Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-26
The SUMNER SCHOOL.
'rhe TdIrd Day Of tho Course Opened
This hOrullg.
Professors Cummings, whiting, mnr.
shall. stewart, roroto aud
Miss brotherhood

The third day Of the summer school
opened with IA increase ia attendance
over tbs preceding days.
la tue subject Of Latin, Prof Cum.
mings drsl reviewed Mondays lesson,
and In advance whs given llst of
words belonging to the INST declension,
AMI tfan,laiious from tue Latin Into
English and vice versa.
Botany by Prof &. A. whiting was
treated thus;
An illustration was given OF the In
crease Of plants by distribution OF seeds.
the round leaved mallow, each stalk
having i've hundred seeds, there be 10
ing four stalks springing from n single
seed, 1000 seeds would he produced by
Oue plant. These seeds do not all
grow. They afu not all equally favored
IN nature, bat as with animals ~ with
plants, each individual IL subject 10
selection, 20 II IL "A very small propOf.
ton Of the germs developed that ever
come 10 maturity. Nature has great
powers Of adoption, moi powers Of
creation.
modified for climbing. Comparison Of
Melted vined leaves with parallel
velned leaves, examination Of stalks Of
each, each example furnishes the key
10 q distinct class Of vegetation, ., X,
eXogens and endogens.
Leaves are simple and compound;
palmaie and pinnate; palmately aud
pinnately compound. With reference
a.. a l.. Ia A..
l0bBd, cleft and parted; pinnaIely
lObed, pinnatcly cleft, pinnalely
parted; pAlmalely lobed, cleft or parted.
The peIiole.stem VI the leaf Poiiu-
late aud sesaile leaves according ~
shape leaves are, lanooola.c, Oyale.
Tho following Outlinol ia zoology
was presented by Prof. Whiting:
There IL no line that may be used 10
divide plant life from animal life.
Plants have a certain power Of con,
yrrting tue compounds mo plant
tissue. Animals have the power OF
converting plant tissue into the simple
compounds. This is really decomposl.
ti0n.
Is mind due to physical force9 Life
IN the result Of organization. Organs
arc not essential 10 life. Animal lift
II found 10 exist without stomach, anu
without lungs.
Prof. Stewards class 10 psychology
discussed the following questions. /.
How do the montal manifestations Of
tho child resemble th0su Of the savage?
.. What do you understand by mat
utAl" when reforming 10 tbs disposition
VI the child? Q. WHAT effect does 10.
straint have upon tue ohild'a Will?
Pedagogy, by Prot Stewart, was
treated as follows: l.. What IA scien.
THO teaching2 2, How has your
teaching been unsolentino2 3, What
would DO your criticism from a scien.
tifc basis upon the educational systems
OF China aud ancient Greece?
On tho subject Of rhetoric, Prot. !
Marshall gave a Lesson upon dicliOu,
discussing, purity, pfOpTlety and pre-.
Cision relative 10 tho proper use Of |
language. A short time was also |
given 10 sentences, such AS grhmmati- |
cal anu theI0rlal, With their suU.divis. /
ions.
In resumiug the work IN United |
States history, PfoE Marshall passed. /
from the early discoveries made by |
the Spanish 10 the discoveries by tue |
French.
The lesson ia French, taught by |
Miss Brotherhood, consisted Vt n re- |
view by tTanslaliug aud writing from |
the English, study OF the grammar |
FROM LAW, AMI sight reading.
In drawing, Ms. brotherhood gave |
Of history aud literature
Tor primary gfades.
The class IN geometry under Prof.
Toronto passed IRON the Introductory |
part Of that study 10 proportions.
There arc now seyenty.tWO mem. !
hefs enrolled,