The record-union., 1899-12-29
THIRD DAYS SESSION.
THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
ELECTS OFFICERS.
San Francisco Chosen Unanimously
as the Next Place or
Meeting.

06 the Next E1ace u
Meeting.
The third days session OF the state
Teachers Association commenced IN
the Assembly Chamber yesterday after
noon, all except voting members being
excluded from the floor, so that the
gallery was well filled.
The first business was the election OF
officers, Richard D. Faulkner of San
Francisco presiding.
Superintendent J. w. McClymonds
of Oakland was nominated and elected,
the Secretary casting the vote.
For Vice President r. D. Faulkner of
San Francisco, o. E. Erlewine of Sac
ramento. F. E. Perrin of Stockton and
Mrs May L. Cheney of the State Uni
versity were nominated.
o. W. Erlewine and R. D. Faulkner
were elected.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was reelected Sec.
rotary by reclamation.
c. C. Hughes of Alameda was elect
ed Assistant Secretary.
Frank F. Bunker of Santa Rosa was
elected Railroad Secretary.
Philip Prior of San Francisco was re-
elected Treasurer.
President Bergerot of the San Fran
cisco Board of Education addressed the
association. He regretted that Mayor
Phelan was unable to appear before the
association and invite it to hold its
next annual session in that city,. when
it's citizens and it's loo teachers would
welcome it He promised on behalf of
San Francisco that the members
should receive half fare on the railroads.
On behalf of the new people of the
new San Francisco, he extended cor
dial invitation to hold the next session
there.
State superintendent Kirk moved that
the invitation be accepted.
Ex-President Burke said it was a
business proposition and the question
always considered by the association
| was: How much the meeting there
would add to the membership of the
association.
Assistant Superintendent Mark of
San Francisco said he could safely
guarantee an addition of over 1000 to
the membership.
superintendent Stout of Butte pre-
scented the invitation of Marysville. 1t
had been thought by the members of
the Northern Association that if the
association would hold its meetings
there it would do much good to North
ern California. He supposed they
would have to resign themselves to see
it go to San Francisco. He could as
sure the association, however, that if
1t would ever visit Marysville, it would
be most heartily welcomed and shown
all the courtesies possible.
The motion Of Superintendent Kirk
was carried.
A fine vocal solo by Miss Frances
Nourse was rendered with excellent ef-
feet when the regular session was
opened, the business session being over,
and she was encored.
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
THE Teachers Institute was the
subject of Harr Wagner's paper
He said the problem of better pro-
fessional training for teachers already
certificated has gradually come to be
recognized. California teachers are in,
terested in this discussion because there
is a consensus of opinion that our in
stitute laws should be amended, and
the next Legislature may make radi-
cal changes in providing further IA
cilities for further training Of teachers
The present institute law has done
much to give our teachers better meth
DDS Of instruction and greater profess
sional spirit.
He considered that the evils complain
ed Of in the present system are largely
due to method, not to the system. State
Superintendent Kirk thinks the insti-
tute has served it's purpose and laws
abolishing it will probably be passed
in the next Legislature. The first pro-
vides for an institute to be held in each
county, the time to be fixed by the
State Superintendent and the instruct
ors and programs to be selected by
him, the State Board of Education to
be the judge of the qualifications and
fix the compensation; two instructors
to be from the University of California
and one from each of the. normal
schools. The institute is to be in ses-
sion for ten days and the attendance
to be compulsory, the penalty of non
attendance to be the loss of certificate
and teachers to be allowed half pay.
The second contemplated law pro-
vides for ten normal Institutes fol-
teachers. one at Berkeley, one at Stan
ford and one at each of the California
to be selected by the State Board oil
Education. The State Board of Edu-
cation is to appoint a general director
of the Normal Institute, the instructors
are to be appointed for the university
and normal Institutes by the State
Board of Education by recommends
tons of the President of the university
and the normal schools, the other in
structors to be named by a committee
of the State Board of Education.
The other provisions are:
No one but teachers holding general
certificates will be enrolled as students
Teachers who have had professional
training do not need to attend a ses-
sion only once in four years.
Last but not least, said he, it recon-
mends the appropriation of 100000 fol
the maintenance of these ten California
normal Institutes. Both these laws are
inadequate and defective, yet they
raise several very important questions