Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-18
STUDY OF MANNERs.

The San Francisco Call speaking OF
the lameniable tragedy at the glass
works there sometime ago took oc-
caslon TO say that the awful occur
renee emphasizes the need Of a disci.
pline in our public schools which Will
induce higher respect for the rights
of persons and property. No thought.
full persons will deny that this is a
most pressing necessity
AT the coroner's inquest It was
shown that the superintendent and
Waterman at the glass works protest.
ed against the entrance OF the crowd.
and resisted It to the utmost But the
people rushed onward. regardless OF
the protests Of the representatives Of
| the owners OF the property. and the
result was that many Of them met a
terrible fate. Had these unfortunates
been trained, from earliest childhood,
to respect the authority and rights OF
others, the refusal to enter the grounds
would not have been unheeded. and
there would not now have been mourn
ing in so many a home.
1t Is but too apparent that the youth
nowadays exhibit a spirit OF rebel.
lion 20 authority in It's various mani
festations, which was foreign TO for.
mer generations and which, when II
occasionally made its appearance, was
promptly suppressed II all comes
from the mistaken notion that liberty
IS Incompatible with submission to
proper authority; that freedom is the
same as brutal assertion Of personal
preferences. The home and the school
should be the places for teaching cor.
rect principles on this subject There
the children could be instructed and
trained to understand that liberty is
tyranny unless It is extended 10 all
AS 1t is, the impression prevails that
liberty is privilege instead Of a prin.
ciple' that It Is the prerogative OF
privileged persons or classes who by
means Of wealth, or physical strength,
or numbers are in position TO enforce
their demands and carry out their
schemes. From this mistaken notion
OF liberty, people are doing every day.
in both public and private affairs. what
the crowd at the California glass
works did. They are trampling upon
the rights Of others, regardless Of
consequences.
The suggestion that the education Of
the children be directed toward good |
behavior as well as toward learning,
is excellent And in this connection II
may be mentioned that at least one |
school board. that OF Santa Barbara,
Cal, Is about 10 introduce Manners"
among the subjects TO be taught in
the schools, This study Is to embrace.
ITO address companions; proper con-
duct in the presence Of others: TO
salute people IN the house and on the
street to enter and to leave a room:
how to act when a question Is asked:
low to introduce and to be introduced;
md how to behave at the table"
This is a splendid program, to com
hence with. To carry 1t out is to train
he children in politeness. and where
'oliteness Is made a second nature, the
lights and feelings Of others will not
'e dlsregarded,
How best TO lmpart this training to
hildren Is another question. Lectures
nd theoretical dissertations alone are
bsOlutely without desirable effect.
he teachers should, in the first place,
4 their own conduct towards the chill
rem exemplify their teachings. When
be necessity Of taking up manners" {
$ a school study is recognized, expert
nee as gradually gained will suggest :
ne proper methods Of instruction, and
he effect on public and private life
III be marked