Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-04

.of inicllectuai advancement every high.
way and bywAv is giving place 90 iha
vefdute Of increase. some oil lh'se
strange plants, many OF them perhaps.
are still cIassed as UfcHl,- are plants OF
which We have not yet learned tne Isc''
others are assufcdly various. ~ none
yger, In any manner bad 20 would seem
that 10 "a degree the AlnightyH cusg
had been Withdrawn aud thatiu the hcld
ofnental activity ai least the earth was
abou TO yield oil her strength
Let as consider an instance. Tie
words of a language may be iairly taken
as au index to the thought or lack OF
thought OF the people. And under
existing conditions. words are iucftai-
Ing ut "a pfodigious rate. by recent
announcements we learn something vt
the progress being made IN that siupen-
dous work, the oxford Dictionary. Al.
ready nearly s. years nave been de-
voted by "a large corps OF learned men
to the preparation Of lhc pages, aud
they are now lahurirg in tue letter {.
one volume has been issuedi 1t com
prises over 1900 pages, presenting more
than 5iooo words beginning with A and
q. One may well wonder when This
Ucrculclu task will be accomplished,
ami what. as an able thinker has in.
uuired, will the supplement be lisg'
the volume or volumes destined to
contain the words iu each letter that
have been brought into existence since
the letter To- question was finished loo
the main work. Already 1t has been
found necessary Co prepare O GLOSSARY Of
the technical terms employed 900 thc
field OF electrical science alone; 10 ls "a
huge tome aud annual supplements are
being made
How can one keep up with the imgs2
What is BE- To- he educated under these
conduulsl IL would seem almost im-
possible even TO catilogu. the dscuv
cries and invention oi th' age. Surely
the preacher was right when De declared,
TO the making OF books there is no
end"
Yet books are among the chief Of
the teachers tools. and tools are 20 be
regarded as aids in tbe work, means
devised for the acCompli ui "a
given purpose. That purpuse iu our
profession Is the avelupmcnt NJ the
human capacity toward greater pgncc-
ton; not ply steal Wcll.bciug alone nor
moral progress only nor Intellectual
excellence by ITSELF but perfection oi the
/ individual, or condition ss nearly up
preaching perfection ass 10 IS possible Co
/ attain. The day has passed when the
/ teacher thought his work To consist ln
pouring knowledge into the pupils mind;
| The present aim Of the profession is TO
! lead out and thus develop the Innate
powers. teaching the student TO measure
/ his own ability. 10 feel the strength Of
/ his own wings. in short 20 use his pow
| ers In laudab'c service, thus making
himself n better Individual, physically
! intellectually aud morally.
| Referring to the tools Of the teachers
/ work lit is % matter Of general obsct
walton that Zoo any art or science the
/ history OF its tools would hc in tact a
/ true history OF the growth of knowledge
or skill along that line Were honor
given to whom honor Is due, the men
/ who advanced the art of saving, chip
ping aud polishing marble would share
! the praises for the Apollo, the Venus,
/ and Angeles Moses. The discoveries
Of the arts OF preparing and mixing pig
/ ments are entitled 10 a share Of praise
/ Tor the Madonna. We laud Gutenberg
| and CaNton for their service In the ART
OF printing, and have called tham iuven-
| tiers OF printing, whereas the men VINO
| invented paper have lone more toward
advancing printing than those who first
| used types IN the making Of books.
/ The fundamental idea Of printing that
/ OF taking Impressions from dies, was 10
/ service long before the days Of Guitcu'
| berg, as witness the medals and medal
| lions Of lar greater antiquity. Printing
| could advance but slowly until a suitable
! fabric was prepared ior the reception OF
the impress ions. The FIRST uses Of parch,
! HI fLss and al mod /. "a
| paper mark cpochs In the history OF
| printing. Miueralogy could scarcely be
! called an exact science tll the goni.
| omater reached q Stage Of working per-
| lection; the history OF modern chemistry
| dates from the time OF l.avosicr's FIRST
| well directed use ol the balance. dis.
| coveries Ia microscopy are largely due
| 20 the energies OF those who work lo
perfect the instrument students OF the
! brass and glass of microscopy as they
arc detisively dubbed.
But the simple possession OF good
tools does not insure good work. The
worker must know his tools. And what
astounding skin can be attained In their
| usei Who has not watched with adj
miraton almost amounting 70 envy, the
ease with which the sEilIlul artisan
manipulates his tools; the carpenter his
plane and saw, his level aud compass
and square: the mason iis trowl and line,
| the farmer his shovel ani pillow; the
sculptor his chisel, the artist bis hrush'
| These are masters OF hlndcrali the
good old origin for our modern word
handicran; and this arises from proper
attention 10 headcfait. Such skill is only
uhtainab'e through strictest attention to
the requirements and system IN study
aud practice.
In our worl; we have 10 be aided by
system OF note taking; not 10 be en-.
ployed alone while listening to formal
lectures IN class, but in the course Of
our own reading aud individual rellec.
ton. Every earnest student should
| keep noles OF his work IN all branches;
and beside the special notebooks thus
produced he will find use for the scrap.
book, in which TO preserve Tor easy
reference clippings from periodical
literature; also a common place book,
In which 20 record thoughts especially
worthy Of remembrance rom whatever
source obtained,-lrom acknowledged
instructors, from books, from individual
| reflection, or from the teachings OF the
teachers own pupils and IL may be from
the smallest and most inexperienced Of
these little ones.
Let us guard against dcsul,oy read
ing reading that leaves no record in
mind or book, except Ia the weakening
of our powers, Time now lltbils "a
fuller consideration OF this and more
than a mention OF other important
points M the line Of the teachers labor