Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-29
SECOND Days SESSION.
PROF. CUMMINGS ON LANGUAGE WORK.
sublcct Ably Discussed with Prevailing
Sentiment Lspre.sed Against Classics
In General Education.

/ ogden. n G.. ep.-Thla morning tram
from san Lake bclne la,e, ne SECOND
days session " ihs Teacher Asencia-
ton was not called 60 order unsil 1908.
whoa there werl mora than i'5 teachers
prcs nj. who listened lnlenuy TO thu
mornings general exdrclses.
Prof Byron Cummings. Of sal; Lake
was promptly Introduced by ,he prcsl-
I dent. THE true function ~ language
work IN education was the topic
handled. The speaker said IN part ,hat
nv. many moons Slncss. a proc
nouuced educator of lhls state re-
marked tina; too much time was btlng
given TO language work In our schools.
that " we gave ghe pupils IDEAS and
thoughts. the expression would take
care " iiseis. and al be-; ;he work In
language trains only the memory. Men
were ghcn only ovcrgrJwn mushrooms
and pigwccd-ihings ihs; seem TO
hurs. spontaneously into existence In
single nigh,. fun grown aud equipped.
bu. FOR what.
u am thankful" said Prof Cum
ming" thag ;hc majority Of iis do no,
/ pu. 20 low an estimate either upon
mans abbey or the Importance OF
MES work. Excellence In language ~
~, The &c, VI we gods. either by In.
I fpirau1n or otherwise. In fact, few
truc and noble wings come % Us IN
shat way. God has organized the world
on fair wiser and nobler plan. lie has
endowed W With latent powers and
placed ua In circumEi lnrOs wh.vn tend
80 draw out and develop those powers.
ana assist Us In measuring w towards
/ the full s;atufe % ,he ideal which
IA. our subjoc. presents Itself
io Us In two phases-ianeuage
work In English In graded anu H. XII
schools ana the study Of other Ian.
guAEcS IN the advanced grades Vt the
gFaminar school and In the high schools
ana academies. n the old Greek mot
I IL. Know myself" could he placed
above she entrance or every modern
school Its influence would b. exceeding
~ helpful. We learn 10 know our
selves as We begin t. appreciate our
pnwcfTs Hnd recognize our ability To APP
ply them. The boy at school has had
Ideas before. hut now he v acquiring
new ones
The consciousness of new and In
! creased power Il making man ~ him.
Language wurk provides these oppor-
tunities and produces these results
| throughout the course. Observation IL
| constantly brought into play In noting
| forms VI words, capitalization. punct.
uation and arrangement. Constantly
telling this process Of pourirg facis
/ down our pupils Intellectual throats.
because We think We are crowded fpi
| time and must yet over the program
ana draw our pay. 4 worse than q
| waste of time TO both pupils and
te s,hefs Give the puiiI an opportua-
brain power In forming n
/ judgment. they VIII then
/ not become nauHeatci " IN
/ language work. Language does not de-
vrlup The memory alone. II brings intr
| play all ghe mental faculties and stop
by step leads the pupil to a knowledge
/ % his own powers and gives him cnn-
fdrncc to start out In nfc'H work Pure
/ literature has no small share Ia culti-
/ waiting a love ~ the good and bra uif-
/ ful. We may use myths aud flllty
tales occasionally 10 develop the imag-
/ inaiion. Let "a study English from the
beginning 70 the end ot our days that
/ We may Fnln the mental and moral dis
| clpline II gives, and cultivate and &C.
/ qulre style OF expression that VIII
/ make our thoughts most attractive
/ 10 our fellow men.
In some quarters today there isie
craze for tutoral interllnear aud
parallel text In the study or Latin.
/ Greek. German. etc. According 60 these
wouli-he linguistic educators the ~ I'D
has been grooming under the bad moth
| DDS 81 teachers OF language ever knce
| the world began. The student must not
waste time In turning 20 a dicuon-
ary. he has parallel column ~ N the
| back ~ the i-,ok completes literal
TRANSLATION ~ rcfcr 90 a. his LEISURE.
LET ~ study latin afi other 'fur,lFn
| 'lrguaees no only thti .hey may Elve
I " ghe meu,al dlscipllr ~ which thf1'
are cauabls. but nlEn HhWs va may -
that broad Minded culture whicn thy
| aluue can give
Tho Discussion was openyd by MIL
ton nenuion % cedar cay. who apulp-
pEtl owing 10 his living am1rg me
flg5 brush THAT he had not received q
plpnr until "a lu'te date, consequently
he was. ~ 90 speak acting dntepfndeE-
~. lie rod an inter sting paper On
tho study n languages. He was fol-
| lowed by Walter Wolf - Provo. who
took ths other side 81 the question IN
an admirable Paper inrcrspefsei wsth
humorous illusions. Prot. cummlngs
replied Tor -onie three mluu.e..
". -, Itoylance said Few pupils can
ilfc the languages, lie had rrNrr tauFh,
i.rau. b., he would like 10 tTy 80 dom
]
Ing uf Iatln against any prOfesslOrai
teacher, Prof j. VI. Tnunor's argu.
mcris regarding ghe stTiy ~ Latin ara
uDunlcilfg, lie once engaged a dragv-
nlau who troke seven languages futnt-
IS az III same ttme. lie was pro-
f0uudly igr1ar., regarding whom he
frN a humorous story rs;a-
tive o. Cunetrmpiatfl erir
@ she moon Russians ar, perhaps she
most polished hnEulfts ir The world
hut are deuirly iFuorint On current
topics, ~ am uH in faynr." rAid Prof
lloyance, 'gf teaching dr.ek g. 10.
average 0chulr yug ai ghc same tlmf
d o. aW urlispu.ol fact ihti iG the blp
urlVerssslts ulf c'lsalcal man Is 1hl
nader lloWeycr. '.y preferences arr
u,ong IN llne - pr0oilcsl cra.ulug"
liuf. Cummings quoted Judge Ilark.
utss Co. che aFseithn thar The italer- 'ol
-" bar were mcp ~ classical tfaining
| " ,f'i pHuerlra fnCa q rHte M NJ.
"riry and schoN'tlc cuel6s g. sabsian.
STATE h.s argumtb,s.
TIE study ~ langnge by Sifwais
| ewes meiill power ir crlslln d,rtp,
, i..n hut ~ 'A,1li grri nal value n II h
ahe average mEie We as ftlchsis al
! Ni'-tldtdi this s but caavcntllu oi
J | mere echa.i tUA.ltiH. Oh Iru shouhI
. Doe HAush, o. usa "a tr fmfHs IfIh tA
my way l wcUd rui Lltural science,
AN ~ comm tNh We i.i tue place al
miei word fcrm an az which am
l.lhW tu lur cuuf', 1T us dayelgr
/ @ls i'lrd erl fi him flr ~, prac.lcii
l.. VI. GILLIAN did not care to hevs bf,
rhlluien taught how % make "a ur,rp