The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-29

eles, as so many of us think. does not
by any means cover the whole ground
The air she breathes the food she eats,
the clothes she wears, her exercises
and sleep are all factors in her training
physically. and can scarcely be treated
in twenty minutes.
Anyone conyersant with girls knows
how few comprehend or feel at all the
Importance of either pure air or proper
quantity of this most vital element.
She gets it neither in home nor school,
and is so accustomed 10 vitiated air
she scarcely notices il. l would train
her to detect the faintest presence of
bad air. and to know how to breathe
SO as to fill her lungs TO their best
breathing capacity. How TO breathe is
vastly more important than many of
US think. and the training that insists
on right breathing makes largely her
good health. The present fashion of
high collars and stiff belts is not cal
culated TO do this; nor is the habit of
bad posture. bad walking and various
kinds of exercise very prevalent and
apDlauded. the best means of reaching
this end. Insist on proper posture at
home and in the school room, and
much may be done for the girl in the
direction of helping her how to get
proper quantity of air. But, more inn
portant, give her pure air to breathe
there. and if she does not know how to
get all she needs, at least she will not
be breathing poison"
Modern School Curriculum.
"A Modern School Curriculum was
discussed by Professor Cooper. He said
in part:
There are two courses to follow in
outlining a course for the study of chill
dren--one the demand of civilization
+bo -
ment. The course of study which an
swers the needs of the child must put
the whole child to school, as an animal,
as a mentality with due regard to his
aesthetic side and to morality. Put all
of him to school. But we won't ac-
complish all of this Immediately"
The professor then went on at some
length to discuss what he called some
of his educational heresies. He advo-
Gated some very radical changes in the
public school system Of teaching, but
said thew would not he adoDted because
the public would not yet permit it.
There was some discussion of Pro-
fessor Cooper'S address, led by Miss
Markle.
Art In Public Schools.
Art in the Public Schools was dis
cussed by Mrs. Frank r. Elliott, super
intendent of drawing in the public
schools. She spoke as follows:
The fact that 1 stand here this
afternoon, 1 take it, signifies that you
are interested, not only for the things
that are for the best interest of the
children Of this commonwealth, but
also that you are interested in, and
have a sympathy for, an army of
women whose almost continual work
in the schools, debars them from the
delights and benefits that come to
you women associated in club work.
Some way this interest that you have
shown appeals to me very strongly this
afternoon, and foretells a time not far
distant when the homes, and the
schools, too long divorced will work
toward common interests. One of the
hopeful signs of the times is this con-
stantly growing sympathy of women
for other women This broadening
means in the final outcome the re-
generation of the race. The beatitude
that Frances Willard, that prophecies
of our time, used to pronounce comes
to me this afternoon with renewed
force: Blessed are the inclusive for
they shall be included, and often she
would add that corresponding truth,
cursed are the exclusive for they shall
be excluded I learned away back
in the middle states, a long while ago,
the mighty force of organized woman
hood-a force that makes sentiment,
that eventually results in dynamic
action, a force that may direct the con-
duct of whose communities. That |
have been invited to talk upon Art in
the School ROOM tells me that you
are alive to the latest thought along
lines, that you believe that
new times require new means. that
what was good enough for you is not
good enough for the children today. 1 |
think we all appreciate the fact that
of necessity in our rapid national
growth, there has been long abstin- |
ence from the study of the aesthetic.
but that the time has now come when !
we may look toward a more SYMMETRY |
cal education for our people and that
it must come from the public schools
if we, as nation, are TO take our
place as an art loving, art creating |
people"