Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

gotten, but they are necessary to give
complete development to race in
stincts The intellect might perhaps
be cultivated without them, but the
heart would be starved: and for the
future race the heart is of incompar-
ably more Importance than the head.
Morals and religion would not be pos
sible without IL.
2. We should teach wholes first and
parts afterwards
3. We should not stop the progress
of enthusiasm for a natural object by
dragging in language studies. re-
Gently listened to an exercise that
went like this: The teacher had dis
asked:
Charles, what kind OF leaf do you
hold In your hand"
No answer.
'Teacher-"This is a parallel-viewed
leaf. Repeat it, Charles"
Charles-"This is a parallel-vlewed
Teacher-"Repeat it class"
Class-'Thls is a parallel-viewed
Teacher-''write it on Your States"
This was done. when the teacher
said: Now read it in concert"
Class-"This is parallel-viewed
leaf"
Could any device be more dinbolical
" arranged to make children hate ma
ture study?
The method-disease in education is
the growing curse of this country.
Inc impression seems broadcast that
information concerning natural OBJ
jects cannot be understood unless cut
and shaped to fit some method sup
posed to be indispensable as II means
Of entering the mind of the child.
Ihen, too, truths Of science are with
held ON the theory that they are NOT
elementary enough to be understood.
Suppose the child should not grasp 1t
all. Is that u reason why he should
have nothing? 1t cannot be too often
repeated that it is not 30 much for the
sake of strong facts as for miud-d
velopmcnt that early nature-work
should be given
Then. too, teachers. go to absurd ex-
tremes In Understanding the capacity
of children. They are able to under
stand that is get fair idea of. the
profoundest discoveries of science If
presented in such a way as to excite
interest. Not long ago l was pleasant
ly surprised to hear young lady ex-
plain TO class Of wide-eyed little tots
the discovery and use of the X-rays.
She did 1t with unusual tact and skill
We make n mistake in teaching to
children only the clements of science.
The latest discoveries are usually the
best, and surely they are the most in
tcresting.
SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
II is n melancholy fact that while
the need of nature culture for children
IL being demonstrated more and more
clearly in the biological laboratory
every day, the statistics of our schools
show decadence In nature-ten ching
and a falling back upon cut and dried
school pabulum. This may result in
in ala T..
danger OF infidelity. II SO. 1t should
be known that such fears are ground
less; for whatever color there may
have been for such notion during the
days when Tyndall. Huxley. and Spen-
Ger dominated the scientific world.
these days are now passed--forever
passed. 1t Is to be hoped. These men,
who for n generation or more have
antagonlzed religion, are now back
numbers, and today band of investi-
gators stand at the head of science,
who so far from scofiinG at the reality
OF religion are earnest students alike
OF physical and spiritual phenomena.
An English poet, whose mistress had
somewhat plain features, replied, when
pressed for his opinion, ASK me not
as to thy face; for thy soul is 50
transcendently beautiful that I cannot
see or feel aught else And this
| should be the spirit Of our nature
teachlng-to catch and imagine and
lead our pupils to feel the beautiful
soul Of nature, which is surely the
| spirit Of God.
At the revival meetings Of my youth.
| the preacher would single out his lis
| teners and ask. as he pointed his I'm
| ger now to this one, now to that: DO
you love God with all your heart? DO
| you and you and you?"
SO now | say to YOU, my fellow
| tcachers ''Do you love nature with
your whole heart and soul? II so, YOU
| are 1T servants to minister her pre-
clous truths TO these little ones"
n. l.. N.