Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
CHAMPIONS CAUSE
OF ROCKEFELLER
EDITOR DECLARES FlNANClER
HAS TWO SIDES
Pictures Him as a Lover Of Flowers
and Advises Teachers to Follow
His Example as Student
Of Nature

A champion of John D. Rockefeller
was revealed in the person of DIR. Ed
ward II. Bigelow, editor of st. Nicho-
las magazine, Stamford, Conn, who
spoke yesterday morning at the general
sessions of the teachers institute.
Let me say" he exclaimed with deep
feeling, ITO you who have gathered
your impressions of John d. Rockefel-
Ter from the articles in magazines that
there is another John d. Rockefeller
that the world does not know. The
man as know him is not the cruel,
ruthless destroyer he has been pic
tured. Those things printed in criticism
of his business methods may or may
not be true. If they are, there are
two John d. Rockefellers, and 1 know
but one. He is my neighbor, the COM
panion of my walks-a gentle, kind
old man, who loves the field; who goes
with me and my girls out under the
blue sky to be with the tiny creatures
of the woods we both love to study.
That grasping spirit, If 1t existed, is
gone; he is a little boy again, eagerly
seeking knowledge about the flowers,
the insects and the birds he loves so
we'll"
DR.. Bigelow's subject. "Outings in
broadly treated. In his remarks he
took occasion to teach little lesson in
patriotism Taking as text the lines
of the national anthem
'I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and tempted hills"
he urged the teachers to go to nature
with the little children and learn to
know-'to really know"-the rocks and
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Get Close to Nature
Suppose" he said, that l am a
young man about 20 and the lover of
one of you young lady teachers. Sup
pose you lived out at Monrovia and
l wanted to make love to you and
stood and sang: L love you, my Susan
ma; L love you. All day long 1 think
of you and dream of you at night
And If ] kept this up without ever go
ing near you, wouldn't you think me
fool? OF course; everybody would.
And yet that is the way patriotism is
taught all over the country. We sing
the praises of this glorious country
from our school rooms and never try
to go out and learn for ourselves about
these glories."
DR.. Bigelow was preceded by Miss
Jane Brownlee. principal of La Grange
school of Toledo, o., who talked about
moral training in the public schools.
She emphasized the necessity of strict
ness of discipline without harshness.
Never strike a child in anger" she
said. but the mother who does not
teach her child to obey is doing wrong
to him that will result in his develop
ing weak character. Teach the child
to live each hour of the day in such
a manner as to develop the best that
is in him. Awaken the consciousness
that he is the God-child; that he is
destined for eternity; that he is to
live this life for the experience he can
CLEAN from it, and that his body ano
mind are but the seed of hope for the
future"
Look Westward for Romance
Chauncey w. Wells of the University
of California read a paper on 1.-The
American Novel" at the afternoon ses-
sion. The works of the east, west and
south were passed upon briefly and
their import noted. The speaker said
that the great American novel, when
it came to be written, would be a west
ern product, the spirit of adventure
and romance that would be needed to
make a truly American work of fic-
ton. no longer existing east of the
Alleghenies.
Miss Margaret e. Schlenberger spoke
practical School Subjects and Vice
Versa"
A vote of thanks was extended to
Superintendent Foshay, to whose eff
forts the success of the institute is
largely due.
Dickens Evening
The perennial power to charm of
Dickens was demonstrated last night
at the general session in the auditorium
of the state normal school, when the
pupils and faculty of the Dobinson
school gave in costume a delightful
hour of impersonations and readings
from David Copperfield" and Pick
wick Papers" Charles Dickens himself
appeared in the person of Mr.. Dobin-
son, who gave an imitation of the great
author as he saw him in st. James hall,
London, when Dickens gave a reading
of the trial scene in "Pickwick Papers"
A dialogue between David and Dora
from David Copperfield" was pre-
sented by Miss Jessie Imlach and
Edgar Thompson.
In his address of welcome Superin-
tendent Foshay expressed the joy of
the 800 teachers of the city in fore
gathering once more with the county
instructors. He said that the occasion
ought to prove one of mutual helpful
ness and inspiration.
James d. Graham of Pasadena, chair
man, responded and also touched very
briefly on the mooted question of teach
ing the Bible in the public schools.
I'VE call ours Christian nation with
pride he said, but if the principles
of Christianity are to remain inn
planted in the nation the children must
be taught it, and who can teach them
but the teachers?"
Kathryn E. Stone had charge of the
musical program, which was composed
of two songs by the School Masters
Glee club and piano solo by Miss
Frances c, Close.