Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-04
METHOD IN STUDY.
Dr.. TalmagGs ADDRESS Before the
University h Tmal Society
A SUBJECT OF DEEP INTEREST
ABLY aud Thoroughly discussed by an
Instructor VI CapabiliiY aud
Prominence.

The following Is a synopsis Of a lee
ture upon "Me,hod in Study" de-
liyered by Dr. J. Z. Talnage before the
Normal Society Of the University OF
Utah, October ~, 1898. The lecturer
spoke in an extempote manner, without
use Of notes, and the report given below
is compiled from reporters notes, care
fully revisod
Itisto me d pleasure and an honor at
any time to meet with a body Of earnest
fellow workers; and as / claim To be
student, however slothlul, and something
OF teacher, however incapable, / pride
myself in the claim Of family connection
with al others OF the kind, Whenever
] meet one such, feel within my nature
the swelling impulses that tell OF kim
ship understand that have the honor
Of addressing a body OF teachers tea
chers in fact or teachers In expectations
am safe In concluding, therefore, that
stand before an assembly Of students.
The most experienced Of the actual
teachers before me are doubtless among
those who most fully deserve the title OF
students As long as one remains a
teacher he must be likewise a student,
deep, earnest and true. The teacher
should diner from his pupils mostly IN
being broader deeper, harder student
than they
AS we are an then students in fact
and by profession, Il surely cannot be
wholly amiss to call mp the topic oi me
thod in our work. Il is necessary that
We should know, (tl what VIC are re-
quired or expected to do, aud (2) By
what means this end or these ends may
be most easily reached. Personal and
individual study constitutes the food OF
the teachers mental organism, lac must
needs patlake 30 proper quantity and at
reasonable and regular times, Ills di-
gcstion Is naturally OF but limited capa-
city, he cannot consume enough 40 %
sitting TO last month or a week, II g.
not good TO be a gluttou today and
starvcliug tomorrow As TO physical
food, hygienisis attach great importance
To the kind OF alimunt, aud also 20 the
time and manner o. eating Yet, fear
fully and wonder uliv made as Is the
body Of man. his mental organism Is Gar
more complex and delicate, and surely
food for such an organism should DE
selected with correspondents care. Yet
there Is ordinarily but little attempt
made TO devise and follow any system.
attic procedure IN matters Of study.
OF the teacher mucn Is expected be-
sides the routine work Of his class room.
tie Is usually one Of the busiest mem
beers OF the community, though not CA.
actIy a "lack OF all trades he IL never.
theless a man OF all professions. His
pen must be ever ready, and his mind
alert for work. To be a teacher worthy
ui that distinguishing name, he must be
an educated man Aud what is Il TO be
educated ia this day ol seemingly I'm.
natural pfogrcssf To be educated as
the spirit of his work demands. the
teacher must be able to take a lively Ia.
tetest ia aIl mn tiers Of growth and de-
vclopmynt ,aucut ia the community
aud n the world, lie should have his
iayorilc studies Co which he can turn
with interest and zrst; but he must not
be a man OF manageable hobbies. II
he have a hobby he must ride II quietly
and uuosientaliously without causing
Inconvenience to others through the
noise or dust which he creates Far
less can he be with any propricty wholly
q specialist. Much OF specialist he
may be, something Of a specialist be
must be, but cntIrely q specialist hr can.
not be. The specialist Is apt 10 be
narrow, however deep the currents of
his mind may run. lie Is useful IN bis
sphere; indispensable In the world, a
niece ,saTy unfortunate in fact. To me
the specialist Is comparable TO the loco.
motive, grand, mighty majestic while
on the track, yet how little can Il
render one IN reaching any point not
directly along the line OF trayel but
Let Il not be thought because OF such
words and companions that dcprccate
the work OF the special Investigator.
From my heart say honor to every
such hero, The specialist Is the pioneer
IN progress; the explorer who bids adieu
TO well known shores, with no compass
but that OF hope and sincere trust to
guide him, aud carries his fortunes into
the ocean Of the undiscovered. The
teacher Is he who waits anXiously at the
port stralning eye aud ear to catch the
FIRST sign or sound Of the returning voy
nger and who, when he returns, listens
10 the stirring accounts Of discovery,
and gives the most desirable parts to his
pupils. The teacher occupies place
between the specialist and the people.
receiving from the one and giving 10
the other. The original Investigator Is
the true miracle worker, under whose
priestly touch the little loaves Of knowl.
edge Npand and increase ull from them
q multitude may be fed aud filled, while
thousands more may feast upon the
fragments We as teachers are privi.
legged to be called disciples Of this mas
ter, appointed 10 distribute the life gtv.
ing ahment thus blessed aud sanciihed
20 the hungry multitude. 10 suiices my
ambition as one Of the humblesl work.
ers in this distinguished profession to
be such a disciple o. such a master.
How Is ID possible for one TO he
broadly educated today There was a
time when one human mind could com.
pass all that had been discovered IN
science. Our title philosopher
lover OF wisdom, tells the story OF day
when such 9 one was physicist as far as
physics had progressed, astronomer
hotanlst, physician, aslrologCr, chemist
and mathematician. Now, however,
every one OF these branches rs compar
able to a central sum of colossal magni.
mde, with numerous planets attendant
ON ms course. No man can in any
ordinary life time fully master an the
discovered truths In chemistry or
philosophy alnoe The field of knowl,
edge even as far as 1T present surveyed
Is practically illimiiable. How can one
feel himself great when space Is inhnite}
To be anything in the intellectual world,
repeat thaI person in general and q