Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-18
What Should be Done With Latter
day Saint College.
PROF. PAUL's SUGGESTION.
should work In Harmony win the
University aud nigh school aud
Not Parallel Their WORK.

Of the hour upon which an expression
Of public opinion has been invited by
the members OF the board u trustees
of that institution.
A. an educator say yea; and
AZ a member Of the Church say ycH
also Hut this answer does not COM
nit me 10 n support u the proposition
that the College should be- kept up on
the same basis aa that upon which u
has formerly been maintained.
Hitherto. the College has done cxcol-
lent work. both aH nm institution ~
Iigh. school rank. and ne an exponent
u the theological doctrines ~ the
church. ANA n u should continue on
~ present basis. n would likewise COM
tinue. venture 20 predict. 20 90 the
same Kind " work that Il has done Ia
nnt / do not believe that the College
should b. maintained on It's present
basis. ne a high school. or ~ an IN
stltution which. IN fact, duplicates the
work of the city high school, and 90
some extent that of the university also.
In my judgment the College ahuulh
abolish most Of It. present curriculum
of studies and should connnc Itself en-
tlrely To- doctrinal and practical the
nlogy. 10 Ola and New Testament
ntudlea, e. Church history, cumpnsa-
tive religion. natural theology. logic
and TO certain lines ~ study IN phil-
To do this Hucceaafuiiy. tie College
should take up quarters near 20 the
new University site. and should ~ ar
range ~ courses ~ study that students
81 III. University could pursue course
u study In theology IN addition 90 the
sutirsr they are purHuing In the VniNcr.
nity To the objection that this would
uverhufden the average student, l may
say that considerable portion ~ the
studies In theology. such. for example
AZ Hlblc history. Biblical study. phlio.
pnphy, natural theology. etc, would
probably b. accepted by the University
~ the equivalent Of such studies ~ an
Client or l,oman history, and others.
Az q mental discipline. the study ~
uibie history II superior TO the study ~
any other department Of ancient his-
tory. while the study Of the Scriptures
certainly ranks ~ high IN culture and
In disciplinary value. nH does the study
Of Anrio-saxon, and perhaps aH hiTh
na does the study Of certain ,shRunEes
Tut these are matters OF detail 10 b. IN
vcatlgntcd later " the suggestion !
make should meet with approval. for
IN the training provided by the College
IN these lines shall be thorough and IN
every sense worthy. therr will not. I
appfrhend. be mufh difficulty In sccur-
ms proper recognition " " AZ true COLI
lcgc work.
In like manner there might be- Great
cd similar relation between a de-
partment 81 the college and the city
High school. College quarters near the
High school could b. secured. ana the
three hundred students now attending
the College could be- ~ well cared for
IN the Hirh school. and In the unlyer'
Hiy. do not mean that the unlyer.
atty or the lliEh school would ot could
officially declare that certain studies In
philosophy or In the Bible would b.
received az the equivalent ~ certain 81
their own studies. but that some rec
IGNITION ~ students who had done
good work In these lines would be Inc.
wtahir. even N u were not officially
given. 80 minElinE u church schools
and public schools Il cuntt mplntrd
IN these suggestions. but I simply Hug-
Feat what institutions ~ learning In
this and other countries actually do.
namely. recognise nud make some pro
vision for scholarly attachments, what
ever they may be- or however they may
have been acquired.
Three good men would be- for tho
present u sufficient faculty. three
rooms In which 10 meet. sufficient nc.
commodation. one hour a day sufficient
instruction. Even such beginning,
simple and inexpensive nv II .Lould be.
would nevertheless provide u mission.
AIRY training school Of the highest
value Tor young men about 10 depart On
foreign mission or about 20 do mis-.
sionary work NJ home.
am opposed a. any sort ~ competi-
ton between the public schools and tho
schools ~ the churches. Hearty sup.
port ~ the public schools may fail TO
be- given, " the attempt In made to
parallel these schools by system ~
church schools. The burden NJ sup
porting dual system IL probably
greater than this community can bear.
The proper equipment ~ physical,
chemical. and biological lnhoraturiea.
involves. In these times, nn enormous
expenditure that can well be- ~
furdod Tor these branches ~ higher
education by any modern community.
n would he unwirr Tor our own COM
uunty to undertake double burden
NJ this nature, except under consldcra-
tons Of the Ernyest necessity.
maintain that Il N not necessary In
"a church college IN this city Ia teach
these sciences. and many other studies
| that could b. named, adequate prnyiH-
/ ion for the tenching ~ which. can be-
/ made only by the State University md
/ by the public high schools The sltun-
| ton In this city n different from that
| In such cities ns iornn and Provo.
| In those cities church schools
we're endowed nnd erected and nl.
Vnnccd 60 the high school and cnllog,
grade. long before the people NJ thos,
places werr prepared 90 erect schools
for advanced instruction pgoh nH ihes.
institutions have been rlslnE. fiut M
this city the public Institutions are civ.
ing tho higher Instruction lar IN al
vance ~ anything given by tho Latter
day saints college or hv amy other de-
nomlnatlonal school. Their ~ no ap
parent necessity for maintaining dupll
cate courses NJ these studies IN Churcl
| schools
The I.attcr.day Saints college coul,
be- cheaply and effectively conducted
without large or expensive build
ing, without any ~ the expensive sci
ontlnc apparatus necessary IN m
hrary. and without a great number a
professors. A ffw ~ our best NOR
who are proficient scholars IN the nihl
aud In church history, II AN the fac
ulty needed nt present Tho colleg
could easily be made real trainln
school Tor missionaries n rs work
concentrated aud confined within II
own proper sphere, and not rcnttere
/ ever the whole domain of huml
knowledge na u han heon hithcrt,
: such a college, I say, should and coui
be maintained. \ college that purpnri
: To narnlol the work NJ tho Nigh scho,
/ and the University, cannot. In my Jude
mont, succeed under our present con
ditions, ana nothing of the kind shout
be attempted.
! Al this is written with an earnest dc
I sire Tor the true welfare Of the Colleg
Itself and for the good OF ;<e people