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Vol. 6. Fo.
Concerning
Los Angeles
Rockefeller has recently given
voice to the thought that if the
greater part of civilized mankind,
especially that portion inhabiting
our large centres of population,
could come under the influence
of the maximum of sunshine aud
music the majority of our physi
cal and social ills would; disap
pear, and humanity, as a whole,
would be quickly lifted to the
life of the higher beauty "and
power. Many of us might agree
with the Oil King along that line,
but of course the thought is an
idle one, for we all know, as Mr.
Rockefeller well knows, that the
experiment is an impossible one,
owing to the almost universal ab
sence of one of the factors nam
ed ; and so man must continue to
plod on through the future as he
has in the past without the help
or hope of any such Utopian
scheme.
We could try out the musical
part of the experiment in almost
any portion of the .worlds but the
places of maxim u in sunshine are
few, most of them being found in
the Old World, amidst the aged
civilizations of ancient peoples;
the smiling lands where, away
back in the morning of history.
the progenitors of our own race
were seekirijj 5ustvwfi
seeking today sustenance and a
brighter, happier life.
Far. far removed from the en
vironments which created and
nourished the mighty erppires of
Pagan antiquity, on the other side
of the globe, here in a corner of
our own United States, we have
another smiling land, enjoying al-
most the maximum of sunshine
ana it aoes seem tha$ man, in
such a favored clime, should be
a little better creature than his
fellow beings in other regions,
but I am not saying that he is.
Probably, if we had here in
Los Angeles the maximum of
music together with our sunshine
we might but 1 find myself
speculating, and am reminded
that it is my purpose, in this ar
ticle, to stick to facts and impres
sions, and not philosophize.
The city of Los Angeles (pro
nounced as you like it) is not
young, having been founded in
1781, but it has been on the map,
figuratively speaking, for ., only
1 t w v -s.
tuicr aecaaes. in loou it was
only an Indian pueblo of 3000
. .
inhabitants increasing in the
eighties to 11,000; since that
time growing by leaps and bounds
until in 1915 it claims above
500,000 people.
Every large city in the country
owes its size and importance to
one great outstanding reason, and
Los Angeles more than any other
city, follows this rule. It is evi
dent to almost every one , what
factor has made the city of the
Angles, but it is difficult for some
to understand how such a large
population is supported. It
is
"ue we hare no large .payrolls
no big industries,xthe town is no
" railroad center, and although i
-v-o victim a uarDor at aan jrearo
twenty miles away, no coastwise
or oversea commerce has" been
built up. - In order : to under-
stand how the city exists f it is
necessary to consider the class 6
r-..; rgeix,responsiD e,tor thel
EDENTON
California are gathered 1 together
people from the four corners of
the earth, a great' cosmopolitan
population ; there are few natives
in Los Angeles.with the excep-
ion of thf
vs Kv-vwiauuu, an
come from other parts, and the
great majority from other states
of the American Union, with a
arge percentage from the rural
districts of the Mississippi Vai ley.
The greater proportion of those
who are responsibleior the growth
of the cityr although many might
have Come lonWinc ler' tarorir er-
: w" ' ' - " . " ' I
portunities, did ' noK come as
v - , . ,
..,..
financial
pauper orr pnysicai
weaklings.
It is'trae they form
argely, in a sense, an idle class,
irded
sin we censure them not, for theyj
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are
men who through hard toil
favored regions have accumu-
ated their little piles and are now
seeking to enjoy what their ener-
gy in past years created. They
are not at all akinto the large
idle class of New York, for their
tastes are more modeil, bnt they
come to enjoy life, and in satis-
fying their demands for the com-
forts, amnsements and luxuries
of life the necessity for a large,
less fortunate toiling class is ap-
parent; and so we 6nd, not big
industries, but many little busi-
..Undoabtedly evetything
nesses.
is overdone, for competition here
many of each, with no hope for
changed conditions in the near
future. J
And now what shall "we say of
the moral tone of Los Angeles?
