Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-23

Hhlt uclDuHinE 70 tue SUI kluN Ium-
Afihtopoda Including the crawhsh,
thousand legs, spiders and iusects.
Suggestions were given ~ 20 mode %
ieathirg these subjects In common
schOOla.
Prof l3ddiugneld separated into she
following divisions the subject Of Arilh.
metic:
/! Principles Of square root.
q. Solution " questions.
The reasons Tor each step was clearly
given and Illustrated by diagram. Iie
lesson tomorrow Will he cute root ana
IT, applications.
D.. White fret spoke further on the
subject " testing, treated ut yeslerlhv.
There nre three kinds of oral test. 1T,
catechrlic; 2ud, topical; arr, ppnca.
ton. CattChotlo method n the m0at
thorough. Question method has
been tho favOfiib Of great teach.
ers itUm Socrates down. Teach,
cts must study questions. Three
qualities gOUu question must have!
let, clrHi; 2nd, concise; 8fd, pointed.
When you test, test without "A bp K.
Strangers who examine cla.asa are
apt ~ be vague ia their questions,
Tue questions must be- logical Boo order.
QuustiOus should not be- "Ieadiuu
quesliOns." Teacher ia trstirr ia mo-.
~ be sympathetic, tut mist be deter.
mined TO lind out ignorance " 1t exists.
A leading question b. one that contains
hat Ut the answer. 10 will not do.
These quubliOns IRE objected 70 iu
court This b. d weaEur,H OF a great
many teachers. One Of the disadvanl-
ages VI this method 10 that It does not
trst expression.
In the topical method the teacher
givca n qutstiou which involves q
group Of statements. This % better
test VI thinking nud expression. Tnis
Il tavur-the method where these
things are desired. 10 takes a very
clear headed teacher 20 use the topical
method. There IL a great difference
hetgeuu mere talk anu recitinu. Dr.
White thinks that "A union Of tho cat
che,ic aud topical method Is better than
either alone.
There are three methods ai calling on
pupils u fecite.
Firs,. Consecutive or turn mulhoI-
pupils fccito by turn.
second. The pfumilCuUus method.
Third Simultaneous Or concert
method.
Many teachers use the consecutive
teacher anu more rapid. In some
classes II h "a good thing,as In speiilng.
This weakness IA that ~ fails 10 secure
attention. No pupil need pay atten.
ton but the one thtt Ia roclung. Then
the lessons are apt 10 be partially pfe. |
pared, since each pupil will know !
what part VI the lesson he il TO fecite /
upon.
In tho pt0mis0iuus method the uucs. |
tlOnsat thrown, where there IL ahsouou |
Of attention or knowledge. Alwhya /
put the question before you duuiguate |
who " ~ answer a.. OlCn a few /
bright pupils do all the rcciiing. THE |
method calls Tor a skilful teacher. /
Bright pupils must be stimulated ~ /
well ne the dun ones. For the 0rdi. !
nary teachera union Of the two melhouf |
10 best.
TIE LECTURE.
The lecture on Tho Duty Of the
Hour, given by DR.. White last even.
ing, was listened 10 with deep uticn.
tiOu by n large and appreciative audi.
ouCe. The speaker stated that child.
hood wss n warfare betWecu thb high.
81 anu the lower natures Tor rulership |
In the child's life, ana took bold
should educate tho child. In bis argu-
mrnt he clearly maintained the follow
ing PROPOSITIONS;
1.-The state should educate IN a
means OF military iefeuse-,hAt II may
be- strong r. war.
2-lhe state should educate a.
means Of industrial progress-ghat its
people may bs rich. In support Of this
IL was shown that education
IfomOles Industry hud lessons idlcnusH,
that IL makes latur more skillul anu
more productive; that II enrlchcs
Industry with inventions anu uisCOy-
cricsi that II improves the domestic,
social aud moral condition Of people.
Wealth II the child OF education.
8-Ihc state must educate that civil
liberty may endure, its idle 20 lie.
pend Ona leaving rcmunnW Ia free
state. Intelligence anu virtue must
lervade all hearts. The ballot box h
the urn VI fate 10 a republic, anu In.
,plllgeUcu must shake the bowl and
virtue must pTeeldo over the lot.
"fho duty OF the hour,n said the
speaker, - universal education. The |
school must be placed within easy
reach Of every child born into Amer. |
eau citizenship, anu Ia some way It
must be seen that he goes 20 the school.
elGe may be done, this must
rot be let undOLc. Tue teacher must
place his hand Ia blessing on the head
II every child born under our ilig, In
he school the child must not On y be
ausht 10 read ami lhlnE, but % love .
ruth and honor ana purity, and his
leighbor M himself. What the Te. I
lublic demands OF It's teachers II NJ
Intelligence alone, but intelligence
md Virtue. The end and measure Of
ho school Is u noble manhood. Tina, Z
Constitutes stale." '
MOTIFS, y
Dr. Klrgsbury, OF the Univenity, '
lOkut IN upon the school today.
Miss n. h. Hart, Of the city schools, d
as returned from the Columbian Tx. {
usitiou, aud Is an enrolled member
Pot Young, director OF music IN lie o
lty schools, takes "A very active Ia. y
.refl Ia tho daily proceedings. u
Preparations are making Tor an -
ltcres,ing program IN the nature " u