Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-22
EDUCATIONAL IDEAS.

tFro~ The ro,ton 7,aH'eripi Of aug ION I

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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 10.
Readers OF tho Transcript remember
that some years ago Yankee school,
master employed in the suburban
town OF Quincy had the audacity to
think, feel and intimate that some OF
the old methods Of training children In
public schools were no good.
But School Boards arc proverbial for
knowing It all. That one under which
the master referred 10 labored raised n
storm about hun and he fled for shelter
to tho centre OF the universe aud be-
came supervisor OF the uncommon
common schools OF Boston. There he
also ventured to think for himself, 1t
IN said, and to hold opinions rs TO the
training OF children that were not TO
be found In any proper Boston family.
Consequently the man found himself
In another storm. Chicago heard Of
him, and, ms Chicago likes men who
eau raise tho wind, she sent for him.
He came West and is growing up with
the village that can drink more sewage
aud live titan any spot or people ON
earth or Mar.
The gentleman referred to IL Francis
| ". Parker, for years OF the Shurtlifi
| School OF South Boston, later OF
| Quincy, later OF Boston, and now prin-
| cipal OF Cook County Normal School
at Chicago. Mr.. Parker's views reached
| Utah through school literature, and
met n welcome reception among the
| only "Lattcr-day Sainta." Inst winter
the president OF the Brigham Young
| Academy at Provo, Utah, opened cor
respondence with MIR. Parker with a
view 70 securing him for course OF
lectures to the Mormon teachers OF
woody Utah, In tho summer. Price
and time were agreed upon and Mr..
Parker IL here at work. He was Gu
gagged for week. At the end OF the
week he wah engaged fora second week
and Ia now telling tho teachers what
he knows and what he wants TO see
done In the way ofostablishing better
system Of pedagogy.
This summer school for teachers was
open TO all although established by the
Mormon academy referred to. Those
in charge told Mr.. Parker there would
probably he two hundred present;
but tine gentleman Informs me that the
attendance has been over i've hundred.
Probably many are not touchera, yet
the nttendauce OF the latter has been
far beyond anticipation, aud many OF
them ure non-AiOrmOn. In conversinR
with Mr. Parker, | found hem eulhu'
siastic over his mountain pupils. He
says no never say more earnest body
OF men aud women. They were wide
awake, and, having him there, were
determined 10 obtain NIL me had TO give,
The engagement for the second weeh
came from the Supeflntendents OF the
public schools In several adjoining
counties. OF course the superlutend
cnts OF those particular counties are
MormOns, but there are many non.
Mormon teachers under them, and
there is no Mormonlsm taught In any
OF the public schools. Mr.. PargeI
iinds In Utah more sympathy with his
views OF teaching than he expected,
and much more than he has found IN
tho older Eastern communities. Thii
Is not surprising. The Mormons are
In some things reformatory people,
more No In the past perhaps than now.
Hut they have always been full Of
sOllcitude for their children. IL Il
great mistake 10 accuse them OIL
opposition TO education, ~ has beer
done for years. 10 the Mormon
child il q "tabernRcle," In which {
pre.existing child OF God has takeI
} up Its home for the training II cal
receive Ia this life as u preparation fol
the eternal life after the resurrection
Perhaps had better tell you as nearly
rs eau what their philosophy OF birth
! death and the future is.
All people have pro-existed. Al
are theapirtual offspring OF God, Lii,
on earth IA u preparation. All are en-
dowed with "agenoy." That Is, al
are "free agents, as some other thoolo
CLANS say. Our bodies are temples OF
tabcrnacles In which spirits live, anu
life IN n school. There Is nocompulsion
You muy 90 to school or play tTuant
You may have all the benefits OF pre-
paratiOn afforded by "the everlasting
, gospel, Z" or you may go Fishing, 30 L
speak, fool your time away and rejec
the gospel That Is your choice unde
your "agenoy." The result will shoy
Ia the resurrection. The belief In, a
J nearly as can Obtain II, that ut dealt
! the pre.exisling spirit that has beef
/ tabernacled In the body, leaves ~
. house OF clay and waits the resufrec
, tion. When that comes it Is n physi
, cal resurrection. The bodies will bi
quickcned aud rise from their graves II
? form precisely as they were laid away
= But instead OF blood thele will h,
spirit IN tho veins and that spirit will
. insure immortal life of the resurrects,
. aud purified body. Just as ut brit
the spirit onters the nody Of the In
, faut, 30 in the resurrection the spiri
viii return to Its body aud the unipi
t OF the body and spirit viii oonstitut,
D the immortal soul.