Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-12

TIE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Suggestions OF Some Of Its Advantages
10 Teachers.
EDITOR Eeaetet Aeles

Editor BcseTd Act0s
Aleu nave become 80 AccIstomsd to
think o: vacation a, tlme iOr physi.
cal aud mental rest, n time TO swing Ia
u hammock beneath some shellorng
tree and read the latest specimens OF
light literature or sleep, slsep, sleep
and still never feel rested, that they
often DO not realize how much time
they allow to run TO waste. These
days, as they come anu so, should each
bear Ms good fruit, fruit that will add
10 our pleasure here anu make ua more
ahle specimens Oi the GOd.iu.muu shat
We are; anI every day that does not
accomplish this 10 wasted, Is Lost tof-
ever.
Physical rest 10 not necessarily an
ontlre cessation from labor, but a
change OF exceTcise that brings into
play "a new set Of muscles anu allows
the strained cues 10 relax. Neither IL
mental inactivity necessary In order
that the mind may gain new strength.
How often We find that, when We en.
deayor to smut or minds up with.
beyond the boundaries We have placed
about them, and refuse TO be- cOnhueJl
Utter relaxation for tho mint 10 "a
prison In whose dark anu gloomy
depths the intellect proWls around In
rrstltssnefs, hurls itsplf agaiust the
barritrF, and refuses " be- obediont AMI
calm, IL Is variety, not Incidence,
that our powers crave; and when We
provide our minds anu bodies with
frequent change OF employment, oil.
though all these lines OF effort may
tend In one general direction, we shall
lind ourselves attaining tbs highest
and the most healthy development.
Our periods ot rest, then, should b.
periods OF labor under new surround.
ings. That vacation IN host spent
IN which we eau nnd new
paths la which 10 travel, view
new landscapes, aud climb 10 Gle.
vations "A little higher thRn we have
over reached before where We get n
broader, a more inspiring view OF the
future.
The summer school at the Uuiversity
will provide Just such an opportunity
10 earnest young men Auu women.
Teachers and others can use tho ume
In which they are out Of employment
10 improve and ~ themselves Tor better
positions. This chance 10 attend classes
and discussions under University pro-
lessons who are specialists in their lines
is not often obtained Ia vacation. Ton
Instructors with some other lecturers
and assistants will give their time 10
this work Tor 1--WE weeks; and, when
We consider also the added opportunity
atloried by the library, laboratories anu
museums, tho tuition asked seems
small, indeed, Fifteen or twenty dol.
lars may seem good deal TO pay out
these hard times; but the same oppor.
tuuity would cost several times that
amount II taken NJ any other season Of
the year.
We pay $3.50 dollars oar fare, and 20
East TO Harvard or Cornell TO spend
the vacation In study. There We pay
from $40 90 S75 tuitlon for instruction
no better than that gwen at our own
University ia the u lies utlured for from
81 70 $50. The time has come when We
should begin 20 support "homa indus
| tTyo Ia education As well as In other
! liues; anu lot our m luoy help build up
| the struggling educational Institutions
| Ina UWh insteal VI handing IL over 10
rniiroads anu wealthy institutions OF
| the East, Let us x ve due appreciation
anu support TO VIVA. We have at home
| fret. "Home industry" should be the
watchword IN all things.
BYRON CUMMINGS,
Universally VI Utah.