Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-23

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shall be taught and how much Of il
shall be taught that Il would seem
nothing new can be advanced upon thI,
much discussed subject Yet result
show as that there are defects IN oui
methods Of instruction, therefore %
becomes necessary that the discussion,
still continue.
The English department in our public
schools knows what il wants; but IS
not at all certain about the bestmcans of
getting what 10 wants. The professor
OF English in Harvard College says
that departments would be satisfied u
students came 10 college with q taste for
good reading and the ability to express
their thoughts respectfully The bust
ness world demands that pupils from
,ur srbo,ls be able 10 cxprc,s their
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orally aud 10 wiring
They must De accurate IN i0m a. 20
pre,,r,fi,p of any written siatcmcnts.
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tnlhk fca1ily ana unhe'lauhE} "il''
10 say and how to say o. They must De
able TO use easy. graceful i1reib'c Eng.
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III must pc desirable LngllAn'
We as teachers know perhaps better
than any one else how far short some of
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IN ihesc lhlngs' ana we sometimes looH
with anything but sanguine mind at
the .eareies,iy prcpared letter tbe moor.
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sPeinng OF WoIus' inc iagN OF anything
original IN Thought which come
from some OF the pupils who have been
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II would seem that the results re-
quifcd cannot be reached In any great
measure, without systematic co-opera-
ton in the English work throughout the
entire course from the first gruds TO
graduation.
To prescribe what can be done In any
one year b. almost next 10 impossible,
without considering previous prepare.
ton. ability OF classes etc.
tits perhaps comparatively easy 10
say what ought 10 be done Ia certain
years, at certain ages. following certain
lines OF previous work and 20 on. but
this as usual Is theory and 1t is the prac.
teal we want in these days.
The purpose OF this paper is to sug.
gcit some Of the things which may
help to make up the scope OF the work
In second year high school 10 the line
VI English.
English, as we use the term now
throughout the school course, means
word study, composition work, gram.
mar, rhetoric and literature. Aside
from the rhetoric. these are supposed to
be given In some form during each
year OF the pupils school work
In the study Of words the ctymology.
the dlcuon, the use OF loTciblc and
harmonious words should prepare the
pupil for the historical study oi words
which should form a part OF bis work
m the second year
This historical study Is, OF course. not
advisable as separate part or division
OF the work but incidentally Il can be
brought In with great benefit In con,
nection with the study OF the selections
VI literature.
The dictionaries now are libraries In
themselves and can furnish an endless
source Of Information, The study OF a
single word In the Century Dictionary
shows the variety OF information, the
political, social intellectual and re-
hglous DEVELOPMENT, that a familiar
word may furnish
noticed recently an account Of the
study of the word cross" from one OF
the large dictionaries. There are 100.
teen and half columns devoted 10 II
and ils combinations. there are twenty
four pictorial Illustrations, iu all there
are l57 different words made from h.
There are fourteen different sets Of
definitions TO the word Itself; the iunda.
mental idea Is, Of course, the cross or
cruN, from Cmciiyug
Much Of the weakness which every.
body regrets in the style Of pupils is
said often 10 De due 10 q neglect OF this
particular study which Is thought by
some, as sta,eI recently in an educa.
uonal paper, 10 be oul.killlng," but II
properly conducted may be In "A high
degree nspring,
The composition work OF this wear as
OF all years. Is OF two kinds. that writing
which Is founded on the observation and
experience OF the pupil and that founded
on bis reading Educators differ as to
which OF these should bee given mos
attention. Some claim there Is preatrr
originality gained Iu form of ryBr..gi,r,
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