purposes sending to
the Paris Exposition.
When the second session Of the Ma
tional Council of Education was called
to order in the morning by the Presi-
dent. Professor A. r. Taylor, Principal
of the Normal School at Emporia,
kan, there was large attendance of
delegates An interesting report on
school hygiene was read by Hon. w
T. Harris, United States Commissioner
of Education, Washington, D.. c., it
having been prepared by the follow
ing committee appointed by President
Schaeffer at the meeting of the De-
partment of Superintendence at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, last year; w. T. Har-
ris. Washington, D. c.; F. A. Hill,
BOSTON, Mass; J. r. Kirk, Jefferson
city. Mo-; F. L. Soldan, st. Louis; A.
p. Marble, New York; E. o. Lyte,
Millersville, Pa; w. E. Wilson. Provi-
dence r. L.; w. L. Bryan, Blooming
ton, Ind; W. A. Mowsh, Hyde Park,
Ill.
A discussion followed the reading OF
the report, with the result that D COM
mittee was appointed to present. to the
Board of Directors from the Superin-
tendents of the different departments
asking that the former recommends
tion of an appropriation of 81 200 to
be used as premiums for prize essays
on school hygiene, and for the purpose
of defraying the expenses of further
investigation along the line of proper
schoolroom ventilation, be made.
The committee appointed is as fol-
lows: Professor A. r. Taylor Of EN-
poria, Kan, the President of the Ma
tional Council; DR.. Harris OF Washing
ton, D. c.: DR.. George p. Brown OF
Illinois, DR.. King of Iowa, and DR..