Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-23
PROVO. UTAH, August 81. 1897
CLOSING LECTURES.


ents and teachers TO be acquainted
with this subject of temperament, il
order TO adapt the instructions to tn,
capacity OF the individual child was
| strongly urged. He believed that d
proper classification Of children in
| schools would be to classify them ac-
| cording to temperament. and 80 mod
| ny the instructions und methods of
teaching that each class shall receive
| the training best calculated to proper
~ prepare them for future life. This
question of temperament seemed to be
better applied in the management of
animals than in the manner in which
chlldren are treated, People do not
thlnk or putting draft horse ON the
race track nor hitch "a race horse to n
dray, and obtain good results. nor of
WORKING two such animals together.
President Ktngsbury Of the Univer-
sity of Utah read an Interesting paper
on Civilization. The wonderful scien-
thc ARRANGEMENTS were pointed out
and the intellectual heights to which
humanity has attained appreciatiyely
acknowledged. The defects of the
present civilization, which permitted
men. women and children to die from
starvation in the midst of plenty; al
lowed peoples to be butchered by their
fellowmen and raised no effective
protest against women and children
being subjected to the brutal and de-
PRAYED; the intol erance of opinions
ana beliefs. even among the most civ
illzed. were clearly portrayed and
formed strong arraignment Of the
u,Nilzauoh OF the day, showing that
II Is but slightly removed from saw
agery on the moral and ethical side.
lhe advancement of civilization, how
ever, was apparent. and the schools
We're one of the great factors in this
should become more
so Dy lnculcating in the minds of the
n ffrn all
towards the other. Religion had con
tributed much and would contribute
more towards the progress Of civilIza-
tlon' which was the result Of self-con-
lrVl ana desire to do right for the
sake of truth and Righteousness.
Professor Stewart followed with fur
thet explanations of the Speer sys-
tenn OF teaching arithmetic. which an
pears TO become more Interesting 10
the teachers with each lecture. Pro-
leSsof stewart urged the teachers IN
adopt this method Of teaching arith |
.netlc' as ne believed 1t would not only |
prove beneficial in the aquirement OF |
arithmetic, but strengthen the mental |
laculties ana give increased power to |
grasp and understand other subjects /
AZ the close of Professor Stewards lee |
.urt recess was taken till one o'clock,
as Doctor Han could not be present to |
lflNer his forenoon lecture
At one o'clock he delivered n lecture
On reading. He referred to the fact |
nat humanity had lived happily with
nut the knowledge of reading or writ
nE, and the history of the world and
" peopleWas transmitted through YER
az Iohlmuhlcations; this tended to the
.ul.l Eallpn OF memory and objections
llai peen made by people, in the mid
ne ages, and even at the present nine.
o reading and writing because itweak,
'neu memory. The various methods
y tcachlng reading. These syst,n,s
N,fe TNnN of them so imDr-rect and
ull OF laborious detail as to be a great
waste OF valuable time. so much sn
hat laws had been enacted in Ger
many against teaching some of them
ma in Wurtemberg there was iav,
mining the period OF time given IN
Nc s'rdy Of reading au1 yyritln.; In
The danger of reading improp-
DOCKS was spoken of to show
nat great evil could result from
ending II the matter read was NOT
properly selected and the sneairc,.
ED that we had no right
teach children to read unless we
$50 taught them what to read. Among
tc SupJects ana books named as
furnishing the best reading matter the
leaker named the Bible among its
iher eNcclleucies II was the host 4
'eatlse ON psychology in existence
s the method of theme writing in
lie school, II was recommended ia |
I'VE the child Il subject in which il |
as Interested
This was the closing lectiira Of a.
Istitute and Or. Park thanked the OK
'utlVe committee for the successful 1
'osfam which had been prepared and o
irrled out, and the institute was de- o
AIRED adjourned sine die. IA
IN the evening the doctor delivered K
love Casteth out Fear" This leo i
re was. given TO illustrate the result ',
the investigations made by the u
mia study society. A large number
circulars had been sent out request
& the names OF the objects of fear
"a Tvs objects OF fear had been re-
rtcd. Strange to say. the fear OF in
cts was most common. next mice -,
Id rats and next in order thunder 81
lese objects We're not very danger "
s and many dangerous objects ana =
nditions were not very generaily
AIRED. Consumption, for instance.
llch was one OF the most
{ very largely feared. Other fears r
re mentioned, many of which were
normal, such as fear of darkness. y
unreasonable fear OF being buried
We, etc. Arstotles definition OF
lcation. was TO fear in proportion
'lt 'uJttl ltdlNu btlHg mostly of !
lr, or to fear that which is worthy
fear; and II this definition was ac-
,ted the world is very imperfectlv
lcated, The doctor explained the
uses for many of these fears 10
the influences handed down from
J earlier ages Of the race. when the
eots of fears, which are not nov
lgerOus. How 90 educate this feel
of fear was q great work for the
cher. Children should be taught 10
r dishonor and 10 entertain such
nee OF fear Of God as 10 create
erence. The fear of harmless ami
Is and natural phenomena should
cast out by creating an active in az
est in the objects which would =
inmate In love for them, Even 20
tn, when looked upon as one Of The
attest friends OF man ceases 10 he ~,
red. wherever We can plant love
reverence for God and His Gro
ms we have opened new fields Tor PR
gion. which Ia the central force of {
lization and science ,
his morning the teachers went Ia
air where the closing lecture viii FOL
given before the summer school.
after taking a plunge in the Lake -
teachers VIII return to their ynrl-
places Of pedagugic labors ana tgy
menCe tho work OF the new y.a, Nil
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