Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-22

may he found the largest number Of
statements.
James Min believes that "thc end Of
education IL 10 render the Individual NJ
much as possible an instrument Of
happiness. first 10 himself, and next 10
others"
Education IL the process Of making
individual men participants In the best
attainmcnts " the human mind. name
~. In that which II most rational. true.
beautiful. and good" says wheweli.
our commissioner " education. w r.
Harris, considers The essential Idea %
be this: Education IN the preparation
of the individual for reciprocal union
with society 20 that he can help his
fellow men. and In return receive and
appropriate their help"
Preparation for citizenship II Wow
nomctifncs expressed. 4 fnvuritc with
many persons II. "Thc object Of cdu-
cation IL the development Of character"
Col. Parker states that there Ia a de-
rlgn In each human being. and the
working out of this design Into charac-
ter Il education.
The action and reaction 81 the soul
and It's environment" IL by some con.
sldcred an excellent definition.
Many definitions which may he
termed harmony Ideas may be found.
Their origin may probably he traced to
NIlf NfFNNhNl InlN NUf IINnI MNNkNfa
sham II characteristic. "Educntlon n
the harmonious Development of the
physical. Intellectual. moral. and rclig-
ious faculties 81 man"
Among this class the following firom
Plato has never been cNceilcd: THE
purpose Of education Il 10 give 10 the
body and 10 the soul all the beauty and
all of the perfection which they are
capable"
Can all these views be corrcctg II
10. what shall be the aim OF the teacher
In his work. Are some false7 n 10.
which, II one may be accepted. which
In II. and why?
MosfAu HALL.
NATURAL CHILDREN AND
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
What Is n SCHOOL, An artificial con-
trivancc for training children by
Wholesale. What II n chlidf A real live
animal. an everlasting. moving quea.
tion mark. There are two kinds ~ chill.
drcn. Natural aud school. or different
and Indifferent. Natural children arc
different because they cry and laugh,
and shout and sing. and whistle and
swim. and dig and plant. and pun and
pound. and cut and model. and build
and break. and color and paint. and
mark and rcribblc. and scratch and
nght-ycs. they nrc different. School
children are Indifferent because they
sit. study. raise their hands aud re-
cite: alt. study. raise their hands and
rccitc-vcry Indifferent. Indeed. Tell
them we need no change" Suffer little
children TO ait still and be good for
such II the manner u schooling. And
we suffer them. Natural children are
sent TO sitting machines with states.
pencils. spelling books. copy books. and
n sack full OF other books 20 be-
ground and shlned and aharpcned Into
school children. Natural children are
not Hittctr. They Rct tough before go
Ing 20 school otherwise even the fltteHt
could never survive. A natural "sciter"
would soon be dead dog II II were
compelled 20 Hlt ftlll like school chit
drcn. All children form habits and hnb-
~ make children either different or In
different School rhldren win never be
good for anything but 20 no to school.
They'll want TO 40 TO hish nchol. then
20 college. then 10 university. and
thcn-why then they'll want TO teach
school. We feel sorry for them but
We cannot blame them for such Is the
power of habit. And N they cant get
n school thcy'il sit. study. hold up
their hands and recltc" aud then go TO
school nvnln 10 catch up with the
times. Should children be nntural7
For how long, "Of such II the king
dom Of heaven" What shall we do to