Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-17
PRACTICAL TRAINING.

To those interested In the welfare Of
the growing generation. which a. idcn-
teal with the future welfare VI The Re.
public. Il iH encouraging 60 notice that
now and then a vioco Is liftcd in favor
OF n practical education. II II subject
60 which parents cannot give Too much
pttentlon Many seem 60 think that %
child ~ educated when u has mastered
% fair amount " book. loarn,ng and has
had little trimming In music. painting,
dancing. etc, whereas the truth u that
unless the child In thoroughly equipped
Tor victorious battle with NE. pre-
pared 10 hRht IL out with honest meth
oda--auch ne can stand approved before
the bar " eternal iuatIoc-lia education
has boon lamcntably neglected. Aud %
such neglect il due much u the crime
that 10 committed both within and vith-
out the reach N the arm of human JUS
tlce.
Az an illustration an Item going the
rounds Of the press may be referred 10.
We quote from the Ellcott city. Ma.
Times;
Cornwall. England. II n puzzle 10 the
sage crimin1l3gHt and nnpient Hocinl1.
gist Cornwall ~. Intellectually. No. low
na Engiahmen can get. 80 other Sec
ton of the empire can show 20 small an
attendance In the schools. Nowhere
should We expect TO nnd crime m1rr
rampant. II We are q credit th1He who
claim that education Il mn antldotc for
ii III
some reasons the results do not bear
out these claims. Instead Of being more
criminal than any other section ~ the
empire. II IN decidedly less Frequently.
the Judge who comes 60 hold court II
presented with "a pair of white gloves
m a token that no crimes have been
committed and that there are no cases
20 try. Nowhere. except IN ireland, and
there very rarely, r. such "a thlnE heard
o. The people are poor and lnduntfi.
oun. They work hard and do not dis
Hlpate. Wise essays have been written
% explain the phenomenon, hut tho
nearest anyone has come a. explaining
n IL 10 call II a coincidence"
Tho facts mentioned certainly are "a
strong argument la favor Of practical
training. No one who understands
the requirements of our age will un-
dvrcstlmatc the value Of learning. but In
the Interest OF healthy morals there
must be a revival Of that public aontl-
mcnt In difference 20 which even kings
and cmperorH were required 10 learn a
trade.
II IN true enough that we live In the
axe u machinery. Science has come 10
the nIN - manual Iar ..,.a ,.t,t.tfa az.
onera soft snaps" for certain
amour, Of mon nnd women. but not
withdrawing these facts. there stn ~
aud always will be- much work" o. be
performed In the homes both In the
cities aud In tho country. children
should be trained 60 take their iharc
OF this work, n Tor no other reason
than 20 learn that manual labor 10 not
degrading. but oleyuting and conducive
90 health In the probation VI man
upon earth u has pleased his heavenly
Father. for Fuod reasons. We may feel
sure. 10 ordain that he shall eat biz
bread In the sweat Of his brow. Lot
that be Understood from the nrrt Let
Il be- taught that Il 10 religious duty
To conform 10 this law, rs 10 others
pertaining 20 life.
The home 10 the best school Tor this
practlcai training. Boys and r.rla ln
whose hearts have been implanted
reverence for labor will not go 10 school
and 20 college Tor the purpose 81 cacup-
lng IN the future tho duties of practl-
cal lie, They viii En there 20 bcc1me
better qualified for carrying out those
duties. A man who knows well from
practical experience how 10 manage O.
farm, build "a house. mako pair oi
shoes, ana 30 on,is better on IN most re-
rpecH than those who knows nothing
Of practical work. And u ~ certainly
Of uH much importance 10 know how a.
cook a meal and Keep a house clean o.
TO know how 10 parse French sem
tence and solve gcumetrIcal problem