Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
GRADE EDUCATORS BREAK SLATE At
ELECTION OF TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Resolution to Abolish ntersChoastc Contests from Schools De-
feated After Fierce Warfare of Words-Pedagogues Out
line Their Position on Some important Matters

couchcd in other words. This lald MT.
Rebok's party open to retort MADE
by w. w Tritt. who said that one
reason the opposition wanted athletics
kept in the school was by way or
teaching man to take his licking Ike
a sport and shake hands with the win
ner instead of complaining.
For a brief space this restored
quasi-peace and the rest of the resov
lutions We're adopted by the meeting
Reports of the business done during the
last year were made while the as
sembly awaited the report Of the nom
mating committee. This committee
was in the committee room preparing
a list of names for membership in the
affiliated council.
Ten names were put up for nomlna-
ton as members OF the affiliated coun-
cil--at least they were offered, but were
met with pandemOnium itself. At once
scores began shouting, eXpOstulatlng,
refusing nominations or demanding
new ones. The gaVel was disregarded
and the turmoil reached such heat that
finally there We're two or three on the
floor at once declaring they did not
know what the trouble was, but that
whoever had caused it had walked
into himself without any excuse and
they-the sDeakers-Wanted the ques-
tion; unless, perchance, they were the
ones who were vociferatinS that they
didn't want the question.
FIGHT OVER NOMINATIONS
At last the chairman. J. A. Cranston,
sent the committee back to the COM
mittee room to reconsider its report.
Members of the cG4amittee retired in
an agitated frame of mind, expressing
themselves as unwilling to be spanked
by the meeting at large. They said
they would neither change nor con-
slider their original report. But that
was not their only difficulty. They
were followed to the committee room
by two young women teaching in the
city who Indignantly pointed out that
no grade teacher was placed on the
original slate. Miss Helen Mathew
son, president of the teachers club, de-
manded representation for that body,
but the chairman, who, two hours be-
fore, had opened the committee meet
ing with an urgent plea that the slate
they were to make up should be a
democratic body to represent govern
ment of the teacher, for the teacher
and by the teacher, denied the women
the floor, and more than one commit
teeman pointed out with much heat
that the grade teachers should have
attended to the matter some time be-
fore the eleventh hour. And with re-
bellion in their hearts and defiance
in their eyes they made their way back
to the assembly hall and offered the
same report.
SLATE is BROKEN
With that the excitement broke out
anew and nominations were made from
the floor, six new names being fired at
the chairman with a rapidity that left
no doubt of the earnestness of their
hackers. Miss Mathewson repeated her
remarks concerning grade teacher rep
resentations and nominated Miss Ora
A. Lovejoy from the ranks a ballot
was taken, after which the chairman
that Mr. Francis address the
association and that 1t then adjourn,
leaving the tellers alone with their
troubles. Mr.. Francis responded quick
ly and accepted his election as presl-
dent of the association in a few
pleasant words that had a somewhat
soothing effect on the society.
The results of the election were
learned some two hours later, when
it was found that the assembly had,
in the words of one Of Los Angeles
most prominent educators, "bursted the
slate" electing the grade teachers and
Duncan MacKinnon in place of two of
the committees candidates. Those
finally elected as members of the af-
filiated federation were A. NJ. Wheelock.
J. A. Cranston, c.. II. CoVell, H. j.
Baldwin, A. L. Hamilton, Miss Edna A.
Rich, Horace NJ. Rebok, II. H. Nc
Cutcheon, Duncan MacKinnon and
Miss Ora A. Loveioy
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
The resolutions offered and adopted
by the association were to the follow
ing effect:
mt t,1,I,
county institute in California should
be elected annually to the Southern
California Teachers association.
2. That if for any reason the city
of Los Angeles or any county failed to
elect d delegate the president of the
association appoint one.
3. That a nominating committee shall
present list of names to be elected.
4. That the term of Office shall be
four years, one-half of the officers re-
tiring yearly.
5. That the industrial bill to be
presented before the legislature be in
dorsed.
6. That laws providing for intermedi-
ary schools be urged.
I. That the report of the committee
on retirement salaries be adopted.
8. That school holidays on Washing
toms and LincOln's birthdays and sew
8. That legislation requiring teach
ers of special subjects to have the same
training as ordinary teachers be urged.
10. That the raising of the school age
limit from IA to IS years and the in
crease of attendance officers be in
dorsed.
II. That state aid be given parents
who are too poor to send their children
to school without financial assistance.
f1tp 1i1 10 griv ion
schools on the same basis as ordinary
schools.
18. That state aid be given for rural
schools.
IA. That the tenure of office for prin-
cipals and superintendent be four
years.
Is. That the University of California
be requested to recognize certificates
from commercial and Industrial schools
and supplied studies for entrance.
49, That a siX-Year course be estab-
lished in high schools.
H. That the establishment of state
university in the south be indorsed.
1S That gratitude Of this institute
be expressed to the press for publicity
given the meetings.
49, That obligations to Mark Keppel,
who has labored indefatigably for the
association, be acknowledged
When the treasurer was called on for
report he explained that as the fiscal
year did not end until July 1 he could
not make an annual report, but the last
statement made showed that there was
$55750 balance in the bank. This re-
port was accepted.
The committee on school laws could
make no report, as Superintendent Gra-
ham, chairman of the committee, was
ill, and no one had known it in time
to prepare report in his place.