Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-11
IMPROPER EDUCATION
Prof. Whiting Says The Average College Grad.
uaie is a Practically W p IS Being
PROFESSIONS GREATLY ovRCsowOfD


Aa already announced. Prof Whitnr
s about tD leave the unvDrHiy oi
Utah. a rpf, uttuva of the News
accordingly called on him today t0
got hIs IDEAS concerning the education
al needs of Utah m. professor waF
very buoy with iha work Incident to
thr oIo.. of ths y.1r but Doe found Tim.
Zoo express f.w thoughts which hI
lId aB f1ii0wai Education should 90
ths student flr llfe TOO often % un-
liH THE average college graduate ia
practically helpless s1 far aB making "a
living De- concerned ana hiH training
almost forces him into the ranks % %.
teacher tha doctor. the lawyer co she
htJI0s|ln. without undertaking any
% th..e rai.'urs. che facts rtmaiu that
hsso pf5f ssiDns ara crowded and % d.
only the Earptionni man who VIII
m,st with HIccafs Do any ~ chem. We
Hhuuil understand tnut the fuur lions
If the endowed Eastern colleges nf
uulvefs.iisa are essentially different
from those % orr Western state Goo.
Hiituu1ua iu tbU former. HuppIfit-l
~ thty are hy suduwmoutH ana thr
gffis ~ thp rich. much greater freedom
NJ subjects aud methods ar rernlr7i.
lia uln IN the Laser a state school
should b. regarded from a business
standpoint. and taxpayers should as
urv themselves that the returns afu
commensurate with the money Invest
"a Few ftnfas offcr the rrwardH for
practical education which Utah urcfa.
1T " probable that not muro than
one third u nur ararlo land ia now
onhlvatsd. ana our Young men aa soon
ar they are educated 90 want 10 leave
n. farm IL there not HIuvthing
rrtrng with this Kind VI oiucltlpni
should not r. state school no every uu-
dent for some kind ~ productive indus
fry a. tho sumo limo Do Ia receiving
hfa academic trhiNnrf NJ person of
sense has any quarrel with Latin.
Greek, French. German. or any Other
language. hut Il rItlEen with q prlcti-
cal knowledge N Irrigation. mining en-.
giurtrinr or electricity. II probably ~
much mpfr value 10 thr state than one
with a amattcIfnE VI all ~ those LAM
gunEsH.
quito often We hear ~ the LOFTY
deals cherished by college graduates.
Ton often the term only mgana that his
thoughts are AZ vague that be- v I'M
able 90 express tham'
Prof whiting viii - dir-,tly 30 Pa
cine Grove, south Of san Francisco,
whore b. will spend the summer in-
ycuiga1lnE the life history - parHtcH
which inf"st nah. In the fan he viii
90 10 the lnhnraturlrs ~ Leland stan
ford university whsfN he Will spend
year In The study Of frrsh water forms
u lifs with especial reference b. hHh
culture lie believes that this indus
Try can BE- greatly extended IN Utah.
ana that N our possibilities are pre-
H0ufrd ~ tho people by a man who
thurouEhly understandH ~ trchnlcali-
tics, Utah viii soon produce an ~ the
flHh which her people consume while
az Leland stanford. Prof Whiting will
make o. careful and systematic study
N the mtth0da % teaching employed
ln the several departments. Ia con-
fufmlty Ia the views now being held
hy many advanced educators. he oN-
pressed tho belief that college methods
" teaching arr. In tha whole. inferior
10 the methods employed in the grade
schools. and hc believes that there IL
In the country az lArTr a GROWING sem
tlmrut which will demand better class
nam work In colleges and universal
ties.
During HE soiourn In Utah. Prof.
whiting has been ono ~ tho mos ac.
tive NJ The states educniUrt lie has
pursued hi calling with q ndallty that
hua been entirely worthy ~ the cause
which he represents A. lecturer he
!. we'll known ln almost every part II
| Utah, lio has many friends here who
viii rrrrf rn learn o. his departure
nut he desires o. assure them through
tho 'Nrwr' that he will hold thrIt
many klndncHHos In pleasant rsm.n,
! hrancr and that he Intends returning
70 Utah o. mako II his permanent
huur.