The San Francisco call., 1904-12-29
Executive of State
Discusses Matter
of Increased Pay
FINDS FEW MEN
IN PROFESSION
Pedagogues Spend
Very Busy Day at
the Garden City
ELECT OFFICERS
FOR NEXT TERM
Special Dispatch to The call.

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SAN JOSE, Dec. ss.-This was a busy
day for the teachers who are here 70
attend the sessions OF the California
Teachers Association. After the recep-
ton at the Vendome last evening they
were all In a happy mood and had be-
come better acquainted with each 9TH
er The State Normal School. where
the meetings are being held. was
crowded to the doors all day long. and
the registration was very large The
Elementary School Association and the
High School Teachers Association met
at $3.50 o'clock this morning, and the
meeting attracted the attention and at
tendance Of nearly all the visitors.
The California Teachers Association
held its first meeting in Normal Hall
this afternoon A large crowd was
present and MANY were unable to Sc
cure seats. Governor Pardee was pres
ent and with Mayor Worswick and 9TH
er noted citizens and educators Occu-
pied seats on the platform. All the Of
f1cers Of the State association were
present They are as follows:
President. Charles l. Biedsnbach. Berkeley;
vice president Miss Kate Ames Napas vice
president B. W. Griffith. Los Angeles; secre-
street. san Francisco: assistant secretary. Miss
A 9. Kelly. san Francisco; railroad secretary.
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Prior. San Francisco
President Charles L. Biedenbach
called the meeting TO order and intro
duced Rev. s. D. HuJsinpiller Of the
First Methodist Church, who offered
an invocation
WELCOMED BY MAYOR
Mayor George D. worswick delivered
an address Of welcome. He said he
was glad TO welcome representatives OF
interests OF such great moment, not
only to the State. but 10 the nation as
well, and paid a pretty compliment TO
the teachers as build - Of the charac-
ter Of men in the high places and the
makers OF Americas greatest men, He
was proud Of the schools Of San Jose.
and wished the administration was in a
position to raise the salaries OF the
teachers The visiting teachers were
asked to make their visit pleasant, and
he hoped they would accomplish much
In their meetings that would rebound
to the credit Of the commonwealth.
President Charles L Biedenbach re-
sponded on behalf Of the teachers and
then delivered his annual address The
progress made by the teachers was re-
ferred to, and he attributed this to
clubs, Institutes and associations. He
said the California Teachers AssOcta-
ton always stood in the lead In edu-
cational works and was making rapid
progress and assuming definite charac-
ter The association is an aggregation
CT associations, each with it's own Of
fcers and bylaws. This organization,
he said, would have been impOssible
ten years ago, and ten years from now
a greater organization was expected.
II was hoped by that time that per-
manent annual meeting place would be
secured. with a permanent and we'll
Maid secretary in charge, whose duty II
60 ah frf al
said this was possible, as there were
$1,000 eligible members in the State and
81 each would furnish the funds. and
the teachers were anxious to pay the
money for such work One Of the most
important problems before the associa-
ton was that Of salary.
All agreed that the teachers were
undergrad and many had come to be-
Iieve IL. He believed majority Of the
Teofslatl1re favored an increase OF the
nav Of the teachers and certainly the
Governor did. The only way to pro-
cure an increase, he said, lay IN an m
crease Of the school funds. The new
text hooks and course OF study we're
referred to and the speaker said there
was an improvement IN each. The
ethics OF teachers we're touched upon
GIVES ADVICE To TEACHERS.
p. +. Gosbey, president OF the San
lose City Board OF Education, deliv-
cred an address. He spoke Of the char
acter Of teachers and showed how
much depended on them In forming the
character Of their pupils He referred
to the life Of Abraham Lincoln Teach
ers were advised to tell their pupils Oc-
casionally Of the great men that some
spark Of emulation might be kindled in
the heart Of the little student. He
spoke Of the average school trustee
and the selection OF men to rule the
teachers who had no ideas Of the art
of teaching. Teachers were advised
not to undermine one another. but to
live ND tc a high code OF ethics.
Mr.. Roberts Of Palo Alto rendered a
barvtone solo that received much ap-
plause-
duced. and spoke in a humorous vein
for some minutes. He said he wished
he could see more gentlemen present.
not that he would take away one lady,
hut that he wanted to see more men,
He said that the people OF the State
loved the public schools and that the
people were willing to do everything
they could to make them better. The
burning question now was money. He
had dug and toiled to get light on the
vexatious question. His private Sec
retary even admitted that more salary
was due the teachers. He and Super
intendent Of State instruction Kirk had
fought over and studied the question.
and now they had begun to see some
daylight ahead. He said that II each
pupil In a district was not receiving
an equal amount OF educational ad-