Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10
.FADS IN THE
SCHOOL ROOM.
Clever Criticism Of Current Meth
DDS BY Miss Virginia Bush,
EVOLUTION OF PEDAGOGY.
oNercrowdinE In the Lower Grades
Mast Result In supcrnsiaily aud
Ia uodiiI weakness.

Tho cnuy Of Miss Virginia Bush at
the University commencement received
much favorable comment It 10. Ia
part au follows;
surely Il cannot b. doubted that our
beautiful school rooms with their
Nprvr Arithmetic, Manual Training and
Science Work produce anything but
glorious results. compare them with the
four hltryn Wul ~ half century ago
in which the dead routine uf tho three
~ held sway ana doubts must vanish
like chan before the wind. Why llttle
children now dance childhood away ln
The fairy pastures u profound learn
ing.
ABOUT EVOLUTION.
Concerning present educational uys-
tens, thrrc d. one thing of which We
may be- sure. there has been "a slow de.
Vrlopmcnt from tho most primitive
Ideas OF mental training up % existing
school conditions The Ideals uf
each age have fallen, yielding
NJ their mites OF truth aa leaycn
Tor future ideals The systems Ia
vogue in any one period have been
tho evolved systems OF preceding peril
uiH Activity ln human AFFAIRS has
brought about % change ~ human con-
liuuuH. ana educational HyutpmH. tn
gain the Dnd Hought have adjusted
themselves tu changing needs The
whole System uf education thus has
been nn embodiment aud adaptation 90
conditions ln q word. nn evolution uf
fundamental principle
Evolution" according ~ Herbert
Spencer 'lH change from an indHn-
nuIfo. coherent huWlrrurltY 10 de-
nniir. coherent hlter0r0nelty through
continuous lIuHroutintlOnH ana intnFra-
tiuna.' There are those people who.
D. H.H o
evolution really means, urudrutlN leave
the Interpretation 90 wiser heads than
their own. Others with manifest Helf.
satisfaction and the combined wisdom
~ Hll thr ages. win Interpret me PIN.
H0sopher'H meaning thus, that "Eynlu-
tun o. 70 change from % no huWlsh un-
talk- HhuutIUIH HllvulikourHH CO. Huur-
h1wish nni in o. general mlk-ahouta-
hIrruut. ull aH'|huuDHH hy continuous
Hnmrthinu- rIHidicatlous and HtIck-tp-
EHthrHtluuH 10 o. Go tho Dyes
W those HupHrhclnlly wise that school
mrih1tH M to-day represent such u
mirhty burst of development And
iust ns they ore mentally incapable ~
seeing the truth N tho great scientific
law, Ho thry ARE equally incapable NJ
feeling On. 1eHp undcrrurrrnt ~ true
educational growth. Flushy fndH TINT
runle ihe surface of tho great stream
indicate 90 them a glorious advance
mont
SLAUGHTER OF INNoCENTs.
The drlirhfrd pedaForue watches lts
march sublime and 90 bis cumpturcd
fancy ihn school room n un longer
nlled with everyday youngsters. hut
with scientists. philosophers replusos.
The know how iah -uutalk.nhodt
nll-nlikcnrHs.' has been loft Tar behind
IN the stupid past and hy brilliant
leaps tho Hlme-howlsh and In general
tnlk-ahout.n not-nil.ulikrneaH' o.
almost within reach.
The tinlrst children are Htrnlning no
n grade and wee tots worrying their
poor heads over examination. Even tho
child'a outdoor world iH Invaded and
butterflies and graHshoppcra become
martyrs 10 the teachers desire TO give
HIM not peep, but an expanded view
into the world ~ ecience.