Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-27


orally TO lnpoverish the child. Polae.
ekill and strength were not TO be ac-
uuired In any school where the pupils
did little OF everything In hurry and
nothing thoroughly and slowly. The
greatest glft n child received in an ele-
mentnry school was the gift OF Lam
guaRc the power TO talk and write with
facility. Involved distractions could
only make the child dull. Rather than
attempt to satisfy every deaire OF the
child 10 learn the offer should be to
make the child eager TO learn and equip
the pupil with the means Of learning.
Right mcthode Of thought were needed.
The child should feel that he knows
rather than know that he knows. The
world % the useful Ia the world OF fact.
hut fact must be transmitted by the
Imagination. lie believed In conduct-
Ing the school on the same principles
that refined parents conducted the
sUPT. COOPER.
supt. Frank Cooper Of the city schools
was then introduced and warmly re-
celved. There are two kinds OF people.
said Mr.. Cooper, the theoretical and the
real The former was always normal.
the Inter somctimcs normal. sometimes
an alteration. ana sometimes abnor-
NAL The word cripple" might define
an u tellcctual or emotional condition.
These alterations made people run too
fast on one side, and hence they ran In
circles He was reminded u pudd'n-
head Wilson and th- thumb mnrks-no
two Of them alike. So with these cir
Giles. no two Of them were alike. The
characters Of all boys were different.
Into their lives. aside from their own
differences OF being. flowed the racial.
and family influences. always at work.
always felt. These Influences might be
multiplied almost indefinitely. and they
III IA. u
school teacher. In France IL was the
duty u the school 10 make Frenchmen
out nf the sons and daughters OF
Frcnchmen. In Germany II was the
duty of the schools TO make Germans
out 81 Germans and 30 on. Hut In
America Il was the duty OF the schools
to mako Americans out of-Dutchmon.
Yes. and out of Italians. out Of French
men. out Of Ethcoplana. out OF the sons
and daughters OF all the lands In the
world This was one Of the difficulties.
one Of the problems. met IN every
American school every day. Then
there were come laws OF childhood that
were universal. All children desired
recognition. Every child. too. desired
10 learn. but differed widely nj to what
u desired 10 learn. The maxim treat
everybody alike would be most dis
astroua II applied In the schools. and
when II was dlsregnrded altogether II
would be Eopd thing. To treat every
body alike. In the school. would imply
that every school child was alike In
respect TO character. This could be
] Illustrated by taking a blue pencil and
making mark ON papers OF different
/ tints. In each case the mark being
radically different from that obtained
/ by making q mark on sheet Of white
l paper. In school government. the
| treatment must be suited to the indlvid-
uai. So with the courses OF study.
/ They might be varied. but the character
/ ~ the pupil could not be. Teaching
] must come To be moro nearly personal.
! Affairs 20 chidhoon must be reared up.
and systems sacrificed n lrc aud more.
/ by and by IN the public schools, platoon
movement must give way TO individual
/ needs, There must be more frequent
classification. II IL difficult to hold the
quick pupil back TO the pace Of the
slow and 10 push the slow one up TO the
pace OF the quick. That means FIRE.
| qucnt rehabilitation and rendjust.
ment % fxod limits. The same ihinp
In tho came TING IL not gsod. emphatl.
cnlly not good. for all pupils. The
| teacher does not need new conservation
hut new direction. 30 as TO give II new
force. The ir.llvldual must be respect
cd. and standing on the threshold Of a
now century. We can sec the dawninE
Of better things. especially for children.
DAVID $. JORDAN.
DIR. Jordan. who had entered while
| Prof. Cooper was speaking, was intro
ducod. and after a good natured refer
cnce 10 his FIRST visit several years ago
the session adjourned.
At o'clock this evening, DR.. Jordan
will lecture at the Assembly Hail. his
theme being THE Value OF Higher Edu-
cation"