Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-09
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS
Professor w r. Malone the Range of English
Work in the High schools

but not yet az much length and connect
cIly We would not deny that Doe
thinks. but DO BIS with little continuity
! lc BIAS set TO improve in thought I'D
/ u.E, Boz writing Snail we come % him
| with dissertations uu fhgtoucI. style.
| Shall we present him pages OF sentences
| taken oul OF their connection il t1c
paragraph on the whole for cnii.ism'
l Shall Wc Introduce him to doe history
| of the llngulEa' ShlI we cnla8v1. Go
| cu age nis attention with che analytic
] of uariurc2 Should Boz Doe taught
| word composition or shall ho De gwen
practice IN thinking. talking and wat.
| inE3
shall not hesitate i1 assume your
opinion Co De the aHl And this pur.
/ ticc is nau.ht else tdln competition
Work-to tlis 0r tu write is 20 compose;
and auiercIent t0 this and condition.
ing d.. is mental activity. How shall we
/ do u} lts already furnished in the
[ literature oi tuc language Bot you say
Z be- rebels atil Quite so. if that which
/ o. offered him 's outside bis order oi
ability aud natural cuiowments. Ii is
our duiy 90 select that which is adapted
90 Iis abilities.
Strong attachments having been once
I formed. as they will bc in "a school term
U' forty weeks, when once class OF
literature has been found that will sus.
/ tain the play oi the mind. Doe goes on TO
higher and higher planes with evident
relish and Increasing Iutcrcs.
To- giving now some pieces Of itcn.
iurc that have impressed me as meeting
The purpose which We mention, % o. not
/ to De understood that the field ui iitcu.
iutc has been completely travcncd, aud
that these above all Others are 90 De re-
| commcndcd-itis 10 be understood that
there are many others OF their like.
| These are most accessible: they are ON
our shelves today There are others ON
our shelves which should not ind their
way into first year pupils hands, Tor the
purpose Aforesaid. but this would not
preclude their use for other purposes.
or Tor the same purpose later in the
course.
/ desire TO name as well calculated TO
accomplish what t. desired llawthornc's
Tales Of the White Hills. Legends Of
New England, The Province House.
Irving Sketch Book lnortious oJ. lohn.
sons Ra3sclag, Goldsmiths Vicar OF
Wakefield. Lambs Tales from Shakes.
pearc, Longiellows EyengcIinc aud
Miles Sandsh, Winters Snow Bound
aud Tent on the Beach. Tales OF Chiyalry,
Colcndgcs Ancient Mariner Lowcllis
Under the Old Elm, Fmnklins Life.
The Two Great Retreats. SCOTS Lady
OF the Lake; Tor cuBufy reading. SCOTS
Rob Roy Talisman and Quentin Dl--
ward
Upon these as bases teachers will
have no trouble 10 securing four and
five minute talks, themes Tor short com.
positions, reproductions, outlines and
reviews Of chapters, character sketches.
abstracts, amplihuu0ns, and para
phrases, in securing also by continued
practice that faculty ol expression,
readiness 20 speak aud write. so essen.
ual as a practical attainment in lie, and
SO essential 20 pcrsucing the subsequent
studies OF the course with substantial
progress.
These oral and written exercises fur.
nish the desired opportunities for teach.
/ crs TO make corrections OF those glazing
! errors IN pronunciation, articulation.
spelling punctuation, syntlN, ficl haf.
/ vests Of which, ! presume, We may con-
iinue TO expect for some years yet from
the eighth grade.
Opportunities will also be Afforded for
calling attention 20 rhetorical uslgcs.
which the handbook In Rhetoric en-.
Joins; and here ! may say that such is
the proper use OF the textbook la
rhetoric at this stage OF English study.
am aid 10 an eni, not nm end iu itself.
Furthermore it should not be over.
| looked that there are rich values ia
literature well calculated 10 stir the
| emotions, and eNllt the lite. u read
with proper comment and proper effect
by the teacher. Such readings should
be admitted 10 the scope of the first
| year English work. week should not
! pass without them, Reaching the ircl.
ings they are potent factors boz touching
/ the inner life 10 sympathy and gentle
ness. and dscipIinIng q nature of un-
restrained tendencies 10 tnoughtiuIness
| and better conduct.
There are pieces also that put wings
TO the imagination, as no others do. or
/ perhaps appeal 10 the sense ui beauty,
or to our sense OF the sublime, pieces
that are especially works OF ari that
should not be allowed to suffer from the
grammarian's dissecting knife, or the
reproductive pamphase, and read only
TO elicit appreciation and 10y and enrich
the school life OF pupils. AS reading
lessons only aud with such explanation
as clear up ohsCurlties, should they be
included In the scope Of the work in
question,