Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14
WITH THE TEACHERS
Summary Of Lectures by H,s'
Brotherhood and PilL Whiting.
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MORALS rs ruuHC SCHOOLS
such Was De. Mllspaurh' hdircs
Before the Ci'y Teachers Today
Other Exerc.s..
MORALS IL runIIc SCHOOLS.

N'AA fNN'A NNNAN HN N.a". H 1000
Umvcri.y bulldog. Tue Two uuuci
pal fcnlurcs of iuc meeting usfu ale
dresses by Alls a. T.. Br 1cfh.od aui
Pio. WHmus, Dlln oi Uuh Uniyer-
ely.
Mas Brotherhood splkc sula.au.
daily Do follows, ON Contra Puac.ples
in Education.
a great reform scgmB % bu aifea Iy
well begun. ruo new movement ls
more Than protest against She
mechanical routine Of gndlus, aud
avofases, nnI examinations, aud per
cent?. 10 has lImellinr 90 allst 900 tht
place Of tho ay-lem wbicl % cJuIomus.
The .un .ameniai iIoa OF ita principles
and mcIhodsis uuidoa,iYn o, c0ucenti--
ii1u. Toe conception OF variety
couvefsius into unity AMI unity cN-
punins ITSELF in vasIe,y Aa, iHnueucul
philosophical thought from Plato TO
the present timu. tu oIuulii1u, this
lton is apparent in the attempts mlir
in HuCtuut az VOL aH ia modern tlmtH
90 unity COLLEGE studies by maklng one
Ok two aubiceis center aIounI whitu
Others arc gathered. ruu oisuuilaI
unity in tuls now theory Is tho uulty
Of mental ucu0u. Tue mind isauuil
mot u collection OF acu.tIu8-- AMI
acts rs unit lu every conscious,
mental action, all the Hl.clllcl iauui.
tics contribute o. that action. Ihr
pf0ctsa by which nn individual cou.
cupt ~ formed u ana unconscious Hyu-
| thesis Of cJ0Cepts Previously in con.
| scl1usnr8s. iuia plUcuu Involves
memory, imagination, rccJlleC.i0
association, judgment, cJupauDu,
ETC., unity Uf ncuvi,ira. This net b.
educaliye only when tao will holds
| the mimi nuu uoIy iu ga altitude q
/ attention f0r iuf.ucr EciiUu 90 the exc
| tofunl energy. r1is uct OF tho viii
| Boo holding tUc concept Tor thu putplsU
] OF hudmy tull, Knowing Ia, cIu-
/ contracts all the activities ilv0lyuI iu
| thHt particular mental state, ani thare
! Do intrr8ify OF O1usCiUua which o.
| ulucatlvu. Tho application OF this
/ principal of Tue unity Of mental action
| uuItr thB stimulus OF eternal objects
| determines the modes of attention 1r
] study; observation, htuuuE, language
/ aud reading. Another uuity roCof
| uizsI Ia THIS schunB is the unity iu
| nature. the relation OF each depart.
| ment OF nature u all others Is ND owl
l drul that no one eau doubt ths uuC1i-
] sity OF teaching oil the natural fu.uucus
/ ia order 10 tsaun any Que OF
/ them. IL auy question arises hero,
/ 20 70 the child Tor auawef.
The world Of nature, a world OF mas.
wells aud VI mystery mas catered in
through tho senses, aud the unity OF
! mental activities uubf0kun 40 SO. by
! the arillclal methods VI tho school.
! room, has put MIN Ia plsscssl0n o.
/ know IoIgr IN all the departments Of
! nature, No stronger Arsumuut Tor all
/ tbs sciences, in elementary grm can
! us offered than this divi teaching OF
nature herself, frim earliest infancy %
the time Uf entering school,
Tho most radical phase Of this theory
IN IT, application arises Out VI aullhuf
natural units; shat Of thought with OK.
preston. By the act OF the viii iu
concentrating all the mental iHCIliIDt
the concept d. made iutuusn or we
may say, there ls Intense thought ana
uuuUt tue stimulus OF this Intense
thought al expressions may be-
most readily taught IL is tue desire
90 express Thought thAt uyJgg1mBs the
difficulties in learning 60 thIF, which
ufo greater than the dlMuulala in
learning 90 write. Similarly, all forms
OF exptutaiOu are beet learned under
the Impulse OF 1IuCAuye thou ght.
This claim H. the greatest advance upon
former methods au4 is tue feature most
criticised, Form and number have
thulr place VA this theory ~ nudes Oi
Judgment Without accurate Ouserva-
tiJu gnd knowledge Ot form, made
exact by use Oi number, concepts are
vague. Form anu number also are %
Do taught unlur the Impulse OF iutrlu-
siu thought generated 10y observation,
oral language VI reading.
From this HtuIy VI nature, this unity
of mental action, and unity OF Thought
with expression wall boo evolved tnu
harmonious development VI tn moral,
theuIelluc.-ala ud The physical powers,
the supreme object OF true education.
A. j.. BRUrltEMiOOD.
METHODS uF TEACmNG nJTANY.
Below 10 presented u summary OF tho
lecture by PfoL WEitlug'
Many so.called "prac,ical people"
urge that time spent In nature stuJy Is
wasted, that our schools should 90
students Tor getting u living rather
than spend time Ia teaching Soma
mental" branches. Such people have
mover stopped 10 think now much
uucucal indudtfy IL indebted 30 our
knowledge OF nature. Every ,nuutry
Ina tue world 10 monument Go tho
value VI botany, aud nyery drugstore is
museum wherein ono may sec neatly
ARRANGED the large number OF vugB.
lbblc extracts which the DDtAui5t aud
his friend tho chemist have found 10
! be- Of practical use 10 man.
Even li lnu average ttudCnt never
| makuH any pUUtlgsl use OF bio ku0wl.
edge OF botany, the dime which he
spends IN tha study Of that subject 10
well spent, The great object Of
| lllo Il not 20 get rich, tut 10 develop
the mlnl; aud no better means OF mind
development can boo found than 10
learn % study aud appreciate the
wonderful organic world by which W.
| are surrounded wherever We may go.
| From the highpst aud truesl stand.
| point the "lmClicnl" man Do tho most
| Impractical Of gll muu.
! Attention was then called 10 the
! spTouduE seeds % the corn, bean aud
yea, which had previously beou dls.
! tuuu,ed among the teachers present.
The structure OF tho seed wa spoken