Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
TEACHERS FIGHT
BOOK COMBINE
INSTITUTE MAKES ATTACK ON
TRUST
Edu. ators Condemn state Printing Of
flee and Recommend Free School
Books to Be Supplied
j by Municipalities
The complete overthrow of ii

"school book trust" is threatened.
The most important result Of the
work accomplished by the Teachers
institute, which closes today, Is the
beginning of movement to abolish the
present state text book printing sys-
tenn and the securing Of free books fol
the schools.
A resolution will be presented at the
meeting this morning condemning the
state printing office and recommending
free text books, to be supplied by the
municipality. The resolution is the out
come of a meeting of the council OF
education in the Polytechnic high
school yesterday morning, when the
present system was severely denounced
by several speakers, who seemed to
express the unanimous sentiment of
the assembly, as not a word in its de-
fense was spoken. One of the most
trenchant criticisms was delivered by
J. d. Whistler of Venice, who charac-
terized the school text book law of
California as abomnable.
Scores Present System
He urged the appointment of a legis-
lative committee to plan a campaign
to abolish the present system and to
secure free text books.
DIR. J. r Millspaugh of the state nor
NAL school made a strong speech in
favor of the free text books and made
the suggestion that the municipalities
should provide them. He showed from
statistics gathered in past experiences
in educational work in other states
that the school attendance would be
greatly increased and the state ap-
preparation materially enlarged there
by.
The only address this morning will
be made by DR.. l.. D. Harvey, who
will speak on the subject, What Next
in Education" The committees will
make. their reports and the election
and installation of officers for the next
year will be held.
Favors Industrial Training
A strong defense of manual training
in the public schools was made by Dr.
L. d., Harvey, principal of Stout
Training school, Menominee, Wis, at
Simpson auditorium in the afternoon.
."I would put more industrial train
ing into the public schools" said the
speaker, land make it necessary to
put out some of the things that are un-
essential. would have the mind OF
the Student turned toward things,
rather than to symbols of things"
There is no more important and no
more dangerous subject than the one
have chosen" said DR.. A. e. Winship
of Boston. who spoke about "The New
Girl "This is the first time that
girls have been the topic of any ses-
sion of this institute or any other in
stitute, may venture to say. We have
had boys, boys, boys, any number Of
times but the girls have been left out
The reason, take it, is that no one
has been foolhardy enough before to
grapple with the subject of girls
Talks of the Girl Problem
s'This is an important question be-
cause there are 100000 girls in the
schools of the United States and they
are to be the mothers of the men Of
the future; they are to be the I'M
married women of the future; they are
to be the unfortunate women Of the
future, and they are to be the bad
women of the future.
Judge Lindsay said recently that
he thinks he can solve the problem
of the bad boys, but he can't begin to
solve the problem of the bad girls Of
the e community. There are two
thoughts bring you regarding girls
and their Importance cannot be over
estimated. One is their need of appre-
citation aud the other concerns the at
tention that should be paid to their
financial life.
"Girls are hungry for appreciation
It is my belief that the great majority
OF women who are professionally bad
are so because they never knew loving
appreciation in their homes. 1 am not
going to deliver a harangue on the
wrongs of women but do say that on
the whole women have never had a
square deal.
"The financial life of girls should be
given careful attention. Among the
girls who have gone wrong there are
many who would not have left the
path of virtue but for the financial
rar0klein In their homes
Asks for Square Deal
mo child ever has the right to ask
father or mother for one penny. That
money is their and they ought to have
a share Of 1t without having to ask for
1t. No boy who has seen his sister
spend her own money will ever ask
a girl to be his wife who has not en-
joyed the same financial independence.
The financial slavery of married
women is one of the most frequent
causes Of misery. I want to say to
every man and every woman. for you
will admit that women are less SYM
pathetic with their sex than men, that
we should see to 1t that the girls have
a square deal in life"
A. II. Chamberlain, Throop Polytech-
mic institute. Pasadena, gave boost"
for the National Educational associa-
tion convention In San Francisco next
July. He urged all the teachers to do
their best to make the convention a
monster success and said that all the
teachers associations in the states of
washington. Oregon and California
have siguifed their willingness to help
boost the convention.
Instead of an attendance of 1000,
which was the number at the N. e. A.
when 1t met In Los Angeles. let us
have 5000 at San Francisco in July"
he concluded.
Music for the afternoon was fur
nished by Miss Eta M. Craft who
played violin solo, Fantasia Ap-
passionate" and Charles Bowes, who
sang Gounod's "She Alone Charmeth
My Sadness"
To Arranoe Church Union