The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-31

tended to the assembled teachers a cor
dial invitation to attend the institution
and inspect its workings.
Ihe invitation was accepted, and,
upon motion, it was decided to adjourn
at IL o'clock and visit the school.
AN HOUR OF PSYCHOLOGY.
But n paper was read at the morn
ing session, THE Alter Ego" by Or
son Howard of Salt Lake. He dis
cussed the relation of mind to matter,
and took the ground that our lives are
two-fold, each having a distinct weight
and influence upon the working
thought. He classified them as the
conscious and the s~ub-conscious self,
-contending that in earlynife the latter
pre~dominates, while in later life the
conscious self controls the destiny of
the being. The ALTER Ego is a sort
of reserve agent to the conscious self,
coming to u assistance in recalling
past events that have slipped the
memory. Names are often forgotten
for the time. Try as hard as we may,
the missing name cannot be recalled.
Suddenly, while our conscious self is
proceeding in the ordinary course of
thought, the missing name flashes be-
fore the mind. The cultivation of the
sub-conscious stratum of the mind was
treated briefly, nature study being sug-
Z SColCQ do LII IlOSl NdiQdDlG LUZ CLlIl-
dren. In conclusion, Professor How
ard said: when we are able to filter,
as it were. purify n precipitate the
material of the sub-conscious, then,
and not till then, will it be safe for the
young to create worlds for them
Selves"
H. NJ. Arid of Heber City opened the
discussion of the paper, and was fol-
lowed by j. b. Miller, l.. M. Gillian, o.
Il coll NTrc Dichnn Gtrno~inTofo6an
Merrill and B. Cuff, jr.
President Kingsbury then appointed
Superintendent Brown of Utah county,
Superintendent Van Colt of Salt Lake
county and Samuel Doxey of Ogden as
an auditing committee to examine the
books of the association, following
which DR.. j. NJ. Tanner read the report
of the committee appointed at the last
convention in relation to- the efforts
made to secure the next session of the
National Educational association for
Utah. DR.. Tanner explained tina in
the absence of DR.. Millspaugh, the
chairman, the report had been handed
to him for presentation. 1t recited
that 1901 had been collected by the
committee, and hat amount disbursed
as per vouchers submitted. After the
reading of the report the convention
adjourned to accept Superintendent
Metcalf's invitation.
UTAH MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY.
Immediately after the adjournment OF
the convention, the Utah Mathematical
society met and held a brief business
meeting. This society has always been
closely identified with the State Teach
ers' association, though in no way un-
der its control. AT yesterdays session
it was decided to Incorporate the So
ciety with the State Teachers society
and resolutions to that effect We're
passed. The officers elected were: Pres
ident, w. ]. Kerr; vice president. D. H
Adams; secretary. L. M. Gillian: treas
urer, H. Peterson.
A committe of seven was appointed
to inquire into the methods of math-
ematical teaching in Utah. and to sug-
gest improvements. The next meeting
will be held with the Teachers associa-
ton, OF which the society is now a de-
partment.