Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-15

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come, good moruing,"a "liow AT,
you aud the iolks?" ETC., 30 all VIII
enter feel welcome aud ut home, not a
Is often the case with strangers enterins
Sunday school, LEFT to themselves Gu
ufely--not recognized at all.
There arc two Kinds Of children VI
have TO deal with IN Sunday school,
;. e., one kind that grows up Ia an at.
m0sphere of love, tenderness, where
Kind words, gentle and tender care and
loving hands are always seen and
heard. Their nature SHOWS Il by their
sweet smile and ways. IL IL natur d
for SUCH TO captiva,e the teacher, IN.
gratiate themselves into the good
wishes anu graces Of oil. hut thore IA
another class Of children, anu In their
behalf plead before you teachers AMI
superintendent i have seen them by
the hundreds; this class are starving
for love, for kind wort, n loving ex.
preston. The atmosphere In which
they have grown up Is cold, chilly
many times unpleasant. Thete II no
one at home VINO gives them a kind
word. These are like the flowers that
| grow up In the cellar, where the ray =
" sunlight never smile ON them.
| No wonder they lack the sweet smile,
| gentle ways aui bright cDuntenauccs
and heads OF those who grow up under
| that paternal love Of Gods sunlight.
| These starving children arc the Ouos
| that need our care, our love, our devO.
| ton. But too often II Il the caso We
heap the love upon those who nfe
running over with IT,"
The moment we take charge Of a
class we are as messengers from our
| heavenly Father--ls His representa-
| tives--und We have the mission OF an
angel 10 perform. II we see persons
starving Tor food, we give them food.
II they are destitute We give them
clothing. Why not give that food OF
love aud cl0.hins OF gentlenCss to
those who need II? IL Is our mission.
IL IN the children that need our kind
attention even more than the subject.
In case OF the necessity Of transfer
TO n higher or lower department the
pupil. should be referred to tue super.
intendent, with the necessary recon.
mendatiOn. In case Of pupils of more
advanced age, but not prepared 10 en-.
ter u high department, special claasea
with work suitable to their compTe-
houston should be organized. What.
ever changes between pupils Of classes
In our department may DO deemed al
viAable by the head teacher, should be
made by him directly, but transfers
from one department into another
should not be made except upon
the authority VI the superintendent.
This head teachers Aud supetlnten.
dents should meet few moments
before school cOnyenes 30 perform any
work, make necessary assignments on
any work that will help improve the
school aud advance the pupils. This
should be our aim and study. This IL
uecessitated because the mhterinl We
have 10 deal with Is like living hui
mgnity aud Intelligence, constantly
changing. Like tho clouds VI heaven
We look upon them now, and In i've
minutes they put on n different form
continually changing Us they travel.
SO the young lntelligences before Us,
they constantly need new ideas-ways
OF explanation, and different ways OF
dealing with them. BE prepared Tor
every emergency.
In taking up book, or reading, we
should read one line, or ~ stop-One
sentence which expresses nn idea
never pass on until every point Ia un.
dofstood, then take up another sen.
,ence and explain everything, and 70
on, asking quefti0ns and drawing out
the Ideas from the minds Of the pupils.
They will then understand rs they
read, and Will remember the ideas ex-
pressed In what they read.
The grading Of the work ilself
throughout all the departments for
either oue term or for the whole school
year should be stetched out by the
superintendent aud then discussed and
adopted By the faculty OF all the teach.
ers before beginning Of the work, No
that every teacher understands the
work required Of him tor at least the
next three months. Every teacher
should work TO advance his department.
as these several operations are but the
parts OF the great whole.
THE INTERMEDIATE DEpARTMRNr.
This department constitutes ganer.
ally the nain body OF the school, ami
" composed of the greatest variety Of
pupils, both In age as we'll as In
capacity. These children arc Ia n
transition period and at time Of their |
llt whom animal slirits are overflow. |
ing without sufficient development Of /
Judgment to control them. Especially |
Is this the case with the boys, while |
the girls at this stage Of development |
are generally quicker in learning, and
causing Inexperienced teachers TO be-
come unjust by bestowing unjust
praise on one side and blame on the
other, when they should consider that
they have 10 deal In such Instances
with mere natural phenomenon.
The personal influence Of the teacher
substituting many other contrlvances
for the maintenance Of discipline IL for
these above stetet lroasons more essential
In this department than anywhere
else In the Sunday schools. The
"Guidep hns wisely recommended A
division OF this department into Nos,
/ and ., the inst one OF which might
be called with great propriety prepare.
tory department, az II IL designeI To J
prepare for the work in No. ..
There should he no break In the .
graduation OF the work from the min.
airy department into this one, although |
n different sot OF teachers Ia now In |
charge. y The separate elias, work con.
stitut,s here the main feature OF IN. |
programme, as we have 10 deal with /
fRpiily-duyeloping indivlduali,le. that |
neea our ever wAtchful guidance
Hence Reorganization OF large clas,es
must BE- avoided now, and about ten
should he the greatest number OF punils
Ia one class In order to give the teacher
n chance TO bestOw close attention 10
oyery individual student.
Although, ~ In the Primary ds.
pariment, oral teaching should he The
prominent feature there IN Ia IA, &c.