Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-02
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.


The morning session was opened by
a lecture on botany by PrjL whiting.
lie stated that botany was study Of
0bscrvatiou ami not " names ana gave
ino different parts 81 a flower, with
theft respective uses. HU said that
flowers had two classes OF organs,
essential and nou-e-suntial Nothing
came by chance; howors arc not alone
mace DeHu,,iui iot out enjoyment, but
fftheir own good. 10 is Tor fctulizi-
ton; bright colorei flowers ail have
honey Or something elso that serves ns
food for iusucts. The bughttnted
Hover 10 assign Tor insects o. come 10
visit; Ny the insect doing 30 aud going
from Hover to Hover fertilization re-
suits.
Prof. Stewart then continued his
lectures on psychology. He said God
Is the center from which omaualcs all
truth, truth lrnIs 10 law, law ~ on-
bodied Ia matter mautystUd by
motion, tho outgtowth OF which
IL c1uHsOusneas. Truth ~ 0blAined
/ IRON objects In uul two ways,
similarity AMI conUyuity. Truths
are difficult 70 obtain iTum these BE-
| rausu now ideas only come irln r8st
mmilar * pericnCcB. Similarity g. tue
| seInblAuCr between objects iu tbs
universe. iiy contiguily We moan tnc
getting Of two Ideas related through
/ oup mental action.
Miss Hyde next gave talk 90 ule'
/ mentiry pedagogy applied, aud said
| All Knowledge IL gsined py attention.
ne modes VI attention nto observation u,
hearing Hud reading la primary work
teach from objects In nature, az the
| e. llI ~ most interested ia them, teach
| uz preston NJ well n mature; caiia.hun'
| ics, u..sic, number, aud color should
be lhuxht 10 small children Science
slouii be- used as basis whiuu iu.
cludes geography, botany, geology,
ioiJgy, wrting, etc. She did not uc-
love iu having states or pager ruled, ~
tue chilli IN writing would give more
attention 10 i0tu than expression.
Prof stewart again took the ilJ1r IN
behalf Of psychology Aud sad
Ihe-l arc two elements in ud-
ucatlon, thought and expression,
| The child 10 tho center u thought study
auI obtains knowledge through tue
following soutce,! Let, energy, which
H. inaniiustod VA physics and cnoui-
istfy, which Include geography as =
uasio science, supplemented W Elol'
ogy, minotulogy, geology botany,
physiology, history, astronomy, eth
| n1logy, mAthCmEli, ,, aututopology aud
turm. rnv modes vt rkptsssiou at"
gesture, yOca srsion, ntaic MAX
/ Istts fsuluNluu fiFuyNlfW. HIffupH AM
Wnting. Subjects for primary worA
shoull bs but iour-geosrsphy, science
literature aud uumUeu. Tue aim OF
education should be- thoughts expires
slot will follow,
Prot Stewart opened the afternoon
session with another lecture In which
he clRssod teachers As artists or Hrtis
ans. He made a nice distinction be-
tween tue good anu poor teacher, aud
said no set rules should be followed
whereby the same measure 10 used iU
all pupil; Administering the SAINT
punishmout Tor the same OleuHe " vi
pupils IL tue greatest pArtlallty.
Miss Hyde gave Lesson in
primary reading. A rabbit wal
brought Into the room, aud by
short talk pupils were interested In Ia,
object The pupils were led ~ make
statements which were written on IN,
board, the pupils were drilled IN read,
INK these sentences. The lesson Wal
Interesting aud Instructive 10 bUtt
teachers Aud pupils,
PROT Stewart gave lecture on psy
cnOlogy applied TO reading, AMI said
all schools should bs supplied viii
supplementary readers. Lessons should
be- studied the day before they are 10 bi
read. Memory gems should DO Intro
duoed. There should be- "A library h
every school,