The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-10


operates upon it, as long as the ex-
ternal force of its fiery energy is
maintained; but it becomes cold again
as soon as it is exposed. The true
fuel burns steadily and brightly be-
cause of the latent energy of its own
being.
Or compare the student teacher to
simple organism. The mental nourish-
ment gathered from living teachers,
from books and from the experiences
of life, is to be digeSted, asSimilated,
before ii can again be put forth as
working power. These mysterious
processes of digestion and assimilation
are processes of transformations; the
latent energy of growth garnered IN
the plant tissue of leaf and stem; OF
root fruit and seed, which serve men
for food, do not reappear as vegetable
energy. The flesh of the deer or the
OK, upon which we subsist, may not
manifest its powers through the hui
man body as brute strength, or speed
of foot but in the effuSion of the poets
soul, in the deep reasoning of the phil
osopher, the skill of the experimental
scientist, in the mastery touch of the
artist, in the words of the theoloSlan,
the voice of the prophet. Leighton has
told US that the man who puts forth
only what he has received is like
sheep that eats grass and grows grass
instead of wool upon its back Car
lyleS omniVorous reader is not extinct;
he continues to absorb everything alb
sorbable, as sponge takes up water,
and returns it again under pressure,
only little dirtier. Or again, he has
been compared to an hour-glaSS-the
sand runs in and runs out. leaving no
trace of its passage but the wearing
away of the instrument. The teacher
must be student, an educated man.
IT'S poor recommendation for shoe
maker to go with his own foot-cover-
ing down at the heel; or for the tailor
to appear in poorly fitting garments or
rags; or for the minister who processes
to be the pastor of the flock to be him
self black sheep, or worse, a wof
with the ewes fleece upon his back.
The teacher untaught and unteachable
is as the tailor untailOred, the shoe
maker unshod, the preacher unsanct1-
fed.
1t is the duty of every citizen to
make himself as valuable as he can
in the commonwealth. And education,
the development of power and conse-
quent usefulness, is the means offered
for thus increasing the value of the
individual. The worth of the state is
the worth of the individual composing
it; and so by lettering himself the
citizen contributes TO the general good.
6elishness in improvement is purely
unselfiSh. The human mind, the soul
of man, are no longer regarded as
growing by mere accretiOn. as the
crystal grows by addition from with
out. layer on layer; but as an organism
of the highest type, which is nOurished
from within, increasing in strength by
the marvellous process of intususcep-
ton.
Look at the dog rose, blossoming on
its thorny bush by the roadside.
Though beautiful as most flowers are,
it gives little promise of excellence: its
corolla is single; its perfume is weak;
yet, by proper training. and pruning,
through strict attention to the essen
tial conditions of its life, 1t may be
developed into a gorgeous blossom,
shedding its sweet and powerful frag
rance afar. The crab-apple is sour,
astringent and uninviting; the fruit is
small; the pulp is scarce deserv-
ing the name SO typical of wild and
unframed qualities that we speak in
metaphor of a human being uncon-
trolled and acrid as Grabbed" Yet
what a change has the horticu1turist
wrought in the plant. The choicest of
our apples have come from this stock;
PONIES rich, large and juiceful, the
brushy shrub becomes a shapely UNI
brageous tree, no longer spending its
energies in mere increase of substance
of comparatively useless wood and
gnarled branches; but a. tree capable
of bearing fruit that suggests again
the beauties and delights of Eden.
Now, as are training and pruning to
the dog rose and the crab, such is true
education to the human mind.
1 wish to make another comparison,
asking your care, however, in its APP
plication, for terms of money value
are too often misapplied in the meas
ure of educational worth. The iron ore
taken from our mines is practically
worthless in it's natural state. We do
no re Jaxrf he h11t
when converted into pig iron, accord
ing to official quotation. it is worth
from 3 to 4 cents per pound; convert
it into steel and it commands a price
over four times as great. Operated
upon still further, as, for instance, by
at 81 a pound. AS steel wire, perhaps
So. AS fine jewel screws for watches,
it is quoted at SO, 500 per pound; and
as hair springs for high grade watches
it ranks in value at $4,000 per pound.
A pound of pure gold is worth but a
fftieth part as much as the last price
quoted. Thus iron by all means the
most valuable becomes for its most
refined uses, the most costly metal
There are yet other considerations
which should impel the young people
of our community to the fullest posi-
BILE Improvement of their opportunities
These may be summed up under the
mountain home has been so recently
redeemed from its desert condition
that many of those who have been
instrumental in effecting the wondrous
change, still walk amongst us; and the
glory they have won in making it pos
sible for you and me to enjoy the edu-
cational facilities now so abundantly
supplied, will never fade Young men
and young women of Utah, you of that
class to which | count myself with
honor in belonging, the youth of this
land-let us strive as never human be-
ings have striven before; let us de-
velOp until we become a community
of philosophers and SageS, inventors
and discoveries, masters of the worlds
great affairs, we shall never surpass
the achievements or dim the lustre of
our worthy fathers and mothers, of
the founders of the commonwealth, the
devoted promoters of its interests. who
have given their bone and sinew,
their hearts blood to making this re-
gion what it is today When great
architect lays his plans for a gorgeous
structure, he considers every detail of
design and construction. He sees the
edifice rising from foundation to pin
acle and rejoiceS in the prospect. He
looks about for men to whom he can
entrust the commission. First, the
foundation must be laid, and for this
work he seeks horny-handed toilers
men who can move and shape the
huge blocks for corner stones and the
base of walls. Then the walls are
reared, the roof is set and lighter work
becomes the order of the day. Indoors
workers are called for and soon the
painters and decorators, whose heavi-
est tool is the pencil or the brush, are