California Schools 



WITH the coming of the National Educational Association, which is 

 to meet in San Francisco next July for its annual convention, there 

 comes much interest in educational matters from a California view 

 point. The present number of "For California," therefore, is dedi- 

 cated to educational subjects, and in this issue we have discussed 

 the various branches of education by those who are most eminently 

 qualified by their position to write. 



Nathan C. Schaeffer, who is at the head of the National Educational 

 Association, writes of the Association, its work and what it has accom- 

 plished in the matter of raising the standard of education of the country. 



The Intellectual Growth of California is the subject of an exhaustive 

 article from the pen of President David Starr Jordan, of the Leiand Stanford 

 Jr. University. Dr. Jordan, who is as close a student of events as he is of 

 matters intellectual, marks the rise of learning in the State, and discusses 

 the cause and effect as seen from the point of view of the head of a mag- 

 nificent university. 



Thomas J. Kirk, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has an 

 article on California's State System of Education, and he gives a clear and 

 concise review of the work that has been done to make the system of 

 California one of the best and greatest in the whole country. 



University Education in California is the theme of an article from 

 Professor F. B. Dresslar, of the University of California. Professor Dresslar 

 shows the growth of higher education in the State, and shows, also, the 

 Influence of the universities upon the people and upon the welfare of the 

 commonwealth itself. 



Dr. Frederic Burk, of the San Francisco State Normal School, has an 

 article on California's Normal School System, which he classes as one of 

 the best in the land. He tells, most entertainingly and instructively, of the 

 various normal schools and their work, showing how the various normal 

 schools directly serve the needs of the districts which they represent. 



Alfred Roncovieri, Superintendent of Public Instruction of San Fran- 

 cisco, writes of the coming convention of the National Educational Associa- 

 tion, and voices San Francisco's welcome to the educators of the country. 

 The condition of education in California, and especially in San Francisco 

 is told by Mr. Roncovieri, and the benefits to come from the approaching 

 convention are fully set forth. 



What California teachers have to say regarding the welcome extended 

 to their fellow workers in the educational field of the country is told by Mr. 

 James A. Barr, ex-President of the State Teachers' Association. In his 

 article Mr. Barr outlines the work to be done by the convention, and shows 

 the benefit that teachers of California will derive from the association with 

 educators from other States. 



Private schools of California are treated of in a highly instructive article 

 by W. T. Reid, who is a recognized authority on this subject. 



Taken as a whole the present number of "For California" is one 

 that will appeal not only to the educators but to all who have the matter 

 of education of the young at heart. 



California's school system is among the best in the land, and, accord- 

 ing to the best of authorities, the teachers of this State are not only better 

 paid but are in possession of exceptional advantages not accorded those of 

 other states. The articles herein show conclusively that the brightest minds 

 of the State are interested in these matters, and there is set forth such a 

 showing regarding all matters pertaining to public instruction as to give 

 the prospective settler a splendid idea as to what California has to offer for 

 the education of the children of the home-seeker. 



