Superintendent A. M. Phalin called his institute to meet at Crockett, September 4, 5, 6. The Trustees, consisting of Theo. Moiles, John Edwards, J. Emil Peterson, and the citizens, spared no pains to make the reception and comfort of the teachers complete and satisfactory in every detail. The fine new school building is a pride to Crockett, and a building that would be a credit to any city. The decorations were elegant. Miss Trimingham, the principal of Crockett schools, assisted by other teachers, helped to make the occasion delightful to the visiting teachers. The Crockett Committee secured for the elegant reception Wednesday eve ning Hynes' Orchestra, served refreshments and aided in securing the Knickerbocker Quartette for the day and evening sessions. The committe issued a handsome souvenir program.

The institute was favored with several virile practical talks on history, geography and language by Frank J. Browne of Berkeley. Mr. Browne is a new man in the State. We have never heard any. one, with the possible exception of Professor Heaton, of the University of California, who has such adequate knowledge of the subjects he discusses. He has the spirit of the teacher. He does not need a freak treatment of a subject to hold the attention of the audience. His work is along the line of sincere, earnest teaching adapted to the needs and purposes and achievements of the public schools.

Alex. B. Coffey, of the University of Washington, now doing special work at Stanford, made his first appearance since his return to alifornia. He has lost none of his old time popularity, but has greatly improved in the power of presentation, and in the application of the principles of pedagogy to the every day work of the public school teacher. His evening lecture on "Young America" is a masterly effort, whether you judge it from the standpoint of platform rhetoric, from the standpoint of rational patriotism, or from the standpoint of inspiration for young and old to higher ideals of life.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Thomas J. Kirk addressed the teachers, school trustees and Supervisors of the county on Thursday afternoon. It was a notable gathering. Superintendent Kirk gave a practical talk on the duties of school trustees. He gave advice on building and furnishing school houses, on purchase of school supplies, visits to school, selection of teachers, etc.

Mr. Buttner, the clerk of the Port Costa School, made a very interesting and practical address, and related his experiences as school trustee. He insisted on frequent visits on the part of trustees to schools, and the selection of teachers on the basis of merit, and spoke against frequent changes in the teaching force.

Friday afternoon the teachers visited the Selby Smelting Works and the sugar refinery.

The Knickerbocker Quartette furnished excellent and most entertaining music. Mrs. Martin Schultz, of San Francisco. delighted the people with her rendition of several songs.

Miss Gretchen Bernett, of St. Paul's Choir, Oakland, sang "September" and "The Merry Miller" in a most charming manner.

There were many important dicussions on the part of the teachers. Mr. Odel of Richmond gave an instructive and scholarly address on "Spelling Reform."

The meeting thruout was a success. Superintendent Phalin was congratulated by the teachers, citizens of Crockett and trustees on the success of his institute

The institute season has approached and is here. At least forty counties will assemble the teachers for institutes. This year does not promise much that is new, nor much that is strong in addition to that of other years. Professor Elwood P. Cubberley and Dr. Elmer E. Brown will be missed from many programs. Professor Alex. B. Coffey, who has been absent from the State for three years, wi enter the institute field again, and will accept a few engagements that will not interfere with his special studies at Stanford. Frank J. Browne, ex-State Superintendent at Washington, who has located at Berkeley, is the only new man in the field this year.

President Burk of the San Francisco Normal will be more in demand than others for institute work. Superintendent W. C. Doub of Bakersfield, who made an excellent reputation as an institute instructor at San Joaquin last year, and who, since that time, has been prominently before the State, on account of course of study, will be invited to a number of institutes. His topical discussions of geography, history and grammar will be invaluable to teachers. H. H. Johnson of Ohio, more recently of Mt. Vernon, Washington, the author-musician and one of most successful men in handling music in an institute in the United States, will tour the State in November and December, and will assist a number of counties.

Prof David S. Snedden, Prof. John T. McManus of Stanford, Dr. F. B. Dresslar, Prof. T. L. Heaton, L. Duport Syle of the University of California, will also be on hand at a number of institutes.

The teachers of the State will certainly have at opportunity to come in contact with the best there is in current educational thought,

G. W. Beattie and bride have sailed for Manila. Mr. Beattie will take the position of superintend ent of one of the provinces.

The State Normal School at San Jose under the presidency of Morris E. Dailey has begun a most promising session. President Dailey has inaugurated the requirement of high school graduation for admission. The training department has been improved and the other departments have been keyed up to make the attempt to secure better results than ever before.

