Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-14
THE NEW EDUCATION.
Professor Malone Discusses Aims and Methods With
school Teachers.

Iivered by Professor W. Il. Mslore,
principal Of the Salt Lake C.ly high
school, at the recent general meeting
Of the city school Teachers:
This IL subject that IL going The
rounds Of educational loufnala great
deal OF late. Itnud University Exten-
sion are the attractive terms that
indicate lines along which modern
education u bearing. 10 ~ tfuei that
they are referred to at times IN serious
trmi.setioua aud humorous veins
IL was not long STAGE that feal
short newspaper article entitled "Ldu-
catiOnai Fuun," 10 lsnru that these ihus
were New Education aud UnlNtiaity
Extension. But sympathctlc Nv
vesligatiOn proves them 10 Dc Wofthl
uf more than ilippnnt allusions. a
word about Univrrsity ENtcusi0n wih
suffice; II H. the urinsing Town INTO
the public life many features vi thc
university life. it Is carrying the
university TO the people ihHuai oi
the people to the uuivefaity.
lectures IN the different departments
ofscluuce by men VI umiuuuDo IN these
departments, also Ia history, hlcfn'
iufc, economies and uudssogic'. u
fills n need of Inc present gvnvfhllon'
Many while young, unable by lack ui
means 70 seCuto the benefit Oi UNI
verify rourse, aud NV, anxious 70
avail themselves OF what they coulu
not earlier acquire, are! creating lhr
demand; some VINO let their emporium
titles Flip now rre tnu iolly OF thuir
way, and would make good their losses.
Many men In busintss, many men
and women OF means and leisure
would keep Ia touch with advancing
thought University Extension meets
this demand. This plan was starttu
In England before II took mold Ia our
country. For many years past, uni
vefsity men from Oxford aud Cam.
bridge have been regularly engaged
outs!do OF college walls IN instrucing
the people ia EnKlanGs manufacture
lug ccuters. They have secured most
cheering results Ia liiting 10 high
planes Of intelligent opinion on live
queslions those following industrial
pursuits. Tho Chatauqua assemblies
anu Chatauuua Circita M cur own
country are puRsos Of this movement
But what h New EducatiOn2 IL II
frequently before our eyes Ia eGuos-
tiOnai magazines, aud yet 10 IL found e.
be imyoTirctly understood. We In.
uuiIo what IL means, an are answered
with no distinct OF clear definition.
Articles In educational journals con
vUy no single, defined idea, The
reason IL, IL contains more than a
single IDEA. IL h comprehensive
subject, embracing tho advanced, i'm.
proved ani test methods uf school I'm.
struction and school government
some have conceived IL 10 be u novel
device Invented by nstule educators,
some method heretofore unknown,
some slcignt Of hand Performance by
which the youth can be- educated Tor
the duties Ofllie BUTT has "A deeper and
different meaning. lnthin a. IN every
comprehensive subject, ono must NO
behind tho printed words 10 discover
the full meaning. IL ianu undisputsi
TACT that until recently taud not un.
common today the methods VI m.
stFuction aud discipline In use ~ our
schools were most unscienutc aud
Irrational. Within recent years there
has been genuine anu marked awnk-
ening among eiucatiOnista anu dis
tlnot educational effort 10 devise anu
establish better methods Of teaching,
aiming thereby ~ the attainment NJ
the brst results IN TOE shortest possible
time. This attempt at educational re.
form has given risO 10 the Now Edu.
cation, In TACT, II H. identical with the
New Education.
To cay exactly whore this originated
or with whom, would be as uitiiCult Us
30 say cxuctly where ana with whom
Tie revival of letters la the sixteenth
century had IL origin. II IL claimed
RuthoTitAtively on the Que hGnd 60
be Western idea, Says the man OF
the West, "lt began IA the West, anu
extended eastward until NJ length the
conservatives Of Quincy anu Boston
showed signs OF litu.Y Another with a
degree Of sarcasm would make II dis
tinctiyely Eastern anu even European:
"50me time ngo few original aud
philosorhlc souls brought over from
Europs slip OF something
which they set cut and waterru
with anxious economic tears, and
when IL took root and grew, they
called it the New Education. But
exact time aud place gre immaterial.
Tho great fact II, n substantial impulse
has been given Ia the way OF educa.
t0nnl reform. AZ N shown In the
prevalence OF educational gatherings
Rud discussions, Ia the great diffusion
OF educational literature, New ana
advanced methods OF teaching are
being promulgated, educational ideas
anu educational spirit are becoming
widely dflusCd. Through the medium
Of educational pfois and educational
Rissclhtion tho whole field OF
education IN being thoroughly
CLEANED, and as II were plant.
eli anew with seed which, "a past tx.
perleuce tells ~, prohtsu beet THIS
seed may be said ~ be- the new eduCs.
ton. IL has taken last root, aud VI.
ready has attained good growth. IL
gives promise OF good results IN the
future.
Tho New Education proceeds phlle-
aophiCuliy, establishes itH foundation by
concentrating that the mind Is capable
OF education, anu that there Is rlht
way to educate, bused upon scientific
Psychological laws, II argues that
man rs by nature tuscrpli-
ble Of education; that he Is
endowed with the Caraciiy 20
know and 10 do, at first oi course,
latent aud undeyelopei. The organs OF
tense being tho meuia through wulcl
the capacities VI the mind aie nd
dressed, and since We cannot believe
that IL was intended that they remain
In an uudeveloped state, there must be
suitable forces Tor exciting them uui
drawing them out; there must also DO
methOdu for applying the forces 10 the
capacltles, anu night methods az agniuft
wrong methods. Upon this latter
point thu New Education has laid par'-
tCular btfrsF, Much error huH