Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-24

AID SALE
OF BONDS
Business Men Asked to
Buy Securities
5000 PUPILS PARADE STREETS
TO IMPRESS CITIZENS
MONEY FOR EDUCATIONAL iNsTI-
TUTIoNs WILL BE RAISED
$e15,ooo of the Necessary $4,000 Is
Subscribed, and Additional Funds
VIII Be Collected Within
Thirty Days
MONEY FOR EDUCATIONAL INsTI-
TUTIoNS WILL BE RAISED

IN the history of Los Angeles, noted
far and wide for the spontaniety
Il and zeal with which her citizens
take up and carry through public en-
terprises. there never has been more
remarkable example of that spirit than
was furnished yesterday when the
school children marched out to appeal
to business men for financial aid and
the men responded.
The s72000O bond issue, unsold two
weeks ago because of lack of bids pre-
sented to the board of supervisors, was
placed by popular subscription, and
within thirty days it is practically GER
tain the money for new city school
buildings will be in hand.
The monster mass meeting at Temple
auditorium, which completed the work
of the day, followed Immediately on
,orade of the school children from
Nintb and Broadway to the auditor
INN. No less than 5000 children were
IN the nnrade. sanging frcrn the tail
Young man in bis first pair or lons
trousers who is completing his hlgn
school work this year to curly headeu
tot who appeared to be young 1or tne
first grade but who marched ever so
gturdiIv and yelled as enthusiastically
for something as did the older ones
about them.
Headed by Police
The parade was preceded by SQUAD
of police, followed by horsemen from
the Out West Riding club. Then came
children of the Polytechnic, Los An
geles and Olive street high schools, ana
then the younger ones from the gram
mar schools There were no teachers
in sight and the marchers were kept
within bounds by older pupils or their
instructive love of martial effect. Sew
eral bands were interspersed in the line
and the whole made an imposing and
forceful appearance. No appeal to the
voter could have been more effective
than were the childish faces and the
transparencies they carried bearing
such legends as Patriotism and Civic
Pride Are Demanded" Help the
Schools" "Five Thousand School Chill
dren Are Crowded Out" and Don't
Let One-Half Per Cent Stand in Your
Way" .
BY the time the paraders reached
the auditorium there was fair sized
crowd already seated and it was found
impossible to admit all the children.
Everyone lIldI COulu B6l III was dlloNSN
place and the noise they created there
made 1t look for a while as though the
real purposes of the meeting never
would be proclaimed from the platform.
But with the aid of a gavel weighing
some eight pounds and the strenuous
use thereof by Mayor Alexander, who
presided, the pandemonium' was at last
reduced to comparative quiet and the
program was opened.
Mayor Outlines Purposes
DR.. Hugh K. Walker, pastor of the
Emmanuel Presbyterian church, pro-
nounced the invocation, after which
Mayor Alexander briefly outlined the
purposes of the gathering.
John w. Mitchell representing the
Los Angeles Examiner spoke of the
interest of his employer, William r.
Hearst, in school children and of his
anxiety to aid the cause. He read a
telegram from the state board of ex-
aminers stating the board would take
$150,000 of the bonds at once.
The next speaker was Prof. e., c.
Moore, superintendent of the city
schools, who was heard with far more
attention than any of the other speak
ers. The children knew him and he
represented vested authority in con-
CT etc form to them He explained the
needs of the situation and made par
ticular reference to~the obstructionary
tactics employed by certain foes of the
schools and the school bonds who have
a grudge against the school manage
ment. He said 1t was poor policy to
attempt to remove an engineer by
wrecklng a train, especially when the
passengers aboard were school chill
dren, and professed his readiness to
have his own fitness for office put to
the test If 1t did not jeopardize the
schools and their pupils.
Statistics Read
County Superintendent of Schools
Mark Keppel read some statistics
showing the imperative need of action
and asked business men to rally to the
support OF the children in order to
show once more that Los Angeles leads
the world in every worthy enterprise.
Other speakers who followed these
same lines of thought were Judge II.
c. Dillon, Rabbi Hecht and Webster
Davis. Members of the congress of
mothers acted as ushers in passing the
baskets on which to collect subscrip-
tions toward the bonds and these came
In IN large numbers. Several musical
selections of a high order were rem
dered, among the contributors being
the Euterpean quartet, Miss Mary l..
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