Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-17

The presentation and consideration
o. the report of the COMMITTEES Of Ten
is again taken up In this Issue, H.
lcupth aud Importance prscludiug the
possibility Of treating IT, various phases
IN one article, OF In fact several A.
stated Ia the fret article, the rcp1r, l.
commanding widespread attention be.
cause OF tue prominence Of the edu.
Gators composing the committed, the
recommendations made and the phc.
nomenai unanimity, 20 to speak, Of
their deliberations. Tho conference
pu secondary instruction in mathe.
matiCs, which met iu Cambridge,
Msss,, iu December, 1892, divided tue
subject o. secondary mathematics
iuto four heads, a. follows
~ Special report on the teaching Of
arithmetic.
(2l Special fopor, on the teaching Of
concrete geometry.
lal Special rrpor, on the tesching OF
Algebra.
Nl Special report on the teaching Of
formal geometry.
As % the committees report feln.
tive 10 the disContinuance OF teaching
M arithmetic such subjects ~
equation u payments, allegation, Cubu
root, compound proportion, tho most
ahslfusu pfinciples OF n'uralion,
etc, at least until tho study o.
algebra In the high RchsOl IL taken up,
riuoit ors arc undoubtedly In accord,
The idea that tho pupipa mlnd
should be- oncumbetcd with that which
has no value 10 him, simply
because authors have seen iitto include
such subjects In their text books, N all.
suri, therefore some Of these subjects
should be removed from their present
p,sltlon. The committee recommend
that only such subjects bo taught A.
are Oi tue greatest Importance to the
student In the practical ansirs Of life.
anu that In place Of ohsD etc subjects
there should he substitute 4 a large aud
varied list OF oral ~ u written problems
which may be iufnisurd by tue In.
genious teacher. In tho solution OF
problem tho pupil should bn taught 10
IeduCe rule. Students should be
taught facility Ia arriving at results,
anu n thOir training IL In the right
direction they will show readiness
that comes only rom such drill Rnd
discipline.
The objective method Of teaching IL
recommended Throughout. The course
Ia arithmetic contemplated that the
couue OF instruction should be-.
yin with tho sixth yer, anu
should bs completed when the
pupil reHches thc age OF thirteen,
saF NuA AN a
department. AZ tc the number Of
subject pof week, tbs committee leave
that 10 the tuanhur, or board.
Tue study OF concruie geometry IN 10
be- introduced into tina grammar school.
In TACT, the child's aducation In geome.
try should begin, ~ l. stated, In the
hndurgartou, or Ia the primary do.
partmaut OF an educailsnI System.
Through the setsea, a child may Oh.
tain knowledge Of the simple
ge0motrical forms aud figures,
ami become familiar with thoir simpler
properties ana relations. This work
may b. cone Ia connection with draw.
ing aud modelling. A. tho age u ten
the teaching NJ concrete or expert.
mental geometry should begin, aud
should occupy about one school hour
per wesk for ~ least three years. The
main facts OF plane and solid geometry
should be learned, bat only cDncfettly
or objegtlyuly. rho design OF tins
work i 10 aid not only In tue study
physics but 70 supplement- the worE In
arithmetic.
Algebra II TO be taught In connection
with the study NJ arithmetic, the lIue
Of work Al ffst being confined to The
simpler algobtaic expressions ana gym.
OOlr, and the solution of simple tqua.
lions. Tue systematic study Of alst.
bra IN to begin a! tue aga Of fourteen,
anu the study Of LomOnstrniiye gU.
ometry Ut thv END Vt IA frst earl
study vi algebra, and continued to be-
taught dufiLg the next two years, oc.
Copying ab ut two anu IA half houIs per
week. During the iirst year In the
high school, however, the time allotted
to a'gebrA h i've houTs pr wruE 10 those
preparing fOr college, rnrsc lpu tue
wofK IA Algebra includes pro - ftiJL,
ansly teal examples, luICeutags aud
Its applications, POSI- I've IN.
tesThl I0Wria by exponent,
RADICAL, qua1rhtlo equal ms, anu
equations " quadfauu form. Pre-
gre,slJus, seTles aud lJgarithm, are TO
10 omitted, but IN the case OF any who
may wish % take technical course Ia
any department, the study Of l1gAriih.
mic tables II commented, Mental "a.
vTcis,s, including what Ii KnIwn ~
algebraic examples In analytical
aro recommended Ne Of
great value. This end O. be- attained ia
teiching algebra N 20 cultivate facility
aEd accuracy N oral anu written worS.
A thorough study Of radicals and irIc.
tionul aud negative eNpUnonts and the
nature Of the equation IL
strongly emphasil 'i.