Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-24

ancient Rome, In whatever direction
we look, tho hidocui form Of crime
Is seen making BE Shiny way"
The speaker then concluded that
there must be something iuniamen'
tally wrong both in our educational
aud penal systems. AZ to the latter,
lao claimed tia, the prisons are but
highschools Of crime, AMI that the
public schools are at fault, not Indeed
IN theory bat In the application Of the
theory.
Even an optImlsll, philosopher can
hardly deny She statements presented
on this subject As to the young
generation u this country, II Is unde-
nlablo that vast numbers, notwith-
standing a good education, so-callod,
are unable % find profitable employ
meni, simply because their early train
Ing did not include physical labor The
schools have advanced but not alto
gethor 90 a. 10 cover tue growing prac-
iical need Of the nation. Primarily
the object Of tho institutes Of learning
was 10 place The various sciences with
Ia the reach Of the few whose circum.
stances permitted them to pursue a
scientific lie. Then the attachments
VI a high school we're certain 10 place
their happy plssessor In a positlon 10
make a good living, His book learn
ing was worth all he had invested la
u OF lime and capital Bat a' the IA.
cilllios foteducation were placed within
tho reach Of everybody, the competition
increased, until mere book learning,
Whatever its Intrinsic lntelicciualvaIur
may be-, Lost its power 10 sustain, phys
ically, lls dovltcrs. Whsl Ia a com.
muniiy but a fog persons are masters
Of the arts of reading aud writing, Tor
Instance, they may be able TO turn this
achievement 10 pecuniary advantage,
~ ~ still done In countries where a
man who can use biz pom Il considered
a very learned individual; but When
education becomes ~ general that
everybody can read aud write, those
requirements alone can clearly
not give profitable employment
to all. Aud the ramo h
true Of other educational branches.
10 place them within the easy reach Of
all b virtually 10 lower ghcir money
value. Il b. the law Of demand and
supply again. The more abundant tbs
latter h, tho less It IL worth ia cash.
The only remedy scoms to be to en-.
brace Ia the education Of tho young
such things ns are suro 10 enable the
scholar to make an honest living after
hc has gta iuatcd. Itisno harm Tor
young man 10 know the Distinction
between the subjective aui objective
gonitive or the coueo. Interpretation
Of the Greek definite article, but u
10 this knowledge IL added the
ability to make good pair
OF shoes or to cut SUIT Of clothes, tue
student after leaving school would IN
most cases be- vastly bstior Oh. The
need uf the age IL industrial schools,
aud Ia this direction education must
progress 10 meet what Ia an imminent
requirement.
but even when this goal has been
reached, ~ In time itsufely will be-, II
l. questionable whether uaupersm aud
crime will bo effectively combatloi.
These depend ON conditions 40 deeply
rooted In human nature that mere
education, be- u ever 10 perfect, u Ia.
adequate to reach H. Religion alone
points to the supreme remedy Tor all
such evils. II urges individual ere.
generation" anu sound philosophy
will sustain this method NJ the only
one ultimately effective.