Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-17

taho sllok OF himsel. How was last
> ear and how am | now, physically,
enthusiastically and tocihlly2 The
special STUDY which Zach teacher
should pursue each year is that o in
which hu feels himself most deficient,
Ia your communities you VIII be art
70 flnd some one who has a specially
which viii benefit you. and IL viii De
profitable to pay him 20 instruct
you. Keep growing 20 that you viii
be In demand elsewhere than ia your
own locality, anu you will he ltss
liable 10 be cut down m your wages ny
your home board, because they cannO.
think "we'vc got him" Never come
before your citss without preparation.
Dr.. X. q. Maeser speaking on Prda.
gog e., suu: The aim Of every scuei.
Die being IL 10 accomplish some good
IN bis own walk IN lie. This should
bee particularly true OF the teacher
Teaching consists u instruction ana
TRAINING. instructiug is not conveying
knowledge alone, it's cultivatiug ana
uulntgiug the capacity Ol acquiring
fttts; it DO showing our pupils hYw %
acquire knowledge. That which bunc.
its US mentally IL The thing we dis.
cover Tor Ourselves after ~ has
been told To us. Teaching b..
leading. u T. showing how
~ see, hear, feel, taste and SMELL
how to iuyestigatc how O. hui out
thiugs. In oil our teaching We still
have too many teChniCHlitius, aud
amongst them, thv small puruOn Of
useful knowledge " lost Ike n needle
iu q haystack. Methods nud diagrams
are helrs, but not tue objects Of put.
suit
The other half Of the teaching Is
training building hablis, making
theu automatic ~ "a. no longer 10 be
a burden upon the wall power and the
consciousness. Good hAtila OF walking,
sitting, eating, drinking, sleeping,
thiaking Aul feeling are the sum Ui a
good education. 10 create u love 'Of
ghis, ami T. luili thUEc good habits,
must depend ou repetition. We ac'
| qulre habits Of gesture, iutDnatlUni
1 phrase, etc, when are the OuWfDwth
1f our many rcpuli.iuus; We cat. OF
escape acquiring them, nui the same
rule will apply 10 our purils.
There are three great forces which
should be- brought 10 bear on oul
! worn art, science and faith. Ole Bul
/ was IA artist la the true sUnso Of tut
/ word, because hc was the interpreter
ui nature. Tue nrt IL combining ave
creating uow forms anu phases VI tht
| thiugs one has seen, and every teacher
should be au artist. lie should b,
! original, creative, acquainted with
| the living souls before MIN, and nbl'
| 10 supply their uecus. The rec
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! muud, science, is also the inter
! prefer of nature, the great investigation
| VI her secrets, the rovcalur OF her uvUl
mys,erics. He who makes Of his min,
"a mere rt0TUhUuso OF facts IN not
sciruiiH he d. only "a cyci0ptdih lie
must be- uu Investigator, "a dhcOvcre
before he eau bee scientist IN
teacher need not be pofiUct ia phil4un
ply Nc auy u the olUglus, but lac mus
b. able 60 explore the mind Oi a child
q discover 10 latont possibilities an
tupply it- needs. Luai ihu child 10 ID
lktwitc, 20 investigate.
Tho third force, lHith, II indislcn
sable. The teacher must have iaith II
God, In nature, IN human nature, an,
iu himself Al CXpeiiu cntalist in th
uch00l room h % dangerous character
He must NOS experiment with imnor
lnlsuula, but no must be- able to discefl
need, % plant the seeds OF truth; IN
wait Tor them 10 ROW. O, teacher
Vt Utah, I may not i've IN SEQ the ia
when teachers IN be- on the top OF th
mountains, but you ought 10 get there
say 10 you, young teachers, what
glorious hope lies before you!
NUTfs.
Between s and o d. IN. on wcinc.
day Emil Alutsrt gave Instructions 10
class ul d,rmau stud0uu.
Hon. 40. sm01t, president OF Uta
stake, was present at the morning sr
sion 90 tue official teachvTs' inelItul
on NcduCs lay morning.
Mrs. Cfaig's class meets each mon
lug at 10. m. fOf one hour. 10 uuu
UrFs uuu hundred or more ladies an
gentlemen, who alphabetically pu
sue physical culture.
pflnoipnl Benjamin Ciul Jr. oCcl
pied thU hour between anu % a. m. !
iustuuCliug large class OF snbuat
school teachers 0u the theory NJ tuncl
lag iar.ioularsubjtot being uhaIAI
Ter building,
DR., Milton n. Hariy's class of gol
tlvmun mcuts at q, IN, anu nt o =, u
Tor one hours instruction. The su
lpot yesterday was "Physl0lOgy an
hygivur.n Tho course .H tho same
that laiI out Tor the y. NJ. NJ. /. ass
citation, and h. but uur OF a nDrles TAI
hus been held seml-daily sInoe N
7th Of August