Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-31

rae o1nfe- sncs on geography In
inp.r fret statement assiEn "a value 60
mat suulect itr greater than has usu.
ally been a.taclui 20 b., and present
4u iIrai C1ur.r "a fVustuE topics,
mr.ulds nud tqunmcut Hayuui
hat, with few exception IA even
luan demauIrt much igHH ..ci, iu
.rsIuIAry tcls.l-. Thfy snow that
the relation tu.WepuEouginrh nndull
the natural Hc.uu is 80 iutiuA. that
% disuuu. sppufaIiuu cannot be- made
with Hshg tcaUhiug 0t geography,
that geIffuplY in Tue EARLIER
yctn VI tch0Il lIic dhUull be
lrlhi treatment 10 tHu earth
tud ita iuhnuUafu. iurIu ling nu ula.
mrutary kuuwlu DISCO gi tuo connected
sciences 90 geology lUuuY aIu'UgH
astronomy history .ic., 90 which ihu
mui Iriy u' rur.ls who 1850 uHt long in
4rnlnl would utuUrUIpu never kuuw
even tho Uuuirpu
The elementary course should be-
based Uu.lfgIF urUu observation. lu
tnu lowest grades direction uui lUua.
Ion MO- thus bgs I', htfuuiut with
thu school room u.I yard, gradually
cNtruGlus iH rlIuIt8 beyond thtty.
Next HnuulI Dee observation Of auriUCH,
forms OF land uuI Watrr, Ui tumpufa.
tuiu ans iis relation O. direction OF the
suns myB, tho hrptuu, motion
Oi tue hraycHly boiler, risiug and sut.
tug Ofsiars, H1iuug Ji soc sun AMI
moon, atmosphere Aui Dc tiigru, with
ruAIIug Uf thermometer aud baron.
eisg PLANTS ami .rir relation Go
stfuUuIc anI climate, HuimHis uuu
similar relations, aui ga iu bic tciu.
lions 90 all 0i those.
Toe object De- g. develop tur power
aud hIuItu. geographical UbsHryttD.;
tu CIV, true aud vivid basal ideas ui
the earth, anu o. utlusU au Interest iu
! geographical knowledge. To rural
dislf'cg, the natural features Will
be- material hr Obsgrvsu0D, in
cItles, CRITICAL features, az
streets, railways, hatuIu, wuufyr;
bu, the natural AMI artificial Ola Iulu be-
G mUluHl Boa bUth. Tho observation
ahUull load TO reasons 90 tao appear.
nucus, tuu fcls'niug lUwcr not forced,
/ but appreciated.
Parallel with 0lsrJvalllual rr0g.
/ raphy must Boo taught representative
geography from tue nrt grades by
| dcscuptDuri m'lai models, drawinH-i
] etc, ftuIltvd ly inc scholar. the
| ability, and one important fuTni of u o.
! representative production, This utllH
l observation anu loads % Interpretation
Of mays, descriptions, uiC, M0IuuuF,
] dnwlug uuI often guphiU m14ts ".
] rAprraii1n arc Indispensable means ui
aiding thO Ina IluA.uuf intensity Iug
| thought aud bttuugihgu.lg memory
Alter ellis elementary UJur.H tuu 90.
FCfvatlUlu aud representations others
become tuu basis % utudy-uUl tuu
raul's surface directly, but uJssrIp'
ton % b. from observation glval
accurate fcliIFllC ideas uHd power 70.
reasoning should insult. Tua.u iDm
th0 Ur0uuIWots i1r tmiuluf ,uu Hg.uu'
tile iMatluau NJ i1 form CIyrvpH OF
gruErapll features beyond thuFyugHH
Win q eat .mufgHIuus Ui OBJECTS econ,
tuu mind Do aHIu O. firm Ulunl
Images OF objects MT toru,
aud the imaEo.ptuiucluE power /.
essential iu the greater Yur. 90 gtOErA
Ihy. Ffym Clyafuu.H q abatfvllUu
nud stluuHih OF Imagination may o.,
expected sn'u fUlHJuluF. The tuJrcI
ga dtEcupuluaI geography then uf,
the larger features beyond observation
~! riyCt-Oasluf, glaciers, etc, Ihi
reason deals with inquiry as 10 th,
agencies which produce these iOrlu.
tue distribution oil ulnutF aud aulmulf
location Of ciliss anu Flllwuye, etc.
Ihr course lu geography pfopgl
should ba carried into thu high sCaUO
40 the form " physiogTaphy, meteor
Ullgy aud geology.
UuIur lhc torn applied geography,
the conference advise that certain
phases Ui geography uo taught Boo CJU-
nruliln with UtnCr HubuetH. For o..
stnuCi; The geographical elem at iI
history l. husl Understood Hul Tumrm
bufei with historical study. 30 tbt
dIttriuu,inn ut piauts nll uf animal.
"a phase OF geography its illtHl
meaning slu1iod 40 bolauy and
zoology.
The writer was present no come Of
tho discussions Ui tuu conferences on
geography u, Cook County normal
school. Chicago, Dec. $3.50, 1893
/ Colonel Francis W. PARSER was "a
member 90 tuat conference, nui 90,
majority yplu b. in perfect accord
/ Win the Iriuciulrs everywhere
presented Uy hiW, guI .pTllel ia hls
uwu school, luH report pr0pIsc1 D.
sy- en- Of teaching gulgrpuy which
harmonic % PERFECTLY With the theory
Of conc u.taUDn CJ.. rarsrg .uaa luru
most emphatic iu maintaining asa
rational Theory %. education, aud
most succ.s-lul ln putting INTO lFac'
licc.
Tho Mtcutat. SchOO, Rtu,U lot
March mas tuu lowing e. nulul para,
sApi' "a sfeat rA o. u1lus wurbsU
out ntd viii SHORTLY Uu aJapie
10 tue needs OF tlc SCHOOL /. D.
the 'rnvory " Clnlantnion.' 4
thorough uuirs'uuIiU gnftuls iura wii
itvlluululH, tcuuul tuAyulur. While
10 lsyut but ns the liu'U ltsvun W0Taial
ilsW WY through routine school plan.
and tel courses Oi study WHOSE uiu
ami purpose 10 teaching % vAriuu.
subjects % school study, not tuuuuu
the pupils while this lltlu lyaysu /.
w1rkug gvUn ~ go loAvruiug ihi
whole lIup 90 school plans, we WI
venture prophecy that tho mex
decade will witness this lGCa lul iult
prucllco 10 such hu extent, even 10 tht
rural sChU s, that the qucs IONS u
courses Of stu 49, graded al. s-us, etc.
will become quite secondary O. the p.H
sibililius, ug a savltg Of strength ant
energy, Of thr thorough undetstaudlui
OF tue application OF the theory OF CON
csntmtion 10 practical utility 10 the
tchool room"
What Colonel Parker aud his adj,
co.wotEeis have accomplished IN Cook