Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15

and good sense. will afford him an easy
and admirable defense from the
outcome OF the frallties Of the
school board.
ANDREWS ON SEEING AND DOING.
At the Chicago Teachers Fedora
ton. on April :. y. benjamin Andrews.
superintendent Of schools. addressed
the Manual Training Teachers assccia-
tion In the feMoyne building on what
he called "kindcrgartcnlng Of the
Grades"
"1'he Kindergarten principle runs
through all the schools M into the col.
ieEcs," said Dr. Andrews. at II prnc-
ticnily learning by doing and sceing
rather than by printed representations.
II one can't zee the actual thing
good representation Of n n the next
best thing The world has learned
more Of Egypt during the last ten
years from the pictorial papers than
II could through all the printed words
ever written.
While recognize the good In the old
schools I feel that there " n trcmcn-
dous amount Of gain Ia be- found In the
correlation Of these old ideas with new
one. Manual training stands In the
center Of making the child acquainted
with what In actually about him. The
art work IN the schools II only high
Ing and handling. Domestic science
In another excellent line. cutting nnd
making dresses In the public schools
may lead TO the highest attainment Of
nrt In the beauty ~ mems and wo-
mems dress.
u have always been sorry for the
man who II not trained In natural
things The booklsh man who cannot
swim and hunt and run. who can't har-
ness horse and does not see the beau
~ Of the sky and fields and woods IN
handicapped. The economic value 81
this knowing by doing II Immense. II
this country had spent -hundrcdth
part Of the energy In educating It's peo-
pie In designing and manufacturing as
u has In creating tariffs we would now
be sending abroad ~ much In those
lines NJ we receive In return"
TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS.
The Utah Mathematical society has
appointed a committee Of nino 10 In
NcstlRatc the methods obtaining In the
teaching Of arithmetic IN Utah. ana to
report thereon TO the society at itn next
annual meeting. The circular letter Is
sued by the committee says;
at Il not the object ~ the committee
70 vindicate any man, book. or method.
Neither II II their object 10 condemn
stand the test " n searching. unbiased
Investigation. The committee will I'M
dcrtnkc 90 consider the whole subject
thoroughly. In this they will need the
help of every teacher In the State. Ia
order 60 secure part ~ the Information
needed. n set 81 questions IL enclosed
with this letter. II IL sincerely hoped
lions the careful consideration they de-
serve. and return the answers 10 tho
secretary before June I. 1889"
Part OF the work Of the committee
viii be accomplished through personal
visitation and observation. To fnclll-
tate this work the State has been d.
vidcd Into nine districts. one for each
member NJ the committee. ~ follows;
nD iioxelder. Cache and Rich counties:
w. j. Kerr, 90 Weber county. -. ~.
Adams. tD Davis and Morgan counties.
7. y. Ensie. 90 Salt Lake county. l..
~. Giililan. 90 summit. Ulntah and
Wnsatch counties w. a. Swangcr: 1e)
Juab. Tooeic and Utah counties. W. NJ.
Mrkcndfick. "a Carbon. Pluto. Sam
pete. Scvlcr and Wayne counties. W. NJ.
Stewart. ~ Emery. Grand. ~ lard and
Fan Juan counties. J. ". Mcknight; D)
Beaver. Garncld. Iron. Kane and wash
ington counties. Milton iicnnion.
Each member Of the committee Will
visit ~ many of the schools OF his dis
trict NJ possible and collect data re-
rpccting the work being done. lie VIII
also attend county Institutes and assist
In every way possible In having the
whole matter understood and thorouEh-
canvnsacd In his district.
The teachers throughout the state
are asked 10 consider the following
questions and send the answers 90 Sec.
rotary l.. M.'Ulililan. Salt Lake City.
before June I. 1899;