The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-26
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SATURDdY NO VEMBER 70. 1859.
EDUCATION

GUUGAIlON.
TIM winter seems 70 have fairly set
IN upon u. The dark days 81 dreaEy
December are al hand; and the ques-
ton occurs 10 US how are we 70 spend
our long evenings.
The afEectionate husband and kind
father can always find real, Substantial
enjoyment By the Hreside 1t home.
The prattle Of his little ones, and the
pleasant ehit-chat Of their mother, are
ever ringing music in his ears. But
man was ordained 70 move III other
spheres, and not to confne himself all
the time to tho home hearth. Society.
i cementsd BY the interchange Of SEN
timsnts and feelings, and each one
should strive 10 contribute his share.
Balls and parties, the long pipe and
mug Of ale, cigars and whisky-tOddy,
circuses and theatres, have oil their
fond and devoted patrons, who make
their choice according 70 their varied
fancies, and are joined BY friends OF
kindred sentiment.
We propose different order Of
things for our present winter months.
The early history Of tho majority Of
the Young men in Utah presents d
scene q almost continual pilgrimages;
che result Of which has been that edu-
cation vas Of necessity left out Of the
question. Now, there is no longer an
excuse for It's neglect. The observa-
tons Of the wisest and most philo-
sophie travellers, who have made Utah
. call in their rAmbles, have been COM
plimentary TO the brains Of the young
men q the Territory. Why, then,
should their education be longer me-
glected3 Among the first families Of
our citizens. We find young men who
have the native talent to st them to Be
prime ministers, md yet they lack 4
fair knowledge Of their own native or
biography. These are abuses Of time
and opportunities, and We propose q
remedy for them. Tho lahos of hes
yeat and 9ood-cutting is generally COM
pleted. Let there be at once establish
cd . system Of evening schools and
lectures. Letthe Territorial library be
thrown open AL the time, and enlarged.
An appropriation Of ton thousand dol
lars towards its enlargement would be
more sensible than for the mockery Of
road and street repairs.
There Is not d science known but Il
has its Well-educatcd professor ii Titan.
Let them be drawn out.
n anatomy We have proGcients who
have won laurels in London, Edin-
burgh, and Dublin, and Who have cul-
led knowledge from the varied eli
mates Of the Es 1aimaux and Hindos-
tanese. Why should we not have the
benefts Of their experience and skin
IN some small degree2 There IS no
seience more replete with interest than
the stndy Of cur own organization.
The proper study Of mankind i nan.'
And yet how little do We know
Of ourselves. II may not have 81
fOrcibly urged itself upon tho minds ol
themajority, as it has upon ours, tina,
there IS an alarming deficiency in oul
Territory il the knowledge Of the
science of physiology. It is all hum
bug, the idea that lobelia win set !
broken leg. or catnip extract . bullet
Bach Of these medicines may be good
IN its place. But we do not employ
{ 2 blacksmith to splice q table-leg, MOI
2 cabinet-maker to weld a broken axle,
Each to his own profession. If the
knowledge Of our organization is worth
acquiring at all, il is worth acquiring
well and fully. Quackery has done its
lamentable work in the world. ia
sictims ara seen limping on crutches,
or marking some sorrowful corner in
the graveyard. !. .......2 5.@"..: p.
Then there many another science,
the study Of which would be not only
interesting 70 the student, but of genu-
Inc public advantage. How many
young men and women there are. ii
Utah, who have grown up in the Terri.
tory, from childhood to maturity, and