In order to answer this question
it is only necessary to again con-
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sider the nature of its population.
Coming from the strong physical
mental and moral stock ot our
country stocks it is not of the
strain that would long stand for " ana jusi so long wm xjos tural high scn0ol, pursue a teach
conditions of outlawry, vice and Angeles grow. courge jn a State normal
rotteness. r
There was a day when the city
was a wild western cow town, and
it has been a long hard fight for tempered by the gentle ozone 4,500 students annually. If one
enlightened decency, but 1 . ! 5 J
- -
Aneeles today is recognized as
leading all other laree cities in
moral and spiritual life. This is
0 . w. -
admitted by the critics who laugh
at the old-fashioned ideas ..and
rural characteristics of its people
They josh the inhabitants because
of their love for the simple life
and preference for the home and
the more wnoiesome amusements
instead of the giddy whirl and
wild night life such as New York
ana oan r ranu . x
hprnm rwniral nerause we firo a-
. t- i : .
They
bout our business and pleasure a
UffU mnrp linrelv than the
New, Yorker. And 'why : not?
Los Angeles is a type and should
develope along its own lines.
We are really, as the critics say,
only a big overgrown country
fnwn. and to me that is one. of
rMf oartion of th olace.
Why should we j want to ''ape
New York or CHicago? Isn't it
about time that sqme large city
in the country set . an.
examole
iforits sister ,citiea Justoir
rriad scramrjlr- for f the almighty
dollar ? Yes we might be a bit
slow, for the '.. brand : of climate
heres necessitates;-a sornewriaii
a Ma thurS higher
,1,1a Itathrallv fo
tliffliijo
NORTH CAROLINA
the word. Understand I do riot
ord. Understand I do hot TVt -r A
perfect place of residency ' (o)fC
good pUce in which tdlivV,,
say a
but:a
Those who come lionieseekin
now do not come ipectinc to tet
iitu uycr nipnr. ror rne nav nai
long since passed for : that, but
they come with the idea that, as
a." place 'in which to live, in the
broader and higher meaning of
the word, it surpasses any portion
of our country; and not many are
disappbirjted. The idea of hap-
piness and satisfied wants is re-
rm . . I
fleeted in the ' tvn of Vinmp.4 J
.
which have. made . California
,1 " . t . ;
lUi i" 1CSC various sjpesi,. ,
I think we find embodied as near !
as possible a true expression;; of
lit - . i -vt . iuuuv. atiiuui system, tuc vuta-
the ideal. Not many of them arekjri . .r
ot imposing proportions, and Few
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have "tensive private grounds;
but they ail have an air of ; homi-
ness, and each, even th. most
unassum.ng bungalow has its plot
of grass green the year around.
And now we come to the final
quest.on: Why .s Los Angeles?
lhe answer .. as you have an
ticipated, sunshine, and climate.
Without its climate Los, Angeles
would today be about as thickly
populated as a trading post on
Hudson s Bayv The climate is
not perfect, the sunshine is .not
perpetual, evetything is not justl
as we would like it, but the - lure
has beep strong enough to draw
of homeseekere to this "land of
sunshine, fruits and flowers is
ever growing stronger, and theJi
reason is simple. Just as long as
man is born with a love for the
Deauuiui. ana a aesire lor tne
8 Wn of ahd aS long
as he is endowed with the power
of creating and accumuTating
wealth, just so long wilt he seek
the favored spots of the earth in
which to enjoy the fruits , of his!
may oecome impovensn-
ea ana worn our, mines suner
exhaustion, forests may be deci-
mated, but in its genial sunshine,
1 oroau dusoiii 01 111c wca
1 na act1aq rkcccQ o
Uet o m-eat economic vaiuelyears, the necessary 3,600 tech-
B .
unchanging and eternal, that
something which can neither fade
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. T P. BYRUM
. osAngeles , Calif.
