Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
EDUCA TON
AND CUL TURE
Los ANGELES HAS A RECORD TO
BE PROUD OF
sAL EXPENDITURES soR
BUILDINGS
Day and Evening Schools with Ma
tionaI Regulations, High Moral
Standard-PhysicaI Train-
ing Excellent

While both educational and amusement
facilities are essential, the former ever
comes first. It's school system is the
pride of Los Angeles With the state
normal, there are seventy public school
buildings, including two large and splen-
ddly equipped high schools; teachers
employed. 100; school children enrolled.
$1,000; miscellaneous private schools and
colleges. thirty five.
The enrolment of the two high schools
is about 1000. The Polytechnic high
school recently completed is second to
none in the entire country. Evening
schools are maintained during the win
ter for the benefit of young wage-e earners
who cannot attend during the day.
Among the private and semi-privata
schools and colleges are the University
of Southern California. Occidental col
lege, st. vincents college. Harvard
school, Yale school, Marlborough school
and Huntington hall The normal school
in Los Angeles is one of the leading edu-
cational institutions of the state.
The rapid growth of the city has se-
verely taxed the school accommodations.
and the liberal school bond issues. read
lily voted by the people, the proceeds be-
Ing used to construct new school build
ings and enlarge old ones, have no more
than provided sufficient room. Halliday
sessions have for the most part been
avoided.
The fair fame of Los Angeles as an
educational center is countrywide. and
this has been of material assistance in
twice bringing the conventions of the
National Educational association to this
city.
There are more children in the pub
lie schools of Los Angeles than in those
of any other city in California 1t is
noteworthy. too, that California ranks
third in the number of pupils in high
schools, being excelled only by Massa-
chusetts and Nebraska.
Amusements
AS the greatest tourist city in the
country, with large leisure class among
it's residents, and with an all-pervading
general prosperity. the demand for high
class amusement is on corresponding
scale. This demand is properly filed
There are in this city thirteen theaters
with several others projected, and two
amusement parks. The recently COM
pleted Auditorium compares favorably
with the best of the theater buildings of
the large eastern cities and the Mason
is large and handsomely furnished and
equipped, playing only to first-class
attractions. so-called The Auditorium is
an Independent theater; the Orpheum
belongs to one of the great vaudeville
circuits, There are two first-class stock
companies, the Morosco and the Be-
lasco. playing at home the year around
and attracting a high class of players.
The Chutes is a great open-air garden,
with theater attached.
In music as in drama, Los Angeles is
splendidly provided for. Every great
operatic star and opera company play
ing on the Pacific coast comes to Los
Angeles; the best orchestras and soloists
cater to the public symphony or
chestra OF sixty members gives a series
of concerts every winter. There are sew
eral singing clubs of high rank. It Is
probable that there is no other city In
the country of similar size where so
large proportion of the population is
interested in the arts, music, drama.
painting and the like. Both the cli-
mate and the city appeal irresistibly to
the best talent in all these departments.