Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
THINKING AND DoiSa.

II manual training always Increases
the interest,"" causes the children 10 be
'wlde awake" ION the alert" and en-
ablca them to learn with much Ices
EFFORT" a. the teachers Of the state
Normal school testify; and n. accord
Ing to Superintendent Cooper. 1T Is
cducatye and helps develop the whole
man." why should Il not form even a
small part ~ the common school cur
ricuumf Trustees arr not responsible
for the no manual training dca. Boards
OF education do not Introduce "fads"
Into the schools. The people are not
trainers Of school courses. who. then.
fnolds educational oplnlons7
Teachers. can't you nnd time and
space for constructive work IN your
echoois7 rive taught school i've years
and have never found time 10 spare Tor
busy work No. but yOull Keep
yourself and pupils for hours after
school and recite frum u spelling book
that collection 81 dead forms, that
cemetery VI dry bones. that weed In the
garden 81 thought. You study the
spelling book to Increase your Nocahu.
lary7 Spelling book talk Il only mani
Testing dead forms through the mouth,
while the brain " on gathering wool.
Spelling II used only In writing and the
only way 10 learn To write II a. write.
1--WE don't spell. and anyway my pupils
prefer history" iiut what DO they get
from their history that makes them
wide awake" "Thcy read about tho
Indian building his wigwam. mending
his moccasin making his bow and ar
rows. preparing his fish houk aud line.
and doing everything else that his
wants require" 20 far. - good but
how how is e Is 700 laf And ,a how % sns
half way. ergo half way half good.
Many a time have longci 70 live like
the indian. where I could dig my own
cave, make my own tent poles, cover
my own bony legs with buckskin which
I might capture with bow and arrow
of my own make. and tan with fib and
brains from my own dead deer but
alas. my civilization 90 babe me
read" while my nloccasins. together
with nearly all the heredltamcntr and
appurtenancea unto me belonging or IN
anywirs appcrtainlnK came from the
store hut, thank fortune. they let me
out of tcohoi early In the afternoons,
where could do something
could be q real big inlun" and paint
my face without being stood up.
The only time I was ever stood up
for doing something was In school, ana
that was for wanting 20 be u man.
only marked my upper ~ with pencil.
vited 10 stand on top 81 bench and
face the school with "both hands on
shoulder and elbows well back"
accepted the invitation and remember
the stand I took better than the \. "
c's was supposed TO be reading u
have shaved ever slncel
The thinking part % the brain and
the part which controls the muscles
are connected by fibres Of communica-
tIon. Thought without expression or eN-
preston without thought wlthern these
fibtea, as they gryw only ~ exercise.
and N you think history without acting
II you are growing ons-sided. or " you
act history without thinking u You are
becoming mental suicide. To-. you are
killing the mind by starvation. Tue
mind grows by what II feeds on, ana "
feeds only through the physical ORGAN
Ism. When you think wigwnm the
hands want To make wigwam. and u
they don't make II the next Thought
OF a wiRwam Will be obscure and ~"
hands will refuse to mako anything
hut n dilapidated structure. " you
think wigwam and make u. the making
enhances the image aud this again I'm.
proves the making. No man ever dld
better than he thought. and Vice versa.
~ know but ! cans explain " not thr
truth-it'r simply lie. You could
Just tell me that III you're black ~ the
face. but know for myself b-tter.'
You know you know bu' you hsys
no language 20 make your knowledge
known. We think only IN some mode
OF expression aud when there II no
mode of expression nj our command
there IL simply nothing to express "
know butterfly I can draw u, aud
N you know "A ny-wlihout any bu,let-
you also can draw ~ " ! make a
broom stick ana don't leave " round,
my Image Of said stick II imperfect
When q child paints a squirrel. making