Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-22

life of the boy if he believes you to
he the representative of a square deal
You can govern him by letting MN
govern himself Trust the boy and
take an interest in him. $500,
'rrhere is need of fleXibility in hano-
ling boys II to IA years old. Get the
boy's confidence: see it as he saw 1t.
mo bov's question should lack an
snswer. 1t can be simple but don't
turn him away.
"There is too much mock modesty III
this respect. Don't let the boy learn
the hottest thing in life in the gutter
The way to crush out Improperly Is 10
be straightforward, open and ABOVE
board in these things.
In the afternoon the Los Angeles
and Ventura county session was di-
vided into three sections. I. }. PM
lips, assistant county superintendent
| presided at the primary section Iof
| kindergarten and first grade teachers
in Blanchard hall. DR.. r. G. Boone
| made an address on school uses OF
Handiwork' and Mark Keppel spoke
on In the Beginning
The intermediate section for teach-
/ ers from the second to sixth graues
was held in Simpson auditorium, A. I.
Wheat, assistant county superintend-
| ent of schools, presiding. Superln-
| tendent p, W. Kaufman and Dr. *. u:
!
| ton.
Grammar and high school teachers
| met in the normal school AUDITORIUM
and were addressed by Postmaster
Flint on the subject, Inside Working
| of the Postoffice and Facts Which
| Every Patron Should Know" James
| r. REYNOLDS, superintendent of the
| Ventura county schools, presided ana
Superintendent H. A. Adrian made an
! address.
Prof. E. P. Cubberly and Assistant
| Superintendent Bettinger addressed
the session of the kindergarten, hrst
and second grade city teachers, at the
! Polytechnic gymnasium
High school teachers met in the au-
ditorium of the old building.
Afternoon Sessions
]. B. Monlux. deputy superintendent
of the city schools, presided in the ant
ernoon at the meeting of the teachers
! of the third to eighth grades at the
high school Prof. A. f. LANCE head
of the department of education, Uni
versity of California, made an instruc-
tive address on 1.-The Pupil and His
Language" He spoke of the constant
changes in language and said that the
pupil was forced to conform to these
i changes.
The high school teachers met in the
auditorium of the old building of that
institution. A. w. Edwards presided
w. H. Housh. principal of the high
b school, delivered an address on
standards in Secondary School Work
, in Europe." Prof Housh said in part:
"From the report of the Mosely ed
ucational commission England Learned
that in America secondary education
was widely distributed, was free, was
appreciated and demanded by people
of every class and condition, and tina
nd
progress was stimulated by giving
such educati to the masses.
MY recent visit to Europe was al
, a time of unrest and experiment in ed"
vocational, political and industrial prob
lens I met many who had VISITED
and studied the schools of America. u
England agitation was rife for more
and better schools.
"Our system of electives is unknown
in England. There, if the student fails
to reach given grade by certain age
> he is eliminated from the schools, OTTER
; with injustice
Physical Health Considered
physical training and physica
health receive various degrees of at
tention. The organized games In tn
l schools of Great Britain are in advance
but those of the continent are not.
4 1.-THE best plays are studied an'
4 acted. The favorite plays in the boys
schools are those of Shakespeare.
"It would mean much if at the ag'
I of 10 years our students could leaV
5 our high schools and enter the JUNO
, classes of the universities"
> Miss Katherine b. Ross made an in
teresting address on "Our Problems.
The discussion was opened by Mrs.
N M. Dorsey, who said in part: eve ar
not accomplishing what we should Il
teaching gentle manners. | am not on
y who believes that we have fallen o
= hard times and that in the good oil
days boys and girls were always re
# speetful to their elders, thoughtful 10
- their equals, obedient and courteous
I, / am inclined to believe that the natur
Il of bows and girls is about the same nor
as formerly. Conditions, however, ar
~ changed, and for these new eohuitiol
J. we must plan new ways
m "a young life is not under the 81
pervsion Of parents so much as 1ol