Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-23
DIR. MlLLSpAUGu TALKS.


NNINNs
DR.. Milspaush's address UPON "rhe
Trend a. Modern Educational
Thought" before the county teachers
today, was 90 substance ~ follow,i
During tho long night Of the dark
ages all thought s'olt But u was not
dead, aud Ia time there was o move.
munt, an awakening. As time wore
| On the munAstIc phil0snuuy gave place
| 10 broader thought. New theories u
| education were udvA UCfd ami clLilicis
arose on every side. But oft of these
! struggles VI succeeding centuries hove
come some principles that are un.
/ changoabic. Foremost among them
| the very iuugd.tlDu a Uuurhtllu-is
| tile fact that 10 BE- tho Unborn tight Of
/ every child Go receive au tducat lon;
that the p0ssssslln & faculty IL tue ~
/ vine warrant TO. it- u veiupmunt. Ex-
I puriHuUo has sIuHu tue truth Of au-
/ 3ihrr statement, upmcly, that IL IL tus
Highest function aud greatest sate-
| guard 0f the state 10 provide fIue
| taH.tuctlon Tor Oh ut lis children. Iua
includes the kindergarten, for tue
| training OF tup youngest, iuasmuch On
d IT.
mrnt, power, ami not mere acquisition
| of facts; aud DO means also thnt woman
should receive equal opportunities with
her brother, since sue haU shown tuAt
| her ability r. 800 Ices than his.
Passing many important conclusions
/ We come 20 a topic winch vitality con.
Germs our subject How the great
| apostles ul thu better Ordor stfuggluI O.
lHy tic l.uudaliunF ut the ART ut tVacu-
INK Ou q ltHis OF rglIl,.tc Truth, Whst
| g .ufliris slty hn.! Muag fldicule
they suu f.l! WHAT CJursgr tnoy die.
piaNc.! We. how great 20 u " tsu
/ need luat the work % .uv normal
] fghlol-the result OF trH.I .suOrs-uu
! extended, that iis iuHu nee nave e
viuer range. The pubIc rightly de-
mauds ui him who would practice
medicine W law, who would be- an on.
giuerr, uul electrician, OF sea oAT-
tain, that he have "A large amount Uf
technical and professional knowledge
seldom do people realize "that there IL
profound philosophy on which cdu.
Cati0unl Methods ATE based, ana that
careful study " this philosophy anu IT.
application under expert guidance are
essential ~ making No the man born to
teachn
But all these conditions affect oducs.
zion from the outside. These move.
mens like great uIal waves sweep
before thum the great mass with all
the lesser, internal activities which Il
cUutaiuF Focusing our vi6i0u Tor "a
nearer view, let us contemplate hrit Il y
some OF the actual frees which give
character ~ our modern educational
practice.
The main features Of our modern
school curriculum are an heritage from
tue past. For longer period " rule
than was ever enjoyed by any other
imperial family the dynasty OF the
Three RE has hOld sway, Reading,
writing and arithmetic were the la.
strumonts Of culture that produced
some VI the nOblest personalities thLt
the wOtll ever saw, There IL, Indeed,
no desire on the part OF anyone b fe.
move these time hOnOfed features Of
tue course, but 20 enlarge their signifl.
cance, give them new life aul Cofrs-
late them with the spiritual forces Of
the age anu tae conditions OF modern
life. Reading Ia not 10 be done away
With, but, instead OF the senscless
calling " words from the lifeless char.
actcrs OF his primer, 10 must be the
gaining Of ideas from the nObleF vol.
] hAANH Nl AANANti " hAAi VI NNNAAA lhANl4
est, leading him 10 feel bis relations 10
the Divine plan.
Whiting Is not 10 become lost art.
The pen ls 20 be, as never before, an
lE.trumOut Of power but to potency
Will reside IA tuu tluught 20 winch Il
Eiyua * preston, NOS merely la ita Ia
clliIy Tor maGins graceful Cutyea and
liuru ut beauty.
Nor IL ad.ImB.iu o. 30 utterly cast
o.. Toe multiplication table Tor rs
own sake may receive les honor, but
DO iuuoilUus IN calculation auu design
VIII receive greater Umr uAslu.
AHt1 GRAMMAR, the now order de.
mauss tAat the science Of language
with Ne pathological distinctions knd
technical JgtiaitlJua he transferred to
tac higher courses Aud that iu t4o
primary schools the practical use II
language as the natural, Simple *.
pfossllu O.. the child's own iiuls be
shOWl,
There IL no desiro to throw out these
subjects and pat something o.sU iu
Their place. Tho Intelligent thought
Of today would not Danish tue ven.
cradle ,.umvlTate, but reIusea 70 regard
the yNr,.us studies Of the schools Rs
svparAta aud distinct entities. 40 views
alt departments OF knowledge NJ CO..
itlAtuu aud iuttr-depUudeul. Thus the
reading lesson touches UPON ana iilum.
mates mo geography, Tue history, tue
literature, tbs science aud Ia iis turn
HE gv sraphy lesson eulatgcs the
Junction NJ reading, makes application
OF the science, anu gives really to Gi--
tory. Ia this statement lies a hint u
tue most profound movement In fela-
ZION 10 the inner workings at schools
which II taking place Ia all tue world
,0uay, The question 10, "HoW shall
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