Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-31


in "A building iniefiof 10 this.
But what sudden prosperity has over
whelmel the academy, the vltiior IL
ready to ask, that 1t should all at once
be so finely housed. Especially To the
visitor somewhat acquainted with the
Institutions financial history, IL this
question prominent. President Young
meant to DO great things by this
wofthest Of the offspring " his
genius. But the good mau died ere
lie could slgn the endorsements
his generosity had get apart Tor 1t.
lie gave II home, which the Gre
reduced 10 ashes, end q name, above
the reach VI the flames. Then there
nfe u few acres OF real estate which
time 10 likely to make valuable. But
for fourteen years the academy dc.
Tended solely upon tuition iof the pay.
ment OF teachers, and upon the mu.
nificence oi It's board for furnishing Of
buildings and apparatus. And both
board and faculty nave done their duty
nobly. ltis Iitiicult 10 ray which dc.
serve the greater praise, the teachers,
who, like true missionaries, considered
the work first, and the pay, let II he
what II might, secOndj or the trustees,
who, time anu again, have gone lutu
their own pockets for means to avoid
some CRIES.
Tn. splendid building, slngunr MS
the idea may strike the reau,r u
product OF Mormon faith. . ava
particular 10 point 0u, the spucirH ui
faith, Tor none but the kind that
moves mountains could accomplish
such wOrR. Mormon iaith Is peculiar
ia that Il contains ten per cent prayer
and hope and ninety per cent work
The spife now points the direction that
prayer aud hope led, tut II was uufc-
hitting toll that mRdo II point 10.
10 be le,s figurative and more accur'
ate, the membefe OF the board pledged
their private property to get money TO
erect this building. What was thoit
security Tho belief that God through
his people would SEQ that the venture
uii not fail. Theirs was faith that
took tangible shape In stone, mortar,
brick and wOod--a faith that appeals
10 the eye, the intellect aud the heart.
Poor security? II judged by tine rush
OF invehtOfs Tor " generally. True;
bat these men evidently reasoned that
" worst came TO WORT, anu II brought
them financial ruin, 70 would by no
means ue bad Investment. Tine
merely taking such risk for tue good
OF whole people was then by odds o
better investment. But II any man
thiuk President Sm0ot aud hls as,o.
ciate trustees visionary mon, who 10
not calculate coolly thtir ventures, let
HIM come here aud put his mundane
cunning Ia competition with their
business tact am ability. The end Of
thlI experiment IL not yet, nor may
the road be very distinC, for any uis.
lance ahead; Tut yet this Il certain:
hundreds oil young people are enjoying
the blessings quite as u the building
was ununcumlered. Did mortgage
on the farm ever destroy the flavor VI
the apple In the orchard
The faculty IL remarkable for being
composed aimoet exclusively of younr
men, tho principal being but -
yesu--Hll ardent students themselves
II naturally think OF one feature more
prominent than any other resulting
from such observation-disclosures
But enthusiasm In contagious; II the
teacher have IT, the students Will
catch ~; anu judging from the nd.
jectivoH VI s0mu OF my friends now
atte nding, they have caught II In
earnest. IL Is form OF contngion
which one will do well 10 20 out OF his
way to be exposed TO. Under It's ex.
hileraliug attack, iiie fairly gallols
through ones veins, and all the world
N beautiful.
Another splendid qualification these
teachers hnve--one which neither books
nor colleges can supply, aud which
l. currently counted u disgdvantagC--
they have ,,roughed" II In farm and
workshop, canyon and trail. That
thoy have used their eyes aud cara
well while hob.nObUing with dame
nature IN best evinctd by the posi-.
tons they hold. Most OF them have
taken thorough courses In colleges and
universities aud while the culture Of
the school has no dIubt donp much,
the fact that scholastic training couli
do much ia chiefly owing u this same
rugged paIroness having opened the
way.
What indeed distinguishes the
the teacher nom the man equally well
inlormrdG Simply the ability TO
make others sense what he feels; to
breed thoughts In their minds. To DO
this the teacher must be FERTILE him
seli-icrlile Ia illustrations, tho com.
post that must accompany the seed OF
thought that the plant may become
vigorous and fruitful. | listened
10 lecture or one hour on
abstract moral principlep, and
realized for the first time. M truth after
truth was put into concrete garh, what
an inexhaustible supply OF illustration
may DO LAID up by ono who observes
accurately toe relgtioa Of things with
which he comes In contact.
Compare for Instance tho vapid ele.
gancies Oi the man whose dainty lin.
gers have scarcely touched the thorn
la piucking q hOt.hOuse rose, with the
direct, specific, withdrawing evidence
Of natures own pupil VINO ms lad
wadud IN the pond Tor polliwogs, and
us u youth htstrided the bronoho OF
| tins desert. Let the authorities Of our
educational institutions keen this
thought In view when they are engag.
| ing he preceptOrs OF our children.
| But not 10 be led away by philnso.
| Ihiging, what Of the students that III
these hRlls? For comparatively
small city like Provo, they are numer.
Jus. II ten years ago they swarmcd
In the hive, now they appear 10 swarm
over the entire city. o every street
when school hours are over, they are
seen In files and groups, greedily
absorbing the longdelayed sunshine
| They swell the sabbath schools
anu churches on Sunday anu
make the merchants smile on
week days. Several thousand dol.
lars, It is safe to say, ARE spent every
week OF the school year by this tenn.
Iorary ponulauon,and this too without