Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-25
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.


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history and theory, and art Of teaching
were discussed, the ums beiug very
proiltably sFout
In tue phyeical culture class, tho
time was ccyoled to urlll In t,atlng
the lung capacity, together with
walking exercise. A portion Of the
time was devoted 10 exercises IN stress
Of voice, productions being given by
the class IN which different strptscs Of
voice occur.
Drawing as applied to the teaching
aud the study Of physiology was the
subject under consideration by
Prof Augsburg La the nb.
ssuco Of skeleton TO ILLUSTRATE the
bones OF the boIy, the blackboard may
DO utilized In very efficient m.uner
by JuIiclOus use u the crayOn ia The
hauus Vi the energetic teacher The
cifcuIatory system, digestive apparatus,
aud the various parts Ui the body were
skilllully drawn upon Iho board by tue
professor, ~ the gguaJ satisfaction nud
profit VI the mcmUcrs OF the class.
The work In Prof Andrcw.'s gram.
mar class was continuation Of
clausgs, relative clauses being ,spo.
cially under consideration, the class
being required to pfoiuoo sentences IN
which such clGusta occur, ami TO give
au analysis showing syatautlcai a nj
chronological ieIauUuA.
FMS morning tue utunl devotional
exercises were conducted hs DINhitv,
the singing Uting under iAu direction
Of Aiis- Winston.
Prot hudfUw6, iu hil lectures 0f
yesterday ami today lave very
valuable outline ul She TERRITORIAL
growth OF the United States. Asyugp.
sis VI his lecture 10 here given!
The treaty OF PiTi., september 3,
l7sa, between thuuuitcd sat ,, france
anu Great Britain, continued tue TILE
OF our people To- the LAM cast Of the
Mississippi river, south Of Canada aud
north OF the two Florilns, sal,nU1
square milrt; 3il,754 square miles VIA
thu nrcg oil tue original thirteen s,atvs;
AsS,.i square miles was "Jhe we. tern
territory claimed by different states.
g--ihe Louisiana purchase, l,ls2, 752
square miles; date April 81, 1908; c.st
81, .B7, 62l9s, or . soc per acre,
8-pufchnso Of thr FiUrijus from
Spain, Feb. -, 1919; area %, -js square
miles; total cost 50, isO,7jsi Or IL l.luc
per acre.
4-rno annexation Of fcxas In 1916;
area ga, 1855 square mites.
6-Thr purchase Of California IN lsls;
area 522, 5bs square mile; cOst $4,000
900, or i!c per acre.
G-Ihs Gadsden purchase Ia 1868;
area 70 685 tqunre miles; cost $1,000
900, or 80 3.lUc per acre.
THE Oregon country; area 25O,-
900 square miles; secured 10y Tour
titles-tD by discovery, Captain Gray,
1899; (2l BY exploration, Lewis ald
CiarKc, lSU5; go by settlement, 1871,
and ~ by treaty with Spaiu, 1919.
Sine purchase " Ala+ku, 1867;
area j77, 800 square miits; cost si,.OO,-
900, or lO.2Oc per aero.
O-Thu purchase from states ia) From
Georgia Ia 1909, sS,51o square miles lot
50, 100000; (bl From Texas IN 1850,
%, 1U7 square miles fOT slG,OO0,OUO.
lO--Slate Cessloua 10 the federal gov.
ornmcnt TO pay debt created by the
revolutionary war; area - 1875
square miles.
The public domain, which does not
include the thirteen original states aud
Trxas, is estimated at l,Si4,u72 So
acres, the purchase anu said VI when
Is said TO have Clri the government
S35, 8Sl, l6O, or 10 l.3c per acre.
a brief review o. tue work u the
term was given at the close OF the leo
lute today, anu was made IN ~ teHe
and graphic style, and WAS n source OF
great helpfulncss 10 the teachers Ia
their future work. Prof Audrcws's
work among the teachers has been
ominently satisfactory, which Is alike
gratifying TO the school sndto himself.
Dr. Whites first lecture today was
devoted to the Classification anu pro-
motion OF pupils. He skeichtd his
experience ia connection with city
schoole, and Htrongly condemned the
the sacrifice OF the best interests Of the
pupils TO the demands Of mechanical
system. The school is for the pupil, the
teacher n for the pupil, aud not the
pupil for tho school or the tehoher, The
decisive question Il "What Ii best for
the pupi2"
He stated that the object Of classify
ing pupils 10 10 bring those OF nearly
equal nttainmepts together that they
may be taught at the same time
with advantage. The theory that
pupils when once ulassiied can be
promoted together from year TO year
throughout tine course assumes, Q)
that pupils Rre Of equal mental ability
and physical yigoG l2) that they
have equal homo advantages, (3) that
they are equally regular la their At
tendance; (i) that they have oquRl
instruction and guidance and that
their teachers are equally helpful 70
them. These equal conditions do not
exist In any school, and the ohly way
equal progress can be- secured II
by claiming ths pupils together
in class work, holding back
the brighter and otherwise more
favored and hurrying unuuly the less
capable; and this Involves the sacrifice
OF time and opportunity. The practi.
cal remedy II the frequent rrolassiti-
cRtlon OF pupils, especially In lower
grades. This TeclassiilcatlOn IN ncces-
Stated by the withdrawal OF pupils
from school, thus necessilAting the con.
sUliIatiOn OF classes. on every 1000
pupils la graded system, $50 ION an
nyurngo) will be In the ilrst four years,
800 In the next four years; anu only
30 Ia the last four years.
Dr. White then took up the intervals
between the classes, discussing the
year interval, the hhlt-year interval,
and the greater year or term interval.
he stated that the yenr interval WIS
too long 10 perI ~ Irregular prOmOil0uB