May 3, 1915.
THE SON
B7 EMMA A. LENTE
ftway?
I wu..
play? -
WhX do yu hurry and row UP sota11
Slf" ."
Oh, my fine fellow, my pet and mj dear,
What shall I do with a grown-up. son
here' :
Was "yesterday only you cuddled to
?L t
mv knee V:
Wlln your simpxesweec prayer aim
dream In your eyes, -
AS ytT il11 Smehing lett in
With a story to follow, a song at tne
last, -
sn) loaf I
. j
in the out-gotng paths you are eager
,-.t;i
stray i v irv i c . , . i n
FRIDAY, JUNE 4M 91 5.
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Pther States has shown that the
in,
itt Cufing the weakest spot in our
iswjv-ui It
,
are TO -. manners rwtr fdrme onH
fann bsme8. It is not asscrted
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boiS-, t. ,htn Tl,u
mu share with the consolidated
rp4nd village' schools, and
&jj$,e Uolated district school
and rthe city high Bchool . afld t0
M - tWo rfirst named they must
,; th , ,rt . ,h
gut the agrtcuitural high
. ,n thp ht ,nr,. w
educati the teachers and ,ead.
1)ng techmeaUines any they
eablish hioh standards for
,i S, uIa ,m Tt v,-
Lifceir we carried out "of
estishln 9 agricultural high
e - ?8clo6ls jn Minnesota or l in ech
ofthe teachers of agricultural and
home economics needed, for the
onn rrnhHriatri mrai
' ... h j v
repiace the existing district
lKllooli
0ur-5 State normal schools
... . ,
could be equipped to provide
part of these teachers. But the
best teachers will be those who,
having graduated in the agricul-
or agricultural
1 .
college. These 9 agricultural
high schools would accommodate
I ' . , " . , . t
meal teacners neea to piace
agricultural teacher and an in-
siraaor. m nome economic., m
If 'calschools would
be provided. The additional
one or more years of preparation
required by these teachers in a
normal school, or in a normal
course in a State or nonpublic
college, would be secured in many
cases, Decause tne perrer - salary,
.
in the
tenure of office, and the greater
satisfaction in the work would
thefurther lime and the
expense. - - " -
The scheme of rural and village
schools outlined on previous
pagesr with two efficienhigh
school years; leading to the last
two high-school years m the large
i weii-cquippea otaic uismci
I cultural hifrh school, would fur-
nish superb, students for the State
I ana omer normal scuoois au iwi
I colleges; Witri stuaems rnus
as -to
i .. s- -. .- f--
J the possibilities of , country-life
to I CUUiaiiUM, itUiUiai awuvvi
I COnl really accompnsn nai oi
the
in our country
s,
and a similar body trained in city
schools developed similarly in
city industries, in city home mak
ing, and in general subjects, our
normal schools, could forego much
of the secondary school subjects
they -must nOw provide and de
vote themselves m ore specifically
to developing their students in
vnratinnal wnrV nf itorhinrt !
of teaching.
Many normal schools in the
United States which are now too
much open to the accusation of
beflrg mainly local high schools
could be ia. fact, as in name, State
normal schools Normal-school
pupils Coming from consolidated
rural schools and from vocational
high schools taught by graduates
of teachefs-' courses would be
ready for more advanced work in
mtthods of teaching than are
most of the pupils at present.
The consolidation of rural schools
jj- . . . ....
will demand one man teacher and
for each
chools wift
Ho doubt; remain largely female
schools, and the elementary
grades in the city schools will no
doubt continued) be taught main
ly by women, while men will
teach the mechanical industries.
The large secondary agricultural
school, the large secondary me
chanic arts school, and the. State
colleges will be able to prepare
most ot the teacners lor men s
industries.
