The San Francisco call., 1904-12-28
special pIsnateh to The csll.


A SAN JOSE, Dec. 27.--More than one
thousand teachers have taken possession
of the Garden City and for the rest of
the week they will meet together and
discuss matters appertaining to the
school room. OF this vast .assemblage
more than two-thirds are young ladies.
To-day the real rush began, and all
day long delegations of teachers reg
istered with Secretary Fitzgerald from
over the State. Tonight the teachers
made merry at the Hotel Vendome,
where they were rendered a reception
by the teachers of San Jose and Santa
Clara County. The parlor and lanai
were handsomely decorated and hand
somely dressed schoolma ans promen-
AIDED about and became acquainted
with the teachers from other sections
of the State. In the large music hall
there was dancing.
There was a crush all day about the
secretary's desk at the Normal School
by those who wished to register. Most
of the noted educators in the State
are present. Among these are noticed
John SWEET, one of the pioneer teachers
of San Francisco; Professor A. l..
Mann of San Francisco; Charles 4.
Biedenbach of Berkeley. president of
the California Teachers Association;
O. w. Erlewine of Sacramento. Miss
Kate Ames of Napa, John w. Dinscott
of Santa Cruz: p. NJ. Fisher, principal
Of the Polytechic High School. Oakland;
Mark Kepple. Superintendent of Los
Angeles County; Henry Meade Bland
of the San Jose State Normal School;
DIR. r. c. Moore of San Francisco: a.
L. Shumate. a former president of the
association and now railroad secretary;
d. S. Snedden of Stanford. Frank +.
Thompson of San Diego and j. w. Nc
Clymonds of Oakland. -
To- morrow the real work OF the Cali
fornia State. Teachers Association
commences. The sessions will open in
the afternoon, and the various organ
izations will meet together.
STUDY Or CHEMISTRY.
This forenoon was given up to meet
ings of the different organizations At
10 O'Clock the Pacific Coast Associa-
ton of Chemistry and Physics Teachers
convened. President s. e. Coleman of
Oakland presided and Secretary Ed
ward Booth Of Oakland recorded the
proceedings. The subject for discussion
was 1.-THE Relation of the Laboratory
Course to the Recitation" =. T. Tonp-
kins of the Lowell High School. San
Francisco. read a paper on the subject
in which he held that there should al
ways be a close relation between the
laboratory, the demonstration and the
recitation or the textbook. He favored
the laboratory work being first used
and then the recitation.
W. O. Smith of the Mission High
in San Francisco took the opposite
view Of the question. taking the stand
that the recitation should precede the
laboratory work.
Fl. F. Sheldon, principal of the Sui
sun High School, also discussed the sub
ject Professor Sanford of the Stan
ford University and teacher in the de-
partment of physics addressed the
meeting and stated that from what he
knew the high school work in physics
and chemistry was not satisfactory.
He said that the only way to learn is
by laboratory work. President Cole
man favored laboratory work.
MANUAL TRAINING.
The Manual Training and Drawing
Teachers Association held two inter-
esting sessions to-day. Professor
Arthur B. Clark of Stanford Univer-
sity was chairman and Charles II.
Thorpe of San Francisco secretary.
One of the finest exhibits of manual
training and drawing ever made on the
coast is on exhibition at the normal
school. The exhibit is the work of the
pupils of the school. The teachers list
ened to the following addresses and
papers:
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