Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-29

sarlly make mankind better. Compare
the lives N the African. lhe Australian.
With The lives 81 the civilized ANA eau
Gated race II man. and one will be able
To see clearly the result OF school work.
IL gives the hoy and the gifl a better
understanding u nature ami her laws.
II gives each one a better understand
ing Of lie and ia duties. II shows that
our own safety ana the safety of our
trends depends to a great extent upon
our own actions ana our own conduct
toward our fellow men. II could do more
IN chiH direction than ls now apparent.
but suggestions of changes even Tor the
better have public opinion 70 confront
ana overcome. Pubic opinion too has
much to de- IN shaping school work 40
does WORK accomplished In nur schools
have To do IN making public opinion.
SoNcnih-ln some instances the oid
ways OF teaching are better than she
new methods. In the case OF teaching
spelling. $40 senses have been used in
the past. whereas now hut one Va 1m-
rioyed seeding ard hcarirr in ~ past
now only seeing pr1nouncing each syl-
liable after spelling % and repeating u
ana repeating the pronunciation ~ the
preceding syllable ala much 90 fnmlil-
nfize The rupii with words their Do
vision into fyllnblcs. and even In the
development ~ close observation. The
moro senses that can De brought 81
bear upon the acquisition NJ any sub
jcci or any set " facts. the more easily
and thoroughly con the matter Ia hand
be nccnmnl she'd
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. renori.ma-
klug. incetlng-golng may take up 20
much time ~ the teacher ole 10 make It
imf1s7lhlo Tor him 60 spend very much
iimr In reading. rejecting an nrruir-
duties.
Ninih-Guiie the nupll; leave him NJ
free MS possible under existing cJndI-
tons, and develop independence W
thought such a c1urFe makes strong
and vigorous thinkers rather than mi.
ta,ors. aud the world 20 progress needs
thinkers, not imitatnrs.
Tenth-Famlllafize tho pupil with
names n great ani good mon and their
thoughts. through their writings, more
than az ufcscrt ACCOMPLISHED hv Inc
Guiding their compositions and writings
IN readers more than W now customary.
Tho schools ~ our -uuntfy have a
rreri work before them. Nations " the
past have been born, reached their
zenith " glory and. through Internal
Disorders. fallen 20 rise no more. To
nrevent uur own great nation from fol-
lowing the footsteps ~ others In tho
past. the schools have great and
mighty task 10 perform. No other
power can save our own nation than
that ~ the schools. In our grand Re-
public the lilltcrnte man can become al
most as great In power ~ a king In his
own country. lie may accumulate
mighty fortunes nrd ~ control votes r1
10 elect rovcriiorH ana even Presidents
~ the United Stntea. The great opp0r.
tunitica offered under our government
makes H. from one poiri " View. nH
weak az II makes II mighty from an
niher point ~ view. In the great OPP
plrtunltlea n offers iinR IL weakness
our educational work must be- more
effective than " u now u stem tho tide
that " carrying nur nation 20 the
charm " destruction Into which u may
be preclnliatod.
Economics. social science and civ'i
government made more prominent. and
discussions ~ IKE questions ~ che d1v.
with the View ~ booking closely into
city governments cHneciaily and 60 the
hottcrment Of such governments. and a
general Interest fatan by high schools.
colleges and universities IN nli import
ant uuostlons ~ government IN our
cities aud the nntl0n-nll Will avail
much In cpunterhctlng the internal lis
orders and che lnvldlous Influences n
work 10 DESTROY Our government. N
means much whether the schools are
rognlzant ~ the conditions surround
lnT our nation. n Il all-lmnortnnt
whether our schools are Doing what
thew ought 60 be- doing and are thor
ourhiy confronting Us ~ American clti-
yens.