Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-29
President nrImhall,s Address.

President BrlmhalFs Address.
Following is the annual address of
President Rriyhall, delivered at the
opening session of the State Teachers
association Monday evening;
In the few minutes allotted II will be
perhaps appropriate to make some
plain statements, and venture few
suggestions with but little or no at
tempt at argumentative support of
either.
1t must be a source OF pleasure
to every member of the Utah State
that his or her individuality is an in
tegral part of an educational collec-
tivity, having for It's objects advance
ment of itself through the betterment
of Its members, and the strengthening
of the lines of interest existing between
the various educational factors of
which our civilization is the product.
RELATIONS TO THE STATE.
1t has been said that an army with
arrows may be repulsed, but one with
ideas Is irresistible. Granted. but 1t
viii be well to remember that 1t is an
army, an organized, disciplined array,
and not a mere, moving mass.
Organization is one of the essential
functions of intelligence: the former is
the latter's device for higher operation.
one hundred ambitious teachers with
advanced ideas, each pushing proudly
ahead without any common interest
may make a grand display of original
ity. and even, In some particulars. bring
about sort OF temporary experimental
revolution, but much less number
with a unity of understanding and eff
fort will be able to cause an educa-
tlonal evolution, profitable and perma-
nent. We are ever passing, AZ Spencer
says, from the state OF the agreement
of the uniformed to that of the dis
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to the agreement of the informed. and
1t will be observed that the most rapid
onward movement Is during the time
of agreeing to disagree.
War for the, sake OF peace. Is always
tustiflable, and divergence for the sake
of unity Is commendable. tH..a
Nothing short of constant free in
quiry can properly extend the circle of
thought and sympathy either public
or private. Every common interest
must have the quality of many
sidedness, otherwise the friction of
seltishness and schism Will stay the ad-
vance of the whole l
While 1t is true that every division
of life must emphasize self growth, the
emphasis should not be under the law
of ammality. Grow by dominion and
destruction. but rather under the law
of humanity" "ExEand by aiding and
elevating others" Our organization Is
one of many; a part of a great social
totality. and the welfare OF the one Is
the welfare of the many. Its growth
never can take from. hut. in the very
nature OF things, must add to all others
II is the direct representative of the
schools. private and public. The home
IL very closely related TO 1t, as those
comprising our organization, are the
foster parents of the children during
many of the most receptive and i'm
pressional hours of their lives
Every parent or guardian Is natur-
ally Interested in the success of this
organization, for its success means bet
ter teachers; means better schools;
means better sresults for the same
amount of ohild-time and opportunity
and while the school can never sup
plant the home as an educational
factor. II can supplement II just to the
extent that the other educational forces
aid the school and its auxiliary organ
izations.
state relations: The old Persian pol
fey. OF planting in the school what il
to be reaped by the state, Is
one that has been purchased by
civilization down to the present; and
1t goes without saying that whatever
movement. either public or private. il
made In the direction OF elevating the
schools. is deserving at least the COM
mcndation OF the State. and the moral
support OF society. The American
teachers, impelled by what may be
termed pedagogical patriotism, have
erected the greatest educational or
ganiaatlons the world has ever had:
teaching fraternity unparalleled In
any age, the N. Il. A: OF It the nation
is proud; and why not, when It Is one