Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-18
BURBANK TO
GIVE VIE WS
TO TEACHERS
INSTITUTE MOST SUCCESSFUL
HELD HERE
NAeelNe is DISCUSSED BY
SPEAKER
Art Work In Public Schools, Methods
of Training and Results Are
a.
Told OF by Ex-
perts

The second day of the teachers sessions
of Southern California was held yestei
dav in the different schools ana depart
ments with great interest. Many orii-
liant speeches marked the day Tne ses-
sion is proving one of the most suooes'
ful in local educational circles.
one of the most interesting events OF
tbo session will be the address OF Lutner
Rurbank. the plant wizard. Mr.. Burbank
will address several sections in the rory
technic high school, and 1t Is expecteu
that this rare pleasure will be apprecl-
ated bv the teachers with a large at
tendance.
M. c.. Bettinger addressed the county
teachers yesterday morning On
ging" He said in part:
..rhere are two general principles
hearing ,lpon the work with which haVe
been connected for several years one
81 them Is this An adult who Wouid
undertake the work of training cnlld'
must take his starting point wnere ne
and the child can start together. rms
trainer must take his subject as he nnds
him and not expect him to come maue
TO order. otherwise there Will be nag
ging relation established right from the
beginning.
.Srhe only person who is fully qualified
10 take the place of trainer Is the one
who has not yet lost the power to place
himself easily and gracefully in the
midst of this child-world and live with
the child here in the same manner In
which Froebel remarked Come let us
live with the children, think with them
feel with them, play with them' work
with them and talk about their anairs.
He who can do this Is qualified as man
ager. discipliner and trainer of children
without nagging.
Child Will Not Yield
"There is a nagging process to all
those who do not readily lend themselves
to their moulding process. The children
who can or will not yield themselves
to the making over process f1nd their
way into private schools, special scnooiS
or no schools at ALL
"Mv second general principle deals with
the time element with the question OF
past or future. He who would be entire
ly free from the nagging process or the
children must work in the future with
matters shat are coming to pass, not
with events that have already passed.
Little children have no yesterdays and
should be given points for the future,
and nagging should be avoided. :.
The subject of Mexico, Her Schools"
was discussed by e. c. Moore, superin-
tendent Of city schools, yesterday morn
ing He said in part:
'.The Indian does not belong to a dis
appearing race, although you often hear
that he does There are plenty of In
dians in Mexico. and they are proud OF
being such. Because there are so many
grades of civilization, the chief aim of
the Mexican government is to raise its
general standard and education is de-
pended upon to accomplish this end.
''The scholar occupies more dignified
place in Mexico than he does here, and
there is tendency to teach those things
which will tend to unite the people
rather divide them. For this reason
mathematics are taught rather than the
ology. There is an effort to give the peo-
ple demonstrable facts about which they
cannot disagree
1.-THE time will come when the edu-
Gator will be a more popular leader than
the politician, believe the day Is
not far distant when a Pan-American
congress of education will be called by
Mexico. Then we shall be able to show
to the world that education Is the most
important thing In the consideration Of
neople on the western hemisphere"
Color Is Topic
Miss Edith M. Ingersoll spoke yesterday
afternoon before the art section In the
hirh school on "Color Schemes She
said in part:
.erhe theory that color should empha-
size form is doubtful That there Is one
use to which color may be put we do not
question. Purity Of form certainly needs