Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-16

drill. were in a condition Of attention TO
receive impressions. and interest has
been aroused for further attention.
The word attention 10 this application
may need definition. u IS that attitude
OF mind and body which allows external
objects to act through the senses 50 as
90 stimulate ciucatve thought When
ever the child, In this attitude OF atten.
ton, has had glimpses OF the uses Of
what Doe has observed, the parts Of
animals and Of plants, the action OF
water in clouds and rain and frost, or
has seen q relation Of cause and elect,
bis interest, or in other words his mental
action has been intensified. We are to
continue this beautiful freedom, this un.
conscious acquiring Of knowledge by
pres nting objects that are adapted to
lis powers, hy guiding bis observation
upon them 'n such q manner as 10 stlm-
uIate ,ducIiive Thought and lead 90 q
knowledge OF function. which IS % Euowl.
edge oi llw, which is o knowledge Of
IIc 10 attention has been secured, and
observation rightly directed, the result
wall bc to produce in the mind a concept
of the object pending 10 the attri.
hutcs that have been observed This is
Cducat'vc thought. and this thought Is
Immediately followed by a desire for cx.
preston. The child Is not naturally
lazy, neither IS be- naturally SELFISH and
so bee wiIl take trouble 90 express 20
Others what he knows OF objects. lie
not only talks Of what he has observed,
but DC attempts 20 reproduce. by amy
material go hand. The boy builds u
house, models q boat or sled, while The
gd initiates her mother IN household
arts. or perhaps joins her brother in his
more rusgcd occupations. This motive
bon the child to give Co others what he
has received must be- nourshcd and
stimulated by the teacher, and 90 nc.
Complisl this 900 the means ol expires.
sion should be employed. This leads
a. to consider what are al the modes Of
expression. They are gcsturc.makiug,
modelling, painting, drawing, speech and
writing.
We have said that attention Is the
attitude ot mind and body best adapted
TO receive Impressions which induce
cducauyc mental action. Expression is
the manifestation of that mental action.
or concept through the body. The re-
suit of expression Is 90 intensity the
mental action. hence IL follows that II
many or all the modes OF expression be
employed to express n concept. the
concept is so many times iutcnsif fled.
Take tnis 5s the first point on the utility
OF drawing that % iulcnsilirs the cduca.
tive thought or mental action. This in.
tcusiiy of mental action, by Withdrawing
attention from the form OF expression.
tends 'oprcycnl selrconsciousncss, which
i5 one OF the greatest hindnnccs to pro-
grcss. The education OF the past-and
Il is not all In the past yct-has been so
directed 20 form rather than TO thought
that most Of us are too conscious OF the
form 10 do our best thinking
The question may arise here. ii Il has
not arisen before. can We teach all
form, that Is, al the means Of expires.
sion In connection with these central
subjects so that no appreclhlr time
may DC required for them. For the ob.
iggiOg will say I'VE have NO time 10
teach drawing, painting, etc" By this