The State Normal School at Los Angeles

The catalog of the Los Angeles State Normal shows that President Pierce has not been idle. The president has gradually worked out a harmo nious correlation of each teacher with the training school. The Department of Domestic Science and Art has been very successful and each year will see it attain still greater usefulness. The Kindergarten Department is by far the most complete west of Chicago and graduates of this department will be in demand from all parts of the country. Work has commenced on an addition to the school to cost $20,000. This consists of two floors built under the gymnasium which has a floor space of 55x120 feet. One of these floors is to be devoted to the Manual Training and Domestic Science, and a large lunch room 37 by 55 feet. The other floor will contain nine rooms for the use of the Training School, making it possible for us to accommodate 450 children in that department The new building is to be connected with the old by an enclosed bridge or hallway 20 by 70 feet. This will be used in part for museum purposes and in part as a social hall.

State Normal School at San Diego. President S. T. Black has every reason to be congratulated on the continued success of the Normal School at San Diego. A number of his best teachers have been called to Manila. These have been replaced with men of the highest professional training. Many of the graduates of the school have found good positions in San Diego County. Quite a number have joined the ranks in the Philippines.

The State Normal School at Chico. President C C. Van Liew makes the following announcements in his circular:

There are many things which combine to render the State Normal School at Chico a desirable place to seek a higher education. The location of the school is healthful and beautiful. The building is an elegant structure, well equipped as to libraries, laboratories and apparatus The institution is under the direction of a large and able faculty, composed of men and women either of university or other special training: the course of study is full and thoro. Tuition is free. There are no library fees.

The demand for trained teachers is growing constantly. While a large percentage of those who obtain certificates upon examination remain unemployed, the graduates of the Normal Schools seldom fail to secure good positions, and their

work is coming to be recognized more and more as greatly superior to that of the untrained teachers with the Isame native ability. Graduates of the State Normal School at Chico are now employed in over forty counties of California and in a large number of its larger cities.

The State Normal School at San Francisco President Burk has had many visitors from all points of the State during the month of August. The training department is well organized, and the pupil teachers are working out, under direction of President Burk, Jean Parker and other members of the faculty, the problems that confront a new teacher.

President Burk has secured positions for over seventy-five per cent of last year's graduating class

In June, 1901, after two years' experience. the Board, upon motion of Trustee F. A. Hyde, reduced to written form its policy of management, in resolutions which were unanimously adopted, as follows:

WHEREAS, State Normal Schools are supported and should be conducted for the sole purpose of supplying public schools with teachers of the highest efficiency; and,

WHEREAS, The Trustees of the San Francisco State Normal School desire that the school shall be so conducted that a certificate of graduation therefrom shall he esteemed an honorable distinction by the holder thereof, as being a certain guarantee of thoro training and efficiency as a teacher, and so recognized by school officials. Now, therefore, bit

Resolved, First, that it is the determined policy of this Board that the faculty shall be selected as hereto. fore, upon a basis of merit alone. wholly uninfluenced by personal or political interference or consideration, and the Trustees therefore require that all applications for positions in the faculty be first submitted to the principal of the school, who will nominate to the Board those whom he may deem most competent and meritorious

Second. That the President shall continue to maintain the present high standard of admission to the school, and his judgment and decision in individual cases shall be final; and where, after a fair trial, it shall appear to him that a student shows an incapacity to become a thoroly efficient teacher it shall be his duty to discourage the student from further attendance at the school

Third. That the President shall certify to the Trustees for graduation only those students who can be confidently and honestly recommended to School Trustees, Superi tendents and Boards of Education, as teachers of undoubted capability.

San Jose Normal School Faculty

The trustees of the State Normal School of San Jose met recently for the purpose of selecting the faculty for the ensuing year. Trustees H. C. Brown, (chairman), F. C. Jacobs, G. W. Pierce, F. H. Short, F. W. Leavitt and State Superintendent Kirk were present. Only two new teachers were added to the force and one resignation was accepted. Miss Chloe N. Daniels, teacher of English, resigned. Miss Gertrude Payne was granted a year's leave of absence. Professor C. J. C. Bennett, who has been in Europe a year, was reassigned as teacher in pedagogy. Professor H. L. Schemmel, who has been filling a vacancy because of the resignation of Mrs. Goodell, was elected teacher of music. A department of physical culture was provided, and Miss Alice Bassler of San Jose was elected instructor at $1,000 a year. The trustees signed a deed by which the City of San Jose is given a lot in the northeast corner of the square for the Carnegie Library.

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