The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
SIX THOUSAND
TEACHERS TO Be
AT CONVENTION
Educators Already Gather for
Great Annual Discussion
of Events
Noted Men Will Address Meet
ings and Elaborate Pros
gram Is Arranged

Six thousand school teachers will at
tend the forty-third annual meeting
OF the California teachers association
in san Francisco during the four con-
vention days. beginning next Mon
day morning. A great program of ac-
tivities has been arranged that makes
it seem almost necessary that every
instructor in California be in attend
ance. Included in the 200 experts who
win address the gathering are some
Of the foremost educators in the United
states and the world.
MEETING BEGINS MONDAY
Though the meeting begins Monday,
December -, with the gathering OF
various county Institutes and detail
sections at the Girls high school, Idora
park. Oakland, and the Mission high
school yet the great main session OF
the movement, the general convention
itself. viii not open until Tuesday aft
ernOon at o'clock in Dreamland pa
viliOn. Here, on Wednesday and
Thursday, viii be given addresses by
noted authorities on education, and i
VIII be these talks that viii make the
meeting the greatest that Califor-
MA teachers ever have had.
Kirk Harris, president Of the San
Francisco convention league, viii vel
come the teachers TO their annual gath
ering at , o'clock Tuesday. Super
intendent Alexander Sheriffs of San
Jose VIII respond. The ansual message
viii be read ~ President z. Morris Cox,
and, preceding the nomination of Of
hcers, Allison Ware viii talk on The
Old order Changeth."
PLAYGROUND EXPERTS ADDRESS
This viii end the general session
for Tuesday. and Wednesdays great
gathering win open at $3.50 O'Clock
in the morning with the talk, What
Play Means" by DR. Luther H Gul-
lick, president Of the National play
grounds association, medical director
of the schools Of New York city, and
the foremost authority on Fairgrounds
in the United States The officers OF
the California teachers association
. demonstrated that they intended to
make this convention memorable for
its study Of the health of school chill
dren when they secured Doctor Gull
lick, a man sought as an authority in
every state, to come TO San Francisco
for the gathering.
Luther Burbank, the California plant
wizard, viii be the second speaker, and
viii talk on Necessary Conditions of
Healthful Growth" After him will
come another speaker high in a knoWl-
edge Of education, DR.. George Z. Vim
cent Of the University OF Chica go, a
great orator and an authority on the
social phases Of education. Doctor
Vincent viii tell Of The New Duty Of
the school
Plnas for. the af1liation Of the four
teachers associations IN California into
the body, 10 be known as the Califor-
MIA council of educa ton, viii be taken
up TO conclude Wednesday afternoons
session. In the evening Every Girl
by Miss Anna Wiebalk, will be pre-
sented by graduates and students of
the san Francisco state normal school,
under the patronage Of the School
Women's club Of San Francisco.
COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK
Dr. David B. Barrows, commissioner
OF education in the Philippines, viii
open Thursdays session at > o'clock in
the afternoon with an address, and Al
fred ROncOVferi, superintendent of San
Francisco's schools, viii follow with a
plea for Technical Education" DIR.
George T. Vincent viii conclude the
general sessions with talk on Health
Economies
The convention DAYS viii be varied
in a social way by many merry events.
Chief among these will be the recep-
fion TO be given the visiting teac hers
Monday evening, December 81, by the
teachers of san Francisco in the Co
l0nial ballroom Of the St. Francis hotel.
A neeLlne ana banquet or the High
school Mems club Of California viii be
held at the Hotel Stewart Tuesday
evening. December IS. at $50 o'clock,
and the Normal School Mems club viii
meet al the st. Francis hotel the same
evening at o'clock
A reception and dinner viii be held
by the Affiliated School Women's club
at 1ae Fairmont Tuesday evening De
cember 2S. and the Chico state normal
alumni viii hold an informal dinner
Al the Bismarck cafe Wednesday even
ing, December %, at $50 o'clock.
Of7cers of the association for the
year are: i. Morris Cox Of San Ra-
fael. president; /. Z. Armstrong of
Oakland, secretary.