The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-16
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virtue JndU IS always becoming TO mental
worth
The source of one of the pleasures Ihave
in teaching is the intimate social relation,
the sympathy, affection, or whatever it
may be called, that springs up between
teacher and pupil. l may forget names, but
rarely do | forget the countenance of any
one who has ever been my pupil. l feel
bound to him with a sort of tie that lies
deep in the soul, and ] have no reason to
doubt that this feeling in most cases is re
ciprocal
''Tis education forms the mind, just as
the twig is bent the trees Inclined was
responded to in happy vein by David r.
Allen, as was also Spare the rod and
spoil the child" by William Bradford.
Superintendent Stewart responded to
1.-The New Education" in humorous style.
closing with "What the mere description
of this banquet is to the banquet itself, so
is the old education to the new" Pro
fessor Toronto responded as follows to
THE Teacher and his Hobby"
1--WE have thus far taken an optimist's
view of the hobby-horse we are all riding,
have exhibited all his fine points, and dis
played in true horseman's style, all his
gaits, and particularly his noisy high trot;
have lifted his legs and worked the rusty
joints to show that not screw is loose,
and belted him once or twice under the ribs
to show how harmless and docile he is: we
have driven the spurs into his wooden
sides, but he doesn't rear, ''buck'' or kick
out with his hind legs; no, not even blink
with his hollow, appealing eye. He is
perfect animal, this hobby-hOrSe of ours;
take him anywhere and he is always the
same. This member of the equine family
is picture of beauty and perfection, but
like everything else of human handiWork
has some defects, among which l may men
ton Just one: He won't go. But we ride
him all the same. He has peculiar rock
ing motion, with which most of US are
familiar, and gives one the idea that he is
lunging ahead in grand style; we are
elated as the wind seems to whistle through
his name and tail. But gradually we sink
down into the rut which he wears out I'M
der our feet, and when we look around
at the world about US, the foun-
dations, then the walls, then the
roofs, and finally the spires Of the
loftiest buildings disappear from our hori
zon, but we ride on stoop-shouldered, think
ing how we have left ali behind US in the
great race, and never so much as lifting
our eyes to the little bow of heavens blue
arched over US.
This hobby horse teacher, ana none more
persistent and unrelenting than he, is the
trainer of the young equestrians, who are to
run the race in the active duties of life. He
shows them how to perform the feats he
never could do himself, and never can so
long as he rides that kind of horse; he
shows them how to avoid all the difficulties
of their course, none of which he has ever
met himself. In short, he points out for
them the way which his hobby has never
travelled and never can travel; just like the
guide post by the side of the dusty way,
he points his long arms, and exhibits his
half effaced legends. But if this horse
were only mule with energy enough to
hurl his would-be rider keeling through
the air, and finally land him on the back of
his neck, or plant his hoof under the belt OF
every one who attempted to approach him,
what God-send it would be to too many
of US teachers. Turn our minds back over
the past hour and see whether we have
not ridden the poor brute until his joints
need greasing, and his wooden limbs begin
to crack. Let's get off and take rest.
Dancing and the other amusements were
again resumed. The ballroom was su-
perbly decorated. The words ''Welcome,"
alumni and June, 1SS9,'' were worked
in leaves and flowers on different walls:
festoons of boughs, large japanese umbrel
las, fans, lanterns, flowers and paintings
were tastefully arranged about the room.
So absorbed did the company seem in the
various amusements that most of them
were astonished at the lapse of time. New
ertheless, even the last of them made an
effort to reach home before the clock struck
f. The former students delighted to linger
about the well-known halls, and seemed
10th to depart. AS the moon sank toward
the western mountains, however, the re
naming groups departed for home, there to
dream of school day joys and to renew the
long forgotten pleasures Of younger days: