Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17
MOSES As A scHooLBoy,
instruction Of Egyptian Youth at the Time Of
The Pharaohs.

llMU MnN tha'iNhN
Modern research ana Scholarship cH-
pcclniiy N, strides that have been m,a.
IN docipharing the inscription 81 TIE
uonumsutr. points to "a HyAtom - ln.l
rtrucuon. even IN the tim" 81 MoHs.,
which HurpnHscs ours lhu..n. ~,
ur0uf overwhelming, ana when We npghh
81 lads PREPARING for IN. .iNh he
examination. In the uin' no, .n snS
one h. loklne. but ! max. thiH n,s.I.
ton IN sober earnest hheut Nhl,h
iherc can be- no. doubt l.adn ~ tn".'
rinns lust no they de- now. and SOME ~
the pictures nfo strongly russc,tlN" nt
"cpmcrH.' u wluld seem too. thah W.
noble art OF Helf-drfrnHe WIS INCLUDED
in the athletics. from the way Mosy,
stood ~ go tho buufish h"pain. n, ~
ypngul.hcd them unmea OF Nallous
have lost touch, but archery anu Wtr.t.
ling stand out prominently ~ the W.
aud the Illustrations 81 such are nniner-
The alphabet acquired. which would
generally be- taught az humc-pronhhlN
hp private tuturH-thg c9uir" nl "lu't-
ct profession. To the educated classes
there were the rrirHthnud, ihn army
aud the clvll .orciNc, tub. M,t" VIC
three great projections, ana the Huhiech
taught 1T the great erntrrs ~ loarning
like iiennpnlir or il'rmupolir, would m
cludc religion, ASTRONOMY, nnd asirolo.
medicine. anatomy. thU use % nmulriH
and charms, history. probably one cN-
IRA lnnEunF"i vnHinrrtlut, lnohhnt li"n'
land surveying, contribution hthii'r.
ture, geometry, military tNorriaoH. au
athletic sports were rr uufuErut uflth-
mcilc, said 20 have l..n, ryyehlod 10y
perhaps the widest profession HH u u.
Guided the poet ln the Kings household,
the once Of taxes ,aud snp"tin,Snluneg
tho chief baker IN The time Of Joseph
would come under this head and were
probably men u retngmegt ana cin.
cation. There would ALEC De under TINS
head tho record Office whore large
number Of men would be omployed
writing the national annals. Ihn hlgh,
eai education, of course, was demhnlod
for admission 10 tho prlerthuod. In.
deed. the training mover hlelped hnd
embraced almost everything the priost-
~ neat came the ciyil service For the
army requirements were not severe,
more regard hrlng paid 20 tho military
only the ministers Of religion, they were
doctors and maricians' ana probably
Tho most desirable post was 90 gct
into tho regal household, In immediate
attendance upon the kim MnEicinnH
were specially favored, hence the dlll.
youthful feaders would offer no objcc.
ton Ia such u subject being iutrnducud
Into our public schools, ana would tn-
u
sticks To turn into HerpeniH. and date
trees 60 grow out 60 cricket ehphi ono
wonders what Egyptian Etoninns were
like. whether they were ~ mirghisvous
and as hoiFterouF ua English lads. N
80, what n time the masters must have
Wonderful stories are told or the ma.
gicians, mean OF COURSE. the mas
trfH Of the urt-n position. I suppose
every lad who had 4 taste for that sub.
leei hsplrcd 10 win. "lH v true" fnid
kheopH Ia one Of those sOfcsrurH, that
thou rnnst replace q head that hnH hntu
cut omf' On his admission thnt ne
could do 10. Pharaoh immediately pro
ceedcd 20 nut his power 10 that test,
'hfing me prisoner ana let nm Dee
slain" commanded tho King. Tho ma.
slsian answered ~ ihi,. NAY. not
That this sin should be cuinmitt'd'
nne animal will suffice. 10 goose
was brought, ~ head was cut OF aud
the body placed ON the right side aud
the head ~ the goose on the left side
~ the hall lie rrelted hts incaniauons
s I,Sm Pc book OF Magic so,.s md ie' lise1I
moved 90 meet the body, ana when 10Th
united tho goose hegnn n cnckloi The
ss amme process WIS E1@ng ln l,1,,, WIN a
Moses. as tho pro,ego and The adopied
son OF ptingrH., Mnun nave Win
which has hrcn briefly doscriped. HIS
adopted mother, 49, princess royal, would
nsVe her own estate h1,a' ~ e' ,Yn lG,,ih h
q natroness az one 81 more % the col-
leFef, nO the lad Moses would have every
facility which wealth ana influence
could give. There 10 the FASH of genius
there IL also Tho aoliditv ~ the scholar
In the man who made Israel nation
and the ilrst nghtlng power ~ his afr
No man In all the worlds history has
done No much AZ Moses A. Statesman,
soldier LAWYER historian, poet the
story which faacinntoa ~ ~ chlldfrn
FTN a. AZ
force when Ne read N us men In tho
lirht Of modern research. How much
NJ Ms marvellous sucrrHN r. hu" 20 MS
eduration We can not estimate. ! Nrn-
ture 10 rnv mat the PAIN nf heing the
rrratnost man IN the wnrllt history
must bo awarded 10 Moses public
school iad ~ the time whon the
rharnnhs ruled In tgyni before the FIRST
mud hmtH We're bull IN the valley. NJ the
rlher, mud when ths country OF ours
was not"