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EDUCATORS GATHER.
Big Delegations Reach Los Angeles
for the Convention.
ATTENDANCE WILL REACH 10000.
Opening Session Is Almost Entirely
Occupied with Delivery of Adj
4 dresses of welcome and
VI Responses.

NJ Responses.
Los Angeles, Cal, July 1.-THE city
is en- fete and the music of bands is
heard on every hand. The New York
delegation to the National Educational
association, in charge of e. S. Downing;
the Raymond and Whitcomb party from
eastern points; the special with the
Ohio delegation; the keystone special,
bringing the Pennsylvania contingent;
two Philadelphia specials, one in charge
of w. w. Roche and the other in charge
of Miss M. Wood, and a special from
Nicksburg in charge of Prof. Bass,
bringing delegates from southern
points, arrived Tuesday. The special
that was in collision with the freight
train In the northern part of the state
also arrived, bringing the Missouri and
other delegates save those who were in
Jured, who have stopped over at San
Francisco. In all the delegates arriving
Tuesday will number fully $500. When
the last special arrives from Chicago
to-day it is estimated that there will
be over $4,000 teachers in the city.
convention opens.
At three o'clock Tuesday afternoon
Hon. f. Q. Story, chairman of the local
executive committee, called the opening
session of the convention to order in
the pavilion. The building seats 5000,
but the audience numbered far in ex-
cess of that. Short addresses of well
come were made by Gov. Henry T. Gage,
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton 7. j. Kirk, Mayor Eaton and Super
intendent of City Schools ]. a. Foshay,
and responses We're made by N. C.
Dougherty, superintendent of schools,
Peoria, ILL.,; DR.. Emerson e. White, Co.
lumbus, O.. and j. H. Phillips, superin-
tendent of schools, Birmingham, Ala.
After the orchestra had played Mo-
zart's overture to don Juan" President
Fliphalet Dram Lyle, of Millerville, Pa,
delivered his address. ~;
President Lyle's Address.
DIR. Lyle in opening his address re-
ferred to the first meeting of the asso-
citation in Philadelphia, when 3s mem
bers were enrolled, and compared it
with the enrolment of more than 49,
600 in Washington last year He also
spoke of the progress made in other re-
spects. The National Educational asso-
citation, he pointed out, is an organiza-
ton through which the educators of
the country reach large bodies of teach
ers. Referring to the late war, he said:
Don't Need a Big Army.
"Our history has demonstrated that we
have no need Of great standing army.
1t has demonstrated that in every state
may be found an army ready at mo-
ment's notice to defend our flag against
every foe. And this army is not mar
shalled by military cheftains, but by edu-
cational chieftains. A strong nation is
made, not by barracks for troops, but by
s SCI for children; not by recruit
ing officers, but by schoolmasters; not by
rified cannon, and mauser bullets and war
vessels, but by books and newspapers and
churches. That nation is strong whose
citizens obey the law without seeing a
standing army behind the law. That ma
tion is strongest whose laws are based
on civil law and whose citizens obey both
divine and human laws, because they are
right
"A child obeys his teacher, who to him
Is the law. The child law must be con-
creted as the abstract Is the result of
higher form Of thought than the concrete;
SO a republic is higher type of govern
ment than monarchy. We may need an
army to subjugate the Philippines, but the
United states would be distinctly lowered
in moral tone If it should ever become nee
essary to maintain permanently within the
United States great standing army to Sc
cure to its inha bitants the blessings of
peace. II this is true, how great is the re-
sponsibiltty of the American school-teacher
PATRIOTISM Is in the air; it is the normal
condition of living under our flag.
Il recognize FULLY the right of others to
disagree with me, but 1 confess that 1 SO
thoroughly believe in the institutions of
our country and in the identifying influences
that follow our flag that rejoice to watch
the onward progress Of our ever-conquer-
ing republic and the triumphant march of
the Anglo-SaXon race"
Ihe evening session was as largely
attended as had been the one in the
afternoon. In addition to the woman's
orchestra, the Aeolian club, under the
direction of Mrs. G. B. Parsons, superin-
tendent of music in the public schools,
ended the proceedings by rendering sew
eral selections. DR.. w. I. Harris, United
States commissioner of education, de-
livered most appropriate and decided
ly interesting address on "An Educa-
tional Policy for Our New Possessions"
Henry S. Townsend, inspector-general
OF schools of Hawaii, made thought
fully-conceived address on the sub
ject: "The Educational Problem in Ha-
wall"
AT the closing session of the National
Council of Education held Tuesday
morning Prof. Louis Sedan, of st.
Louis, was elected president for the fol-
lowing year. Miss Belle A. button.
Cleveland, o., was reelected secretary.
Can't Agree.
Washington, July 12.--It appears to
be the accepted view in well-informed
government quarters that the limit of
concession has been reached in the ne
gotiations with the French authorities
for a reciprocity treaty, and Tuesdays
conference did not bring about any ma
terial change in the negotiations. At
the same time there is no thought vet
OF abandoning them, and treaty may
result later.
Death of French Senator.
Paris, July 12-Jules Philippe Louis
Albert Grevy, life senator and former