Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15

Of their brow. Too many students be-
yond the common schools spend more
time studying how to gct out Of work
than they do on how best TO do honest
bodily labor Where would modern In
ventions be " II had not been for the
skilful training Of the hnndl What
would science do without IL apparatus
aud mechanics without machines, or
brainy man with potato pcaling
musclcs7 Give us hOofa for hands and
we'd soon BE- on level with the beasts
" the Held. n II II proper for young
Ideas" to know how 10 shoot pa also
might II be- considered good thing TO
know how to properly turn Trindstone
or a loaf of bread. II grammatical
purity II "a nice thing. 80 also II neat
patch or n darncd rOck-cHpccinlly N
your purse likes u. rhetorical train
inE says. n see buttons on nristo.
cratic training says You sew EN- on
u.s." Industrial training says; where's
my thimblc7' Industrial training means
that N man starts down n river ON n
homemade raft he'll land In the white
House. and that II he learns how To
split n rail he's on the road TO Wash.
lngton. II means. " a man finds heavy
bread In his lunch basket he goes home
10 his wife with n sour face and n Hoggy
heart. II also means that n girl can.
not only play "DcwryH Two Step" but
that she can. when necessary. play fry
Ing pan or washtub. II also means that
she can not only draw from the rast
and mix the pfitafr colo but that
she can draw from the COW aud mix
sweet bread and butter.
Manual training has been introduced
Into normal schools all over this Union
and other nations. school IN life" and
Life IN real" and the children Of our
nation. with ita cshausticss resources,
naturally want real llfc-cvcrydny
Ii Atl N .FI a
10 them. Why do We ma manual train.
Ina In reform nchOoia7" n IAN idle
brain II the DEVILS workrhip" give the
children tools ana place 10 use them
and tn. devil viii have 60 hunt new
quarters. ALFRED BOND
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. LOGAN.
commcmorntlon exercises IN honor %
the late Senator NORTH. author Of the
land grant college bills, were held In
the college chapel Friday morning. In
stead 81 the regular exercises. i'fcsi-
dent Tanner delivered an address and
appropriate music was furnished by the
choir.
Prof. Hedrick has charge Of the Afbor
day exercises today. The program
consists of short speeches. dcclama-
lions. recitationH and music. In the
chapel and the planting u trcca, with
appropriate ceremonies by the different
college classes.
The editor of The Iiroad Axe visited
the college IN Thufsiay.
Committees reported 10 the faculty az
a special meeting On Friday a few un-
important changes In the course of
study. aud tho iifHt two years 81 tn iive
month course provided by recent lcgia-
latlon.
The catalogue committce-Profcssoru
MncIwan. Jensen and Thomas, ARE OK
pecting 10 have that essential puhllca.
tion ready for distribution before COM
mcnccmrnt
The enrolment AZ the end OF the firrt
week OF the -prinEtcrm shows almost
no loss Of college students. hut u trc-
mendour falling on from the prcpara-
tory classes
THE CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD.
The lecture 81 Dr. q. Stanley Hail.
quoted In part last week In this column
Of the News" on the necessity OF cul-
tivating manly self-rcliancc In child
ren. continues 10 echo In Chicago. Ac-
cordlnE Ca the Record published In that
city. the board 81 education II some
thing of lighter itself II has a rec
ord for fcry ani blooiicrs eomhatH
that IL not equaled by any similar body
that has anything 10 do with the cdu-
cation ~ youth. Its discussions of
educational quonlionr arr usually char
nctcrized by an exchange Of words that
nfc too hot To handle " wears a chlp
ON It's shoulder and II gets red In the
face on the slightest provocation. The
cmbern ~ good sized riot ARE ready
to be famed into flame at any mo-
mcnt.
In fact the chicago school board
II not unlike others that American oltl-
gems wot of In various parts Of the
country. whom, therefore, tho man.
ngrfr ~ the Chicago kinderTnrten Col.
ieFc brought Dr. Hall ~ clark univer-
silly 60 that city 10 tell the teachers
that boys should be- trained 60 box. and
that anger and punishment are ca-
rcntinl To the development 90 chnrac-
ter. they were probably not aware OF
tho fact that they were Importing
batch % new troubles for the school
board.
Al all events. the next meeting OF the
school board was q stormy and turbu-
lent reminder 81 the good old times
when the members Of the board OK.
pressed their opinions ~ eachother with
that unrcserved abandon that made II
u truly deliberatlve body. Dr, Hall
was the frebrand that started the ver-