The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-19
PROVO INSTITUTE LECTURES.
USEFUL AND INTERESTING
TALKS TO THE TEACHERS.
Prof. Done, William NJ. Stewart
and DR.. Hall Delivered Lectures
Yesterday-Child Study.

Provo, Aug. 1S.-At this mornings ses-
sion of the institute Professor Willard
Done delivered an interesting lecture on
the subject of the Ideal in Education
He referred to the power of the teachers
to establish, through the work and dis
cipline of the school room, correct social
Ideals, from the fact that all the children,
the units of society, are in the school for
q term of years, ready to be impressed
with those ideals. This would take time,
but all worthy reforms need time. The
adjustment of the educational aim to
false ideals of societ- was deprecated,
and the gradual correction of these false
ideals and aims through the training of
the child not only as an individual, but
also as a social unit, was recommended.
The general points of the lecture We're
illustrated by a number of special eX-
amples.
William NJ. Stewart followed UP the
subject of Sears method of arithmetic,
which he begun yesterday. He took
position against isolation in mathematics,
as well a in other matters and also
argued that analysis and synthesls should
be correlated. 1t is more difficult for the
teachers to understand the comparisons
as given by Mr.. Spear than the students,
on account of their training having been
under a. different system. Tests have
been made in the various schools which
bear this out.
DIR. HALLS LECTURE.
The IDEAL and presented Some interest
ing points on the new ideals and interests
in nature. Science, art, literature and
religion grow out of the love of nature
Old astronomers fell in love with the
stars and devoted their lives in gazing
through imperfect tubes. Professor Pick
ering ana other modern astronomers are
spending their lives Studying heavenly
bodies hoping to make new discoveries
as TO the habftation of the planets and
means of communication with them. 50
with other scientists: they have fallen in
love with different departments in nature
and are all the time working out ideals.
Artists are nature lovers and they put
their ideals upon canvas, While the
sculptor moulds his thoughts in clay
Ruskin states that the true artist is he
who feels nature. The best artists are
those who derive their inspiration from
the nature which surrounded his youth
Children love the moon. stars. the twi-
light, the flowers and the woods with a.
feeling which can scarcely be described
Professor BieSe has written q treatise on
the art ana feeling on nature which
beautifully illustrates these ideas. All
the gods of India. which number nearly
5000, are personillca tons of nature. Greek
mythology only reflects nature. Our In
dian myths are founded upon natural
phenomena,
Schools decline as nature work is done
away with. The prejudice against
not believe in dead matter as was once
the case Nowhere is chaos but all is
order IN nature
CHILD STUDY.
Child study was taken up by DR.. Hall
at his lecture before the summer. school
this afternoon. Teachers are prone 10
teaching children all alike as trees in a.
row. without studying their natures and
adaptibility. One should study into the
disposition, likes ana dislilles Of "a child
Some interesting points We're given on
children attain the greatest age and best
development. 1t has been discovered that
the best age of maternity is from 25lA 70
So. Every possible kind of object lesson
should be provided for child from one
to three years. The bare foot cure was
commended, the reason being that the
soles of the feet are so connected with
the spinal cord that the stimulation Of
the bottom Of the feet give a salidity to
these cords. Country life, where the
child can come in close touch with ma
ture, IS TO be favored. Get all possible
reaction which is saEred to health.
kindergarten is suggestive of being out
70 conhning the child and imposing
burdens they are SHINING against the
child. An important age is from five to
seven, q kind of water shed are. II q.
child becomes blind or deaf before this
age they are blind or deaf minded. while
after this age such is not the case
Children should be taught to tell stories
at the age of six and seven. and 60 fell
them in an impressive and intelligent
manner.
The doctor viii give a special lecture
on the methods of teaching children be-
tween the ages of seven and IL
A pleasant reception was given DR.. Hail
last evening by the students and many
citizens al which Mayor Holbrook pre-
sided, and made neat speech. Other
speakers were Reed Smoot. Professor
Brown of Willard and DR.. Hall. Music
and literary exercises We're thrown in
TO make up the evenings amusement