Our best normal-school men
are urging that the secondary
schools be developed to give more
of the basic instruction, and too
often they are striving against
odds in tneir extorts to secure
students who have been well
grounded in the subjects the low
er schools should teach. Peda
gogical science, demonstration
teaching, practice! in the "actual
work of teaching normal training
classes, and apprentice teaching
before final diplomas are granted
should have wider scone in our
normal schools.- In case of stu
dents from .schools devoted in
part to vocational studies the nor
mal school '.will need to supple
ment the general school subjects.
THE BOY IN THE AGRICULTURAL
- HIGH SCHOOL
The large State district agri
cultural high school, as at ot.
Anthony Park and Crookston,
with its strong corps df technical
and" general teachers; with its
large, farm, . its : finely equipped
buildings for dormitories class
rooms, laboratories, practice shops
dairies, and judging rooms, and
with its relation to the apprentice
ship work on the faim and in the
farm home, is a place of intense
ed u cation. - The boy i s encom-
oassedljv(a broader educational
environment than in the school
: V -V ... . -i- f .. . '
where there is little besides books.
There isvery where ouch ith
affairs. , The, new ideas
thousand points
wiihv halS tliel j) upil iasixper
sO'mucn;is-so
en
:tirely5ic;rJ
ubsCriptioii: $I,OlVa?YeaT
like a foreigner in a new land,-
but, things of which he already
knows something are confronting
him on every side. 5
His grasp ot the intricacies Hof
the soil is broadened. He sees
with his on eyes the protoplasm
of the plant as shown by the
microscope. He sees analyzed
out in their parts the carcasses of
the profitable aid the uhprofit ..
able meat animals.
His eyes are
(sharpened to see the desirable
conformation of the horse's foot
and limb. He sees the applica
tions of the laws of physics to ' '
the three-horse evener 4 on the
plow He clearly learns how '
water percolates downward and
seeps sidewise into the tile drain.
He appreciates the use of the
soil mulch in dry weather. He
finds the limits of physical, j:hem
ical, and biological knowledge of '
that most complex laboratory;
the soil, and com es to- appreciate"
the need of vaster and deeper re
search in departments of agri
culture and experiment ! stations
irrtc? th'e.realrrrs'Oi! the urjknowjri.ia Jtv
agriculture. He; learns niceties "
in the use of saw, plane, hammer,
anvil, and T square which his
father has not had opportunity
to know so well. He cross polli
nates flowers and sets into real
touch with that growing subject,
the creative breeding of plants
and animals. He more clearly sees
why one form of ear and - kernel
adds to the yield of corn. He
has a more practical appreciation
of the blood of the strain of ani
mals and of plants which projects
into its progeny larger net values
per herd or per acre. He gains
fuller respect for the agronomist, m
the horticulturist, the animal hus
bandman, the dairy expert, the"
chemist, the physicist, and the
entomologist. His inspiration is
greatly increased to be onetof
the leading farmers of his county,
constantly nursed by like express
edambitionf of -fellow-students.
He gains not a little experience
with pen and. in public speech,
which will help him carry into
the public affairs of his county or
State that weight which comes
from success in his business. The
student is not unlucky if he gains .
a desire to return to teach and 7 be
a leader in the consolidated rural
school, t9 help build up the farm
ing and the country life of an-en
tire neighborhood.
THE GIRL IN THE AGRICULTURAL
HIGH SCHOOL ijl
The farm girl, too, shares in
nearly all the f acilitiesland ex
periences of the boys, ? and .' has
in addition, her own special , fa
cilities, opportunities ancl ixperi- ;
ences. The study of food -takes
on k hew meaning, v bhe learns
how to avoid poorly balanced
food V- rations. She Jecomes a
traihedjiidgeof theIatiwu
of foocU ; To the knowledge gain
ed from her mother and from her
teacher in :efa
id3sfacts andskilf StKefcobkf r-
ihg of cef eals.meatsj ' and 'vege- Z r v
fabrics : and cpldrsi im'cIolliing is
(ntirmeConlatl jpagcf
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growth of the ifz&fcmmmimm&i
: courses
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