Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-23
10000 WANT NEW
STATE UNIVERSITY
Teachers Boosting Club Starts
Circulation of Petitions
with a Rush
BUSINESS MEN BACK PLAN
Conservation of Intellect Is De-
manded by Or. Geo. F. lanes
in institute Speech
BUSINESS MEN BACK PLAN

Ten thousand signatures in three
hours was the first response to the
work of the Los Angeles Teachers
Boosting club, organized for the pur-
pose of getting a state university in
the southern part Of the state The
petitions are to be sent to the state
legislature,
At the Joint session of the city and
county teachers institute yesterday
morning in Simpson auditorium George
=. Larkey, president of the oTganlza-
tion. made short speech, pointing
out the advantages of such an institu-
tion. That no teacher can reach the
top of the profession without a college
certificate is, he argued, right and
fair. but it is not fair not to give every
one a chance for higher education
where he can obtain it without the
expenditure of the money necessary 10
go north to Berkeley.
The new intermediate schools which
are to be the center of school growth
and development, according to the
prominent educators of today, must be
put in the hands Of college graduates.
said Mr. IarllCy. Even the grade
teachers. as we'll as the principals, Will
have to show their certificates, and the
teachers of Los Angeles feel that the
state should provide facilities III the
SbuJll lOI tl'L4llIIIa9 Ai4NAiAF N'NN@N'i@i-- -
California represents too large a pro-
norton of the states population TO be
turned down along educational lines.
The only means of getting the certlh-
Gates now in this part of the state IS
by attending private universities, and
this hundreds of teachers feel they
cannot afford to do
BACKED BY BUSINESS MEN
That this organization is being
backed by the business men of the
city. who represent capital and indus
trial interests, is regarded by many OF
the teachers as a great help.
Children provided much entertain
ment yesterday morning The orches-
ira of Pomona city schools, with Miss
Jessie Rae Thompson as director
opened the program with selection,
then accompanied the grammar grace
chorus of the Pomona city schools, leu
by Miss Minerva c. Fleming.
DR.. George T. James of the Univer-
sitv of Minnesota, formerly Of the
state Normal school In this city, spoke
on The Spirit of the People" DR..
James denied the right of Americans
to speak with pride OF universal edu-
cation in America.
"Education is not universal he de
clared. when l was young man l.
once read of a tramping trip from
Harper's Ferry to various points IN the
south. The article fingered in my mind
and some years later, when l had the
opportunity, ! took the trip Never
shall / forget the pictures of squalor
of Doyertv and of ignorance which We're
impressed on my mind. Scores ana
hundreds of miles through mountains
settled by some of the best stock OF
our country have been permitted to
become plague spots-almost restoring
sores-Of ignorance through lack of op-
4 fy,s r not ana in,
children in Germany escaping compul-
sorry education we with difficulty gath
or in only 20 per cent of ours, allowing
80 per cent to go.
WHY NEGLECT NEGRO
Some argue that it is the lack of
educational opportunity for the negro
which thus lowers our percentage. But
who has given us the right to neglect
them, to perpetuate conditions likely
to infest posteriIy:
solidarity, of which we are so proud,
though it be very fine thing for
country, may prove our greatest dam
ger if even one plague spot of iEnor-
ance is allowed to flourish. We hear
a great deal in these days about con-
servation-sa the forests, save the
streams, save many wonderful ana
beautiful spots for future generations
But never save the intellectual forces
by federal conservation What if we
could have sociological survey and all
forms Of latent capacity should Doe dis
covered? Would We not start new
campaign using federal aid just as
surely as We now use il Tor the material
conservation Of our country"
The morning session closed with an
address by DIT. Alex i. Lauge ON Re
1mement Salaries" This is a subject
very near to the heart of all educators.
and Nlr. Lange Was listened to atten-
lively.
Another sectional afternoon had been
planned for yesterday and all over the
city small meetuaz We're being held for
more thorough discussion Of speeial
subjects.
Tie consensus Of opinion among the
teachers is that this year the institute
has been much easier and therefore
much pleasantor than before. This is
due to Mr.. Francis whose every effort
has been TO Tighten the sessions
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