Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17


lence throughout the county. This is
due in part to the cultured intelligence
of the community, to the superior class
of teachers demanded and secured to
close proximity to Los Angeles, so
widely recognized as an educational
center, and to the fact that the schools
are conducted under the laws of Cali
fornia, which state enjoys an enviable
pre-eminence in matters of education
So broad and comprehensive is tn
public school course, approXimating, as
it does in the high school, a college
training that a young person complet-
ing it is well qualified to creditably fill
any ordinary position in life. Gradu
ates from the high school are pre-
pared to enter the colleges of the Uni
versity of California, Stanford univer-
sity, colleges of Southern California,
and the State Normal school,
A high standard of musical and art
training prevails in all the schools. The
school orchestras of the high and
Fourth street schols are credit to the
city. The series of grade school con-
certs, given in Los Angeles under the
auspices of c. F. Edison by leading mu-
sicians of that place, were an easily
available educational factor in molding
musical taste and imparting knowledge,
which it is expected will be continued
this year.
Art training is given in all the schools
along approved modern lines, by in
structors of excellent ability and train
ing. Exhibits of school art work from
time to time are highly commendable
and the refining and uplifting influence
of this and of the generous display OF
works of art in each building must as
suredly have a strong influence in the
right direction upon the taste and char
acter of every pupil.
The three school libraries aggregate
a total of 3414 volumes.
So rapidly has Glendale grown that
the old school buildings have become
too small and all three structures are
now new and completely constructed
and equipped in the most approved ar
pliances, as fire apparatus, sanitary
drinking fountains, etc.
No community can claim to have
reached the acme of educational en-
dowment without having the kinder
garten, as a broad and comprehensive
basis upon which to build the super
structure. The question has been agi-
tated by the school board and progress
i've parents, who will finally secure
kindergartens in the public school.
The Glendale Union high school dis
trict was organized in 1901 and COM
prised the following grammar school
districts: Glendale, West Glendale,
n,
hoe and Crescenta.
School opened in what is now the
Glendale sanitarum with two teachers
and seventeen pupils. In 1902 a good
$4,000 building was erected, and Prof.
G. U. Moyse, who continues to occupy
the position, was employed as princi-
pal. Having outgrown this building,
the recent fall term was opened in a
handsome, sommodious, new structure
of whitepressed brick of classic style
of architecture, erected at cost of about
$4,000, including furnishings and equip
ment with an enrolment of 1S1, gain
of 46 pupils over last year.
Before bonds were issued Burbank
district withdrew, and recently Wash
ington Park has been added.
The following influential men con-
stitute the high school district: Daniel
Campbell, president, West Glendale
district; A, w. Collins, Tropico district
Samuel Merrill, ir, Crescenta district
Nelson Millett, Tvanhoe district; j. O.
Adams, Eagle Rock district; w. NJ.
Adland, Washington Park district; F.
d. Goode, clerk, Glendale district. Mr.
Goode has held the position of secre-
tary continuously since the organiza-
ttOn of the district and to his zeal
perseverance and progressive spirit
much of the success of this educational
undertaking is due.
The trustees of the grammar school
board are r. A. Blackburn and H. G.
Downing.
The comprehensive business course
now included in the high school cur