Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-21

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schools would agree ihat uf tHo eiuiics
mus 'okcd together ONE or the other
would Hm9s, certainly aud un1voiilbly
hc neglected Nv tle pupil
q. 49, EaED. iiilh School.
tAuy ts sFcoSpAR, schools.
Ashs purpose o.. 900 education Is to
make mote intelligent ciuf.u. io raise
uIu tu moe perfect manhood. both
morally aud Intellectually. aud to place
iu hH bands that wuct 10y Doe may De
able tu sustain existence and iu Dots turn
assist fn iIo .dwn0em. nt OF mankind
iu more nearly perfect CIVILIZATION Ws
must seek in the study ui Latin iNli
which b. essential ur rather accessory
thereto aud avoid that which is upper
'Iuout uf even unnecessary Hence tlC
a.m s Co Dee, not som stliug that wi.l
Afford simply % stimulus 90 mul.de
yClgpmeui. but sJmetlin. which, boo
addition Go this will be- ID. practical and
ultimate value BOO .iIe.
Having granted. as ! think we 90 HIIi
that attn should De- Taught ln publ.
schools. doe question naturally lHises.
When SHALL tlc study begin aud how
much time shall be devoted t1i} The
Committee U. Ten recommend that cue
quantity of LItu nov required .Hr lI.
mission Co colleges bs not iucrcl. cd
No tIlt the quality of the work De lm
proved by ugg0tnE more tlm. tl the
amount already required, by beginning
% one or two years earlier that is, 10y
thc Time the pupil bias reached the
seventh year of the grammar cho1.
bot it seems more adv able after taking
into consideration the number Ui
branches tllt ihc pupil OF today s csc.
pceicd pursue before graduation from
the high school, that ihH course boz Latin
De only OF .UuI years duration anl be
confined 90 the WsH school, when the
pupil. mind bias mlurcd sufficiently TO
thoroughly comprehend the relation OF
words lni ideas Boo involved construction
such as will bee met iu the study of amy
ancient language " % language DE
introduced into the lower schools lut
10 Boz either French ct bumln. which
have greater living interest and can
bc better adapted 90 the age OF the
pupil.
line result of COURSE in Latin DC.
pcudg. probably. as much on the work
OF the hrt year ls that %. amy other two.
hence ihU ueCCs Ity u' greater care aud
more perfect adaptation of work TO the
particular class 90 hand. Probably no
two classes could be Instructed boz
exactly nc same wayuor could any two
teachers uy found vino would success.
fully conduct class through 70 subject
iu ihe same way set certain general
remarks may De made applicable TO all.
As the pronunciation ui Latin Is dill.
cult. % seems proper that it De mastered
before anything b. taken up, for Of taken
with other work Do Is very ape 90 bc
aishicd, as pupils will almost invariably
regard d as % matter of minor impor.
uucc and their time will Dee spent upon
something else until Il has become
'borc," and thu, the interest is lost At
the very outset
Next the grammar should be taken
up. beginning with the verb, the most
difficult part. 'of while the interest is
fresh aud the study is e. novelty The
pupil will spend more energy than after
ucNucss is worn uN. and the forming Of
proper habits az the commencement OF
any new undertaking Is Ilimplulnt
The pupil who starts out with the
greatest vim, loo the course OF few
months, Will find the continued dryucss
Of Latin grammar dampeuing 10 Obs or
her atdur, hence the aim should be- not
| 90 make the lessons more difficult but
rather easier possible. the cls.ng1f %
/ he made uH iuT ny NOR rapid advance.
ment whlchwill be very stimulating TO
tha poorest as well as DO the best pupil.
/ " anything can Doe SO.
! believe also. contrary Co the Com
mltlcu of Zen, that thg elements should
Doe passed over rapidly and the class SEE
] 90 reading as soon Ja possible, To grind
/ ont whole year ON Latin constructions
mgnElcd into short phrases and sun-
/ teuccs that have no human interest, Is
| 20 the pupil like grinding ont 50 many
/ bushels of corn each day, knowing from
/ the work OF today what will be that OF
/ tomorrow
Bat % the elements OF Latin grammar
/ can De learned in the first halt year, as
| has been proven by experience and the
class begins TO read fresh interest Is
| awakened. a stimulus To renewed efforts
given la this first work the vocabulary
/ should be limited Nhis VS. glso contrary
! 90 tine report OF the Committee Of Ten
I and thoroughly mastered. u should be
| limited so that It may be thoroughly
| mastered 800 that the pupil shall not be
| forced 90 direct his energies in too many
/ directions 10 the same time, add that he
! may acquire the rabIt of learning words
| so us 10 know them when heard as well
/ as when seen, and in one place as well
as IN another
The greater part OF our pupils today
I study "a language and are acquainted
with the words Culy when seen loo "a
/ certain connection. and then only by &C.,.
/ memherlug me context and 10 the